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5/14/2020

“The Coming Decade of Transformation”

Please let us have your thoughts and impressions on the content and operations of this event. We need your feedback as we look to improve our programs. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you soon, but in the meantime, be well and stay healthy.

22 Comments

Christian Braun

5/14/2020 12:03:09 pm

Thank you for hosting this conference....very informative!

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 01:27:17 pm

Christian, thank you for participating and trust it was worthwhile. Our next program on May 28, featuring former 8-term Republican congressman from Texas Jeb Hensarling is going to give us an exceptional look behind the scenes in today's Washington. Hope you will join us.

Kathryn Robinson

5/14/2020 12:14:08 pm

Excellent forum including content with diverse implications to consider, and an informative Q&A forum. I downloaded the document following the meeting and it is a great review. Thank you very much!

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 01:29:34 pm

Kathryn, so glad you enjoyed and thank you for participating. Our next program, on May 28, features former Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling, who will take us behind the scenes in today's Washington.

Jim Schmiesing

5/14/2020 12:26:27 pm

Very articulate and knowledgeable presenters. Very interesting speculating about our grandchildren' future. My only suggestion would be to use a video conferencing service that would include true video of the presenters - not just their power point presentation.

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 01:30:48 pm

Jim, I fully agree with you on the video part, and we are heading in that direction. Stay tuned!

Bev Ostrowski

5/14/2020 12:36:30 pm

Sadly, we never received the day-before announcement for today's speaker!?! I assumed that I had registered back when the notice first came.
Will the talk be available to us for viewing in the near future?

Bruce Macumber

5/14/2020 01:24:26 pm

My take = cyber security is a desirable profession for the future, and we can expect higher taxes.
Also, wealth distribution is sure and will continue to be imbalanced!

Brad Poncher link

5/14/2020 03:59:50 pm

Fantastic presentation. Thank you to the board of World Affairs and to the speakers for this informative view of the future. Loved it !!!

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 01:32:44 pm

Brad, thank you for your kind comments. I thought the program went well also. We'll keep programs like this coming for you!

Bob Garrott

5/14/2020 06:00:27 pm

Very interesting presentation. 5 minutes after you announced how to send in a question, I thought of a question I wanted to ask but could not remember the steps to send in a question. It was apparently not by the chat option. Can the steps to ask a question be published on the WebEx site so those of us with short memories will be able to ask? Please keep up the great WACD work.

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 01:37:06 pm

That's a good point, We can include in the login info in the info.

Gordon Kramer

5/14/2020 08:07:29 pm

Very good presentation on some of the important changes we can expect in the coming years. Agree with Jim Schmiesing it would be nice to see a real time video of the speaker, perhaps as an insert with the power point slides. I have seen that format in other presentations.

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 01:40:56 pm

Agree, Gordon, and we are working in that direction. This is an all new - and exciting - platform for us which is filled with possibilities. Our next program on May 28 with former Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling is going to be exceptional.

Allen & Marilyn Shapiro link

5/14/2020 11:02:34 pm

Theme of this presentation was quite timely; connection and web link easy to use; primary & secondary UBS speakers were successful in sharing key factors of the six over-arching trends and in responding to questions. A deeper dive into the six trends would have been welcome, along with a more robust Q&A, which is where the real learning/understanding is accomplished. To that end, perhaps future on-line sessions could have a 90-minute duration, structured with two Q&A sessions (one mid-stream and one at-end), allowing WACD members to better absorb the material and interact.

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 09:50:45 am

Great idea, Allen. I was thinking along the same lines. Perhaps an extended update session in the fall? I will add that there was not much attendee involvement in the Q&A, just two, perhaps three. I had received several questions ahead, but because I asked for them. So if we expect a robust 90-minute session we may have to think about this.

Your points on the German system were an excellent addition.

Lance Frank link

5/15/2020 06:47:19 am

I very much enjoyed this talk, though the food was not as good (probably because I made it myself) and I miss the conversation with my tablemates.

As a follow up to my questions during the Q&A I wanted to point out that Facebook and others listed in the 50m adoption rate slide are actually "Brands" of internet service. Facebook basicly "built a better mouse trap" by essentially creating a souped up message board which was the first use of the Internet when it was created in the 1980's. So, it is the internet itself that is the technology that was adopted.Facebook and others like it could not have achieved the 50m benchmark as quickly as they did had the Internet not first been adopted. Same goes for Google who did invent the search engine but figured out how to monitize it through adverstising.

Lance Frank link

5/15/2020 06:49:43 am

Should read "Google did NOT invent the search engine. Sorry. Hit the send button by mistake.

Joan E. Ball

5/15/2020 02:59:15 pm

Kudos to all the ladies at USB for their thorough insight into factors that will be changing the world as we know it. I felt Mr. Shapiro's
suggestion that it would be well for the US to consider the "German" model with more vocational schools available as alternatives to universities.

Jim McFarlin

5/15/2020 04:56:49 pm

Appreciate that, Joan, and pleased the program offered value. The UBS ladies worked hand in hand with us to tailor the program to suit our audience, and they delivered.

We just finished a conference call with former 8-term Texas congressman Jeb Hensarling regarding our discussion with him on the 28th. This will be an engaging, eye-opening session on many fronts. Be sure to tune in - and bring your friends. The program is open to all.

MaryAnn Osley

5/28/2020 01:24:41 pm

Thank you for hosting this event today. Jeb Hensarling certainly has the credentials after serving in Congress for 16 years. It was extremely informative and certainly timely. He brought up a lot of good points and it gave us a lot to think about during this election year.

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