Music is experiential in a way similar to art. Perhaps more visceral, or at least it is more universal, allowing for an immersive and participatory reaction. As part of my ongoing series of Real-Fake Perceptions and the inherent proposition of “what is art, what is beauty,” that is always the nagging question at the core of such dialogue, I paused to muse on works created in connection to music. As such, I immediately thought of my friend, artist-photographer Stephen Joester and decided to pay him a weekend visit at his east end Long Island home and studio.
We were thrilled to be back live at the annual Conordia Summit 2022. It is one of the finest gatherings of leaders from the public and private sectors. Here are some of the highlights from day one.
Joe Biden was the the Keynote speaker at the Concordia Summit 2015. He released breaking news from the stage in light of the most recent school shooting, He has often been cited as a man of integrity, which in Washington, D.C. is certainly not a given. Jason Basso and I were on hand covering the event live but nothing will make your hand tremble more as an editor than being asked to take the liberty of trimming down the VP's speech to a highlights length. Well, hopefully we did so with equal integrity. Thanks Joe!
@suite24k’s own Jeff Oppenheim winvited to moderate a panel for the 2019 Concordia Summit. I had the chance to speak with Martin Short of the Power of Nutrition https://www.powerofnutrition.org/ and Alan Jope of Unilever about a project they are spearheading together. https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-...
Human Trafficking is an issue the tem @suite24k are deeply conerned about and deeply involved in. We were on hand at the Concordia Summit 2015 as they dedicated themselves to focus on this issue through their unique brand of leveraging private-public partnerships, providing unfettered access to politicians, leaders in a broad section of business and finance, and the movers and shakers behind the organizations leading the way in social change and reform. It was great to be a part of the 2015 Summit and capture all of the activity.
We spoke with Tatiana Torres, a Biden/Harris campaign aide about the Latin Evangelic vote in the 2020 election.
We were sitting ringside when we were brought on to produce the boradcast of what has quickly become a NYC tradition--Friday Night Fights. Held in lower Manhattan this Muay Thai Boxing tournament brought together some of the best North American fighters to punch, kick, and jab their way to the top. Shot with four cameras and covering the fighters from weight in to final bout and post locker room wrap out, this was an exciting night for the crew and an overall knock-out production.
Jeff Oppenheim interviews Hassan Al-Thawadi on the upcoming World Cup in Qatar
From the the barracks to frontlines, COVID-19 has put US Armed Forces on the frontlines of the pandemic while the Executive Branch is in disarray. It has rewritten the National Security equation, raising the question of whether the invisible enemy will be a focus of Pentagon preparations. The FPA's Jeff Oppenheim spoke with Vice Admiral James W. Crawford, III, Captain Alfred Turner and Dr. Rob Sanders on how the pandemic has altered US military plans.
The agencies in the US Intelligence Community (IC), are charged with protecting the country from threats including natural disasters and pandemics, and they will need to answer whether the IC did its job warning of the pandemic? FPA Board Member Jeff Oppenheim, hosted our panel discussion on the responses to this and the potential of pandemics at large and on the continuing issues that put the US at risk at home and overseas.
FPA/FPF Correspondent Jeff Oppenheim interviews Alfred R Turner, Capt., U.S. Navy, Retired; Charles A Morgan III, M.D., M.A.; Robert A. Sanders, LP.D., J.D., LLM for this informed conversation.
As new confirmed cases in the US slow in key states and with many European countries reporting declining new infection rates, coronavirus cases have been rising sharply in many Latin American countries, with health authorities declaring it the new epicenter of the global pandemic. With Brazil's numbers soaring to the second-highest in the world, other countries in the region, including Mexico, Chile, and Peru, are struggling to contain major outbreaks. The FPA's Jeff Oppenheim will discuss with Katie Taylor, Elizabeth Fox, and Roberto Obando of the Pan American Development Foundation the impacts of COVID-19 and examine trends in Latin America and the Caribbean.