[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 101 (Thursday, May 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 28671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11246]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 11430]


U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Notice of Meeting

    The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (ACPD) will hold a 
virtual public meeting from 12:00 p.m. until 1:30 p.m., Thursday, June 
17, 2021. The meeting will focus on public diplomacy responses to 
China's influence strategies. A panel of experts on China's information 
and public diplomacy initiatives will discuss challenges and 
opportunities for PD practitioners in responding to China's state-
sponsored influence operations.
    This meeting is open to the public, including the media and members 
and staff of governmental and non-governmental organizations. To obtain 
the web conference link and password please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-diplomacy-responses-to-chinas-influence-strategies-tickets-153520669455. To request reasonable accommodation, 
please email ACPD Program Assistant Kristy Zamary at 
[email protected]. Please send any request for reasonable 
accommodation no later than June 8, 2021. Requests received after that 
date will be considered, but might not be possible to fulfill. 
Attendees should plan to enter the web conference waiting room by 11:50 
a.m. to allow for a prompt start.
    Since 1948, the ACPD has been charged with appraising activities 
intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics and to 
increase the understanding of, and support for, these same activities. 
The ACPD conducts research that provides honest assessments of public 
diplomacy efforts, and disseminates findings through reports, white 
papers, and other publications. It also holds public symposiums that 
generate informed discussions on public diplomacy issues and events. 
The Commission reports to the President, Secretary of State, and 
Congress and is supported by the Office of the Under Secretary of State 
for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
    For more information on the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy, please visit https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs/united-states-advisory-commission-on-public-diplomacy/, or contact Executive Director 
Vivian S. Walker at [email protected] or Senior Advisor Shawn Baxter 
at [email protected].

Kristina K. Zamary,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2021-11246 Filed 5-26-21; 8:45 am]
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