The 2025 CBTS Distinguished Speaker Series is off to a great start this year with talks about findings from our Ports of the Future research, and an inciteful talk about the factors surrounding trade in digital services. The Speaker Series continues April 8th with a talk by Paul Stockton– President of Paul Stockton, LLC, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, Chair, DOE- Grid Resilience for National Security Subcommittee. Following his presentation about Critical infrastructure and cybersecurity resilience in North America. We will host Juan Carlos Baker Pineda, CEO and Partner of Ansley Consultores on April 29th who will be discussing “Mexican Trade Policy Considerations.” In late May, David Gantz, a Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics – Baker Institute for Public Policy will serve as or next Distinguished Speaker. If you are interested in any of these talks, please use the Events tab on the CBTS website.