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HIS OWN Preet Bharara, Jeh Johnson, 1:10-2:00 GREEK TO HIM: AN ODYSSEY Corby Kummer, Daniel Mendelsohn JUSTICE DEPARTMENT Trevor Morrison WHERE IS THE SUPREME Kristen Clarke, Samuel Issacharoff, Carol Burris, John Donvan, 2:10-3:00 CHARTER VS. PUBLIC SCHOOLS COURT HEADED? Jim Zirin Douglas Harris 3:00-3:20 BREAK THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION John Donvan, Mark Reuss, Elizabeth Economy, Robert Hormats, 3:20-4:10 CHINA AND THE U.S. AT ODDS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Ken Washington Jessica Mathews THURSDAY “YOU NEVER KNOW”: Jeffrey Fraenkel, Wardell Milan, 4:20-5:10 THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Michael Kramer, Bret Stephens THE WORK OF DIANE ARBUS Elisabeth Sussman PSYCHEDELICS: Safwan Masri, Jessica Mathews, 5:20-6:10 Corby Kummer, Michael Pollan MIDDLE EAST IN TURMOIL HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND Frank Wisner 6:10-7:00 RECEPTION 800-6:30 REGISTRATION CONTINENTAL 7:30-9:00 BREAKFAST 8:30-9:15 APERITIFS 15 Speakers 9:25-10:00 UNIVERSITIES AND FREE EXPRESSION John Donvan, Robert Zimmer THE WIZARD AND THE PROPHET Corby Kummer, Charles Mann Julia Greer, Joseph DeSimone, Rana Foroohar, Roger McNamee, 10:10-11:00 3D PRINTING AND NANOMATERIALS THE SOCIAL MEDIA CRISIS Ken Washington Cal Newport 11:00-11:20 BREAK THE BIG PICTURE ON LIFE, MEANING THE (FELICITOUS) FUTURE 11:20-11:55 Sean Carroll Harold Varmus, Joe Walston AND THE THE UNIVERSE OF CONSERVATION Charles Blow, Jay Kriegel, THE WHITNEY WOMEN & THE 12:05-12:55 THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY Flora Biddle, Fiona Donovan Mitch Landrieu MUSEUM THEY MADE 12:55-2:15 LUNCH HENRY KISSINGER IN CONVERSATION Charles Blow, Margot Hirsch, 2:15-3:05 Henry Kissinger and Lesley Stahl GUNS IN AMERICA WITH LESLEY STAHL Joe Nocera, Mike Weisser FRIDAY 3:15-3:05 PLANET 9: THE RACE IS ON TO FIND IT Konstantin Batygin, Julia Greer JASPER JOHNS: INFINITELY SHADED Fiona Donovan, Carter Foster Jeh Johnson, Michael Kramer, Dan Doctoroff, Mitch Landrieu, 4:00-4:50 THE CYBER WAR CITIES OF THE FUTURE David Sanger Sarah Moser 4:50-5:10 BREAK PILOBOLUS DANCE: ADVENTUROUS, 5:10-6:00 Itamar Kubovy ADAPTIVE, ATHLETIC, SURPRISING 6:00-7:00 RECEPTION 6:30-8:30 AWARD-WINNING CHEFS’ DINNER ON CAMPUS DINNER A FESTIVAL OF IDEAS AUGUST 16-18, 2018 | KENT, CONNECTICUT Welcome to the fourth annual KentPresents Ideas Festival. For those of you who have been here before, you’ll notice that little has changed — brilliant speakers, challenging topics, intimate setting. And the charitable mission remains — contributing to local organizations that serve people in need. Yet much is new. Two-thirds of this year’s speakers are first-timers at KentPresents. And a large proportion of the 2018 topics haven’t previously been addressed in depth at KentPresents — Blockchain. Psychedelics. The Odyssey. Sexual Harassment. Cosmology. Origami. And many more. A final note: We would be derelict if we didn’t cover in depth, as we have since our founding, the extremely serious issues that confront our nation, our society and our globe. But lest KentPresents take on the depressing mien of today’s newpaper’s front page, there are other topics that are both worthy and uplifting. These, too, will be on display: a free-expression haven in the university world, a surprisingly buoyant outlook for world conservation, a most-promising development in cancer treatment, progress in the fight against wrongful convictions, the search for Planet 9, breakthroughs in 3D printing, and stunning performances in dance and music. Sit back, enjoy, and remember: Ideas work best when shared. Ben and Donna, co-founders, KentPresents TABLE OF CONTENTS Inside Front Cover Thursday and Friday Schedules Inside Back Cover Saturday Schedule 5 Topics and Sessions 5 Aperitifs 5 Economics 5 Education 6 Environment 6 Global Affairs 7 Health, Medicine and Food 8 Law and Politics 8 Liberal Arts and Performing Arts 10 Science and Technology 12 Social Issues 13 Visual Arts 15 Speaker Biographies 31 Charitable Grants 32 Donors and Acknowledgments 33 TheKentPresents Bookstore Meet the KentPresents Team Going Green 34 Useful Information 3 TOPICS AND SESSIONS TOPICS AND SESSIONS APERITIFS KentPresents starts each day with a plenary session called Aperitifs. Speakers representing each of the day’s panels will deliver a brief (2:00- to 2:30-minute) preview of his/her panel to come later in the day. Since you’ll have choices to make – there are parallel tracks – these Aperitifs will help you choose your main course. THURSDAY APERITIFS MATTISON | Thursday, 12:15-1:00PM | 10 Speakers FRIDAY APERITIFS MATTISON | Friday, 8:30-9:15am | 15 Speakers SATURDAY APERITIFS MATTISON | Saturday, 8:30-9:15am | 15 Speakers ECONOMICS EDUCATION BITCOIN, BLOCKCHAIN, UNIVERSITIES AND FREE CYBERCURRENCIES EXPRESSION MATTISON, Saturday, 11:20am-12:10pm MATTISON, Friday, 9:25-10:00am Breakthrough? Bonanza? Bubble? Our panelists On today’s campuses, free expression is a hotbed unpack the mysteries, debate the merits and issue. Robert Zimmer, President of the University discuss the possibilities, the incredibly promising of Chicago, makes the case for his university’s applications, the remarkable enabling technology leading the way as a model of free expression, and and the certainty that it’s tulip mania redux.
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