DAY 2: UNDERSTAND THE WORLD

Thursday, October 27
8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

Agenda

8:00 A.M. | REGISTRATION, NETWORKING, AND BREAKFAST
9:00 A.M. | PLENARY SESSION: ENERGY AND THE ECONOMY

Welcoming Remarks:

Fireside Conversation on the Economic Outlook

Fireside Conversation on Energy, Climate, and the Economy

  • Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics; Director of the Becker Friedman Institute; Director of the Energy Policy Institute (EPIC)
  • Moderator: Lee Clifford, Deputy Editor, Fortune Magazine

Small table discussions

10:45 A.M. | SMALL BREAKOUTS: THE LIBERAL ARTS AS A PREMISE FOR UNDERSTANDING SOCIETAL CHANGE

(attendees choose one of three)

Breakout A: Understanding the 2008 Financial Crisis through Literary Analysis

  • Kenneth Warren, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor, Department of English

 

Breakout B: Humanistic Frameworks and Moral Assumptions 

  • Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics and the Program in Gender Studies; Director, the Institute of the Formation of Knowledge

 

Breakout C: Galileo’s Trial – The Trial of Every Century

  • Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics

 

11:45 A.M. | LUNCH & FIRESIDE CONVERSATION WITH DAVID AXELROD
1:00 P.M. | SMALL BREAKOUTS: CLASSROOM INVESTIGATIONS OF SOCIETY

(attendees choose one of three)

Breakout A: Ethics and the Moral Society – Balancing the Individual and the Collective in our Systems

  • Laurie Zoloth, Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics; also in the College; Senior Advisor to the Provost for Programs on Social Ethics, University of Chicago Divinity School

Breakout B: Buried Narrative (the Art of Storytelling as a Reflective Practice)

  • William Veeder, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Department of English

Breakout C: The Nexus of Nonprofits and Policy Change – key trends, innovations and opportunities

  • Jennifer Mosley, Associate Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

 

 

2:15 P.M. | PLENARY SESSION: ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY

Panel discussion: 

  • Jens Ludwig, Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor & Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab
  • Shantá Robinson, Assistant Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
  • Moderator: Sasha Ann-Simon, Host, Reset

Small table discussions

4:00 P.M. | SMALL BREAKOUTS: INTERDISCIPLINARY INQUIRY

(attendees choose one of three)

Breakout A: Democracy Reform – The Work of a Generation

  • William Howell, Director, Center for Effective Government; Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics
  • Moderator: Sadia Sindhu, Executive Director, Center for Effective Government

 

Breakout B: the Science of Driving Sustainability

  • Junhong Chen, Crown Family Professor of Molecular Engineering and Lead Water Strategist at Argonne National Laboratory
  • Laura Gagliardi, Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
  • Moderator: Julia Lane, Assistant Vice President for Science, University of Chicago

 

Breakout C: Community-Engaged Healthcare and Reducing Disparities

  • Doriane Miller, Professor of Medicine & Director, Center for Community Health and Vitality
5:00 P.M. | RECEPTION & FIRESIDE CHAT

5:00 p.m –  Executive Reception

5:45 p.m – Welcoming Remarks from University of Chicago Trustee James S. Crown and Leadership & Society Initiative Program Manager Dinah Clottey

6:00 p.m – Fireside Conversation with Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett on “Finding Your Voice,” moderated by Deborah Gorman-Smith, Dean of Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

7:00 p.m. –  Adjournment

 

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