Socrates Seminars and Moderators
Socrates Seminars and Moderators
2024
| Our National Purpose |
Eric Liu |
| The Year that Broke Politics: What the 1968 Election can teach us about 2024 |
Luke Nichter |
| Artificial Intelligence – Are We at an Inflection Point? |
Cara LaPointe |
| Socrates Mexico, Valle de Bravo - Dystopia or Democracy? Rethinking Technology’s Role in Society |
William Powers |
| Socrates Central Europe, Poland, Warsaw - The Future European and Global Architectures: The Nexus between Resilience, Security & Innovation |
Amb. Paula Dobriansky |
2023
| Socrates Bay Area: The Great Leveler – Inequality and the Violent Demise of Wealth Gaps |
Walter Scheidel |
| Socrates Bay Area: Oversight of Artificial Intelligence |
Julie Owono |
| The Geoeconomics of Sovereign Funds in an Age of Competitive Industrial Policies |
Zongyuan Zoe Liu |
| A More Inclusive Republic: The LGBTQ+ Community from Clandestine Minority to Political Mainstream |
James Kirchick |
| Taking the Stage: Ronald Reagan’s first term and the Cold War |
William Inboden |
| The New Industrial Age: Technology, Resilience, and the Future of U.S. Global Leadership |
Laura Taylor-Kale |
| 21st Century Leadership – How to Lead Authentically in Fractured Times |
David Gergen & Christopher Gergen |
| From AI to Co-Creation: Democracy Now |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Romania Transatlantic Seminar, Brussels - The Future European and Global Architectures: The Nexus between Resilience, Security & Innovation |
Paula Dobriansky |
| Socrates Spain, Ronda - From AI to Co-Creation: Democracy Now |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Japan, Nara - Dystopia or Democracy? Rethinking Technology’s Role in Society |
Bill Powers |
| Socrates Romania Healthcare Seminar, Comana - Financing Resilience Through Innovation in Healthcare: Is Having the Money Enough? |
Kapil Parakh |
| Socrates Colombia, Medellin - Can Democracy Fix Democracy? |
Charlie Firestone |
| Socrates Africa - One World in Tech: Reimagining the Digital Future, Nairobi and Nanyuki, Kenya |
Bill Powers |
| The American Presidency Under Fire: Lessons from Lyndon B. Johnson |
Mark K. Updegrove |
| Can We Imagine a Future Beyond Race? |
Thomas Chatterton Williams |
| Do Reproductive Rights Really Matter? |
Michele Goodwin |
2022
| Socrates Phoenix - Co-Creating Leadership: Who We Are, Who We Might Be |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates New York - Do Financial Sanctions Work? Examining their History, use in Geopolitics, and Future |
Hagar Chemali |
| Emerging Governance Leaders Seminar - Monticello |
Colleen Shogan |
| Socrates Romania - The Future of Public Health: Building a More Resilient Post Pandemic System |
Katherine E. Bliss and Vlad Mixich |
| Socrates Romania Transaltantic Seminar - Societal and Democratic Resilience in the Era of Great Power Competition |
Jodi Vittori and Radu Puchiu |
| Socrates Seoul - Everything Old is New Again: Digital Assets and Decentralized Finance |
David Graff |
| Socrates Czech Republic - The Next Wave of Tech Innovation: What It Means For How We Live and Do Business |
Wilson White |
| Socrates Israel - How Technology is Changing Us: How We Think, Relate, and Live |
Stephen Balkam |
| Socrates Spain - Information Wanted to Be Free: Liberalism’s Tech Reckoning |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Contending with the Climate: Exploring How to Mitigate and Manage Natural Disasters and Extreme Weather |
Costas Synolakis |
| Fixing the Fourth Estate: Rebuilding Trust in News Media |
Kathleen McElroy and Sewell Chan |
| The Metaverse and Me: The implications of living, working and playing in alternate realities |
Stephen Balkam and Julie Owono |
| Americanism: Confronting our History to Get to a Better Version of Ourselves |
Ted Johnson |
| Thinking about Privacy and Surveillance |
Dina Temple-Raston & Harvey Rishikof |
| The Supreme Court and Social Change |
Theodore Olson and Melissa Murray |
| The Future of Warfare |
Cara LaPointe and Meagen Nix |
| Critical Race Theory and James Baldwin |
John Stauffer |
2021
| Post-Secondary Success in a Post-COVID World |
Douglas Belkin and Ahnna Smith |
| Rewriting the Narrative on the American South: A Conversation with Mayor Steven Reed, Montgomery, AL |
Steven Reed and Cordell Carter |
| Emerging Governance Leaders Seminar - January |
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| Emerging Governance Leaders Seminar: Criminal Justice and Congress |
Gloria Browne-Marshall |
| Emerging Governance Leaders Seminar - June |
Colleen Shogan |
| Emerging Governance Leaders Seminar - December |
Colleen Shogan |
| Socrates Spain: Techno-narratives & Truth: Reshaping the Future |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Mexico Digital Seminar: Masks, Currencies, and A Post-Pandemic Future |
Leigh Hafrey |
| 2021 Socrates Romania Online Healthcare Seminar - The Future of Public Health: Building a More Resilient Post Pandemic System |
Drs. Jennifer Lee and Vlad Mixich |
| 2021 Socrates Romania Online Transatlantic Seminar - Transatlantic Cooperation and Whole-of-Society Resilience:The Key to Fighting Disruption |
Evelyn Farkas and Radu Puchiu |
| Political Divisions and Political Violence in America: What Happens Next? |
Jack A. Goldstone |
| Crisis Communication in a Pandemic and Securing the Public’s Trust |
Dr. Vin Gupta |
| The 2020 She-Cession- Unpacking the Factors that Shape Women in the U.S. Economy |
Victoria DeFrancesco Soto |
| De-Institutionalizing Racism: How Did We Get Here/Where Are We Going? |
Gloria Browne-Marshall |
| Communications and the Presidency |
David Eisenhower |
| Disinformation, Hate and Social Media Platforms: The Future of Technology Regulation and Speech in America |
Cecilia Kang |
| Learning from James Baldwin: Lessons for His Time and Ours |
John Stauffer |
| Health at Our Fingertips: The Challenges and Opportunities of the Digital Age |
Kapil Parakh |
2020
| Global Upheaval, Democratic Decline, and U.S. National Security |
Rachel Kleinfeld |
| Content Moderation in the Digital Age |
David Graff |
| The Business of Race –From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration– and the Need for an Inclusive Economy |
Jay Coen Gilbert, Kesha Cash |
| Disruptive Reconstruction: Making the American Dream Real Again… and for All |
Jim Shelton |
| “Happiness is the Aim of Life”: The Founders’ Guide to Living |
Jeffrey Rosen |
| Vote by Design: Presidential Election |
Lisa Kay Solomon |
| Socrates Spain |
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| Technology, Freedom, & Voice: On Being Human Today |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Romania |
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| Friend or Foe?: How Tech Is Transforming Democracy |
Cameron Abadi |
| The Future of Public Health: Building a More Resilient Post Pandemic System |
Jennifer Lee |
| Learning from Native Sons: The Pain, Rage and Hope of America’s Most Loyal Critics |
Thomas Chatterton Williams |
| Wielding Power & Influence |
Jose M. de Areilza |
| Thinking About Global Security |
Dina Temple-Raston & Harvey Rishikof |
| Socrates Mexico, Los Cabos - The future of North America: A comprehensive look at the world's largest economic zone |
Patrick Schaefer |
2019
| What is Privacy and How Do We Protect It? |
Harriet Pearson |
| Cat Herding 101: Leading Complex Organizations in Uncertain Times |
Ana Mari Cauce |
| Intelligence, Espionage and American Foreign Policy |
Amb. John Negroponte & Edward “Ted” Wittenstein |
| Learning from Lincoln: The Business, Politics and Art of the Nation's Greatest Leader |
John Stauffer |
| Lies, Bots and Social Media: The Lost Promise of the Internet and How We Can Restore It |
Karen Kornbluh |
| The Evolution of Warfare |
Cara LaPointe & Gayle Tzemach Lemmon |
| Learning from Frederick Douglass: The Business, Politics and Art of a Great American Activist |
John Stauffer |
| The Spiral of Immigration & Nationalism |
Justin Gest |
| Socrates Colombia Seminar, Cartagena - Order Amid Chaos: Major Trends Shaping the Future of Technology, Business, Culture and Society |
William Powers |
| Socrates Colombia Seminar, Cartagena - Can the Market Fix the Market? |
Sonal Shah |
| Socrates France Seminar, Annecy - Binding Values and Society in a Polarized World |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Spain, Ronda - How Technology is Changing Us: How We Think, Relate and Live |
Stephen Balkam |
| Socrates Japan, Nara - Order Amid Chaos: Major Trends Shaping the Future of Technology, Business, Culture and Society |
William Powers |
| Socrates Japan, Chiba - How Technology is Changing Us: How We Think, Relate and Live |
Stephen Balkam |
| Socrates Romania, Fundata - Friend or Foe? How Technology is Transforming Democracy |
Mischa Thompson |
| Socrates Romania, Pitaru - Technology, Breakthrough Medical Research, and the Future of Healthcare |
Kapil Parakh and Arian Bot |
| Socrates UK, Oxford - Leadership in Flux |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Kyiv - Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence |
Wilson White |
| Socrates EGL Wye - Leadership and the Role of Congress |
Colleen Shogan |
| Socrates EGL Wye - Leadership and the Role of Congress |
Mischa Thompson |
2018
| Illegal is Not a Noun |
Maria Hinojosa |
| Blockchain and the Rise of the Open Sector |
John Clippinger & Peter Hirshberg |
| Has Conservatism Failed? |
Bill Kristol |
| Fulfilling the Promise of Capitalism: The B Corp Way of Leadership |
Jay Coen Gilbert |
| The US, Israel and the Middle East: Past and Present |
Dennis Ross |
| Geopolitical Ramifications of China's Belt and Road Initiative |
Terry Cooke & Wing Woo |
| Age of Disruption: The Changing Role of News Media in America |
Amy Walter |
| Learning from Lincoln: The Business, Politics and Art of the Nation's Greatest Leader |
John Stauffer |
| Socrates Spain, Ronda - Brave New World: Change and Opportunity in Technology |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Japan, Tokyo - Unlocking the Potential of Artificial Intelligence |
Wilson White |
| Socrates Japan, Nara - Democracy in the Digital Age |
Charlie Firestone |
| Socrates Mexico, Puebla - Change and Opportunity: The Future of Work and Learning |
Connie Yowell |
| Socrates Chicago - American Values in a Global Age |
Evelyn Farkas |
| Socrates Washington DC - The Words and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King |
Jennifer Bailey |
| Socrates New Orleans - Change and Opportunity: The Future of Work and Learning |
Pablo Castellanos & Cordell Carter |
| Socrates New York - Balancing Act: Free Speech, Regulation and the Responsibility of Tech Platforms |
Cecilia Kang |
| The Role of Congress |
Basil Smikle & Ron Christie |
| Becoming an Inclusive Republic |
Cordell Carter, Cherie Harder & Theo Brown |
2017
| America’s National Security Toolbox: Tools of Diplomacy in the Digital Age |
Madeleine Albright & Tara Sonenshine |
| The New Capitalism: Leveraging Social Enterprise and Impact Investing for Change |
Seth Goldman & Eric Letsinger |
| Sacred Ground: Religious Pluralism and Prejudice in the American Experiment |
Eboo Patel |
| As a City Upon a Hill:' On Becoming America |
Leigh Hafrey & Russ Muirhead |
| How Do you Know?: Finding the Truth in a Post-Truth World |
Ray Suarez |
| Global Security and America’s Role in the New World Order |
Dina Temple-Raston & Harvey Rishikof |
| The Motivation Divide in the Global Economy |
Amanda Ripley |
| The Influence of the Corporation |
Judy Samuelson |
| Socrates Spain, Ronda - Change and Opportunity: The Future of Work and Learning |
Connie Yowell |
| Socrates Ukraine, Kyiv - Order Amid Chaos: Major Trends Shaping the Future of Technology, Business, Culture and Society |
William Powers |
| Socrates Japan, Otsu - Changing How We Change: Major Trends Shaping the Future of Technology, Education, Business and Society |
William Powers |
| Socrates Mexico, Puebla - U.S.- Mexico Relations: Leadership for the 21st Century |
Welby Leaman & Dan Restrepo |
| Socrates New York - Empathy and Anger in Politics |
Larissa MacFarquhar |
| Political Civility and the Role of Congress |
Dan Glickman & Bill Hoagland |
| The Role of Government in the Economy |
Bradley Belt & Martha Coven |
2016
| Democracy in the Digital Age |
Charlie Firestone |
| The Good Story: Inspiring Leadership |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Artificial Intelligence |
Neil Jacobstein |
| Who Is "Us"? Reimagining American Civic Identity |
Eric Liu |
| Changing Leadership in the Middle East |
Robin Wright |
| Over the Horizon: Five Trends Shaping the Future of Technology, Education, Business, and Society |
Bill Powers & Connie Yowell |
| Who Are Cities For? Opportunity, Access, and Hope in the American City |
Jennifer Bradley |
| The Sharing Economy |
Andrew Ross Sorkin |
| Socrates Spain, Ronda - Changing How We Change: Five Trends Shaping the Future of Technology, Education, Business, and Society |
William Powers |
| Socrates Ukraine, Kyiv - Privacy and Transparency |
Jeffrey Rosen |
| Socrates Mexico, Puebla - The Future of Work in a Digital Economy |
Sonal Shah |
| Socrates Serbia, Vršac - How Technology is Changing Us, How We Think, Relate, and Lead |
Stephen Balkam |
2015
| The Future of Privacy and Transparency |
Jeffrey Rosen |
| How Technology is Changing our Lives and Business |
Sonal Shah |
| U.S. Policy on ISIS: Coping with Jihad 2.0 |
James Traub |
| The Future of Work and Skills in the Digital Age |
John Irons |
| Race and Cultural Identity |
Lani Guiner & Susan Sturm |
| Competition and Care: Reinventing a Kinder Capitalism |
Anne-Marie Slaughter |
| Who is Us? Reimagining American Civic Identity |
Eric Liu |
| Can Business Fix Government |
Peter Orszag |
| Socrates New York - Artificial Intelligence, Business, and the Future of Work |
Neil Jacobstein |
| Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy: Invitation to Struggle |
Philip Zelikow |
| Socrates Ukrain, Kyiv - Heroes and Villains: Leading Business, Politics, and Civil Society in the 21st Century |
Leigh Hafrey |
| Socrates Mexico, Puebla - The Next Wave of Tech Innovation: What It Means For How We Live and Do Business |
William Powers |
| Socrates Spain, Ronda - How Technology is Changing Us: How We Think, Relate, and Lead |
Stephen Balkam |
| Socrates Spain, Ronda - The Moral Limits of Markets: Can Markets Do Social Good? |
Clive Crook |