Buffett Symposium: Brave New Futures

We are all too familiar with the crises of our time: global warming, uncontrolled technological change, disrupted labor markets, eroding social norms, new geopolitical conflicts, for starters. But what comes next? And how might we innovate for a better future?

Our spring symposium convenes a visionary set of emerging international thinkers to explore how human relationships, information ecosystems, labor, and the planet itself are being reshaped in this moment of uncertainty and possibility. From the power of art for action to the future of work and planetary survival, join us to consider bold new visions for building more just and sustainable global futures.

• Olubayo Adekanmbi, CEO of Data Science Nigeria and co-founder of EqualyzAI
• Shuwei Fang, Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politic, & Public Policy
• Suhani Jalota, founder of Myna Mahila and founder and leader of the Future of Work for Women Initiative at Stanford University's Hoover Institution
• Nataliya Kosmyna, research scientist at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group
• Bing Liu, filmmaker and director of the Emmy- and Oscar-nominated feature documentary and the newly released feature film
• Vanessa Nakate, climate activist, founder of the Rise Up climate movement, and author of
• Omar Offendum, spoken word poet, rapper, and storyteller
• David Wallace-Wells, writer for , columnist for , and author of
• Qing Wang, co-founder of
• Allison Yang, founder and CEO of Reality Reload

Please note that 720 University Place is not an ADA-accessible space. Increasing physical access to buildings and facilities is a goal of the University, but not all buildings and venues have been updated.

Info: Deborah Cohen, Richard W. Leopold Professor of History and Director of Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Info: Moderated by Nour Kteily, Professor of Management & Organizations and Co-Director of the Center for Enlightened Disagreement at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business

Info: Moderated by Jeremy Gilbert, Knight Professor in Digital Media Strategy at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism

Info: Moderated by Ellen Harvey, conceptual artist whose recent work includes Utopia Machine

Info: Moderated by Iza Ding, Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University's Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences

Info: Moderated by Dean Karlan, Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business

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