Symposium

Keynote Speaker

Don Michael Randel, President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation   Read Opening Remarks

The Changing Climate of U.S. Climate Change Politics

Norman C. Craig '53, Moderator, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Oberlin College
Karen Florini '79, Senior Attorney, Climate Program, Environmental Defense
Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
David W. Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Oberlin College

Inequality and Social Justice: A World View

Ronald C. Kahn, Moderator, James Monroe Professor of Politics and Law, Oberlin College
Jacqueline A. Berrien '83, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Francisco X. Dominguez '89, Shareholder in the law firm of Dominguez & Coyle, PLLC
Kenneth N. Kuttner, Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics, Oberlin College
Michael Santoro '76, Associate Professor (with tenure), Business Environment Department, Rutgers Business School, and a faculty member of the Rutgers Center for Global Change and Governance

Art in a Global Culture: A Fearless Pursuit of Excellence

David H. Stull '89, Moderator, Dean of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Matt Albert '96, Violinist/Violist with eighth blackbird
Jennifer Koh '97, Violinist
Charles Michener, Author (formerly senior editor at The New Yorker and senior editor for cultural affairs at Newsweek)
Jill Snyder, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland
Rick Sperling '89, Founder and CEO, Mosaic Youth Theatre, Detroit

Emerging Challenges in Science

Yolanda P. Cruz, Moderator, Convenor in the Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Oberlin College
Stuart Card '66, Senior Fellow in Human/Computer Interaction, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Jacob A. Gayle '79, Deputy Vice President at Ford Foundation (responsible for Global HIV/AIDS Initiative)
Pamela Hines '74, Senior Editor at Science magazine