The KentPresents 2017 program consisted of 44 sessions, presented by 79 speakers and moderators
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
World At Risk - (moderator/interview in italics) Michael Kramer, David Sanger
Aperitifs - 25 speakers give 2-minute previews of their sessions to come
John Donvan, Jared Bernstein, Amanda Ripley, Andrew Kolodny, Jim Bessen, William Luers, Jim Zirin, Jessica Mathews, Greg Petsko, Ron Daniels, Michael Kramer, Tom Loveless, Kathleen Stephens, Richard Murray, John Pfaff, Jay Kriegel, Paul Romer, Christopher Hill, Dario Gil, Scott Small, Tyler Cowen, Samuel Issacharoff, David Osborne, Joshua Landis, Aaron Carroll
The Arab Mess - Joshua Landis, Bill Luers, Jessica Mathews
Autonomous Driving - Alex Taylor, Richard Murray
Reinventing American Education - Valerie Strauss, David Osborne, Tom Loveless
Why The Conventional Wisdom About the Causes of Mass Incarceration Thwarts Reform - Adam Gopnik, John Pfaff
Alzheimer's Disease & The Aging Brain - John Donvan, Scott Small, Greg Petsko
Wrestling With Art - Adam Weinberg, Carroll Dunham
FRIDAY MORNING
The World Economy: Calm Before The Storm - Jared Bernstein, Paul Krugman
The Olympics of The Mind: Can U.S. Education Become Word Class? - David Nasaw, Amanda Ripley, Tom Loveless
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar - John Micklethwait, David Sanger, Nicholas Burns
Forgetting: Benefits of An Open Mind - Scott Small, Greg Petsko
Is Inequality Unstoppable? - Darren Walker, Paul Krugman, Jared Bernstein, Paul Romer
Leading An Elite University" Wasn't It Simpler Once? - John Donvan, Ron Daniels, Michael Roth
Democratic Way Back - Matthew Dowd, Stephanie Cutter, Greg Speed
The Opioid Epidemic: Past, Present and Looking Around The Corner - Regina LaBelle, Andrew Kolodny
Europe Up and Down - Kathleen Stephens, Nicholas Burns, Robert Hormats
In Search of The Elusive Tax Reform - Jared Bernstein, Tyler Cowen
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Grading Trump: Triumph Or Disaster? - Jane Whitney, Matthew Dowd, Lawrence Kudlow, Charles Blow
Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health - Corby Kummer, Aaron Carroll