John Kasich
69th Governor of Ohio
Author, Two Paths: America Divided or United
 
David Gergen (Moderator)
Professor of Public Service and Co-Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School

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Governor of Ohio John Kasich addressed the forum on political issues from his current tenure as Governor of Ohio, as well as his past roles at the state and federal level of Ohio. Governor Kasich spoke on issues such as community policing, balancing the budget, and personal stories of faith and his path into politics. Harvard professor David Gergen moderated the forum. 

Nicholas Eberstadt
Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute
Author, Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis
Jason Furman
Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Chair, Council of Economic Advisers (2013-2017)
Lawrence H. Summers (Moderator)
Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University
Co-Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School

Panelists Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute and author of Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis, Jason Furman, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (2013-2017), joined moderator Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University and Co-Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, for a panel discussion to reflect on employment crisis amongst "prime-age" men twenty-five to fifty-four. The panelists defined the exact problem as they saw it and discussed their differing opinions on its causes and possible remedies. 

With special guest

Amanda Sloat

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Turkey, Greece and Cyprus

With special guest

Amanda Sloat

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Turkey, Greece and Cyprus

His Excellency Ban Ki-moon
Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations
Edward S. Mason Fellow and MPA 1984, Harvard Kennedy School
Joseph S. Nye Jr.
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Former Dean of Harvard Kennedy School
Graham Allison (Moderator)
Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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The Eighth Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency Ban Ki-moon addressed the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on the major international events of the past decade while he served as UN Secretary General. He recounted his efforts to steer the nations of the UN toward ambitious commitments to fight poverty and save the environment. He also warned against nuclear proliferation, emphasizing the importance of economic sanctions as strategy to reduce North Korean aggression. Graham Allison moderated the Forum.

Arthur Brooks
President, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise, AEI
Leah Wright Rigueur (Moderator)
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Welcome by
Douglas Elmendorf
Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, spoke at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on entrepreneurship and creative solutions that work at the margins of society. After delivering an address, Brooks was joined onstage by moderator Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. The panelists expanded upon the work of AEI and Brooks that explore the origins of "living life like a startup," and also took questions from the audience on the future of the American labor force, the effect of class on social innovation, and psychological determinants of entrepreneurs. 

A discussion with 

Will Butler MC/MPA '17 of Arcade Fire
 

A discussion wiith: 

Courtney Federico, Deputy Director of Party Affairs, Democratic National Committee
Jim Roosevelt, Co-chair, Rules and By-laws Committee, Democratic National Committee

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Lunch Will be Served

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Douglas W. Elmendorf, Dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

Drew Gilpin Faust, President and Lincoln Professor of History, Harvard University

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Opening Forum | American Power and Global Security: An Altered Landscape

Nicholas Burns (moderator), Roy and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations, Harvard Kennedy School
Graham T. Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Caroline Kennedy, Honorary Chair, Senior Advisory Committee, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School; U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2013–2017)
Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Meghan L. O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Director, Geopolitics of Energy Project, Harvard Kennedy School