THE MILLENNIAL IDEAS FORUM
THE MILLENNIAL IDEAS FORUM is a convening of emerging Millennial thought leaders jointly organized by the New America Foundation + the Millennial Trains Project. It will feature a day-long series of panel discussions and interactive workshops, as well as a service component wherein participants will co-create a large community mural.
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9:30 AM // DOORS // COFFEE // CHECK-IN
OPENING REMARKS
10 AM // TINKERING
10.1 | HOW MILLENNIALS ARE MAKING GOVERNMENT BETTER
Moderator: Kristal High, Editor-in-Chief, Politic 365; Panelists: Seamus Kraft, Open Government Foundation + Katherine Peters, Co-Founder TurboVote + Drew Morrison, Student Leader, Roosevelt Campus Network
10.3 | THE MILLENNIAL MIND
Annie Murphy Paul, Fellow, New America Foundation; Author, Brilliant: The New Science of Smart
10.4 | POWERFUL STUFF: TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENERGIZE US
Conversation with Teryn Norris, Special Assistant, US Department of Energy + Matthew Stepp, Senior Policy Analyst, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
10.5 | TINKERING WITH INTERACTIVITY
Max Kazemzadeh, Artist, Interactive Designer and Professor at Gallaudet University
11 AM // TENACITY
11.1 THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM
Moderator: Ronnie Cho; Panelists: David Burstein, Author, Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping out world + Nona Willis Aronowitz, Roosevelt Institute fellow, Tomorrow Magazine co-founder + Jason Peuquet, Research Director, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
11.4 | MAGIC AND TRAGIC TALES FROM MERLINDIA'S MAIN MAN
Justin Vitarello, Founder, Fojol Brothers Food Truck
11.5 | PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Berenika, Classical Pianist
12 PM // RETHINKING
12.1 | WHY WE NEED THE WILDERNESS + THE
WILDERNESS NEEDS US
Juan Martinez, National Geographic Explorer,
North Face Ambassador
12.2 | THE COSTS AND VALUES OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
Moderator: Koda Wang, Chief of Staff, Huffington Post Media Group Panelists: Steven FeldsteIn, Director of Policy,
USAID + J. Skyler Fernandes, Venture Capitalist and Leader of The Missing Middle Initiative
12.5 | HOW TO KEEP THE INTERNET AWESOME
Marvin Ammori, SOPA instigator, scholar on first amendment rights
SCREENING : SILICON PRAIRE TRAILOR, Introduction: Michael Petricone,
Senior Vice President Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association
///// LUNCH /////
130
PM // PASSION
SCREENING : SPARK ACTION VIDEO, Introduction:
Alex Wirth, Fellow at Forum for Youth Investment
1:45 |THE NEXT STEPS IN POLITICS
Sandra Fluke, Social Justice Advocate with
Garance Franke-Ruta, Politics Editor, the Atlantic Online
2.2 | NATION BUILDING AT HOME
Moderator: Aditi Sheker, Executive Partner, Ashoka Changemakers Panelists: Fagan Harris, Co-Founder, Aspen Institute
for Ideas + Aaron Scheinberg, The Mission Continues + Will
Byrne, CEO + co-Founder, Groundswell + Reggie Love, MBA Candidate, Former Special Assistant to President Barak Obama
2.4 | THE FUTURE OF ROMANCE, RICHES
AND RELATIONSHIPS
Liza Mundy, Author of The
Richer Sex
2.5 | GUILT
A Radio Cabaret Performance
3
PM // DISRUPTION
3.1 |
Crowdsourcing youth ideas for 21st Century Foreign Policy
Zeenat Raham,
Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Special Advisor on Global Youth Issues with Amar
Bakshi, former Special Assistant to UN Ambassador Susan Rice, JD/ MBA Candidate
Yale University
3.2| (DISRUPTING) THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION
Moderator: Patrick Dowd, Founder, The Millennial Trains Project Panelists: , Noor Siddiqui, Thiel
Fellow + Scott Warren, Co-founder Executive Director, Generation Next + Max
Klau, Director of Leadership Development, City Year
3.4 | TECHONOMY: REINVENTING BUSINESS AS
USUAL
Conversation
with Sujay Tyle, Start-up Entrepreneur + Sheel
Tyle, Venture Capitalist
3.5 | WATCHING PAINT DRY: THE SCIENCE AND ART OF
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
Bryan "REI 21" Conner, Artist
4
PM // THE UN-CONFERENCE
Nick Troiano, Party’s Over: Electing the Next
Generation of Problem Solvers
Marvin Mathew, Igniting Entrepreneurship-
Millennial Solutions to Old Problems
Alex Wirth, Building Young Political Power
