Speaker Series
Leadership for Society Speaker Series
Each Fall and Winter Quarter, the Leadership for Society program hosts a speakers series examining issues of critical importance to society, helping to develop leaders that can advance dialogue and create positive societal change in lives, organizations, and the world.
Tensions: Business, Civic Society and Politics
Winter 2024 | Professor Brian Lowery dares to ask the questions that demand answers in our provocative speaker series examining the significant opportunities and major challenges of balancing short-term return on investments with long-term goals of sustainability, equity, and social stability through the theme Tensions: Business, Civic Society and Politics.
Past Speaker Series
People & Planet in the Information Era
Winter 2023 | Dr. Brian Lowery dares to ask the questions that demand answers in our provocative speaker series on the information era. Join conversations with leaders from a variety of sectors to learn about the immense opportunity and critical challenges for society presented by the rapid explosion of information in our world.
Reimagining Work Post-COVID
Fall 2021 | Throughout the fall and winter of 2021, host Dean Brian Lowery and a series of guest speakers will explore Reimagining Work Post-COVID and the opportunities we have as a society during this time of critical change.
Race and Power
Winter 2021 | The 2020-21 conversations season explores the role of Race in society, how race interacts with structures of power, and how systemic racism manifests itself in day-to-day business and policy decisions. Online, free, and open to all as a webinar series every Monday at 6:15pm PT. Also available as a podcast from your preferred podcast provider.
Race and Power
Fall 2020 | The 2020-21 conversations season explores the role of Race in society, how race interacts with structures of power, and how systemic racism manifests itself in day-to-day business and policy decisions. Online, free, and open to all as a webinar series every Monday at 6:15pm PT. Also available as a podcast from your preferred podcast provider.
COVID-19: An Emerging World
Spring 2020 | The current pandemic has the potential to radically shift many areas of society and to remake societal expectations of the business community. The 2019 conversations season shares the voices of leaders well-placed to provide insight into the shifts we might see. Now available as a series of videos, free and available to all.