The Long Conversation

Established in 1998, Asia Society Northern California (ASNC) is uniquely positioned on the edge of the Pacific and at the entrance to Silicon Valley. ASNC connects the San Francisco Bay Area’s diverse local community with a wide network of leaders and visionaries in the fields of policy, business, arts & culture, and sustainability. Through conferences, panel discussions, cultural programs, exclusive dinners, and networking events, ASNC presents timely and relevant forums for educating and engaging the public about the critical issues facing the United States, Asia, and the world.About Asia SocietyFounded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller III, Asia Society is the leading educational institution dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships across people, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. Across the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, the Society provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future.Asia Society is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational institution with headquarters in New York, major centers in Hong Kong and Houston, and offices in Los Angeles, Manila, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Washington, D.C., and Zurich.

Hoover Institution, event co-sponsored by Asia Society Northern California

The Long Conversation, a collaboration with Asia Society Northern California and the Long Now Foundation, features a dozen leaders from the arts and sciences in a relay of two-person dialogues focused on what the world will look like thousands of years from now. From a futurist to a coral reef expert, learn from the best minds on climate and Asia in 15-minute rolling conversations with entertaining conversationalists from all walks of life.   This unique program format starts with two people on stage and every 15 minutes, one person leaves and another comes on. Each person alternates being the interviewee and the interviewer. Each 15-minute conversation is with two people from different backgrounds, with a focus on Asia, about their ideas. 

Speakers include:
<UL>
<LI>Stewart Brand, founder of the Long Now Foundation</LI>
<LI>Barbara Finamore, senior strategic director, Asia, NRDC; founder of NRDC’s China program</LI>
<LI>Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author of Drawdown</LI>
<LI>Jim Barry, Senior Scientist, Research Division Chair, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute</LI>
<LI>Peter Schwartz, futurist, SVP Strategic Planning, Chief Future Officer for Salesforce.com, Asia Society Northern California board</LI>
<LI>Jiang Lin, Nat Simons Presidential Chair in China Energy Policy Director, Berkeley-Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab/UC Berkeley</LI>
<LI>Zander Rose, executive director of the Long Now Foundation</LI>
<LI>Kara Platoni, Lecturer and Assistant Dean for Students at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, author of We Have the Technology</LI>
<LI>Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society in New York</LI>
<LI>Inez Fung, professor of atmospheric science, University of California, Berkeley</LI>
<LI>Stuart Jonathan Russell, computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence</LI>
<LI>Peter Calthorpe, founding member of the Congress for New Urbanism </LI>
<LI>Miles Traer, pop-scientist at large, geological data scientist</LI>
</UL>
 
AGENDA
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Registration - arrive early & enjoy the exhibition! 
11:00 AM -  2:30 PM Program
 
Please note that public transportation is advised. The Fort Mason Farmer's Market is open until 2pm and the Giant Race half marathon will also start at 7am that morning.

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