August 13-15, KentPresents. An ideas festival exploring What Comes Next

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1 August 13-15, 2015 KentPresents An ideas festival exploring What Comes Next

2 What Comes Next In... Politics Technology Art Performing Art Global Affairs Food Media Energy Health & Medicine Innovation Environment Education

3 Meet Nobel Laureates. Harold Varmus Henry Kissinger Paul Krugman

4 Learn from leaders in the arts and activism. Gregory Mosher Michael Govan Mia Farrow

5 Pose questions to writers and journalists. Joe Nocera Lewis Lapham Christopher Buckley

6 Engage with Pulitzer Prize winners. Edmund Morris Siddhartha Mukherjee David Sanger

7 Get ahead of your future with leaders in science, politics and technology. Mitch Landrieu Frances Arnold J.B. Straubel

8 Engage and debate with 60 luminary thought leaders...

9 ...in business, the arts, health, engineering and media.

10 Interact, debate and argue with our luminary presenters.

11 Network at breakout sessions, meals and cocktail receptions.

12 Explore the bucolic Litchfield Hills with covered bridges, fishing, golf, art galleries and farm-to-table restaurants

13 KentPresents was founded by Ben and Donna Rosen to help support the charitable needs of Kent and surrounding communities.

14 All sessions take place at the renowned Kent School

15 Presenters Andre Aciman Graduate Center CUNY Frances Arnold Caltech James Atlas Author, Editor David Benedict Author, Critic Stewart Brand Long Now Foundation Christopher Buckley Novelist, Essayist, Humorist Amy Cappellazzo Art Agency, Partners Ted Chapin Rodgers & Hammerstein Scott Fraser University of Southern California Jim Fruchterman Benetech Janet Gornick Graduate Center CUNY Michael Govan L..A. County Museum of Art Bill Gross Idealab Christine Harper Bloomberg Jim Hoge Teneo Intelligence Hedi Hricak Memorial Sloan Kettering Steve Koonin NYU Center for Urban Progress Michael Kramer Playwright, Journalist Jay Kriegel Related Companies Paul Krugman Graduate Center CUNY Corby Kummer Atlantic Magazine Mitch Landrieu New Orleans Mayor Lewis Lapham Lapham s Quarterly Nick Lemann New Yorker Staff Writer Michael Moritz Sequoia Capital Edmund Morris Biographer Sylvia Morris Biographer Gregory Mosher Broadway Director, Producer Siddhartha Mukherjee Columbia University David Nasaw Graduate Center CUNY Francis Naumann Art Curator, Dealer Charlie Cook Cook Political Report Pepe Karmel New York University Chris Lew Whitney Museum Cathy Davidson Graduate Center CUNY Dodie Kazanjian Vogue Adam Lowe Factum Arte Frank Delaney Writer, Broadcaster Dan Kevles Yale Richard Maltby, Jr. Broadway Director & Lyricist Judy Dobrzynski Writer Henry Kissinger Kissinger Associates Paul Marks Memorial Sloan Kettering Mia Farrow Human Rights Activist Howard Morgan First Round Capital

16 Joe Nocera New York Times Soledad O'Brien Starfish Media Steve Pearlstein George Mason University Chase Robinson Graduate Center CUNY Rachel Rose Video and Installation Artist Jerry Saltz New York Magazine David Sanger New York Times Judith Shulevitz Journalist, Author Andrew Solomon Author, Columbia University Professor Rory Stewart U.K. Member of Parliament J.B. Straubel Tesla Motors Alex Taylor Journalist Susan Taylor New Orleans Museum of Art Jeffrey Toobin New Yorker Staff Writer Harold Varmus National Cancer Institute, Retired Darren Walker Ford Foundation Jane Whitney Television Correspondent Fareed Zakaria CNN Host, Author Jim Zirin Litigator, Television Host All presenters, topics, agendas and detailed schedules are subject to change based on unforeseen circumstances. To learn more about KentPresents visit Media inquiries may be sent to Danielle Oteri, Director of Marketing and Communications at KentPresents PO Box 648 Kent, CT