Conference on World Affairs

After the difficult news that the 72nd CU Boulder Conference on World Affairs would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 mitigation efforts, our program committee (comprised of community and student volunteers) has worked to produce five CWA sessions addressing these challenging times. CWA will host free, daily virtual CWA sessions April 6-10, 2020.

We're grateful to the 2020 CWA speakers and CU faculty experts who have volunteered their time to participate in these panel discussions, all of which will be held online via Zoom. Attendees do not need to have installed Zoom on their device to participate in these sessions; anyone can access the sessions via a computer, smartphone, or tablet. Attendees can submit questions for the moderator via the chat feature in Zoom.

Each session has a maximum capacity of 500 online attendees: please RSVP for the sessions you would like to attend, and we will confirm your spot with instructions via email. All sessions will be recorded and posted shortly afterward to the CWA YouTube channel.

SETI Institute Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak will be participating in two panel discussions:

Listen to the Scientists • Wednesday, April 8 @ 2:00 p.m. MDT

• Beth Bartel, Science Communication Specialist at UNAVCO, geoscientist, speaker, and science communication trainer
• Eliot Peper, Strategist and novelist whose speculative thrillers explore the intersection of technology and culture
• Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute and host of radio show/podcast Big Picture Science
• Ty Tashiro, Social Scientist and author of AWKWARD: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward & Why That's Awesome
• Moderator: Dr. Max Boykoff, Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research

Humor in Hard Times • Thursday, April 9 @ 2:00 p.m. MDT

• Lisa Graves, President of the new watchdog group True North Research, researcher, writer and speaker. Former chief counsel for nominations on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and deputy assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy.
• Mike Reiss, Emmy Award-Winning Writer & Producer, The Simpsons
• Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and host of radio show/podcast Big Picture Science
• Michael Spencer, Professor of Theater and Performance Design, Central Saint Martins
• Mark P. Stewart, Multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer, and instrument designer

For more information visit https://www.colorado.edu/cwa/2020/03/29/join-us-virtual-cwa-week-april-6-10