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August 13-15, 2015 KentPresents An ideas festival exploring What Comes Next What Comes Next In ... Politics Global Affairs Health & Medicine Technology Food Art Performing Art Media Energy Environment Education Innovation Meet Nobel Laureates. Harold Varmus Paul Krugman Henry Kissinger Learn from leaders in the arts and activism. Gregory Mosher Michael Govan Mia Farrow Pose questions to writers and journalists. Lewis Lapham Joe Nocera Christopher Buckley Engage with Pulitzer Prize winners. Edmund Morris David Sanger Siddhartha Mukherjee Get ahead of your future with leaders in science, politics and technology. J.B. Straubel Mitch Landrieu Frances Arnold Engage and debate with 60 luminary thought leaders... ...in business, the arts, health, engineering and media. Interact, debate and argue with our luminary presenters. Network at breakout sessions, meals and cocktail receptions. Explore the bucolic Litchfield Hills with covered bridges, fishing, golf, art galleries and farm-to-table restaurants KentPresents was founded by Ben and Donna Rosen to help support the charitable needs of Kent and surrounding communities. All sessions take place at the renowned Kent School Presenters Andre Aciman Graduate Center CUNY Scott Fraser University of Southern California Steve Koonin NYU Center for Urban Progress Frances Arnold Caltech Jim Fruchterman Benetech Michael Kramer Playwright, Journalist James Atlas Author, Editor Janet Gornick Graduate Center CUNY Jay Kriegel Related Companies David Benedict Author, Critic Michael Govan L..A. County Museum of Art Paul Krugman Graduate Center CUNY Stewart Brand Long Now Foundation Bill Gross Idealab Corby Kummer Atlantic Magazine Christopher Buckley Novelist, Essayist, Humorist Christine Harper Bloomberg Mitch Landrieu New Orleans Mayor Amy Cappellazzo Art Agency, Partners Jim Hoge Teneo Intelligence Lewis Lapham Lapham’s Quarterly Ted Chapin Rodgers & Hammerstein Hedi Hricak Memorial Sloan Kettering Nick Lemann New Yorker Staff Writer 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 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 Joe Nocera New York Times J.B. Straubel Tesla Motors Soledad O'Brien Starfish Media Alex Taylor Journalist Steve Pearlstein George Mason University Susan Taylor New Orleans Museum of Art Chase Robinson Graduate Center CUNY Jeffrey Toobin New Yorker Staff Writer Rachel Rose Video and Installation Artist Harold Varmus National Cancer Institute, Retired Jerry Saltz New York Magazine Darren Walker Ford Foundation David Sanger New York Times Jane Whitney Television Correspondent Judith Shulevitz Journalist, Author Fareed Zakaria CNN Host, Author Andrew Solomon Author, Columbia University Professor Jim Zirin Litigator, Television Host Rory Stewart U.K. Member of Parliament All presenters, topics, agendas and detailed schedules are subject to change based on unforeseen circumstances. To learn more about KentPresents visit www.kentpresents.org. Media inquiries may be sent to Danielle Oteri, Director of Marketing and Communications at [email protected]. KentPresents PO Box 648 Kent, CT 06757 86--222-4234 [email protected]
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