Schedule

June 5-6, 2025
Penrose House at El Pomar Foundation

 

THURSDAY June 5

  • 9:15 - 10:00 AM - Coffee & Light Breakfast

  • 10:00 - 10:05 AM - Introduction by R. Thayer Tutt

  • 10:05 - 10:30 AM - Opening Remarks by Steven Pittz

  • 10:30 - 12:00 PM - Cornel West & Robert George: “Common Ground: A Civil Conversation”

  • 12:15 - 1:00 PM - Lunch Buffett

  • (12:15 - 2:00 PM - VIP Lunch with CU System Leadership)

  • (1:15 - 2:45 PM - Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) - Let’s Talk: Student Civil Discourse Workshop)

  • 1:15 - 1:29 PM - Rocky Mountain Public Media: “Rise Above the Noise”

  • 1:20 - 2:50 PM - FIRE: “The First Amendment in 2025”

  • 3:00 - 4:45 PM - Free Speech on University Campuses and Beyond. Moderated by Joshua Dunn (Tennessee)

    • Nadine Strossen (NYLS): “Challenges to Expression on Campus and Beyond”

    • Greg Lukianoff (FIRE): “Cancel Culture & The Conformity Gauntlet in Higher Education”

    • Jon Zimmerman (Penn): “Free Speech and Why You Should Give a Damn”

  • 5:00 - 6:30 PM - Cocktails and Appetizers

FRIDAY June 6

  • 9:30 - 9:55 AM:  Coffee and Light Breakfast

  • 9:55 - 10:00 AM - Remarks by Mayor Yemi Mobolade

  • 10:00 – 12:00 PM - The Role of Civics Education in Liberal Democratic Society. Moderated by Constantine Vassiliou (UCCS)

    • Paul Carrese (ASU): “Colleges and Universities Owe America, and Students, a Civic Education of Reflective Patriotism and Preparation for Civic Leadership”

    • Joshua Dunn (Tennessee): “A New Civics Education for a Wholly New World?”

    • Shilo Brooks (Princeton): “Liberal Education and the Life of Freedom”

  • 12:00 – 1:00:  Lunch Buffet

  • 1:15 - 3:15 PM - Academic Freedom and the Mission of the University. Moderated by Taylor Jaworski (CU Boulder)

    • Michael Poliakoff (ACTA): “The Wasteland of Academic Freedom”

    • Martha McCaughey (Wyoming): “The Distinction Between Scholarship and Activism”

    • Alexandra Lysova (Simon Fraser): “The Slow Creep of Ideological Control: Warnings from Russia’s Past for Canadian and Western Universities”

    • George Yancey (Baylor): “How Losing Academic Freedom Harms Science”

  • 3:15 – 3:30:  Concluding Remarks -- Steven Pittz

 

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