Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Exclusive Kick Off Luncheon

Welcome
Laura Bush

Women’s Initiative
Empowering and Advancing Women to Leadership Roles
Barbara Barrett, Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland
Dina Powell, Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy; Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

Opening Plenary Sessions

Personal Testimony
Daniel Anello, Chief Executive Officer, New Schools for Chicago; George W. Bush Institute Presidential Leadership Scholars ‘15

Preparing All Kids for an Unpredictable Future – The Promise of Lifelong Learning
Dr. Priscilla Chan, Co-Founder of The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Nationalism and the Future of Global Markets
Ben Bernanke, Former Chair of the Federal Reserve; Fellow at the Brookings Institute
Edward Lazear, Professor, Economics, Stanford University
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Chairman, Paulson Institute
Moderator: Terry Duffy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CME Group

Studio 43: Transformation and Foundations
In our Transformations and Foundations series, the Bush Center explores developments that will help reshape the coming decades as well as other topics that reinforce those elements that are essential to our common experience as Americans. At the Forum, our conversations will focus upon major developments that are transforming the way we will live in the coming decades.

New Perspectives for Changing Times (Concurrent)

Is Universal Basic Income the Answer to Income Inequality?
Robert Doar, Morgridge Resident Fellow in Poverty Studies, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Taylor Jo Isenberg, Managing Director, The Economic Security Project

Going Native: Why Conservation Matters in Our Cities and in Our Own Backyards
Laura Bush
James T. Farmer, Author and Interior Designer, James Farmer, Inc.
Michael Van Valkenburgh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc.
Moderator: Klaus Desmet, Ph.D. Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor, Department of Economics, SMU

Reception and Dinner

Personal Testimony
Aung Kyaw Moe, Executive Director Center for Social Integrity; George W. Bush Institute Liberty and Leadership Forum ‘17

Human Freedom
The Opportunities and Obligations of Freedom
Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State
Moderator: Arthur C. Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Exclusive Breakfast

A Conversation with Dick Cheney and John Boehner
John Boehner, 53^rd Speaker of the House of Representatives
Dick Cheney, 46^th Vice President of the United States

Plenary Sessions

Personal Testimony
Holly Gordon, Chief Impact Officer, PARTICPANT MEDIA; George W. Bush Institute Presidential Leadership Scholars ‘15

Next Generation Game Changers
James “Kassaga” Arinaitwe, Chief Executive Officer, Teach for Uganda
Diana Mao, President and Co-Founder, Nomi Network; George W. Bush Institute, Presidential Leadership Scholars ‘15
Jonathan Swanson, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Thumbtack
Daniela Terminel, Chief Executive Officer, Global Health Corps
Moderator: Barbara Bush, Co-Founder and Board Chair, Global Health Corps

Governing in the 21st Century
Governor John W. Hickenlooper, State of Colorado
Governor Susana Martinez, State of New Mexico

Luncheon and Award of George W. Bush Institute Military Service Citation

Welcome
Donald L. Evans, Chairman of the Board of Directors, George W. Bush Foundation

Remarks
Doug Parker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines

Remarks
President George W. Bush

Veterans and Military Families: Continued Leadership for our Businesses, Communities, and Nation
Meg Kabat, National Director, Caregiver Support Program, Department of Veteran Affairs
M. Lyla Kohistany, President/Co-Founder, PROMOTE; Director of Government Programs, Cultural Intelligence Center
General Peter Pace, USMC (Retired); 16^th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Blayne Smith, President, GORUCK

George W. Bush Institute Military Service Citation Recipient
Blayne Smith, President, GORUCK

Studio 43: Transformations and Foundations: The Drivers of the Next 50 Years

21^st Century Medicine:  Regenerative Medicine
W.E. “Ed” Bosarge, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman, Black Beret Life Sciences, LLC; Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman Emeritus, Quantlab Financial, LLC
Marc Penn, M.D., Ph.D, Chief Executive Officer, Black Beret Life Sciences, LLC

21^st Century Medicine:  Unlocking the Power of Genetics
Eric Olson, Ph.D., Professor, UT Southwestern; Founder, Exonics Therapeutics

21^st Century Technological Revolution: Artificial Intelligence: Faster, Better, Stronger?
D. Scott Phoenix, Co-Founder, Vicarious

Black Tie Gala

George W. Bush Institute Trailblazer Citation Recipient
Jan Pruitt (Posthumously), Former President and Chief Executive Officer, North Texas Food Bank

George W. Bush Medal for Distinguished Leadership Recipient
Bono, Lead Singer of U2; Co-Founder, ONE and (RED)

A Conversation with President George W. Bush and Bono
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
Bono, Lead Singer of U2; Co-Founder, ONE and (RED)
Joshua Bolten, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Roundtable