thought leaders to discuss and debate global issues. Conference Topics & Speakers 2000 Conference at University of Chicago - Global Security and Human Genome Project Speakers: General Alexander Haig; Roger Cossack, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Robert M. Gates, John Major, Aristides A.N. Patrinos, Charles DeLisi 2001 Conference at MIT - Crisis Management and Global Terrorism Speakers: Dr. Jerry Linenger, Kurt Muse, Norman Schwarzkopf, Denny Fitch, Benjamin Netanyahu, William Gavin, Scott O'Grady 2002 Conference at Stanford University - Stem Cell Research and The Role of the State in Regulating the Economy Speakers: Alice M. Rivlin, Richard C. Breeden, Dr. Arthur Caplan, Robert Reich, Irving L. Weissman, William Kristol 2004 Conference at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - A Discussion of Justice in America Speakers: Ron Angelone, Craig Haney, Bernard B. Kerik, Nadine Strossen, Alan Elsner, Marc Mauer, William J. Fraser 2005 Conference at University of Chicago - The Methamphetamine Crisis in America Speakers: Michael O. Leavitt, Barry R. McCaffrey, Mike McGrath, A. Thomas McLellan, David Murray, Bryan Samuels, Richard W. Sanders, S. Alex Stalcup, Eames Yates 2007 Conference at University of California, Berkeley - The Economics of Alternative Energy Speakers: Spencer Abraham, Carol Browner, Myron Ebell, Daniel C. Esty, Ben Lieberman, Jon Meacham, Angus Rockett, Richard Swanson, Jerry Taylor 2008 Conference at Northwestern University - Water: The Next Global Crisis? Speakers: Terry L. Anderson, Nigel Asquith, Maude Barlow, Joseph Dellapenna, Peter Gleick, Robert Glennon, Clay J. Landry, Lewis H. Lapham, Gary Libecap, Pat Mulroy, Rodney Smith, Kimberly Strassel, Barton H."Buzz" Thompson, Jr. 2010 Conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Energy and Climate Speakers: Doug Arent, Heidi Cullen, Thomas Friedman, Thomas Kalil, Doug May, Stephen W. Pacala, Arati Prabhakar, Andrew Revkin, Jim Rogers, Richard Sandor, Daniel P. Schrag, Stephen Stokes 2011 Conference at Janelia Farm Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Synthetic Biology Speakers: Frances Arnold, Arthur Caplan, Alta Charo, Greg Conko, Jay Keasling, Michael Krasny (talk show host), Ed Penhoet, Arti Rai, Vandana Shiva, Craig Venter 2012 Conference at University of California, Berkeley - Class Warfare in America' Speakers: David Brooks, Niall Ferguson, William Galston, Lewis H. Lapham, Charles Murray, Ralph Nader, Robert Reich, Condoleezza Rice 2017 Conference at National Academy of Sciences Building of the National Academy of Sciences - Energy Grid Cybersecurity: Threats and Solutions Speakers: Robert Gates , Ted Koppel, Tim Conway, Robert M. Lee, Kevin Mandia, Liam Ó Murchú 2018 Conference at Stanford University -