The Silfen Forum Archives 2009-2022

Ben Franklin: A Voice From the Past That Speaks to Our Day

John L. Jackson
Wendell Pritchett
Ken Burns

"Civil Discourse in Uncivil Times"

Amy Gutmann. introductions
Michael Delli Carpini, moderator
Donna Brazile
The Honorable John Ellis “Jeb” Bush Sr. 
Julián Castro
Peggy Noonan
Ashley Parker

"Is There an Antidote for the Opioid Epidemic? 
Seeking a Cure for the Worst Drug Crisis in American History"

Amy Gutmann. moderator
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The Honorable John Ellis “Jeb” Bush Sr. 
The Honorable James F. Kenney
The Honorable Bertha Madras
Dr. Jeanmarie Perrone

“People and Policy Adrift: A 21st Century Framework for Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Immigration Policy”

Amy Gutmann, moderator
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The Honorable John Ellis “Jeb” Bush Sr.
Michael Doyle
Dau Jok
Anne C. Richard

"A Formidable Foe: Cancer in the 21st Century"

Amy Gutmann, moderator 
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Dr. Otis W. Brawley
Dr. Nancy E. Davidson
Dr. Carl H. June
Kim Vernick

"Silfen Forum and Gala Celebration of Penn in China"
Amy Gutmann, moderator
Howard Marks
General Colin Powell (Ret.)
Zhang Xin
Li Zhaoxing

“From Idea to Innovation: The Impactful University” and Pennovation Center Groundbreaking"
Amy Gutmann, moderator
Walter Isaacson

“Open Learning and the Future of Higher Education”
Amy Gutmann, moderator
Thomas L. Friedman
Martha J. Kanter
William E. Kirwan
Daphne Koller

"Is America Broken? A Conversation on the 2012 Elections and Beyond”
Amy Gutmann, moderator
Charles Blow
John Lapinski
Peggy Noonan
Ed Rendell
Alan Simpson

“The Polarized Polis: Public Debate in the United States”
Amy Gutmann, moderator
John J. DiIulio, Jr.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
John L. Jackson
Jim Leach
Andrea Mitchell

“After the Fall: A World Transformed?”
Amy Gutmann, moderator
Jennifer Amyx
Harold Cole
Don Kettl
Richard Marston
David Skeel