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The World in 2030: Tomorrow's Scenarios, Today's Responsibilities

The World in 2030: Tomorrow’s Scenarios, Today’s Responsibilities

• Romano Prodi, former Italian Prime Minister and Brown Professor at Large
• Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile and Brown Professor at Large
• Alfred Gusenbauer, former Chancellor of Austria and Watson Institute Visiting Professor

Three leading figures in the international policy arena will join in a discussion of major global issues and opportunities that could unfold in the coming decades – and the course corrections needed now to ensure a better future for more of the world’s citizens. This panel of leaders will address forward-looking questions including:

• Can we determine how the world will look in 2030? What are the critical contingencies facing the world?
• How should these contingencies be anticipated and addressed by those with intellectual and institutional responsibility today?
• How do leaders take into account both the desirable futures and nightmare possibilities that attention to critical contingencies invites? What investments are required of leaders and publics?
• Do the answers to these questions look similar or different from vantage points in Austria, Italy, Europe, Chile, or Latin America? 

Location: Starr Auditorium, MacMillan Hall 117, 167 Thayer Street.