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The countdown is on … the Jefferson Educational Society will host Global Summit XII – a free digital speaker series over a three-week period – starting Monday, May 10 and continuing through Thursday, May 27. It features prominent speakers such as pandemic experts Dr. Leana Wen and Dr. Michael Saag, America’s top astronomer Avi Loeb, and authors and media experts David Ignatius, Susan Page, Karen Tumulty, April Ryan, James Fallows, and Deborah Fallows.
The free May summit will also feature conservative scholar Nile Gardiner; urban experts Camille Busette, Rashawn Ray, and Jeffrey Brown; first deputy White House National Climate Adviser to President Biden Ali Zaidi; Christopher Hill, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, South Korea, Poland, and Macedonia; and Gerald Seib, the Wall Street Journal’s Washington executive editor and author of “We should have seen it coming: From Reagan to Trump – a front-row seat to a political revolution.”
“We are very excited for the kickoff next Monday,” Jefferson President Ferki Ferati said. “We have 18 world-class speakers in 14 programs over the three-week summit, and admission is free. But attendees need to register for each event because the programs are hosted through Zoom.”
Details are posted on the JES website, www.JESerie.org. Registration is required for each program.
Week One of the May lineup features Camille Busette and Rashawn Ray (May 10); President Biden adviser Ali Zaidi (May 11); Avi Loeb (May 12); Rev. Jeffrey Brown (May 13); and Nile Gardiner (May 14). Week Two leads off with Gerald Seib (May 17), followed by Dr. Michael Saag (May 18); Susan Page (May 19); Karen Tumulty (May 20); and Dr. Leana Wen (May 21). Week Three features David Ignatius (May 24); former Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill (May 25); CNN Political Analyst April Ryan (May 26); and writer-authors James Fallows and Deborah Fallows with filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan, who produced a newly released HBO documentary based on the Fallows’ bestselling book, “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America” (May 27). All programs begin at 7:30 p.m., except for Dr. Leana Wen’s program, which begins at 1 p.m.
In addition, Global Summit Chairman and Erie-native Steve Scully, Senior Executive Producer at C-SPAN, will moderate some of the events as he has done during past Global Summit events in Erie.
