Renaissance Weekend
Illustrative Topics
Each weekend includes nationally distinguished authorities in diverse fields, with presentations supplemented by remarks from highly informed fellow participants. Music and laughter punctuate serious discussions on a broad range of public policy and personal subjects.
Some have likened Renaissance Weekends to "mini-universities" or reunions of an extended family of highly accomplished individuals. Participants tailor-make a personal schedule, choosing among a half-dozen to 20 simultaneous programs throughout each day and several plenary sessions. Lively discussion is encouraged, and the tone is decidedly relaxed. All may come-and-go as they like.
Specific programs address business and finance, international affairs, government and politics, medicine, science and technology, religion and philosophy, energy and the environment, literature and the arts, non-profits, philanthropy and NGOs, journalism, media and entertainment, health and fitness, technology, psychology, travel, and family legacies and concerns. See Illustrative Topics below.
Each Renaissance program is designed to highlight the unique competencies of individual participants and is organized about two weeks before the Weekend. A Tentative Program with several assignments for each participant is e-mailed just before the weekend. The final Program is only available at Registration.
Illustrative Topics include:
Is There a "Selfless Gene"?
Stepping Beyond Identity Politics
A Smarter Planet’s Algorithms & Apps
The New Pistons Driving Global Growth
Technologies and $$$ Transforming the Arts
Lessons “The Apprentice” Doesn’t Teach
“When I'm 64...": Can We Buy Youth?
What Is "A Life Beautifully Spent"?
Restoring the American Dream
Reinventing Leadership
New Energy Frontiers
How Beliefs Arise in Our Brains
Invasion of the Policy Snatchers
How We Die (On Life’s Final Chapter)
What the Tea Party Says About America
Must There Always Be a Bottom Billion?
The Coarsening of American Culture
The “Dark Side” of Astrophysics
Is Estrogen the New Ritalin?
The Future of Faith
The Practical Practice of Politics
The Post-PC, Post-Internet World
"Secret Sauces" to Drive Performance
Beating Cancer, Heart Disease and AIDS
Where's the Jasmine Revolution Heading?
Facing Inflation, Surviving Scary Markets
Behind the Great (Fire)Wall of China
How Hollywood Reinvents Itself
Astronauts' Sagas from Space
Books that Change Lives
Taking "Mad Men" Digital
Tomorrowland's Urban Landscape
Keeping Memory Sharp As We Age
The Personal Genome, A Decade Later
Juggling Roles: The "Sandwich Generation"
When's the Conventional Wisdom Right?
Unlocking Ability: The "Q's" Beyond IQ
Fashioning "Techno-Nomadic" Lives
Turning Vision into Value
The Health of Nations
Hamilton’s Blessing: The History of America’s National Debt
”Text Me”: How Teens’ Use of Media Is Affecting Their Relationships
Quantum Computers: The Startling New Way to Process Information
Play: How It Shapes Brains, Opens Imaginations & Invigorates Souls
Why Not?: Using Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small
Bridging the Gap: Christians’, Jews’ & Muslims’ Misconceptions of the Faiths
Why Youth Is Not Wasted on Kids
Why I'm Cleaning Up the Environment (But NOT My Room)
How Grade "A" Professionals Can Avoid "F's" as Parents
