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    ABA Presidential Speaker Series

    Exclusive conversations with world leaders, thought leaders, businesspeople, philanthropists, entertainers, and others encapsulating the theme “Lifting Our Voices, Charting the Future.” This series is dedicated to spotlighting trailblazers and thinkers who are shaping the course of our collective future, and is designed to inspire, provoke thought, and foster deeper understanding of pressing national and global issues.

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    A Conversation with Richard Haass: The State of World Affairs and Obligations of Good Citizens

    Featuring Richard Haass, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and member of the ABA Task Force for American Democracy, in conversation with David Westin, anchor of “Bloomberg Wall Street Week” and former president of ABC News. Topics will range from discussion of Mr. Haass’ New York Times best-selling book The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens to the state of democracy around the globe, U.S. foreign policy, and an analysis of world affairs, and more.

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    A Conversation with Pinterest CEO Bill Ready and CLO Wanji Walcott

    Topics will range from the evolution of Pinterest’s strategy and its vision for the future, how artificial intelligence is impact Pinterest and technology companies, the working relationship between a CEO and CLO, and more.
    A Special Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Program “A Conversation with U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono”

    Topics will include the Senator’s life and work as described in her book, Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story, critical issues facing our country, how lawyers can uphold the rule of law, and more.
    America’s 250th Anniversary and the Contributions of Women: Past, Present and Future

    Featuring Rosie Rios, chair for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission and former Treasurer of the United States in conversation with Frédérique Irwin, President and CEO, National Women’s History Museum.
    A Special Black History Month Program "The Business of Democracy"

    Featuring Special Advisors to the ABA Task Force for American Democracy, Kenneth Frazier, the former CEO of Merck, and Kenneth Chenault, the former CEO of American Express, in conversation with Paulette Brown, Past ABA President (2015-2016).
    Democracy in Peril

    “Democracy in Peril” featuring the Co-Chairs of ABA Task Force for American Democracy, Hon. J. Michael Luttig and Hon. Jeh Charles Johnson, in conversation with David French.
    Martin Scorsese and Chief Standing Bear

    Martin Scorsese, director of Killers of the Flower Moon, and Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, will be interviewed by ABA President Mary Smith and American Bar Foundation President Jimmy K. Goodman.
    Artificial Intelligence – The New Frontier

    “A.I. – The New Frontier: Panel of Special Advisors for the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence” featuring Ivan Fong, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Medtronic and many more.
    Deb Haaland and Native American Women “Firsts”

    The speaker is Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and a special panel of Native American women “firsts.”
    Dolores Huerta

    Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who, with Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the United Farmworkers Association.
    Ivo H. Daalder

    The speaker is Ivo Daalder, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO.