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Celebrating its 70th year on the University of ColoradoÌýBoulder campus, the Conference on World Affairs is pleasedÌýto announce one of its most diverse speaker lineupsÌýto date.Ìý111Ìýspeakers and performersÌýwill come to Boulder bringingÌýdifferent perspectives to bear on the most important issues of our time. 37 speakers will attend from outside the US (representing 25 countries), with a nearÌýa 50/50 balance of men and women (including those with transgender history).

Among the issues being covered are the 2018 CWA program core themes: Leadership: In the Words of Women, Feeding the Future (a extensionÌýof the 2017 CWA food series), and People and the Planet.

The conference is open to the public, without charge and will be heldÌýApril 9-13, 2018. The 111Ìýspeakers and performers include:

• Amanda Gorman, inaugural youth poet laureate of the United States and activist;
• Valentino Achak Deng, former 'lost boy'Ìýof Sudan andÌýsocial advocate;
• Kate Williams, CEO ofÌý1% for the Planet;
• Kim Severson, food culture correspondent atÌýThe New York Times;
• Tulio K. Cardozo, Technical Manager forÌýThe Last Mile Works at San Quentin State Prison and theÌýfirst credentialed employee authorized to work in the same facility where he was once incarcerated.

Returning speakers and performersÌýincludeÌýShadia Marhaban, journalist, activist and peace mediator based in Indonesia,ÌýJames Tanabe, senior director of creative strategy forÌýCirque du Soleil, and Joe Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, nuclear expert andÌýMSNBCÌý³¦´Ç²Ô³Ù°ù¾±²ú³Ü³Ù´Ç°ù.

All speakers and performers are selectedÌýby the CWA program committee, comprised of student and community volunteers.ÌýGet more information at theÌý2018ÌýSpeakers andÌýPerformers page.ÌýÌýto receive the latest information on upcoming news and events.

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