Thursday
October 22, 2015

5:00 p.m.

Fay House,
Radcliffe Yard

Registration opens

Cocktail welcome reception

6:00 p.m.

Knafel Center,
Radcliffe Yard

The Future University

A wide-ranging conversation about trends in higher education including online and international higher education and university partnerships with cities and industry.

Dinner served

• Richard C. Levin
  Chief Executive Officer, Coursera; and President Emeritus, Yale University
• David J. Skorton
  Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; President Emeritus, Cornell University; and Former President, University of Iowa
• Moderated by Drew Gilpin Faust
  President, Harvard University

Friday
October 23, 2015

8:00 a.m.

Knafel Center

Registration opens

Continental breakfast available

8:30 a.m.

Knafel Center

Welcoming Remarks by Drew Gilpin Faust, President, Harvard University; and Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

8:45 a.m.

Knafel Center

A Historical Primer on Universities and Campus Design

A presentation providing context for the day’s discussions including the concept of the post-World War II university and the history of campus planning, design, and architecture.

• Thomas Bender
  University Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History, New York University
• Alex Krieger
  Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Harvard University; and Principal, NBBJ
• Introduced by Lizabeth Cohen
  Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Knafel Center

The Collaborative Campus

A talk about the future of collaboration in research universities including interdisciplinarity in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences; and designing campuses for collaboration and interdisciplinarity.

• Danielle S. Allen
  Director of the Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
• Steven E. Hyman
  Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
• Don M. Randel
  Chair of the Board of Directors, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; President Emeritus, Mellon Foundation; and President Emeritus, University of Chicago
• Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi
  Cofounders of WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism
• Moderated by Homi K. Bhabha
  Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, and Senior Advisor on the Humanities to the President and Provost, Harvard University

12:15 p.m.

Break

Lunch provided

12:45 p.m.

Knafel Center

The Local, Regional, and International Campus

A discussion about the many roles of universities in urban, economic, and international development.

• Hilary Ballon
  Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi
• Ira Harkavy
  Founding Director of the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
• Robert K. Steel
  Former New York City Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
• Moderated by Edward L. Glaeser
  Former Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, and Former Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard University

2:15 p.m.

Break

Afternoon snacks provided

2:30 p.m.

Knafel Center

The Digital Campus

A dialogue about the impact of technological advances on research universities including the role of physical space in an increasingly digital world and designing physical spaces for digital organizations.

• Paola Antonelli
  Senior Curator of Architecture & Design, and Director of Research & Development, The Museum of Modern Art
• Kai-Uwe Bergmann
  Partner, BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group
• Michael J. McCormick
  Associate Vice President for Capital Planning and Development, University of Washington
• John Palfrey, Head of School, Phillips Academy
• Moderated by Jonathan L. Zittrain
  Co-Founder and Faculty Chair of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and Vice Dean of the Harvard Law School Library and Information Resources, Harvard University

4:30 p.m.

Knafel Center

Closing Remarks from Alan M. Garber, Provost, Harvard University