Spring 2025 Events
Memorial Union, Oceti Sakowin Ballroom, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
March 25
Leen Weijers | Vice President of Engineering at Liberty Energy
Topic: Energy, Human Progress, and the Shale Revolution
April 8
Robert Zoellick | Former President of the World Bank Group, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, and Former U.S. Trade Representative
Topic: America in the World: U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
April 30
Steve Kaplan | Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Topic: A Fireside Chat with Steve Kaplan
*This speaker is part of Financial Markets Day and the event will be held in Barry Hall in the Louise Auditorium from 3-5pm.
Seminars on Fridays from 10-11 a.m. in Beckwith Recital Hall
The Regional Labor Force
February 7
Erick Garcia Luna | Director of Regional Outreach at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve
Topic: Immigrants and the Midwest Labor Force
February 21
John Winters | Professor of Economics at Iowa State University
Topic: Regional Human Capital and Higher Education
Land Use/Housing Policy
March 7
Oudom Hean | Assistant Professor of Finance and Challey Scholar at North Dakota State University
Topic: Regulation and Housing Affordability
May 2
Emily Hamilton | Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Urbanity Project at Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Topic: Land Use Policy
Healthcare Issues
March 28
Michael Cannon | Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute
Topic: Reforming U.S. Healthcare
April 11
Phillip Phan | Alonzo and Virginial Decker Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University
Topic: An Honest Debate During Public Health Crises