Andrew Delbanco, Ph.D., “The Future of the Humanities, The Future of Our Country”
Ben Hecht, “The Power of Personal Agency: Social Change in 2021 and Beyond”
Heather Walsh-Haney, Ph.D., “Assessing Life by Investigating Death as a Forensic Anthropologist”
Myiah Hutchens, Ph.D., “Political Polarization: Our National Divide”
Matthew Hauer, Ph.D., “Sea Level Rise and Human Migration”
George Day, “Preparing for What’s Next: How Vigilant Organizations Stay Ahead”
Albert Keidel, Ph.D., “China and the U.S. – Mirroring Our Times”
Frank Verpoorten, “Turnaround of a Venerable Arts Institution – Naples Art”
Daniel Markovits, Ph.D., “Meritocracy: The Human Resource Curse”
Jennifer Sandoval, Ph.D., “Diversity: More than a Buzzword. The Real Story”
German Consul General Andreas Siegel, “Navigating the Crisis in Ukraine: The German Perspective.”
2021 Speakers & Topics
Mark Schulman, Ph.D., “Election 2020: A Pollster Takes a Deep Dive into Where We Stand”
Marissa J. Levine, MD, MPH, “COVID-19 Adapting to Change (with a capital “C”)”
Adrian Bardon, Ph.D., “The What, How, and the Why of Science Denial”
Gregg Tolley, Ph.D., Michael Saverese, Ph.D. and Michael Parsons, Ph.D., “The FGCU Water School: Who We Are and What We Do,” “Coastal Resilience & Climate Change Preparedness SWFL,” and “Water Quality & Harmful Algae Blooms: What Do We Know & What’s Being Done in Our Current Environment?”
Theodore Bridis, “The Importance of Investigative Journalism in Our Current Environment”
Robert Bertini, Ph.D., “The Future of Mobility: Transportation Tomorrow”
Sandra Kauanui, Ph.D., “Teaching Entrepreneurship: Creating An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in SWFL by Making the Possible Real”
William Felice, Ph.D., “The Ethical Dimensions to International Relations and American Foreign Policy”
Sandra Schneider-Wright, Ph.D., “How We Make Decisions: Hidden Influences; Why Some Decisions Are Not What They Seem”
Darrell Slider, Ph.D., “Russia and Putin: Why Can’t We Work with Putin? U.S. – Russian Relations and Our Elections”
2020 Speakers & Topics
James Carroll, “A HISTORY OF HATE: From Antisemitism and Islamophobia to White Supremacy and Contempt for Immigrants”
Dr. Don Chambers, “Climate Science, Sea Level Rise”
Dr. Martine Extermann, “Personalized Oncology: Age, the tumor, and the patient”
Gene Healy, J.D., “Executive Power and the Role of the Presidency”
Dr. Mark Schulman, “Election Polling”
2019 Speakers & Topics
Eileen Connolly-Keesler & Mary Beth Geier, “Community Assessment”
Dr. Michael Martin, “How FGCU Makes Naples More Successful”
Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Hall, “Artificial Intelligence (AI)”
Dr. Clay Calvert, “The 1st Amendment, Hate Speech on College Campuses”
Dr. Mosely, MD, MHA, FACEP “The Future of U.S. Healthcare and a focus on Florida and SWFL”
Dr. Mohammed Al-Hakim & Larry Dublin “Ethics”
Dr. Stephen Ligett, “Genomics, Personalized Medicine”
2018 Speakers & Topics
Jeffrey Haut, Gregg Scasny & Paul J. Vitchock, “Cyber Security, Is there any? Exploring established Norms in Cyberspace”
Nick Penniman & Nick V. Penniman, “What’s Real About Fake News, And How To Fix It”
Rob Moher, “The ECOnomics of Southwest Florida’s Environment”
Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, “The Golden Years, Contract of Silence”
Sandy Parker, “Public Education in Florida and Why Collier’s 2018 School Board Election is Important to You”
Kristen Coury & Jeff Binder, “The Importance of the Arts in a Healthy Community”
Dr. Nicola Foote, “Pirates, Darwin, & Ecotourism: Histories of Human Settlement in the Galapagos Islands”
2017 Speakers & Topics
Mitch Hutchcraft, “Balancing Growth and Conservation: The Eastern Collier Multi Species Conservation Plan”
Tarik Ayasun, “Turkey in Search of her Identity, Islamic Republic or Secular Democracy”
John Woolschlager, Neville Williams & Mike Vergona, “Can we have Solar and Renewable Energy for Florida and the World?”
Ms. Annette Klein, “Germany’s Perspective on the Shifting World Order”
Mark Strain, “The Future of Collier County: Outlook for Growth, Infrastructure and Service Needs”
Kris De Welde, Mohamad Al-Hakim, Sachiko Tankei-Aminian, Roger Green & Glenn Whitehouse, “Diverse Views on Diversity”
Adria Stark, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Leaving a Legacy: Will you Leave a Mess for your Spouse?”
2016 Speakers & Topics
Jack Boorman, “The World Economy”
JoAnne Creighton, Dennis Smith, Jim Jacobs & Glenn Whitehouse, “What is College for Anyway?”
Nicola Foote, “Cuba and US”
Lewis Booth, “The World Auto Industry: What’s on the Road Ahead?”
Four Foreign Military Generals, “Our World: What’s It All About, Alfie?”
Frank Verpoorte, “A Treasure Trove of Art at Our Fingertips”
Ray Judah, “Climate, Water, and Us”
2015 Speakers & Topics
Dr. Allen Weiss, “The Blue Zones Project: What it’s All About”
Susan MacManus, “Florida Politics: Looking Back at 2014 and Forward to 2016”
Bruce Zellner, “Economic Inequality: What is the Problem?”
Jennifer Hecker & Nicole Johnson, “Land Use, Drilling & Mining in Eastern Collier County”
Phil Reid, “The FBI and Pan AM 103, the story of a remarkable agent”
Carrie Kerskie, “Identity theft, More of a Financial Risk?”
Dr. Stephen Schwartz, “Macular Degeneration Update 2015 & Beyond”
2014 Speakers & Topics
David Schimmel, “Behavioral Health & You”
Jack Boorman, “The Economy”
William Mitsch, “Wetlands Can Protect the Gulf & the Everglades”
Judge R. Mañalich, “Domestic Violence and Criminal Courts in Collier County to Include 2012 Florida Innocence Commission Findings”
Barbara Coombs Lee, “The Crisis of Care and Choice of Life’s End”
Robert R. Jones, “Edison State College, Serving an Evolving Role in Collier County and SW Florida Higher Education”
Eileen Connolly-Keesler, “What is a Community Foundation and How will it Affect the Largest Transfer of Wealth Ever?”
Michael Ciresi, “Financial Institutions – Can You Spell ‘Fiduciary’?”
Kathleen VanBergen, “The Phil, Values and New Directions — Quality,
Transparency, Collaboration”
Mei-Mei Chan, “The American dream: overcoming the roadblocks to success”
Nick Penniman, “Florida’s Water Wars: How could a state receiving fifty-five inches of rainfall every year possibly run out of drinking water?”
Paul Woods, “Growing Ethanol in our Backyard: Alternative Energy
Prospects & Problems”
Leon Hesser, Ph.D., “How Many More People Can the Earth Feed?”
2012 Speakers & Topics
Tarik N. Ayasun, “Turkey: An Emerging Power and Player”
Jack Boorman, Ph.D., “The World and US Economies”
David Shepard, M.B.A. & Leonard Ferenz, Ph.D., “Medical Device Developments & Ethical Issues”
Gary Jackson, Ph.D., “The Florida & SWFL Economies & Concerns”
Ronald Riner, M.D., “The Medical & Medicare Crisis. Who Will Provide Our Care?”
Todd Foege, M.B.A., “The Naples Wine Festival and its Support of Our Children”
Peter Bergerson, Ph.D., “The 2012 Elections. Winners & Losers”
2011 Speakers & Topics
Edward A. Morton, M.B.A., M.S., “The Politics and Economics of Healthcare”
Ronald Goldfarb, JSD: “Legal Issues of Privacy”
Joe Cox, Executive Director, C’MON, Merlin Lickhalter, FAIA, FACHA, Maestro William Noll, Rose Mary Everett, VP ArtsNaples World Festival: “New Attractions Coming to Town”
Kenneth P. Walker, Ph.D. and Jeff Allbritten, Ph. D., Edison State College: “A New Educational Paradigm”
Mitch Hutchcraft, VP, King Ranch and Andrew McElwaine, President, Conservancy of SW Florida: “Land Issues in Southwest Florida”
Thomas Storrar, Director of Fusion Center, Collier County Sheriff’s Office & Rich Worms, FBI Special Agent: “Post 9/11—Guarding Against the Threat of Terrorism in Southern Florida”
Lyn Millner, MFA, Assistant Professor, FGCU: “Given the Changing Face of Journalisn, Can the Quality of Journalistic Reporting be Maintained?”
Brian Holley, Executive Director, Naples Botanical Garden: “Nature, Beauty and Learning”
