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THE ATLANTIC FESTIVAL 2022


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 * ALEXIS MCGILL JOHNSON
   
   President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
   
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 * MICHAEL R. JACKSON
   
   Playwright, Composer, and Lyricist, A Strange Loop
   
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 * CONSTANCE WU
   
   Actor, Producer, Author of Making A Scene
   
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 * IBRAM X. KENDI
   
   Professor and Founding Director, Center for Antiracist Research, Boston
   University
   
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 * RONALD A. KLAIN
   
   White House Chief of Staff
   
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 * JEFFREY GOLDBERG
   
   Editor in Chief, The Atlantic
   
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 * TIM ALBERTA
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * ROSS ANDERSEN
   
   Deputy Editor, The Atlantic
   
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 * EMMA ANDREWS
   
   Vice President, Global Patient Advocacy, Global Health and Social Impact,
   Pfizer
   
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 * GAL BECKERMAN
   
   Senior Editor, The Atlantic
   
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 * STACY A. BOHLEN
   
   CEO, National Indian Health Board
   
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 * JOE BERLINGER
   
   Executive Producer, Shadowland
   
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 * RON BROWNSTEIN
   
   Senior Editor, The Atlantic
   
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 * RYAN BUSSE
   
   Author, Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America;
   Senior Adviser, Giffords
   
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 * RITA CARREÓN
   
   Vice President for Health, UnidosUS
   
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 * KIMBERLÉ W. CRENSHAW
   
   Co-founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum
   
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 * CAITLIN DICKERSON
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * LETITIA DZIRASA
   
   Commissioner, Baltimore City Health Department
   
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 * ANTHONY S. FAUCI
   
   Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases


 * FRANKLIN FOER
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic


 * DAVID FRUM
   
   Senior Editor, The Atlantic
   
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 * BARTON GELLMAN
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * SOPHIE GILBERT
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * AMES GRAWERT
   
   Senior Counsel, Brennan Center Justice Program


 * SETH GOLDMAN
   
   Co-founder and CEO, Eat the Change; Co-founder, PLNT Burger
   
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 * ADAM HARRIS
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * ANNA HARVEY
   
   Professor and Director of Public Safety Lab, New York University
   
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 * JEMELE HILL
   
   Contributing Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * LEE JONES
   
   Dean for Medical Education, Georgetown University School of Medicine


 * ANNA JANE JOYNER
   
   Founder and Director, Good Energy
   
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 * KATE JULIAN
   
   Senior Editor, The Atlantic
   
   Twitter


 * LAWRENCE KRASNER
   
   District Attorney of Philadelphia
   
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 * ADRIENNE LAFRANCE
   
   Executive Editor, The Atlantic
   
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 * MARK LEIBOVICH
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * SHIRLEY LI
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * SYRA MADAD
   
   Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Senior Director, Systemwide Special
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 * HARVEY MASON JR.
   
   CEO, Recording Academy


 * MOIRA MCDONALD
   
   Environment Program Director, Walton Family Foundation
   
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   Senior Editor, The Atlantic


 * TOM NICHOLS
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * TOM PERROTTA
   
   Author, Tracy Flick Can’t Win


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   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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   Regional Director, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region III
   
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   Staff Writer, The Atlantic
   
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 * NICHOLAS THOMPSON
   
   CEO, The Atlantic
   
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 * SUNEET VARMA
   
   Global President, Rare Disease, Pfizer
   
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   President and CEO, Hip Hop Caucus
   
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   Staff writer, The Atlantic
   
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   Deputy White House National Climate Adviser
   
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GENENTECH PRESENTS: DIVERSITY, VISIBILITY AND HEALTH EQUITY IN NEUROSCIENCE*

Underwritten by Genentech
9:30 am EDT- 10:15 am EDT
In-Person
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SUMMARY

Produced by our underwriter and not The Atlantic’s editorial team.

For decades, conditions of the nervous system have been among some of the most
complex to understand and treat. Further, these conditions can be exacerbated by
language barriers, cultural differences/norms, geography and mobility. In a
conversation facilitated by Genentech, learn how members of the neuroscience
community are coming together to address these common barriers and foster
accessibility, and visibility of disability and DEI across neurological
conditions.

DURATION

45 minutes

LOCATION

12 Stories

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TRACKS

Health

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EDWARD JONES PRESENTS: THE FORCES SHAPING THE NEW JOURNEY OF RETIREMENT*

Underwritten by Edward Jones
9:30 am EDT- 10:15 am EDT
In-Person
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SUMMARY

Produced by our underwriter and not The Atlantic’s editorial team.

Retirement is increasingly viewed as a time of freedom and fulfillment. Yet, for
many Americans, the pandemic and growing wealth gap have pushed this dream
further out of reach. What are the forces shaping retirement and how can we help
more Americans thrive in this chapter of life? Together, Edward Jones and Age
Wave have embarked on an unprecedented research effort to better understand
current retirement-related hopes, dreams and fears, recently releasing their
latest cross-generational report, Longevity and the New Journey of Retirement.
Join these two organizations to explore the challenges and opportunities in
preparing for the retirement journey and keys to thriving along the way.

DURATION

45 minutes

LOCATION

Dockmaster

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TRACKS

Culture, Health

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AN URGENT NEED: ENSURING HEALTH EQUITY

Underwritten by Pfizer
11:00 am EDT- 12:15 pm EDT
In-Person
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SUMMARY

As the nation recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, racial inequities in
health care highlighted during the past two years continue to disproportionately
affect marginalized communities. Join The Atlantic’s journalists, practitioners,
policy makers, and advocates to examine how to better address the needs of the
most vulnerable and find sustainable solutions to ensure a more equitable
health-care future for all.

DURATION

1 hour 15 minutes

LOCATION

Dockmaster

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TRACKS

Health

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THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE

Underwritten by Walton Family Foundation
11:00 am EDT- 12:15 pm EDT
In-Person
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SUMMARY

The stakes couldn’t be higher. Finding solutions to climate change so that
people and nature can thrive together is the opportunity and challenge of the
moment. The Atlantic will assemble policymakers, climate innovators, scientists
and business leaders to address today’s most urgent climate challenges and
solutions to build a more resilient future.

DURATION

1 hour 15 minutes

LOCATION

12 Stories

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TRACKS

Climate

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ANTHONY FAUCI ON HIS LIFE, HIS LEGACY, AND WHAT’S NEXT

12:45 pm EDT- 1:30 pm EDT
In-Person
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SUMMARY

The Atlantic sits down with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the Director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Adviser to
the President, as he reflects on his life’s work, the pandemic, and his legacy.

DURATION

45 minutes

LOCATION

District Pier

SPEAKERS

 * ROSS ANDERSEN
   
   Deputy Editor, The Atlantic

 * ANTHONY S. FAUCI
   
   Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

TRACKS

Health

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IDEAS STAGE

2:30 pm EDT- 4:30 pm EDT
Virtual / In-Person
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SUMMARY

The Atlantic Festival’s Ideas Stage is the destination for back-to-back
interviews with luminaries across the fields of business, science, technology,
politics, and culture. Bold thinkers address the most significant issues of our
time on the festival mainstage while Atlantic journalists dissect their ideas
about the way forward. The Ideas Stage can be livestreamed daily with the
Virtual Festival Pass and is can’t-miss programming, with speakers to be
announced on a rolling basis.

DURATION

2 hours

LOCATION

The Mead Center for American Theater (Arena Stage)

SPEAKERS

 * KIMBERLÉ W. CRENSHAW
   
   Co-founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum

 * ADAM HARRIS
   
   Staff Writer, The Atlantic

 * SYRA MADAD
   
   Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Senior Director, Systemwide Special
   Pathogens Program, NYC Health + Hospitals

 * HARVEY MASON JR.
   
   CEO, Recording Academy

 * SUNEET VARMA*
   
   Global President, Rare Disease, Pfizer

TRACKS

Business, Climate, Culture, Health, Progress & Tech, Race/Identity/Politics

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HAPPY HOUR

5:30 pm EDT- 7:30 pm EDT
In-Person
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SUMMARY

Happy Hour includes an open bar and is a great place to network and unwind
outdoors on the District Pier. Join us after the Ideas Stage programs or unwind
with us after work each day with one of the following festival pass types:
All-Access, One-Day, or Three-Evenings.

DURATION

2 hours

LOCATION

District Pier

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SHADOWLAND PREMIERE

8:00 pm EDT- 9:30 pm EDT
In-Person
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SUMMARY

An exclusive first look at Shadowland, an upcoming docuseries based on the
critically acclaimed reporting project from The Atlantic. Award-winning
filmmaker Joe Berlinger sends documentary teams across the country to uncover
conspiracy theories that have captured American attention and to investigate
their dangerous influence on the functioning of our democracy. Following the
world premiere, join The Atlantic’s executive editor Adrienne LaFrance in
conversation with Berlinger.

DURATION

1 hour 30 minutes

LOCATION

District Pier

SPEAKERS

 * JOE BERLINGER
   
   Executive Producer, Shadowland

 * ADRIENNE LAFRANCE
   
   Executive Editor, The Atlantic

TRACKS

Culture


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