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<h2 id="notable-past-events">Notable past events</h2> <p>The Berkeley Forum's first event was a panel debate on the federal fiscal crisis, held in March 2013. The panel featured former <a href="/facts/Secretary_of_Labor/twY0XVVP">Secretary of Labor</a> <a href="/facts/Robert_Reich/vIcMCrfr">Robert Reich</a>, policy director of the <a href="/facts/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign%2c_2012/K70dEq3h">2012 Romney presidential campaign</a> <a href="/facts/Lanhee_Chen/IR5rHxkw">Lanhee Chen</a>, and the Dean of the <a href="/facts/Goldman_School_of_Public_Policy/1ChQ7ucv">Goldman School of Public Policy</a> <a href="/facts/Henry_E._Brady/7KEhwqNv">Henry E. Brady</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>In November 2013, the Forum hosted <a href="/facts/Creative_Commons/b1fKDQHE">Creative Commons</a> co-founder and American academic and political activist, <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Lessig/FThAkl4b">Lawrence Lessig</a>. Lessig discussed the role of money in politics, in a speech entitled "Corrupting the Vote."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The Forum's largest and most noteworthy event to date was a speech given by <a href="/facts/Kentucky/DaTW05Rt">Kentucky</a> <a href="/facts/United_States_Senate/VyzXHE01">Senator</a> <a href="/facts/Rand_Paul/2kfCpBJM">Rand Paul</a> on March 19, 2014. Senator Paul talked about the issue of government surveillance programs, like that of the <a href="/facts/National_Security_Agency/Sg6MGV1o">NSA</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The event was held at <a href="/facts/Chevron_Corporation/c4sF7R9s">Chevron</a> Auditorium at <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">Berkeley's</a> <a href="/facts/International_House_Berkeley/Q5nP31cK">International House</a> with approximately 400 people in attendance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> The next day, the event was featured on the front page of <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> Other notable attendees include former <a href="/facts/Secretary_of_Labor/twY0XVVP">Secretary of Labor</a> <a href="/facts/Robert_Reich/vIcMCrfr">Robert Reich</a> and <a href="/facts/Lieutenant_Governor_of_California/oH5ckdsy">Lieutenant Governor of California</a> <a href="/facts/Gavin_Newsom/DHTUemBm">Gavin Newsom</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> In March 2014, the Berkeley Forum also hosted former <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_Energy/sU3Usc8s">US Secretary of Energy</a> and <a href="/facts/List_of_Nobel_laureates/3vGWzdwa">Nobel Laureate</a> <a href="/facts/Steven_Chu/q9WhQPyj">Steven Chu</a>. Chu spoke about <a href="/facts/Sustainable_energy/EnD6dsKV">sustainable energy</a> options.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p><p>On November 14, 2014, the Berkeley Forum hosted <a href="/facts/Oakland%2c_California/84tfrNlx">Oakland</a> mayor <a href="/facts/Jean_Quan/UVPLr6n8">Jean Quan</a>. Quan spoke about local government and inequality in American cities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> Then, on December 10, the Forum hosted American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, <a href="/facts/Peter_Thiel/pcmLRNCv">Peter Thiel</a>. The event was interrupted by protesters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p><p>During the spring of 2015 the Forum hosted a number of events with such speakers as <a href="/facts/Johns_Hopkins_School_of_Advanced_International_Studies/loK4yETI">Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies</a> Dean <a href="/facts/Vali_Nasr/FnLDcSD9">Vali Nasr</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Graphic_designer/JUvBzYMU">graphic designer</a> <a href="/facts/John_Maeda/Kc27Tj4w">John Maeda</a>, <a href="/facts/Berkeley%2c_California/WBVjzd5l">Berkeley</a> mayor <a href="/facts/Tom_Bates/jLnQI4GY">Tom Bates</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Slovakia/gmJwpwM3">Slovak</a> <a href="/facts/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Slovakia)/bJ1hPanr">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> <a href="/facts/Miroslav_Laj%25C4%258D%25C3%25A1k/b8SXCBD0">Miroslav Lajčák</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> American legal scholar <a href="/facts/Akhil_Reed_Amar/yJJH7IDI">Akhil Amar</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Khan_Academy/4G99cy12">Khan Academy</a> founder <a href="/facts/Salman_Khan_(educator)/UEoUqk2o">Salman Khan</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russian</a> <a href="/facts/State_Duma/vhYWnlqL">State Duma</a> member <a href="/facts/Ilya_Ponomarev/r31UVkdo">Ilya Ponomarev</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> <a href="/facts/American_Civil_Liberties_Union/yDxr2A43">American Civil Liberties Union</a> president <a href="/facts/Susan_N._Herman/5JSkRkD8">Susan Herman</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> <a href="/facts/Chancellor_(education)/bDbHuh7E">chancellor</a> <a href="/facts/Nicholas_Dirks/EJptJUbp">Nicholas Dirks</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">UC Berkeley</a> Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost <a href="/facts/Claude_Steele/U1Jhxkoq">Claude Steele</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Member_of_Congress/4S80IfWF">congressmen</a> <a href="/facts/John_Sarbanes/frufQeWf">John Sarbanes</a>, <a href="/facts/Jerry_McNerney/AsBUSdCu">Jerry McNerney</a>, <a href="/facts/Jared_Huffman/ywKa4EMU">Jared Huffman</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mark_DeSaulnier/wwWNS40u">Mark DeSaulnier</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> The panel with Dirks and Steele was interrupted by protesters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> During the session the organization also hosted a screening of <a href="/facts/Killswitch_(film)/jaUwbNPv">Killswitch</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> </p><p>Later in 2015, the Berkeley Forum also hosted events with <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security/sL3EtTgX">US Secretary of Homeland Security</a> <a href="/facts/Jeh_Johnson/mnYPHhSI">Jeh Johnson</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Kabam/eHRIut7G">Kabam</a> co-founder and CEO Kevin Chou,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Nonhuman_Rights_Project/SQyU9YvB">Nonhuman Rights Project</a> founder <a href="/facts/Steven_M._Wise/zVQG8Q98">Steven M. Wise</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Virtual_reality/0psDGsxT">virtual reality</a> journalist <a href="/facts/Nonny_de_la_Pe%25C3%25B1a/XhxnDRBH">Nonny de la Peña</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> <a href="/facts/LGBT_rights/UpImJVJQ">LGBT rights</a> activist <a href="/facts/Cecilia_Chung/hXgu9MVm">Cecilia Chung</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Immigration_policy/ngScQKAz">immigration policy</a> analyst <a href="/facts/Alex_Nowrasteh/IHh8bNk0">Alex Nowrasteh</a>, political activist and writer <a href="/facts/Ron_Unz/8CPUF65S">Ron Unz</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> American journalist and editor-in-chief of the tech hub for <a href="/facts/Medium_(publishing_platform)/nPx52GLT">Medium</a> <a href="/facts/Steven_Levy/N1xIHBw8">Steven Levy</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> former <a href="/facts/Office_of_the_United_States_Trade_Representative/zmCLGPXk">United States Trade Representative</a> <a href="/facts/Ron_Kirk/FjEWEIoU">Ron Kirk</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Pixar/McUyzor2">Pixar</a> Research Group Lead Tony DeRose,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> and American political <a href="/facts/Satire/dqFS5vIL">satirist</a> <a href="/facts/P._J._O%2527Rourke/aHKttgvX">P. J. O'Rourke</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> </p><p>In 2016, the Forum hosted the 16th <a href="/facts/United_States_Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development/27qE0eye">United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</a>, <a href="/facts/Julian_Castro/R9eRQ1PE">Julian Castro</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> the 17th <a href="/facts/Director_of_Central_Intelligence/bWgpp3zY">Director of Central Intelligence</a>, <a href="/facts/John_M._Deutch/c3o96sYm">John M. Deutch</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> the Director of the <a href="/facts/Center_for_Bits_and_Atoms/YnYnyBvA">Center for Bits and Atoms</a> at the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Neil_Gershenfeld/bkdLmJ1k">Neil Gershenfeld</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> the 28th <a href="/facts/Chief_Justice_of_California/dBMbTVWU">Chief Justice of California</a>, <a href="/facts/Tani_Cantil-Sakauye/SrbRFvxV">Tani Cantil-Sakauye</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> <a href="/facts/CEO/mg4A8y5M">CEO</a> of <a href="/facts/Liberty_in_North_Korea/qgDzx0vc">Liberty in North Korea</a>, <a href="/facts/Hannah_Song/xn0lwJ6q">Hannah Song</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> prominent <a href="/facts/Norwegians/K7PdhVMG">Norwegian</a> politician <a href="/facts/%25C3%2585slaug_Haga/p0GEgytT">Åslaug Haga</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> <a href="/facts/United_States_Ambassador_to_Vietnam/mkDW33g2">United States Ambassador to Vietnam</a> <a href="/facts/Ted_Osius/70wold50">Ted Osius</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> <a href="/facts/United_States_senator/VyzXHE01">United States senator</a> from <a href="/facts/Maine/7ww4UY8B">Maine</a>, <a href="/facts/Angus_King/1GFBvdSn">Angus King</a>; comedian <a href="/facts/Sammy_Obeid/QG44ksvX">Sammy Obeid</a>; Director of <a href="/facts/Columbia_University/Hlf1gw53">Columbia University</a>'s Data Science Institute, <a href="/facts/Jeannette_Wing/PcAFFXXm">Jeannette Wing</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkish</a> journalist <a href="/facts/Mustafa_Akyol/dAH9ThfV">Mustafa Akyol</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="advisory-committee">Advisory committee</h2> <p>While the Berkeley Forum is a student-run organization, it is supported by a faculty advisory committee, which consists of the following professors:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.alexandercoward.com/">Alexander Coward</a></li> <li><a href="http://history.berkeley.edu/people/brian-delay">Brian Delay</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Christopher_Edley%2c_Jr./g1GzURtC">Christopher Edley</a></li> <li><a href="http://gspp.berkeley.edu/directories/faculty/john-ellwood">John Ellwood</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alexei_Filippenko/jPQPxWpX">Alexei Filippenko</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Paul_Pierson/MjluQa5m">Paul Pierson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Robert_Reich/vIcMCrfr">Robert Reich</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/University_of_California%2c_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Oxford_Union/ff257Gee">Oxford Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cambridge_Union_Society/e1VIJgSS">Cambridge Union Society</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yale_Political_Union/3LhkWj6d">Yale Political Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Olivaint_Conference_of_Belgium/2klpt0EF">Olivaint Conference of Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Conf%25C3%25A9rence_Olivaint/D3Thxayp">Conférence Olivaint</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Durham_Union_Society/fXeYd8ab">The Durham Union Society</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Robert Reich, former Romney campaign policy director debate federal budget on campus". The Daily Californian. March 7, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2014. <a href="http://www.dailycal.org/2013/03/06/berkeley-forum-hosts-panel-featuring-robert-reich-and-romney-campaign-policy-director/" target="_blank">http://www.dailycal.org/2013/03/06/berkeley-forum-hosts-panel-featuring-robert-reich-and-romney-campaign-policy-director/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"History". The Berkeley Forum. Retrieved December 26, 2014. <a href="http://forum.berkeley.edu/history" target="_blank">http://forum.berkeley.edu/history</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"This UC Berkeley Student Is Running The Most Elaborate Student Body Presidential Campaign". BuzzFeed. April 9, 2014. 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