Considering the Future: Blending Fiction and Reality

 

Thursday, April 24, 2025 | 10-11:30 a.m. (EST) | In-Person

Center for Social Justice
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017

Co-sponsored with Ford Foundation, Philanthropy New York, NYU’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC), and NYU SPS Heyman Center.

We live in turbulent and unprecedented times at a pivotal moment to reimagine a future we want to live in.

This conversation brings together two unique perspectives: a writer who envisions the future and a practitioner dedicated to addressing the pressing social challenges of today. Together, they will explore the interplay between fiction and reality, pragmatism and visionary utopianism. It will be moderated by Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer award-winning playwright and author of Homeland Elegies.

Join us for a dynamic and timely event, blending imaginative visions of the future with bold, practical approaches in a year critical for multilateralism and international cooperation. Our speakers will examine the “logic of the past” versus the “logic of the future,” offering valuable insights for policymakers, philanthropists, and multi-sector leaders working to shape a better tomorrow.

Speakers

  • Stephen Heintz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
  • Kim Stanley Robinson, Author, The Ministry for the Future
  • Ayad Akhtar (Moderator), Pulitzer Award-Winning Playwright and Author

Agenda

  • 9:30 a.m. Registration Open
  • 10:00 a.m. Program Followed by Q&A
  • 11:30 a.m. Event Ends

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