Location: Leighton Concert Hall
The keynote speaker for the signature Forum event is Thomas Friedman, the influential Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist from the New York Times. One of the nation’s most influential commentators, Friedman has examined a wide range of topics, including globalization and worldwide economic issues, religious fundamentalism and terrorism, and the Middle East conflict. He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and has had four best-selling books, most recently The World is Flat and Hot, Flat, and Crowded, both currently best-sellers.