Notre Dame Forum 2024: "What do we owe each other?"
Notre Dame Forum 2024: "What do we owe each other?"
Description: As part of the celebration of the Inauguration of Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., as the University of Notre Dame’s 18th President, the 2024-25 Notre Dame Forum kicks off with a series of "fireside chats" focusing on the theme "What do we owe each other?"This year’s theme, chosen by Father Dowd, invites reflection on our responsibilities to one another. In a world where ideological and cultural divisions seem to have deepened, the Forum aims to bring people together across differences to face the most pressing challenges of our time.Schedule:11:00 a.m. | Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO of IBM on The Future of Responsible Tech, interviewed by John Veihmeyer, former Global Chairman of KPMG and Chair of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees1:00 p.m. | Sanda Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary-General, CEO, and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact on Business as a Global Force for Good, interviewed by Anne Thompson, Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent for NBC News2:00 p.m. | David Rockefeller Jr., Philanthropist and Environmentalist on A Legacy of Giving Back, in conversation with Jack Brennan, former CEO and Chair of Vanguard3:15 p.m. | Admiral Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ambassador Joe Donnelly, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican and Former U.S. Senator on Advancing Peace in a Fractured World, in conversation with Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., University President
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