|
The World Forum on the Future of Democracy is the culminating event in the commemoration of America's 400th Anniversary honoring Jamestown, Virginia, as America's first permanent English settlement. The final conference in a year-long series brought together international and national scholars on democracy, as well as leading government officials, political practitioners, and advocates and commentators who have played a role in democracy's advance. The three-day event featured addresses, panel presentations, and discussion groups.
You can be a part of the historic World Forum. Through this site you can watch conference video and and discover what world leaders, scholars, and political thinkers envision as the future of the democracy. Then join the discussion in the iCitizenForum.
Jump to: Sunday | Monday | Tuesday
 Developing a Structure for Deliberative Democracy-The Framers' Debate
Moderator: Jim Lehrer
Panelists: Joseph Ellis, Hunter Rawlings, Gordon Wood
Launch Video
(requires Quicktime 7)
Has America Kept the Founders' Faith? Is it Working?
Moderator: Jim Lehrer
Panelists: William Barr, David Brooks, Joan Brown Campbell, Robert Hormats
Launch Video (requires Quicktime 7)
Are America's Founding Principles
Relevant in a Global Age?
Moderator: Walter Isaacson
Panelists: Choi Young-Jin, Stephen Heintz, Kumi Naidoo
Launch video (requires Quicktime 7)
Protecting Religious Freedom and Minority Rights
Moderator: Donald Lemons
Panelists: Mokhtar Lamani, Ingrid Mattson, Theodore Shaw, Rodney Smolla
Launch video (requires Quicktime 7)
| 
Historic Triangle