SVWC 2022 Schedule / Program

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PROGRAM PREVIEW VIDEO

9:00 AM

REGISTRATION OPENS

Bookstore Tent

11:30 AM

NEW ATTENDEE ORIENTATION

Tent C

1:00 - 1:45 PM

A Poetry Reading

Pavilion

Rita Dove

2:15 - 3:15 PM

BREAKOUT - The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

Pavilion

Rebecca Donner

2:15 - 3:15 PM

BREAKOUT - MacArthur Park

SV Opera House

Judith Freeman

2:15 - 3:15 PM

BREAKOUT - The Story of Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future

Tent B

Sebastian Mallaby

2:15 - 3:15 PM

BREAKOUT - SVWC New Voices Panel

Pond Tent (D)

Kalani Pickhart

Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Sanaë Lemoine

2:15 - 3:15 PM

BREAKOUT - More to Life Than More: A Personal History of Misunderstanding, Loss, and Learning

Alan Pesky

2:15 - 3:15 PM

BREAKOUT - Time Is a Mother

Tent A

Ocean Vuong

3:45 - 5:00 PM

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Pavilion & Lawn

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Anthony Doerr

5:30 - 6:30 PM

The March of the Autocrats (moderated by Judy Woodruff)

Pavilion & Lawn

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Stephen Kotkin

Ben Rhodes

Yascha Mounk

8:30 AM

BREAKFAST

SV Lodge Terrace

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - Ghosting: A Widow's Voyage Out

Tent C

Barbara Ascher

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - Inside Today's Hollywood

Pont Tent (D)

Erich Schwartzel

A. Scott Berg

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - The Last Days of Roger Federer - and Other Endings

SV Opera House

Geoff Dyer

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - How Beautiful We Were

Tent A

Imbolo Mbue

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - The Great Experiment: How Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure

Pavilion

Yascha Mounk

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - Naval Conflict and the Crucible of Decision

Tent B

Admiral James Stavridis

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Pavilion & Lawn

Heather McGhee

12:00 - 2:00 PM

LUNCH

Lower Lawn

12:45 - 1:30 PM

LUNCH BREAKOUT - Lost and Found: A True Story of Grief and Love

Pavilion

Kathryn Schulz

12:45 - 1:30 PM

LUNCH BREAKOUT - Time Is a Mother

Tent B

Ocean Vuong

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler

SV Opera House

Rebecca Donner

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - Alan Greenspan's Legacy

Tent A

Sebastian Mallaby

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - The Future of America's Contest with China

Pavilion

Evan Osnos

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - Lost and Found: A True Story of Grief and Love

Tent C

Kathryn Schulz

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - The Burning Moment - A Talk by Terry Tempest Williams

Tent B

Terry Tempest Williams

3:30 - 4:45 PM

Historical Fiction's Radical Possibilities

Pavilion & Lawn

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Lauren Groff

5:15 - 6:15 PM

Elizabeth Kolbert - The Nature of the Future

Pavilion & Lawn

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Elizabeth Kolbert

8:30 AM

BREAKFAST

SV Lodge Terrace

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - The Biographer's Aha Moment

SV Opera House

A. Scott Berg

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - The Long Corner: Questions of Legacy

Tent A

Alexander Maksik

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made

Pavilion

Ben Rhodes

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy

Pond Tent (D)

Erich Schwartzel

9:30 - 10:30 AM

BREAKOUT - The Earth and Us

Tent B

Terry Tempest Williams

Elizabeth Kolbert

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Will American Democracy Survive? (moderated by Judy Woodruff)

Pavilion & Lawn

Arthur C. Brooks

Evan Osnos

Heather McGhee

12:00 - 2:00 PM

LUNCH

Lower Lawn

12:45 - 1:30 PM

Memorial Drive: A Daughter and Poet Reckons with the Past

Pavilion & Lawn

Natasha Trethewey

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - The Last Days of Roger Federer - And Other Endings

SV Opera House

Geoff Dyer

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - The Supreme Court: Now What?

Pavilion

Noah Feldman

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - Stalin's Shadow and Russian History

Tent A

Stephen Kotkin

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - SVWC New Voices Panel

Pond Tent (D)

Sanaë Lemoine

Kalani Pickhart

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - The Time of Our Lives in the Nation's Capital

Tent B

Albert R. Hunt

Judy Woodruff

2:00 - 3:00 PM

BREAKOUT - The Poet's Calling

Tent C

Rita Dove

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Freestyle Love Supreme+

Pavilion & Lawn

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5:00 - 6:00 PM

Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

Pavilion & Lawn

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Arthur C. Brooks

6:00 - 7:00 PM

CLOSING RECEPTION

Upper Lawn

2021 Writers & Presenters

Be Inspired.

SEE ALL PRESENTERS

Sebastian Mallaby

Geoff Dyer

Judy Woodruff

Admiral James Stavridis

Elizabeth Kolbert

Natasha Trethewey

Ben Rhodes

Sanaë Lemoine

Freestyle Love Supreme+

Ocean Vuong

Heather McGhee

Terry Tempest Williams

Lauren Groff

Erich Schwartzel

A. Scott Berg

Stephen Kotkin

Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Also joining us . . .

Kathryn Schulz

Evan Osnos

Rebecca Donner

Anthony Doerr

Rita Dove

Arthur C. Brooks

Albert R. Hunt

Jeffrey Brown

Barbara Ascher

Kalani Pickhart

Imbolo Mbue

Alan Pesky

Noah Feldman

Alexander Maksik

Judith Freeman

Yascha Mounk