New America is proud to serve as a gathering place for events—both online and in-person—to exchange ideas, spotlight new research, and engage with diverse perspectives. Every year, New America’s events bring together thousands of people across sectors and disciplines to help shape policy discussions and drive solutions to real-world challenges.
If 2012 was the year of the Massive Open Online Course, according to the New York Times, 2013 was something of a reality check. MOOCs were m
In-Person
8:45AM – 12:15PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Technology is a powerful force in our daily lives and in the functioning of government and global markets. Yet today there are too few talen
In-Person
9AM – 10:30AM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
In his provocative new book, War! What Is It Good For?: Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots, historia
In-Person
12:15PM – 1:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
As any local parent knows, it is school lottery time again in DC. Anxious parent speculation is running high and envy is running rampant acr
In-Person
4PM – 5:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
New America NYC hosted an examination of the ways that contemporary definitions of success are affecting our families and communities.
In-Person
6:30PM – 8:15PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
How do we help the more than 650,000 ex-felons have a second chance to attain the American Dream?
In-Person
9AM – 11:30AM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
There is a reason why Afghanistan is called the “graveyard of empires.” After the U.S.’s 13 years there, how do we repair the damage?
In-Person
12:15PM – 1:45PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
In her new book, Julia Angwin reports from the front lines with an unsettling look at America’s surveillance economy.
In-Person
5PM – 7PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in 2012 recommended a parallel path to bandwidth abundance.
In-Person
2PM – 3:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
The Internet is a medium uncontrolled by any one centralized system, a reality that has caused active debates in many areas.
In-Person
4PM – 5:30PM EDT
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005