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Drawing upon her professional experiences as an entrepreneur and former CTO at Cisco Systems, Judy Estrin explores the evolution of science and technology after World War II and illustrates why innovation is so crucial to economic, social and cultural development. Estrin outlines the lifecycles of R&D and application, and describes how companies need to reignite creativity to maintain their innovative edge. Learn more...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson, a commentator on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, reveals the parallels between the sinister crusade of Joseph McCarthy and the current administration's relentless war on terror. Johnson maintains that we have fallen into an age of misinformation. We must make sure that fear does not conquer reason and ensure that we avoid the mistakes that our country made 50 years ago. A book signing will follow the program. Learn more...

The Commonwealth Club welcomes Tim Flannery - conservationist, director of the South Australian Museum, and author of The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth. Flannery, one of the worlds pioneering paleontologists and biologists, offers a sobering history of global climate change citing the possibility of as much as 95% of all species being on the brink of extinction. Learn more...

Author and environmentalist Lester Brown gives a breakfast talk about the world's economic future, outlining his proposal for rescuing our 21st-century civilization and sustaining economic progress. Learn more...