CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — President Bill Clinton will be the featured speaker on May 23 at the University of Virginia, capping the three-day Presidential Ideas Festival that will bring together more than 60 White House veterans from both parties, prominent journalists, and leading scholars to discuss the state of the modern American presidency.
As part of the University of Virginia’s Bicentennial celebrating its founding in 1819 by Presidents Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, PrezFest will engage promising undergraduate and graduate students, supporting Thomas Jefferson’s mission for the University to forge the “leaders of tomorrow through . . . the candid exchange of ideas.”
A limited number of tickets for the free event will be available. Those interested in attending can register on Friday, March 29, at 9 a.m. by visiting this link: millercenter.org/clintonkeynote. Seats will be filled in the order of registration, and registrants will be notified by email if they have a seat or are on the waitlist. There will also be two overflow viewing locations on Grounds, and the event will be live-streamed on prezfest.org.
The Presidential Ideas Festival: Democracy in Dialogue on UVA’s historic Central Grounds is presented by the nonpartisan Miller Center of Public Affairs, UVA’s Bicentennial, and the UVA College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ new Democracy Initiative. Other partners include UVA’s School of Law, the Curry School of Education, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, the Center for Politics, the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, James Madison’s Montpelier, James Monroe’s Highland, Morven, and the Presidential Precinct.
Major sponsors include The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, American Evolution, Titan America, Hilton, Ventas Inc., Walmart, and RadioIQ.
Across three days of keynote addresses, panel discussions, and breakout sessions, the Presidential Ideas Festival will examine some of the most pressing challenges facing democracy through the lens of the American presidency.
As the nation’s only university founded by three presidents, the University of Virginia is uniquely positioned to facilitate these conversations—to create a space where understanding past challenges will drive the creation of solutions for the future.
More information and a complete Presidential Ideas Festival schedule is available at prezfest.org.
