JCAA Presents

Summer in the City Speaker Series

Heat up your summer nights with a series of panel discussions that sizzle.

We reserve the hottest topics for the hottest time of year.

This series of weekly evening panel discussions will feature Austin leaders addressing a variety of current topics such as media, politics, and the future of the city. All events will be held at 7 PM on the dates listed.

Shields and Sources: Media and the Law
Tuesday, June 12
Dell Jewish Community Campus
Join Evan Smith, editor of Texas Monthly, as he moderates a discussion with two leading journalists and an esteemed law professor on the shield law. The panel will include Rich Oppel, editor of the Austin American-Statesman; Dave Anderson, professor and University of Texas Law School Fred & Emily Wulff Centennial Chair; and Norman Pearlstine, former editor-in-chief of Time Inc. and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal.

Will Wynn Presents the Austin Climate Protection Plan
Monday, June 18
Dell Jewish Community Campus
As part of a citywide speaking tour, Mayor Will Wynn presents a slide show presentation and discussion about Austin's role in the fight against global warming and the issues raised in Al Gore's documentary film An Inconvenient Truth.

Peering into Austin's Future
Wednesday, June 27
Dell Jewish Community Campus
Join Sandy Dochen, Corporate Community Relations Manager at IBM, in a discussion of the future of the city as he moderates a panel including Michael Aulick, Executive Director of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization; Brewster McCracken, Austin City Council member and the author of Austin's Design Standards and Mixed Use Ordinance; and Jon Hockenyos, Managing Director of Austin-based economic analysis and public policy consulting firm TXP.

Mayor Will Wynn Evan Smith Rich Oppel Jon Hockenyos

Norman Pearlstine Dave Anderson Brewster McCracken

Portrait of Norman Pearlstine by
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.