Each year, the Matsui Forum addresses a topic of public importance to California and the nation. This annual program, featuring a distinguished panel of scholars and practitioners, seeks to educate and inspire Cal students about some of the most important issues of our day. Past Matsui Forum topics have included the importance of young voters in American politics, the future agenda of California’s leaders, the legacy of 9/11, and the changing role of technology in political campaigns.
Matsui Forum
Past Events
Tweeting Your Way to the White House: Social Media and the 2012 Campaign
October 1, 2012 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
UC Berkeley
Berkeley California 94720
United StatesIs social media changing politics? How are politicians using social media to communicate with voters? How are voters using it to communicate with politicians? Do new technologies mean that information moves faster than ever before – and is that good or bad?
9/11 Ten Years Later: How Did the Attack Change America?
September 8, 2011 - 4:00pm
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
UC Berkeley
Berkeley California 94720
United StatesA decade after the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, we look back to see what has changed as a result of 9/11 – and what changes might still be coming. Did 9/11 make us more assertive as a nation or more fearful?
California's Next Governor: What Should the Agenda Be?
September 20, 2010 - 4:00pm
Whoever wins the November election, California's next governor will take over a state with chronic budget deficits, immense policy challenges, and a system of governance that many view as broken. What should the new governor do?
Voting Today, Leading tomorrow: Will Young Voters Change America?
April 27, 2009 (All day)
The 2008 presidential election has seen an unprecedented surge in the registration of young voters, a group that has often been disengaged from politics. Will young people remain engaged in politics beyond this election cycle?