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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.


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    Private 5G Networks at Risk
    An engineer works on a laptop while walking through a factory with manufacturing robots.

    Private 5G Networks at Risk

    Join Wireless Future for a discussion on the private wireless networks fueled by CBRS.

    Virtual

    2PM – 3PM EDT

    From Life Itself
    From Life Itself book cover

    From Life Itself

    Learn how author Suzy Hansen connects neighborhood change to forces reshaping Turkey, the Middle East, and the world, in her new book.

    Virtual

    2PM – 3PM EDT

    You’ve Changed

    You’ve Changed

    Explore personal transformation in an age obsessed with reinvention with author Benoit Denizet-Lewis as they discuss their new book.

    Virtual

    12PM – 1PM EDT

    Lexington’s First Civic Assembly
    Image of people attending a Citizen Assembly

    Lexington’s First Civic Assembly

    Learn more about the first civic assembly in the United States to be fully locally run and organized in Lexington, Kentucky.

    Virtual

    11AM – 12PM EDT

    Screen People
    White background_ Screen People (April, 2026)

    Screen People

    Dive into today’s internet-inflected culture conditions us to see one another not as people but as characters, with author Megan Garber.

    Virtual

    12PM – 1PM EDT

    The Fifth Pillar: Where Higher Ed Goes from Here
    Video

    The Fifth Pillar: Where Higher Ed Goes from Here

    Author and President Emeritus of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger, argues that universities function as a fifth pillar of American democracy. Join him in conversation to discuss the questions of equity and access that a reimagined higher education system must address.

    Hybrid

    3:30PM – 5:30PM EDT

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