On Friday, April 29, the New America Foundation's Board of Directors, fellows and senior staff gathered with invited guests for a series of forward-looking policy discussions. Some of these conversations were off the record, but two key panels were webcast live for the larger New America audience.

The Moment of Truth: America's Fiscal Crisis

At 3:15 p.m. ET, Slate Group Chairman Jacob Weisberg moderated "The Moment of Truth: America's Fiscal Crisis," featuring the following fiscal policy experts:

• Diana Farrell
  Former Deputy Director, National Economic Council
• George C. Halvorson
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
• Fred Kaplan
  Columnist, Slate
  Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
• Jeffrey Leonard
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Environment Fund
  Board Member, New America Foundation
• Maya MacGuineas
  President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
  Director, Fiscal Policy Program, New America Foundation

The Certainty of Surprise: The Politics of the Global Village

Then, at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET, Atlantic Monthly National Correspondent and New America Board Member James Fallows led a dinnertime conversation on "The Certainty of Surprise: The Politics of the Global Village," featuring:

• David Miliband
  Member of Parliament for South Shields and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom
• Eric Schmidt
  Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
  Chairman of the Board, New America Foundation