In a speech at Rice University in 1962, President Kennedy asked his fellow citizens to go to the Moon and tackle other challenges, “not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” The Moonshot—President Kennedy’s unprecedented call to action—dramatically reimagined the capacity of individuals, driven by creativity and purpose, to change the world.
Presented as part of the JFK60 Celebration of President Kennedy’s historic trip to Ireland, this public program will ask a new generation of global leaders to draw inspiration from President Kennedy’s vision and renew our commitment to making the impossible possible.
People in the Dublin area are welcome to register to attend in person.
The program will be held in the Dargan Theater at Trinity Business School, and will begin at 12:30 Irish Standard Time. For questions about the program, email Ireland2023@JFKLFoundation.org.
JFK Moonshot will be livestreamed for anyone in the world to watch, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Receive reminders to watch, or email JFK60@JFKLFoundation.org with questions about the livestream.
Fireside Chat with Patrick Collison, Co-Founder and CEO of Stripe
Irish entrepreneur Patrick Collison and Lant Pritchett, Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, will discuss whether the rate of economic, scientific, and technological progress that has driven human prosperity for centuries is slowing, and if so, how we can accelerate it.
Panel Discussion
Professor Mary Aiken, Chair of the Department of Cyberpsychology at Capitol Technology University, Dr. Martin Curley, Professor of Innovation at Maynooth University, and Rodrigo García González, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of environmental start-up Notpla, a winner of the 2022 Earthshot Prize for “Build a Waste-Free World,” will discuss how the Moonshot spirit lives on in the quest to find solutions to the most pressing challenges we face today. Dearbhail McDonald, award-winning Irish journalist, author, and broadcaster, will moderate.
U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy (by video), Trinity College Provost Dr. Linda Doyle, U.S. Ambassador Claire D. Cronin, JFK Library Foundation Executive Director Rachel Flor, and Kennedy Summer School Program Director Charles Larkin will also feature in the program.
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