CWA 70th Celebration
Watch some of our favorite CWA videos
[video:https://youtu.be/LqFFb5P58Pk]Joe Biden gives a plenary address at the 2007 Conference on World Affairs titled "America's Interests, Iraq's Future".
[video:https://youtu.be/foKXC2_p5G4]A tribute to author and political commentator Molly Ivins who attended the CWA for 15 years.
[video:https://youtu.be/Vlx_42WLtKY]Physician, Comedian, Social Activist, Clown, and Author Patch Adams speaks at the 2002 Conference on World Affairs.
[video:https://youtu.be/ZIlBFhz9wTg] Steve Wozniak presented by the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Cultural Events Board, gives the keynote addressÌýat the 2015 CWA.
[video:https://youtu.be/Kf-f3pSg5O8]Roger Ebert, who attended the CWA for over 30 years, gives a Plenary address in Macky AuditoriumÌýin 2009.
[video:https://youtu.be/PPqUVd7U77A] Molly Ivins gives a plenary address in Macky Auditorium at the 2001 Conference on World Affairs on the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder campus.
Take a look back at some of our favorite photographs of the conference and it's most popular attendees over the past 70 years.
All program design and speaker selectionÌýis done by the CWA Program Committee. The committee is comprised of ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä students and Boulder community members, all who volunteer their time to produce the event.
The Conference on World Affairs was originally titled "United Nations Week" as it celebratedÌýthe birth of the UN. The flags lining Norlin Quad during the conference represent the UN, and are symbols of the CWA's international scope.
Read the program from the first ever Conference on World AffairsÌýheld in 1948 on the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder campus; 12 events were held.
Among the attendees at the 1968 CWA wasÌýAmerican architectÌýand inventorÌýBuckminster Fuller. See his biography in the 'Who Is Who".
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