Global Summit XVI

Thursday, October 17, 2024 through Friday, November 15, 2024 at the Jefferson Educational Society and Gannon University. 

Join us, for our 16th year of serving the Erie community with a new Global Summit lineup of groundbreaking researchers, writers, and presenters. The JES invites speakers from around the world to speak on a broad range of globally important issues each year as part of our Global Summit Speaker Series. 

   

      Thomas B. Hagen Dignitas Award Winners:

2011: Steve Scully; 2012: Barry Casselman; 2013: Harry Markopolos; 2014: Sister Joan Chittister; 2015: Drs. John and Silvia Ferretti; 2016: Hon. Tom Ridge; 2017: Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Ret.; 2018: James and Deborah Fallows; 2019: Eleanor Smeal; 2021: Robert Pape; 2022: Rev. Charles Brock; 2023: Major General Ed Bolten; 2024: Fred Biletnikoff 

Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet

November 7th,2024 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Professor / Instructor / Speaker: Marian L.  Tupy

Location: TBD

Date/Time: Thursday, November 7, 7:30-9:00PM

Admission: General Admission $25.00 (Early Bird), Preferred Seating $50.00 (Early Bird)

Parking:

Marian L.  Tupy

Marian L. Tupy is the founder and editor of Human​Progress​.org, and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. He is the coauthor of the Simon Abundance IndexSuperabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet (2022) and Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting (2020).

His articles have been published in the Financial Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street JournalThe AtlanticNewsweek, the U.K. SpectatorForeign Policy, and various other outlets both in the United States and overseas. He has appeared on BBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, and other channels. 

 

Tupy received his BA in international relations and classics from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and his PhD in international relations from the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom.