The Berkeley Forum is a non-partisan forum for the expression and debate of a wide range of ideas. Founded in 2012, the Forum organizes panels, debates, and talks by leading experts and distinguished persons on issues both topical and timeless. Forum events are open to the public and are broadcast online. The Forum is run entirely by undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, though it is advised by a committee of distinguished professors. Berkeley Forum members are motivated, intellectually curious students from a diverse range of academic and professional backgrounds. The Forum provides students valuable first-hand experience and a channel to explore and challenge the ideas that motivate them. Our Mission The mission of the Berkeley Forum is to provide the Berkeley community a non-partisan forum for the presentation and debate of a wide range of ideas; to reaffirm the value of a liberal arts education; and to regularly organize, promote, and broadcast debates, panels, and talks by distinguished persons, and any such events, activities, or conversations as shall engage and challenge the faculties of the mind.