Featured Session: A Conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin

Event ID: PP1149739

Sun, Mar 15, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Venue: Hilton Grand Ballroom (Salon HJK) (Hilton Austin Downtown)

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Summary

Following the release of his latest book last Fall—1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation—award-winning journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin will sit down for a one-on-one conversation to discuss what we can all learn from that moment in our history.

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