Public Affairs Conference

The Public Affairs Conference (PAC) is the oldest student-led conference in the U.S. With a few exceptions, the conference has occurred annually since its inception in 1939. Throughout the three-day conference, students and other attendees from a wide range of colleges and universities meet in workshops to discuss and propose solutions to current topics such as cyber crime, globalization, terrorism and genetics. 

The 63rd annual PAC will take place March 22–24, 2012, and will focus on peacebuilding. 

Visit the 2012 Public Affairs Conference website.

“Because of my participation with PAC, I had breakfast with Brookings scholar Minxin Pei, I took Yale historian Jonathan Spence to see 'Slumdog Millionaire,' and I drove former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda to the airport at 4:40 in the morning.  I will never forget meeting and talking with these incredible global thinkers.”

Current student