Gatherings / Salons
Salons
Closed-room conversations on the questions of the moment, led by the members who know them best. Salons are candid by design and closed by principle.
The Format
What makes a Salon different.
A Subject, Not an Agenda
A Salon gathers a smaller group around a single subject, a question in markets, in culture, in policy, in the arts, rather than a general evening of conversation. It is led, not moderated, by members who know the subject best.
Candid by Design
The room is kept small enough, and closed enough, that people say what they actually think. What is explored in a Salon is not for the record, and it is not repeated outside the room.
Closed by Principle
A Salon is not open by application or announcement. Members are invited to the Salons that suit their interests and their standing, and the most private of them are never publicized at all.
The Circle’s Closed Door
The most private Salons, held for the Circle alone, are convened behind a closed door and never announced. They represent the Society’s deepest form of discretion.
Led by Members
A Salon is led by the members who know the subject best.
Not a panel, not a keynote: a candid working conversation among a small group who have earned the right to disagree with one another in the room.
Also Convened
Two other ways the Society gathers.
Dinners
The Society’s most frequent and most personal gathering: small tables, chosen guests, one long evening.
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