BERKELEY — Chancellor Carol Christ and Professor of Public Policy and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich are among the luminaries who will speak at “Free Speech in the Age of Social Media,” an all-day symposium at UC Berkeley on Thursday marking the 53rd anniversary of the birth of the Free Speech Movement.

“In the past year, the internet has turned its attention to Berkeley’s campus debates, and our own community has taken up new media and modes of digital expression to extend and challenge the discussion of free speech,” reads an event description by sponsor Berkeley Center for New Media. “This is a critical moment; both to the consideration of the intersection of speech, media and digital technologies on the Berkeley Campus and to the Nation as a whole.”

Co-sponsors are The Berkeley Graduate, the Graduate Assembly, and BridgeUSA.

The event is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 310 Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, at UC Berkeley. Sutardja Dai Hall is near the northeast corner of the campus, off of Hearst Avenue.

Christ will speak at 9:30 a.m., Reich at 10 a.m.

A complete schedule is available here.