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Real Estate: Where Are Prospects Rising and Falling?
Maria Bartiromo, Barry Blattman, Victor Coleman, David Simon, Michael Weil
Industry leaders characterize the current real estate cycle as stable and leveraged-conservative, driven by a strategic pivot from short-term trading to long-term ownership as Asian and Middle Eastern capital flows increasingly favor equity stakes in U.S. trophy assets. While new supply creates localized oversupply risks in urban cores like New York and San Francisco, the market demonstrates resilience through disciplined underwriting and a distinct shift where technology giants and international investors prioritize physical space as a critical talent acquisition tool rather than operational overhead. Looking ahead, participants warn that future value creation will rely on operational efficiency and asset management to navigate political uncertainties and a transition away from interest-rate arbitrage, even as emerging markets like Brazil offer deep value opportunities for diversification.
- Milken Institute54 min
End of an Era: A Conversation With NBA Great Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant concludes his twenty-year NBA career by prioritizing personal fulfillment over team contention, a decision marked by a final 60-point performance that he dismissed as irrelevant to his internal motivation to transition into storytelling and media ventures through "Kobe Inc." Reflecting on a leadership style defined by brutal honesty and a focus on unlocking teammates' potential, Bryant details his evolution from a self-centered competitor to a mentor who utilized his relationship with Michael Jordan and his friction with Shaquille O'Neal as catalysts for greatness. His post-retirement philosophy emphasizes controlling effort rather than doubting outcomes, setting a precedent for his future endeavors that value historical legacy and personal growth over external validation.
- Milken Institute57 min
Building a Culture of Innovation
Willow Bay, Robert Kegan, Scott Neal, Susan Santiago
Research on Decurion, NextJump, and Bridgewater identifies Deliberate Developmental Organizations as entities that hardwire personal growth into daily work to achieve high performance, a model exemplified by Gulfstream's cross-industry technology transfers and Hyatt's global "Design Thinking" initiatives. These companies replace traditional performance metrics with "practice" cultures that view failure as a learning resource, utilizing empathetic hiring processes to prioritize emotional intelligence and humility over technical perfection alone. By balancing high challenge with high support, these organizations successfully dismantle fixed mindsets, enabling continuous innovation while addressing critical diversity goals such as Hyatt's "Women at Hyatt" initiative to correct C-suite gender disparities.
- Milken Institute54 min
The Evolution of Hedge Funds and the Future of Asset Management
Ilana D. Weinstein, Cliff Asness, Neil Chriss, Steven Cohen
Prominent hedge fund managers Neil Chris, Cliff Asness, and Steve Cohen address the industry's struggle with mediocre performance, excessive fee compression, and a severe shortage of elite talent that limits asset growth. They analyze how rising regulatory barriers and the commoditization of alternative data force a shift toward hybrid human-AI strategies while driving consolidation and the search for alpha in European and Asian markets. The panelists conclude that future success depends on delivering true uncorrelated returns, adapting to political volatility, and restructuring fee models to align with investor scrutiny of infrastructure costs.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
How Activist Investing Is Reshaping the Boardroom: A New Dawn for Corporate Governance?
David Faber, Gene Lee, Raymond J. McGuire, Clifton Robbins, Anne Sheehan, Jeffrey Smith
CalSTRS leverages its $189 billion portfolio to co-invest with specialized activist managers like Starboard Value and Blue Harbor, prioritizing deep due diligence and long-term governance engagement over distinct asset classification. The discussion highlights the Darden Restaurants case study as a paradigm for successful collaborative intervention, where board turnover and a jointly developed five-year plan drove superior cash-flow outcomes while avoiding costly proxy fights. As institutional investors increasingly demand internal self-introspection and director equity alignment, the event projects a future where activism remains a permanent governance feature driven by mid-cap opportunities and shareholder pressure on capital allocation.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Lighting the Globe: Manoj Bhargava in Conversation with Sheryl WuDunn
Manoj Bhargava, Sheryl WuDunn, Eric Schmidt, John McCutchan, Raymond Santos, Jennifer Doyle, Sharon Chandran
Forbes billionaire and 5-Hour Energy founder Manoj Parga has launched "Stage 2," a venture dedicated to deploying low-maintenance, scalable technologies in water, energy, and health for underserved populations. The initiative introduces hardware like the $250 Free Electric bicycle to generate power for livelihoods, the energy-efficient Rainmaker desalination unit, and a medical patch for early disease detection, all designed to replace unreliable solar and complex medical diagnostics in rural areas. Parga explicitly rejects proprietary hoarding by offering to train competitors and sell production lines, prioritizing rapid global adoption of simple, functional engineering over traditional philanthropic overhead.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
The Sustainable Investing Challenge: Innovative Plans from a New Generation
Paul Irving, Ryan Alam, Suzana Amoes, Dave Chen, Megan Strawther, Susanna Amos, Thomas Witt, David Bank, Amit Boren, Cameron Saul
The Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge at the Milken Institute Global Conference saw the USC Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship team, Terra Limpa, win by proposing a $30 million fund to revitalize Angola's agricultural sector by clearing landmines on 5,500 hectares of uncultivated arable land. The three-member team, led by Susanna Amos, plans to partner with UXO technicians and institutional buyers to secure land titles at deep discounts and cultivate staples like cassava for the Luanda market. This structured investment vehicle aims to diversify Angola's oil-dependent economy while generating social impact through a layered capital structure and a five-to-seven-year exit mechanism that transfers land ownership to local smallholders.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman
With five and a half years of negotiations concluded, the Obama administration is aggressively pursuing ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership before its term ends, aiming to secure $130 billion in annual economic gains and establish high regional standards to counter China's influence. Despite facing significant political headwinds from populist figures and the pharmaceutical industry over specific intellectual property and currency provisions, officials argue that the agreement's binding labor and environmental rules offer a strategic alternative to state-driven models. By utilizing Trade Promotion Authority for an expedited congressional vote, the administration seeks to prevent legislative delays that the Peterson Institute estimates could cost the U.S. economy over $90 billion.
- Milken Institute58 min
Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?
Alexandra Suich, Guruduth Banavar, Michael Ferro, Stuart Russell, David M. Siegel, Shivon Zilis
A panel of experts frames the current AI revolution as being in its early stages, emphasizing the shift from sci-fi fantasies of sentient robots to practical "narrow AI" that augments human intelligence across diverse sectors like healthcare, agriculture, and transportation. While highlighting transformative benefits such as expanded medical diagnostics and automated labor, the discussion underscores immediate risks including white-collar job displacement, the weaponization of autonomous systems, and the complex ethical challenge of encoding human values into machine decision-making. Looking toward the next decade, the consensus predicts universal cognitive assistants and significant advancements in personalized medicine and road safety, contingent on establishing new legal and safety frameworks to manage the societal impacts of this widespread automation.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
ASEAN: Energizing Asia's Growth
Adam Schwarz, Dino Patti Djalal, Henry Nguyen, Serge Pun, Cesar Purisima, Ravi Thakran, Adam Shores
Key figures from LVMH, IDG Ventures, and the Philippines Department of Finance convened to analyze ASEAN's emergence as a distinct global economic bloc with top-five profitability rankings despite significant internal fragmentation risks. The discussion highlighted Vietnam's role as a primary production hub under "China-plus-one" strategies and detailed specific reform agendas in Indonesia and Myanmar aimed at modernizing infrastructure and boosting manufacturing value chains. Experts concluded that while the region faces geopolitical tensions and low public awareness of the ASEAN Economic Community, its 400 million projected middle-class consumers by 2020 present a substantial opportunity for growth if nations prioritize regional integration and public-private partnerships over territorial disputes.
- Milken Institute59 min
Conversations with Congress
David Rubenstein, Bob Corker, Kevin McCarthy, Mark Warner
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy outlines Republican legislative strategies centered on advancing the Trans-Pacific Partnership and comprehensive tax reform while projecting confidence in maintaining House control during the 2016 election. Simultaneously, Senators Mark Warner and Bob Corker emphasize the urgent need for bipartisan solutions to fiscal deficits and foreign policy challenges, including the Iran nuclear deal, while navigating the deep structural frustrations within the Senate. Both chambers reflect a shared determination to restore executive-legislative balance despite rising political polarization and internal party divisions.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Bringing 21st Century Medicine to America's Veterans
Jonathan Simons, Matthew Collier, Magali Haas, Matthew Rettig, Mark Simon
The Department of Veterans Affairs has established a Senior Advisor for Strategic Partnerships to shift from isolated operations to a collaborative model leveraging its $169 billion budget and unique longitudinal data assets. By partnering with entities like Cohen Veterans Bioscience and private biotech firms, the agency is accelerating research on traumatic brain injury, suicide prevention, and precision oncology, evidenced by successful treatments for advanced prostate cancer patients. These initiatives aim to de-risk clinical trials, improve patient access to novel therapies, and transform the VA into a premier engine for precision medicine by overcoming historical cultural barriers to external collaboration.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Meaningful Work and Relationships: A Conversation with Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio, Raymond Dalio, Robert Kegan, Bob Keegan, Ken Broad, Collin Tate, Larry, Amanda Pullinger, Lewis, Hania Sadat
Bridgewater Associates operates as a globally scaled firm of 1,500 employees built on Ray Dalio's philosophy of radical truth and transparency to drive an idea meritocracy. The organization utilizes data-driven tools like the "Dot Collector" app and believability-weighted decision-making systems to systematically surface conflicts and resolve them through structured feedback. This unique model prioritizes individual development and psychological adaptation over traditional hierarchies, enabling the firm to navigate market crises while generating over two million downloads of its codified decision-making principles.
- Milken Institute1h 26m
Public Health Summit Dinner March 2, 2016
Mike Milken, Tom Frieden, Rob Califf, Fred Upton, Nancy Pelosi, Francis Collins
This event featured key figures including Francis Collins, FDA Commissioner Rob Califf, and CDC Director Tom Frieden discussing critical public health challenges such as the implementation gap between knowledge and action, rising opioid overdose deaths, and the threat of a post-antibiotic era. The proceedings highlighted specific policy responses ranging from Mexico's successful food taxes and "health stops" to the U.S. House passing the 21st Century Cures Act and funding the Brain Initiative, alongside clinical breakthroughs in treating depression and heart failure. To address these systemic issues, officials urged for robust funding, the adoption of global "find, stop, prevent" strategies, and a massive volunteer effort for the Precision Medicine Initiative to accelerate biomedical discovery.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
Lunch Program │ An Update on Zika Virus With CDC Director Tom Frieden
Tom Frieden, Mike Klowden, Michael Gerson, Lynn Goldman
CDC Director Thomas Frieden and other health experts highlight that public health interventions have driven a disproportionate share of modern economic growth by dramatically extending life expectancy through vaccines, global partnerships, and improved chronic disease management. Addressing current threats like Zika, the speakers emphasize accelerated testing capabilities and the Global Health Security Agenda's accountability framework while contrasting rapid biological changes in life spans with slower genetic evolution. The presentation further illustrates how environmental factors, epigenetics, and escalating portion sizes significantly influence health disparities and disease rates independent of genetics.