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Digital Future: The Internet of Things
Alex, David Levinson, Bridget, Kathleen Murphy, Mark, Gary, Michael, Shirley Moody, Dan Galpin, Margaret Burns, John McCutchan
The event analyzes the Internet of Things as a rapidly expanding "physical graph" driven by industrial applications and projected to host 50 billion devices, fundamentally shifting market models from hardware sales to recurring data services. Industry leaders emphasize that robust security must be embedded at the silicon level and advocated for open platforms to mitigate risks inherent in interdependent legacy systems. Furthermore, the discussion addresses the economic viability of IoT through predictive maintenance, the convergence of connectivity standards, and the ethical challenges surrounding privacy, algorithmic bias, and public safety governance.
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Convergence: Philanthropy, Technology, Celebrity and Marketing
Ryan Cummins, Matthew Polson, Michelle Kidley, Stacey Boyd, Adrian Grenier, Karina Kogan
Co-founders Ryan Cummins and Matthew Polson leveraged Omaze's democratized auction model to transform celebrity experiences into multi-million dollar fundraising tools, while Skoola successfully pivoted to a for-profit clothing resale platform to raise funds for schools at scale. The event also highlighted Adrian Grenier's focus on conscious consumerism and Participant Media's development of the Participant Index, a metrics tool designed to measure the behavioral impact of social storytelling on viewers. Panelists concluded that the future of the $240 billion charity sector depends on adopting business-aligned strategies, reducing entry friction, and utilizing data to authenticate the social value delivered by celebrities and organizations.
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Credit Markets: What's Next?
Mike Milken, Rich Byrne, David Warren, Tom, Steve, Michael
Regulatory constraints have forced banks to retreat from middle-market lending, creating a liquidity vacuum now filled by alternative capital providers such as Business Development Companies and institutional investors actively engaging in bespoke direct origination. This structural shift compels pension funds and credit managers to abandon passive index strategies in favor of deep fundamental analysis and flexible capital deployment across complex assets like legacy CMBS and emerging market debt to achieve realistic returns. By acting as both lenders and equity partners in distressed or restructuring scenarios, these active managers are capitalizing on a sustained "golden era" of institutional credit investment driven by regulatory disintermediation.
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Global Real Estate: Best Countries, Best Classes
Tom, Sam, John, Eyal, David Einhorn
A global panel warns that the most severe demographic shift in 500 years is compressing cap rates and driving institutional capital into Grade A assets in North American cities while highlighting Mexico's supply chain diversification and China's distressed opportunities as key investment targets. The discussion identifies floating-rate debt structures and disruptive technologies like short-term rental platforms as primary risks to market stability, even as these forces force a bifurcation between public long-term holding strategies and private tactical trading in volatile Asian markets. Ultimately, experts debate whether soaring high-end prices reflect income inequality or a global search for wealth preservation, concluding that the sector is evolving toward specialized assets like assisted living while navigating complex regulatory and currency headwinds.
- Milken Institute1h 17m
Ebola and Economy: The Cost of Infectious Disease
Tom Evans, Michel Deville, Catherine Deland, Gabrielle Fitzgerald, Dr. Pranav Shetty, Nancy Ossie
The 2014 Ebola outbreak, which caused $32 billion in economic losses and halted growth in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, triggered a $4 billion global response that accelerated vaccine development from academia to clinical trials within 18 months. While the crisis exposed critical gaps in healthcare infrastructure and delayed detection, it also drove unprecedented regulatory innovations and established the UN's first dedicated public health mission alongside active participation from BRICS nations. Looking forward, stakeholders are advocating for a standing global emergency workforce and sustainable funding mechanisms to address the projected health worker deficit and prevent future zoonotic spillovers.
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A Conversation With Ben Horowitz
Ben Horowitz discusses the unexpected broad resonance of his book *The Hard Thing About Hard Things* while detailing the dramatic $2.8 billion valuation of Slack, which emerged from a $18 million failure at TinySpec. He analyzes modern market dynamics, arguing that Silicon Valley avoids bubbles due to lower capital requirements and cloud infrastructure, while noting that regulatory gaps in private markets pose significant risks to liquidity and valuation. Additionally, Horowitz outlines a non-quota hiring strategy that eliminated unconscious bias to achieve 53% female representation and debunks the notion of a ride-sharing monopoly by highlighting driver saturation and the imminent disruption of self-driving technology.
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The Business of Healthy
Jane Wells, Anu Chatterjee, Dr. Bill Dietz, Michael Johnson, Ryan Shadrick-Wilson, Tara Palmeri, Kathryn Hartmann, Kathy Hartmuth, Rachel Alters, Jeff Dunn, Dr. David Heber, Anu Srivastava, Anu Vatsalavanda, Eric Schmidt, David Levinson, Bill Alford Jr.
Major food corporations are pivoting toward fresh and healthy platforms through billion-dollar acquisitions and reformulation strategies, responding to consumer demand for organic and plant-based options while leveraging data showing significant sales growth in low-calorie segments. Public health projections warn that obesity rates will continue to rise without intervention, prompting government initiatives like school nutrition acts and corporate policy changes such as antibiotic bans to mitigate a crisis expected to surpass tobacco-related healthcare costs. Ultimately, the industry faces the dual challenge of overcoming affordability barriers in food deserts and adapting marketing tactics to normalize healthy choices among younger demographics.
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The Future of FinTech
Debbie Hopkins, Igor Tulsinski, Rob Antonides, Arjan Chute, Finn Upham
A panel of venture capitalists and banking executives analyzed the $12 billion global financial services investment surge, highlighting a strategic pivot toward serving underbanked populations and small businesses while traditional banks retreat from high-risk segments. Incumbents are increasingly adopting "build, buy, or partner" models to modernize legacy infrastructure and navigate complex regulatory landscapes, potentially evolving into back-end utility providers for specialized fintech operators within a decade. Experts caution that while the sector faces risks from market bubbles and algorithmic lending bias, successful disruption depends on prioritizing the bottom 90% of consumers over the elite "top 5%" to truly democratize access to capital.
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Investing in Growth: Opportunities in Developing Markets
Mark Kutis, Juan Sartorio, Brian Orodjako, Jay Ireland, Matthew Wood
Panelists project emerging markets as the dominant global growth story over the next five years, despite near-term turbulence that necessitates a shift from broad BRICS investments to selective country and strategy-specific bets. While Latin America and Asia face distinct structural headwinds, Africa is identified as a primary engine for growth driven by governance reforms in nations like Nigeria and Kenya, with infrastructure projects in stable jurisdictions offering high-yield alternatives to sovereign debt. The consensus emphasizes private market allocation for investors with long horizons to capture illiquidity premiums, specifically targeting distressed assets in Peru and Uruguay while cautioning against dabbling without specialized expertise.
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U.S. Overview: A Catalyst for World Growth?
Ross Duvall, Gene Sperling, Sarah Quinlan, William Kahana
A panel of economic experts, including Gene Sperling, John Donohoe, and Sarah Quinlan, analyzed the U.S. economy's robust 3.8% annualized GDP growth and accelerating job market while highlighting persistent structural challenges such as weak non-defense capital goods orders and housing ownership declines. Despite record corporate profits, the group noted a significant disconnect between earnings and capital expenditure, driven by global uncertainty, a strong dollar that dampens exports, and regulatory barriers restricting mortgage access for millions of borrowers. Looking forward, the experts predicted the Federal Reserve would delay interest rate hikes until late 2015 and forecast that housing construction and global demand will only begin to recover in the coming 12 to 18 months.
- Milken Institute56 min
Women Challenging the Status Quo: Building Businesses Their Way
Joyce Chang, Maha Dahil, Minka Kelly, Maladi McCluskey, Puna Mohajer, Robin Ward, Tina
The Milken Institute convened a high-level forum where panelists like Joyce Chang, Minka Kelly, and Malia McCluskey addressed systemic gender disparities in venture capital and technology, where female-founded companies outperform male-led rivals yet occupy merely 6% of investment partner roles. The event moved beyond problem identification to outline actionable strategies such as "frindtorship," bootstrapping to maintain control, and leveraging the proven 35% higher equity returns of women-led enterprises to challenge entrenched biases. Ultimately, the gathering aimed to accelerate the transition from a 10% to a 30% representation of women in leadership, emphasizing that technological entrepreneurship and peer-to-peer support are the most effective levers for dismantling the "boys club" and fostering a new generation of female industry leaders.
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The World in Turmoil
David Miliband, Vicente Fox, Shaukat Aziz, Matthew Spence
Speakers analyze the paradox of declining state-on-state warfare amid a record 52 million displaced persons driven by non-state actors exploiting governance vacuums and economic deprivation. Western military strategies, including over 3,500 coalition airstrikes, have halted ISIS territorial expansion but failed to eliminate the threat without ground operations or effective post-conflict state-building. Looking forward, experts warn that failure to integrate rising powers like China, reinvent the United Nations, and address the demographic and ideological grievances of the Middle East's youth will likely fuel further global instability.
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Demystifying Millennials
Lori Kozlowski, Matthew Siegel, Maeve Quarin, Christy Garten, David Burstein
This panel examines the trillion-dollar economic influence of Millennials, the largest generation in history, as they navigate severe economic headwinds while driving demand for pragmatic idealism in the workplace and politics. Key figures highlight the tension between high social progressive values and persistent challenges such as student debt, delayed homeownership, and historically low voter turnout. Consequently, the discussion outlines a shifting landscape where employers must offer purposeful growth to retain talent and political groups like Run for America strive to mobilize youth through bold policy proposals rather than incremental reform.
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Building a 21st Century Economy: A Conversation With U.S. Governors
Ron Brownstein, John Hickenlooper, Terry McAuliffe, Pat McCrory, Pete Ricketts
Governors Hickenlooper, McAuliffe, McCrory, and Ricketts outlined divergent state strategies for economic resilience, ranging from Colorado's lifestyle-driven retention and Virginia's cyber-bioscience pivot to North Carolina's infrastructure bonds and Nebraska's agricultural trade missions. A critical consensus emerged on addressing a widespread skills gap through competency-based credentialing and early childhood education, alongside urgent calls for federal infrastructure funding and healthcare expansion reforms. While leaders coordinated on energy and social issues, significant policy divergence persisted regarding marijuana legalization, Medicaid implementation, and federal environmental regulations.
- Milken Institute59 min
The Transformation of Mexico
Jana Remes, Marcela Meireles, Alberto Gomez-Alcala, Enrique Perret, David Fong, Martha Minowski
A high-level economic panel highlighted Mexico's duality as a nation driving manufacturing booms and structural reforms while simultaneously battling entrenched corruption and regional inequality. While figures such as President Enrique Peña Nieto and economist Jana Remes acknowledged progress in fiscal stability and foreign direct investment, experts warned that rising security costs, an uncompetitive energy sector, and a productivity gap between modern and informal firms threaten sustainable growth. Ultimately, the consensus projects a modernization trajectory toward deeper North American integration, though long-term success depends on resolving rule-of-law deficiencies and managing the political risks of potential populist resurgence.