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Global Companies and a New Era of Growth | Global Investors' Symposium Hong Kong 2025
Avril Hong, Hans Dekkers, Tony Fernandes, Éric Martel
Representatives from IBM, AirAsia, and Bombardier convened to outline a strategic framework prioritizing robust data infrastructure as a prerequisite for effective AI adoption in the aviation and aerospace sectors. The panel detailed specific outcomes such as AirAsia's projected 3–4% fuel savings and Bombardier's 93% on-time global parts delivery rate, achieved through predictive analytics and automated supply chain management. Additionally, the discussion emphasized navigating complex regulatory certification hurdles and managing workforce cultural shifts to balance human oversight with AI-driven efficiency.
- Milken Institute31 min
Global Debt Levels: Opportunity to Innovate | Finance Forum 2025
Matthew Aleshire, Avinash Persaud, Stacy Swann, Heiko Thoms
A panel of international economists and policymakers convened to address the critical intersection of record-high global public debt and the urgent need for climate resilience financing, highlighting how current debt frameworks stifle essential green investments. The discussion examined structural reforms in Germany, such as new debt rules exempting defense spending, alongside the growing dominance of private creditors in developing nations which complicates traditional resolution mechanisms like the Paris Club. Experts concluded that effective solutions require MDBs to expand capital bases, greater Chinese creditor participation, and the design of shock-absorbing debt instruments that capture long-term fiscal savings from climate adaptation.
- Milken Institute30 min
New Directions and Opportunities for Resilient Disaster Recovery | Finance Forum 2025
Kristen Fanarakis, Lynette Bell, Tom Hoban, Nuin-Tara Key
The Truist Foundation is leading a strategic shift from reactive disaster relief to proactive resilience by committing $725 million over three years to Western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. This initiative prioritizes small business recovery by reducing capital access timelines from 60 days to 10 days and advocates for standardized building codes alongside new tax incentives to incentivize structural upgrades. Experts further propose adopting a "risk curve" framework and leveraging regional public-private partnerships to sustain long-term funding for climate adaptation and infrastructure hardening.
- Milken Institute36 min
Incentivizing Investment in Innovative Technologies | Finance Forum 2025
Karen Kornbluh, Doug Arent, Jennifer Hankins, Jigar Shah, Maggie Switek
A panel of experts from the NREL Foundation, Tulsa Innovation Labs, and the Milken Institute discussed strategies to compress multi-decade innovation timelines into three-to-five-year cycles for clean energy and AI deployment. Speakers highlighted the critical need to shift from linear financial incentives to unconventional cross-sector partnerships, warning that failing to rapidly scale domestic manufacturing risks transferring intellectual property to competitors like China. The consensus emphasized that accelerating grid capacity through virtual power plants and regulatory agility is essential to unlocking private capital and ensuring U.S. economic growth.
- Milken Institute37 min
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Lessons for the US | Finance Forum 2025
Caitlin MacLean, Victoria Barbary, Angela Rodell, Tarek Shoukri, Kaitlyn McLean
The U.S. Treasury Department is currently soliciting private sector input to design a national Sovereign Wealth Fund using a blank-slate approach for capitalization and investment mandates. Drawing on global best practices and case studies like the Alaska Permanent Fund, the proposed framework emphasizes independent governance to insulate decisions from political cycles while targeting strategic sectors such as critical minerals and AI. With further concept papers expected in the spring, the initiative aims to establish a bipartisan structure that catalyzes high-cost infrastructure deployment without crowding out private commercial activity.
- Milken Institute40 min
New Pathways to Help Forgotten America | Finance Forum 2025
Rich Ditizio, Marla Blow, Van Jones
A panel at the Milken Institute, featuring Skoll Foundation's Marla Carter and Amazon Web Services' Dan Price, analyzes the structural retreat of the U.S. public sector and the subsequent necessity for private capital and technology to solve social challenges. The discussion details strategic pivots in philanthropy toward complex capital stacks, highlights specific tech interventions in criminal justice and infrastructure, and reframes diversity initiatives as economic imperatives rather than moral obligations. Looking forward, the speakers outline a new "Center for Advancing the American Dream" to document mentorship narratives while urging the integration of AI and community access to navigate a rapidly changing technological landscape.
- Milken Institute29 min
Community Infrastructure Building Blocks: 10,000 Communities Initiative | Finance Forum 2025
Rachel Halfaker, Andreas Karelas, Jane Brady Knight, Amanda Li, Tony Pipa
High demand for rural economic revitalization faces significant deployment barriers, including insufficient project scale, limited local capacity, and traditional financing models that exclude non-profits lacking credit scores. To overcome these hurdles, successful strategies now employ blended capital stacks, direct pay provisions from the Inflation Reduction Act, and digital platforms that automate underwriting to reduce overhead on small-ticket clean energy investments. By shifting narratives toward rural agency and utilizing community financial institutions, stakeholders aim to establish a permanent, self-sustaining asset class that drives long-term wealth creation and strengthens national competitiveness.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
The Business of Wellness | Global Conference 2024
Alexia Brue, Dave Asprey, Katie Kaps, David Ko, Nanea Reeves, Zak Williams
The global wellness economy surged to $6.3 trillion in 2023, driven by biological concerns, mental health accessibility, and a convergence of beauty and technology. Key figures like Dave Asprey, Katie Capps, and David Koh are leveraging AI, biohacking, and gamified platforms to address a $122 million access gap in mental health services while challenging traditional medical gatekeeping. This market expansion, which outpaces GDP growth, is fueled by strategic shifts toward personalized data sovereignty, female longevity solutions, and the integration of mental health tools into corporate wellness programs.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Where Is the Next Cure? | Global Conference 2024
Alice Park, Noubar Afeyan, Aloe Blacc, Daphne Koller, Samarth Kulkarni, Pablo Legorreta
Leading biotech executives and researchers are redefining the industry by shifting from chronic small-molecule management to precise, curative systems-based therapies like CRISPR and mRNA platforms. This transition, fueled by artificial intelligence and a "reverse translation" innovation model, has accelerated clinical timelines while projecting a $100 billion market for GLP-1 drugs and new organ-editing solutions. Despite regulatory hurdles and high initial costs for treatments like sickle cell gene editing, stakeholders anticipate that maturing technologies and scalable manufacturing will eventually democratize access to these transformative medical breakthroughs.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Rewriting the Rules of Global Conservation | Global Conference 2024
Justin Worland, Eron Bloomgarden, Iván Duque Márquez, Jennifer Morris, Wendy Schmidt
The event convenes global leaders and financial experts to address the crisis of 70% global wildlife decline by examining the "30x30" pledge to protect land and oceans by 2030, highlighted by Colombia's successful expansion of protected areas. Through analysis of market mechanisms like carbon pricing, debt-for-nature swaps, and the LEAF Coalition, the discussion outlines strategies to mobilize the trillions of dollars required to transition from extraction to regenerative economic models. The proceedings emphasize that achieving these targets depends on integrating indigenous land rights, deploying technology for transparent data, and aligning political will with private capital to prevent the Amazon from reaching a critical tipping point.
- Milken Institute53 min
Africa's Youth is Using Technology to Solve Africa's Most Pressing Problems | Global Conference 2024
Dan Keeler, Ramadan Ameen, Maya Horgan Famodu, Yolanda Mabuto, Walter Pacheco, Fred Swaniker
A panel of industry leaders and investors analyzed Africa's transformative potential, driven by a young, mobile-connected population and surging venture capital flows that have facilitated significant fintech exits and the scaling of global talent pipelines. Discussions highlighted strategic shifts toward execution over intellectual property protection, the democratization of capital through digital asset tokenization, and the deployment of AI and drone technology to revolutionize healthcare infrastructure in nations like Rwanda. Experts concluded that bridging the skills gap through grassroots technical education and exporting digital labor are critical to unlocking economic sovereignty and ensuring sustainable growth for the continent's projected workforce.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Powering the Future: Energy Storage, Delivery, and a Modern Grid | Global Conference 2024
Gregory Zuckerman, Donnel Baird, Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Pedro Pizarro, Andrew Ponec, Karen Wayland
A pivotal panel discussion highlighted the accelerating global transition toward a modernized power grid driven by surging demand from AI, manufacturing repatriation, and electrification. Key figures outlined massive investment requirements, including a $370 billion California requirement and a $1.3 trillion need for African energy modernization, alongside technological shifts toward thermal batteries, extended nuclear lifespans, and SMRs. Experts concluded that overcoming regulatory bottlenecks and reforming market rules are essential to aligning infrastructure development with the urgent goals of decarbonization and grid resilience.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Bold Proposals for Protecting the Free-Enterprise System while Closing the Wealth Gap | GC 2024
Michael Milken, John Hope Bryant, Brad Gerstner, Teresa Ghilarducci
At a May 2024 Milken Institute panel moderated by Michael Milken, experts including Stephen Mnuchin, Brad, John Hope Bryant, and Theresa outlined a consensus strategy to protect the free enterprise system by replacing wealth taxes with universal financial literacy and private capital access. The discussion detailed specific legislative and corporate initiatives such as the Retirement Savings for American Act and the "Invest America" proposal, which aim to automatically enroll millions of workers in retirement accounts and establish seed accounts for newborns to counteract economic inequality. Proponents argue these structural reforms, alongside private equity expansion, are essential to prevent national decline and ensure that the impending intergenerational wealth transfer builds lasting capital rather than dependency.
- Milken Institute58 min
Innovators Rethinking Criminal Justice Systems | Global Conference 2024
Zack Carpenter, Baz Dreisinger, Hilton Freund, Jessica Hicklin, Teresa Hodge, Ari Melber, Alex Spiro
Global and domestic speakers including Jessica Hicklin, Theresa Hodge, and Dr. Baz convened to address the $250 billion U.S. criminal justice crisis and its disproportionate impact on racial minorities and the 50% rise in female incarceration worldwide. These innovators argued that data-driven reforms, such as implementing earned-time credits and sport-based skill building, could prevent 350,000 years of unnecessary incarceration while addressing a projected 22 million worker shortage in the energy sector. Despite significant barriers like funding mismatches and political volatility, the event emphasized shifting from "second chances" to "first chances" to leverage the 95% of released prisoners who will integrate into the workforce.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
Storytelling for Change: Creating Hope out of Crisis | Global Conference 2024
Jimmie Briggs, Andrea Bruce, Scott Harrison, Yunghi Kim, Eli Reed, Yoongi Kim
Prominent photojournalists and social entrepreneurs Yoongi Kim, Scott Harrison, Andrea Bruce, and Eli Reed examined how visual storytelling confronts modern challenges like AI-generated disinformation and funding crises while driving tangible policy and humanitarian outcomes. The panelists detailed specific successes, including Kim's policy-altering documentation of Comfort Women, Charity Water's billion-dollar mobilization through immersive narratives, and Bruce's locally focused publication that achieved near-universal community engagement. Unifying under the belief that ethical, human-centered reporting is essential for democracy, the group emphasized the critical need for sustained public investment in original journalism to preserve truth and foster empathy across a noisy digital landscape.