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How Technology Trends Will Impact Your Portfolio
Scarlet Fu, Nathaniel Barker, Christopher Bartel, Bill Brady, Alex Griffiths, Stephanie von Friedeburg
Experts forecast that the automotive industry will undergo a decade of radical transformation driven by electric vehicles and autonomous technology, creating a market where Tesla's valuation rivals legacy manufacturers while investors increasingly favor supply chain components over traditional automakers facing distress. Parallel disruptions in fintech, retail, and education are reshaping global commerce through mobile banking adoption, direct-to-consumer models, and AI-driven personalized learning, though these sectors face significant hurdles regarding regulatory oversight and valuation risks. By 2035, despite a surge in EV adoption, internal combustion engines will remain dominant in the global vehicle fleet, cementing a transition period defined by infrastructure gaps and the strategic shift from ownership to utility-based services.
- Milken Institute31 min
MIc'd Up | Part 1: Jeb Bush in Conversation with Terry Duffy
Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter announced their joint acquisition of the Miami Marlins, a venture designed to leverage data analytics and market growth while avoiding the financial pitfalls of high-salary player acquisition. The former Florida governor simultaneously urged for comprehensive federal reforms to resolve bureaucratic gridlock, advocating for tax code simplification, term limits, and a shift toward an economy-driven immigration system. While expressing cautious support for the current administration's foreign policy coherence, Bush emphasized the urgent need to address workforce displacement caused by automation through 21st-century educational overhauls.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
Trends Shaping Technology, Business and Society
Rory Cellan-Jones, Jo Bertram, Brent Hoberman, Colin le Duc, Ed Vaizey, Vojtek, Robert Jurkowski, Hania Sadat
Panelists at this event analyzed critical shifts in technology and policy, ranging from Uber's transition to integrated mobility and the ethical risks of semi-autonomous vehicles to the economic drivers pushing corporations toward renewable energy. Significant concerns were raised regarding automation's impact on employment, the structural disadvantages facing European startups, and the threat of Brexit to UK talent acquisition, prompting calls for inclusive growth initiatives like rural broadband expansion. Future outlooks focused on specific breakthroughs including the end of aging, the obsolescence of private car ownership, and the application of data analytics in healthcare, all while navigating a global regulatory environment demanding greater accountability from tech giants.
- Milken Institute57 min
Creating a Positive Work Culture: Diversity, Inclusion and Teamwork
Cheryl Strauss Einhorn, Patsy Doerr, Patricia Milligan, Lucy Parker, James White
Business leaders are fundamentally reframing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as a critical financial imperative by shifting from moral arguments to data-driven strategies that link diverse leadership to innovation and productivity. To operationalize this, organizations like Thomson Reuters and Oppenheimer Funds are embedding DEI accountability into performance metrics, mandating diverse hiring slates, and utilizing technology to neutralize bias in recruitment processes. Despite these structural advances, the panel highlights that without radical changes to retention analytics and "empathy engineering," progress remains stalled at management levels due to socioeconomic gaps and political uncertainty.
- Milken Institute42 min
A Fireside Chat with Serge Pun Building Myanmar
Serge Pun, Staci Warden, Mike Milken, Mahendra Lama, Minseok Lee, Dickey Yuhuiko, Brad Gordon
Expanding from a private interview to a public forum, the Milken Institute session featured Serge Poon and Mike Milken discussing Myanmar's shifting economic landscape following the removal of US sanctions. Poon detailed his forty-year journey from displacement to rebuilding a private banking empire through strict anti-corruption practices, while outlining a strategy prioritizing long-term infrastructure investment over short-term gains. The dialogue concluded with an optimistic five-year forecast for nation-building, emphasizing regional connectivity and the need for investors to support foundational "trunk" projects despite lingering political risks.
- Milken Institute1h 31m
Agent of Change: The California-Israel Global Innovation Partnership
Professor Itzik-Peterborg, Jay Keesling, Uri, Nati, Mark Gold, Yoram Cohen, Clive Kabat-Zinnick, David Blumberg
The California-Israel Global Innovation Partnership, established via a 2014 agreement between Governor Jerry Brown and the Israeli Prime Minister, facilitates the cross-border transfer of expertise in water, energy, and biotechnology to help California transition from a startup-centric to a scale-up economy. Key figures including Prof. Jay Keasling, Prof. Itzik Peterborg, and executives from Netafim demonstrated how synthetic biology, digital health solutions, and precision irrigation can decouple agricultural output from resource constraints while addressing California's fragmented governance and water scarcity crises. This collaboration leverages financial protocols and bilateral fellowships to deploy proven Israeli technologies globally, aiming to create a carbon-negative bio-economy and implement real-time conservation incentives that bridge the gap between policy fragmentation and sustainable infrastructure.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
The Search for Cures Leads to Silicon Valley
Lindy Fishburne, Linda Avey, Noah Craft, Lloyd Minor, Asha Nayak, Lisa Suennen, Asha Rogers, Martha Minow, Male Speaker 2, Brody
Hosted by Lindy Fishburne, a panel of leaders from Intel, Stanford Medicine, 23andMe, and Science 37 discussed the strategic shift from reactive sick care to proactive precision health through decentralized data models and consumer engagement. Initiatives such as Intel's Collaborative Cancer Cloud, Stanford's genomic-phenotypic integration, and Science 37's patient-centric trials aim to dismantle data silos while accelerating drug discovery and increasing trial diversity. The dialogue further emphasized that sustainable innovation requires overcoming reimbursement barriers and establishing patient data sovereignty to enable real-world evidence generation.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Africa: Understanding Its Unique Value Proposition
Helima Croft, Samit Gehlot, Bassim Haidar, Yvonne Ike, Jay Ireland, Sena Torres, Amir El, Ruben Brigetti, Aubrey Ruby, Susanna Amos, Clever Gatete, Jeff Herbst
Panellists argue that Africa's economic narrative has shifted from a monolithic "rising" trend to a heterogeneous landscape where policy-driven leaders in Rwanda and Côte d'Ivoire have outperformed commodity-dependent giants like Nigeria and South Africa. The discussion highlights how international institutions and the US often fail to adapt to local realities due to rigid models and risk aversion, while China's capital-heavy approach and Africa's rapid mobile technology adoption offer alternative growth vectors. Ultimately, sustainable development depends on regional integration, infrastructure investment, and the diversification of economies away from extractive industries to absorb the continent's exploding youth demographic.
- Milken Institute50 min
Superbugs: Slowing the Spread of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Maryn McKenna, Beth Bell, Barry Eisenstein, Lance Price, Zachary Rubin
Unchecked antimicrobial resistance threatens to cause 10 million global deaths and $100 trillion in economic losses by 2050, driven by stalled pharmaceutical innovation, agricultural misuse, and rapid pathogen spread. Critical failures in current stewardship and reimbursement models have allowed superbugs like CRE and MCR-1 to emerge, undermining essential medical procedures from cancer treatment to organ transplantation. Urgent interventions including international data sharing, regulatory incentives for novel antibiotics, and a shift in clinical and agricultural practices are now essential to prevent a post-antibiotic era.
- Milken Institute47 min
The Economic Impact of Chronic Disease
Ross DeVol, Nancy Brown, Neal Kaufman, Kristen Miranda, Hugh Waters, Otis Webb Brawley
The Milken Institute convened health leaders and researchers to address the escalating economic and human toll of chronic diseases, emphasizing that 80% of cardiovascular conditions and rising cancer rates are preventable through lifestyle changes and systemic reform. Speakers highlighted stark disparities linked to education and income while detailing how policy interventions, such as Medicaid expansion and Accountable Care Organizations, can reduce waste and improve early detection. The session concluded with a unified call to shift from fee-for-service models to patient-centric strategies that leverage digital tools and early education to extend healthy life years rather than merely treating illness.
- Milken Institute54 min
A Conversation With Gary Becker, David Rubenstein and Robert Rubin
Gary Becker, David Rubenstein, Robert Rubin
Economic Nobel laureate Gary Becker and former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin argue that the United States must close the gap between current and potential output to achieve a 3% annual GDP growth rate, a goal requiring significant fiscal stabilization and immigration reform. The panel proposes a decade-long plan to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio through entitlement adjustments and tax expenditure reforms, while identifying shale energy and demographic advantages as key drivers of future U.S. competitiveness. Despite acknowledging the nation's status as a premier investment destination, the experts warn that persistent political dysfunction and an inability to implement necessary compromises remain the primary threats to economic progress and fiscal health.
- Milken Institute59 min
Real Estate: Housing Builds a New Foundation
Rick Newman, Stan Humphreys, Jeffrey Gundlach, Larry Mizell, Jed Kalko, Steve Brown
A recent industry analysis details a housing market characterized by declining sales volumes, stagnant household formation, and severe affordability strains driven by high mortgage rates and restrictive lending standards. Experts such as Jeffrey Gundlach and Larry Mizell describe a secular shift from an investor-led recovery toward a "renter phase," where supply constraints in major urban hubs and demographic changes limit new home starts to cyclical lows. While future forecasts predict a slowdown in price appreciation to around 3%, the sector faces complex pressures from rising interest rates, potential GSE reform, and a long-term transition away from traditional single-family homeownership among younger cohorts.
- Milken Institute1h 3m
The Puzzle of Personnel: Recruiting and Retaining Talent
Rich Colgard, Greg Capelli, Wei-Li Chong, Kay Foster Cheek, Paul McKinnon, Larry Kaiser
Industry leaders and researchers address a critical U.S. workforce disconnect where four million unfilled jobs coexist with thirty million unemployed individuals due to credentialism barriers and outdated training pipelines. Organizations such as Apollo Education Group and Onyx Pharmaceuticals are implementing simulation-based matching, decision science, and non-traditional benefits to assess innate capability and align talent strategies with business outcomes. These strategic shifts aim to resolve demographic mismatches, reduce high turnover rates, and replace traditional credentialism with data-driven methods that prioritize skill verification over formal degrees.
- Milken Institute1h 15m
Impact Investing in Israel Roundtable
Lorin Fife, Alan Hoffmann, Carl Kaplan, Yaron Neudorfer, Izzy Tapoohi, Davida Lachman-Messer, Shari Birenbach
This panel featured industry leaders including Didi Lachman, Lorraine Alexander, and Alan Hoffman, who advocated for impact investing as a necessary vehicle to scale social funding in Israel by leveraging the 95% of foundation assets not required for annual grants. Key speakers presented diverse financial instruments ranging from social impact bonds and social venture funds to earmarked Israel Bonds, projecting that these mechanisms could generate the required 7% returns while addressing inequalities among underserved populations. The discussion concluded with a roadmap for establishing a social investment bank and standardizing impact measurements to overcome institutional conservatism and mobilize public-private partnerships.
- Milken Institute55 min
The Awesome Responsibility of Leadership: A Conversation with Harry Reid and Eric Cantor
Harry Reid, Eric Cantor, Michael Milken
Senators Harry Reid and Eric Cantor discussed urgent challenges to federal biomedical funding, public health, and education while outlining a bipartisan strategy for comprehensive immigration reform ahead of the July 4th recess. Reid emphasized the severe impact of sequestration on research institutions and nutrition programs, whereas Cantor advocated for technology-driven wellness initiatives and proposed an "ag worker" immigration measure alongside STEM visa retention. The leaders concluded by pledging continued collaboration through a joint trip to the NIH, future joint fundraising in their home states, and the pursuit of an immigration bill that offers a pathway to citizenship while maintaining the rule of law.