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Admiral Eric Olson: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Eric Olson, Admiral Eric Olson, Jack
Former Navy SEAL Admiral Eric Olson, the first four-star officer to command U.S. Special Operations Command and a key architect of the Osama bin Laden raid, analyzes the geopolitical evolution of ISIS and the strategic posture of Al-Qaeda. Drawing on his historic career, Olson argues that defeating transnational terrorist networks requires eradicating radical Sunni theology through Muslim leadership rather than relying solely on military force, while also highlighting the necessity for difficult international coalitions in an era of shifting state and non-state power dynamics. Olson further details the operational culture of USSOCOM and the rigorous psychological selection process that identifies leaders capable of adapting to complex battlefield terrains where traditional victory conditions no longer apply.
- Goldman Sachs16 min
Jeff Jonas, IBM Fellow: Talks at GS Session Highlights
IBM Fellow Jeff Jonas pioneered Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness (NORA) technology, a system initially deployed for casinos to identify professional cheaters that later evolved into the G2 platform for processing billions of records across diverse domains. This agnostic architecture has enabled critical applications ranging from modernizing US voter registration and securing the Malacca Strait to optimizing asteroid collision predictions through a "space-time box" methodology that drastically reduced computational requirements. Jonas's approach prioritizes privacy by design and data tethering to ensure record integrity, while leveraging the principle that broad data integration often outperforms increasing algorithmic complexity for detection and prediction tasks.
- Goldman Sachs19 min
Marc Morial, CEO of the National Urban League: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Mark Morial, leader of the National Urban League, warns that institutions failing to diversify their workforces face exclusion of top talent and declining economic competitiveness amidst shifting demographic realities. The organization addresses these gaps through a network of 90 affiliates providing direct services to hundreds of thousands of individuals while tracking racial equity via its annual "State of Black America" report. Morial emphasizes that despite glacial progress in closing status gaps between white and minority populations, corporate and civic leaders must prioritize diversity to ensure long-term sustainability.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Cornell Brooks, NAACP CEO: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Ronell Brooks, the 18th president of the NAACP and a fourth-generation AME minister, leverages a legacy of civil rights activism to address contemporary challenges such as police killings and the erosion of voting protections following *Shelby v. Holder*. Operating through a network of 2,000 volunteer-run branches, Brooks recently led thousands of miles of marches to advocate for criminal justice reform and the establishment of an affirmative constitutional right to vote. The organization currently prioritizes expanding voting access across diverse demographics by countering disenfranchisement tactics that disproportionately affect young people, minorities, and people with disabilities.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Denise Lewis, Olympic Gold Medalist: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Multi-disciplinary athlete and presenter Denise Lewis leverages her resilient upbringing and a breakthrough Olympic heptathlon victory, achieved despite a severe Achilles injury, to advocate for substantive diversity in sports and media. She emphasizes that visible representation is critical for breaking generational cycles and ensuring that women and Black professionals secure opportunities based on merit rather than tokenism. By combining her personal narrative of overcoming early rejection and racial bias with her professional transition to television, Lewis encourages emerging talent to project confidence and "stick their heads above the parapet" to pave the way for future candidates.
- Goldman Sachs14 min
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Archbishop Justin Welby outlines a strategy for the non-hierarchical Anglican Communion focused on reconciliation and discipleship while addressing global crises ranging from religious persecution to the refugee emergency. The leadership highlights critical demographic shifts, noting a significant aging within the Church of England contrasted with a young, female, and Sub-Saharan majority in the wider Communion. To navigate these challenges, the church advocates for long-term economic engagement in host nations, improved inter-faith integrity against radicalization, and a renewed focus on practical love for the poor and enemies.
- Goldman Sachs13 min
Ross Kemp, Documentary Maker: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Former ITV actor Ross Kemp transitioned to documentary filmmaking after a pivotal interview in Compton revealed the human costs of gang violence, leading to the creation of the BAFTA-winning "Ross Kemp on Gangs" series. Operating a small, unarmed production team through Freshwater Films, Kemp relies on local fixers and hostile environment training to access dangerous zones, a methodology tested during tense confrontations with tribal leaders in Papua New Guinea and refugee camps in Calais. His current portfolio addresses child sexual exploitation, alcohol industry harms, and immigration integration, driven by a philosophy to reveal the social circumstances behind global headlines rather than exploiting fear.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
2015 CA Summit - Notice to Proceed: Clearing a Path for Infrastructure Financing
Dale Bonner, Samara Barend, Teveia Barnes, Marc Levine, Dean Palumbo
A panel of California Assemblymember Mark Levine, I-Bank official Tavia Barnes, and industry leaders from AECOM and Plenary addressed the state's $64 billion infrastructure maintenance gap and the political hurdles hindering effective public-private partnerships. The discussion highlighted the need for legislative reforms to accelerate project timelines, the adoption of innovative financing tools like third-party verification and tax-exempt bonds, and the potential of technology to reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. Speakers emphasized that while local agencies are successfully leveraging private capital for delivery, the state must overcome risk aversion and bureaucratic delays to meet the 2.5% GDP investment benchmark required for adequate infrastructure growth.
- Goldman Sachs14 min
John Kufuor, Former President of the Republic of Ghana: Talks at GS Session Highlights
This address examines Ghana's pivotal role as the first independent sub-Saharan nation while detailing the economic transformation achieved between 2001 and 2009 through market-oriented reforms that stabilized currency, doubled cocoa output, and eliminated extreme poverty. The narrative highlights the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to heal decades of military instability, successfully restoring confiscated assets and ensuring political accountability. By contextualizing these domestic successes within the broader evolution of the African Union toward democratic governance, the speaker presents Ghana as a benchmark for continental progress toward transparency and sustainable development.
- Goldman Sachs16 min
John Amaechi, Former NBA Player, Author and Executive Coach: Talks at GS Session Highlights
After a stranger's unexpected encouragement led John to basketball despite zero prior experience, he overcame a catastrophic hand injury by retraining as an ambidextrous player. His career strategy evolved from a naive focus on athletic height to a disciplined approach designed to counteract his own laziness and align with a broader goal of becoming a psychologist. John now leverages his unique background to advocate for workplace inclusion, arguing that teams only achieve greatness when members feel safe revealing their full identities beyond their professional roles.
- Goldman Sachs12 min
Neil Berg, Composer, Lyricist and Producer: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Neil Berg, a playwright who abandoned a planned career in law to pursue musical theater after an emotional breakthrough during his university years, discusses the rigorous demands of the industry and the necessity of treating art as an unavoidable calling. His current project, the rock musical "The 12" about the apostles, won the 2015 Henry Award following a difficult collaborative evolution with Tony winner Robert Schenken that required discarding existing compositions to align on a strict book-first structure. Berg further outlines essential mechanics for musical storytelling, emphasizing that successful productions rely on the precise alignment of approximately 50 collaborators and the strategic use of opening songs to establish character desires within the first ten minutes.
- Milken Institute1h 36m
Between Debt and the Devil: Money, Credit and Fixing Global Finance
Adair Turner, Mike Clouden, Matt Miller, Lord Adair Turner
Lord Adair Turner, former chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority, argues in *Between Debt and the Devil* that the global economic stagnation following the 2008 crisis stems from a failure to regulate private credit creation, which has shifted predominantly toward real estate speculation rather than business investment. He advocates for radical policy reforms including significantly higher bank capital requirements, strict lending limits on property markets, and the adoption of "overt money finance" to escape persistent low-growth equilibriums. Turner warns that without these structural adjustments and a reintegration of banking realities into macroeconomic models, advanced economies face continued inequality and the risk of social instability.
- Milken Institute1h 17m
The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers
Gillian Tett, John Seely Brown, Conrad Kieschel
The event examines the "Silo Effect," a cognitive and organizational fragmentation that drove failures ranging from the 2008 financial crisis to Sony's missed digital opportunity, while offering proven strategies to dismantle these barriers. It details how intentional physical design, data integration in New York City, and cultural shifts at organizations like the Cleveland Clinic and Facebook foster necessary "productive friction" to restore holistic vision. Ultimately, the discussion emphasizes that overcoming rigid classification requires leadership to prioritize unstructured collaboration and individual efforts to consume diverse perspectives to prevent future catastrophic breakdowns.
- Milken Institute1h 40m
Asia Summit 2015 - AIIB and the Evolving Multilateral Lending Landscape
Mike Milken, Lee Kuan Yew, Jin Li-chun, Tommy Koh, Jin Tong, Tadashi Maeda, Clive Kerner, Elena Okorochinko
At a Milken Institute discussion, AIIB President-designate Jin Li-chun outlined the bank's lean, clean, and green operational framework designed to complement existing multilateral development banks in addressing a global infrastructure financing gap of $2 trillion annually. With 57 provisional founding members approved and a target to operationalize by year-end, the institution plans to leverage a 2.5 gearing ratio to reach $250 billion in lending capacity while offering flexible financing stages to bridge the $8 trillion Asian infrastructure demand projected for 2030. Although major economies like the United States and Japan remain cautious, stakeholders including rating agencies and the IFC view the AIIB as a strategic partner capable of enhancing credit quality and mobilizing private capital for sustainable development.
- Goldman Sachs14 min
Nick Bollettieri, Tennis Legend: Talks at GS Session Highlights
Nick Bollettieri, Antonio Estevez
Founded in 1978, the Bollettieri Tennis Academy established the world's first full-time boarding school model by fusing intensive court training with a military-inspired academic curriculum to cultivate elite athletes. Legendary coach Nick Bollettieri attributes the success of ten world number ones, including Serena and Venus Williams and Andre Agassi, to his psychological mastery and the evolving necessity of peak physical fitness in modern tennis. Bollettieri now asserts that while innate talent remains irreplaceable, contemporary dominance relies on multidisciplinary support teams and strategic adaptation to equipment changes.