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Clear all filters- Milken Institute43 min
Philanthropic Responses to COVID-19 in Asia-Pacific - Conference Call Series
Richard Ditizio, Laurence Lien, Binod Chaudhary, Andrew Forrest, Cherie Nursalim, Rich D'Attizio
The Milken Institute convened a global panel of philanthropic leaders and experts to analyze the $8 billion surge in pandemic funding and the accelerating pace of medical research, which now includes 335 tracked treatments and vaccines. Participants examined divergent national strategies from the US to Asia, highlighting specific interventions such as Australia's massive infrastructure investment and Indonesia's triple-pillar approach to economic resilience. The discussion concluded with a unified call to transition from immediate relief to long-term institutional rebuilding through blended finance and collaborative dashboards designed to protect essential supply chains and prevent mass poverty.
- Goldman Sachs7 min
Accelerated Innovation in the Healthcare Industry
Driven by unprecedented government-industry collaboration and $3 billion in BARDA funding, the medical sector is compressing vaccine development timelines from four years to eighteen months while restructuring healthcare delivery through permanent telemedicine and domestic supply chain priorities. Concurrently, plummeting genome sequencing costs are accelerating research into gene and cell therapies for rare diseases, while robotic surgery adoption enhances ICU surge capacity and patient recovery rates. This convergence of policy support, financial investment, and technological integration has created the most favorable investment environment in history, signaling a decade-long trajectory of rapid innovation in genomics and next-generation medicine.
- Milken Institute1h 6m
Feeding the Nation During COVID 19: Food, Hope, and Recovery - Conference Call Series
Ryan Shadrick Wilson, José Andrés, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, Michael Milken
Amid a projected surge in American food insecurity driven by the economic impacts of COVID-19, World Central Kitchen and industry leaders have mobilized a network of 500+ restaurants to distribute 250,000 daily meals while addressing the systemic waste of 72 billion pounds of edible food. Panelists including Jose Andrés and Claire advocate for a permanent "FEMA of Food" and immediate infrastructure investments to redirect fresh produce to vulnerable populations with pre-existing health conditions. The consensus among these stakeholders is that the crisis requires transitioning from short-term relief to structural reform that expands SNAP eligibility, utilizes technology for last-mile logistics, and treats food security as a critical national security issue.
- Goldman Sachs8 min
The Evolution of Europe’s Tech Landscape
European technology companies have leveraged robust pre-existing infrastructure to maintain business continuity while accelerating market trends like e-commerce adoption and digital collaboration tools. This sector is simultaneously experiencing a surge in private unicorns and capital availability driven by returning executives and a shift toward ambitious global valuations. Although currently underweighted in public markets compared to the U.S., a wave of high-profile listings and deal activity across defensive, opportunistic, and strategic phases signals a maturing ecosystem.
- Milken Institute59 min
Retirement Security in the Wake of COVID-19 - Conference Call Series
Paul Irving, Marcie Frost, Michael Milken, Penny Pennington, Michelle Seitz
The Milken Institute convened financial leaders to analyze the dual threats of the pandemic and a projected $150 billion rise in the U.S. retirement savings deficit. Experts from Edward Jones, CalPERS, and Russell Investments highlighted the critical need to shift from generic index targets to personalized strategies that address longevity risk and the aging demographic's healthcare costs. Participants agreed that mitigating the crisis requires structural adjustments to retirement age, diversified Social Security portfolios, and the widespread adoption of automated savings mechanisms for gig workers.
- Milken Institute35 min
How COVID-19 Tests Will Help Reopen America - Conference Call Series
Esther Krofah, Gina Raimondo, Adam Schechter
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo outlined a strategic "SOS" testing framework and a phased economic reopening plan designed to expand daily testing capacity from 3,000 to 20,000 while prioritizing equity for vulnerable populations. LabCorp CEO Adam Schechter detailed the company's rapid scaling of PCR and antibody testing capabilities to 150,000 and 300,000 daily tests respectively, emphasizing high accuracy rates while noting that antibody presence does not yet guarantee immunity. Together, the state officials and industry leaders highlighted the critical role of contact tracing and continued safety protocols in preventing a combined flu and coronavirus surge in the fall.
- Milken Institute46 min
China Opportunities: Insights from Business Leaders - Conference Call Series
Petra Freddi, Donald Lacey, Kai-Fu Lee, Cindy Mi, Don Lacey
The Milken Institute Asia Center hosted the seventh episode of "The World Post-COVID-19" series, moderated by Don Lacey and featuring Kai-Fu Lee and Cindy Mee to analyze the digital transformation in China's education and healthcare sectors. The discussion highlighted how pandemic-driven data surges have accelerated AI adoption, enabling rural learning via virtual tutors and healthcare leapfrogging through diagnostic tools, while noting a strategic investment shift from user-growth models to profitable AI integration in traditional industries. Furthermore, the panelists addressed geopolitical implications, observing that despite intensified US-China competition, China maintains AI self-sufficiency and is prioritizing global expansion in developing markets while advocating for technological over legislative solutions to digital risks.
- Goldman Sachs10 min
The Outlook for the Corporate Credit Default Cycle
Goldman Sachs identified three sequential credit risks in early March, noting that Federal Reserve intervention in late March successfully mitigated the most severe credit crunch and liquidity impairment while leaving fundamental financial distress intact. Although the central bank's announcement triggered an 85% surge in primary market issuance and normalized secondary trading conditions, the firm maintains a 13% default rate forecast for the year due to persistent earnings pressure on lower-rated issuers. Market participants anticipate a strategic shift toward restructurings rather than liquidations, with a projected sector rotation back into cyclical industries like energy as the economic recovery progresses.
- Goldman Sachs21 min
Daniel Susskind, Author of "A World Without Work"
Economist Daniel Susskind argues that the 21st century faces a crisis of scarcity for well-paid work driven by technology rather than a lack of tasks, creating distinct challenges in inequality, concentrated power, and the erosion of meaning derived from employment. While dismissing Malthusian pessimism, Susskind predicts that technological expansion will eventually double global GDP per capita within decades, prompting a necessary policy shift from traditional labor market regulation to "leisure policies" and the rapid adoption of Universal Basic Income to address the immediate collapse in demand exacerbated by the pandemic. To navigate this transition, he advises young professionals to either cultivate non-routine interpersonal skills that resist automation or acquire technical expertise to design automated systems, warning that current educational models remain dangerously misaligned with future economic realities.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
How COVID-19 is Shaping the Future of Retail Banking - Conference Call Series
Michael Piwowar, Mary Mack, Daniel Sheehan, Chris Zingo, Mike Pivovar
Milken Institute experts and leaders from Wells Fargo, Professional Bank, and Finastra outlined a collaborative strategy to accelerate economic recovery through specific policy proposals and rapid operational pivots during the pandemic. These financial institutions successfully mobilized massive remote workforces, processed billions in Paycheck Protection Program loans, and deployed proprietary digital tools to sustain small business liquidity while ensuring cybersecurity. The panel concluded that the banking sector's future will rely on a hybrid model balancing digital efficiency with physical branch capabilities to maintain economic resilience.
- Goldman Sachs1h 1m
Phasing in the Reopening of the Economy
Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Dr. Luciana Borio, Dr. Florian Krammer, Sharmeen Mosavaramani
As of April 2020, global infections surpassed 3.2 million with 61,600 U.S. fatalities, prompting a complex transition toward economic reopening despite many states failing to meet sustained case reduction criteria. Therapeutic advancements, notably the NIH's findings on baricitinib, offer potential mortality reductions while experimental monoclonal antibodies and multiple vaccine platforms aim for deployment by mid-year to address the pathogen's persistence. Public health officials warn that premature relaxation of restrictions risks autumnal resurgence, necessitating robust testing expansion and contact tracing to manage recurring waves until herd immunity is achieved.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
Leadership in the New Normal: Business Leaders Respond to COVID-19 - Conference Call Series
Kevin Klowden, Jane Fraser, Barbara Humpton, Michael Milken, Mike Milken
At the Milken Institute session "Leadership in the New Normal," moderated by Kevin Clowden, panelists Jane Frazier of Citigroup, Barbara Humpton of Siemens USA, and Mike Milken analyzed the immediate business responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Frazier detailed Citigroup's rapid shift to digital banking to support millions while maintaining access for vulnerable populations, whereas Humpton described Siemens' pivot to manufacturing critical medical supplies and establishing a "strategic digital twin reserve" for future crisis resilience. Milken provided a broader economic context, highlighting record-breaking vaccine development timelines and the necessity of public-private partnerships to address systemic inequalities and restore interdependent global supply chains.
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Healthcare Has Left the Building
A structural transformation is dissolving traditional silos between payers, providers, and technology firms to shift care from centralized hospitals to home settings while leveraging mobile diagnostics and AI-driven logistics. Major market entrants are challenging established models through value-based care initiatives and programmed therapies that enable proactive monitoring and personalized treatments like gene editing. This evolution modernizes the medical ecosystem to prioritize patient outcomes and efficiency, though the fundamental human need for care remains the driving force behind these technological accelerations.
- Lex Fridman1h 38m
Harry Cliff: Particle Physics and the Large Hadron Collider | Lex Fridman Podcast #92
Particle physicist Harry Cliff examines the mechanics of the Large Hadron Collider and the Standard Model during a 2019 Royal Institution talk, detailing how 27-kilometer accelerators probe quantum fields to validate the Higgs mechanism and search for supersymmetry. The discussion highlights the LHCb experiment's investigation of bottom quarks for potential new physics anomalies while outlining future engineering ambitions like the High-Luminosity upgrade and a proposed 100-kilometer Future Circular Collider. Furthermore, the dialogue underscores the critical role of machine learning in managing massive data streams and the collaborative international culture that drives these high-energy physics discoveries.
- Goldman Sachs57 min
The State of the Real Estate Market
Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Alan Kava, Roy March, Ralph Rosenberg, Sharmeen Mosavaramani
On April 24, 2020, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Eastdale executives analyzed a global real estate market defined by record cap rate spreads, an 80% drop in private transaction volumes, and divergent sector performance driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. While hospitality and retail faced existential threats from plummeting occupancy and accelerating structural decline, industrial and life science sectors demonstrated resilience through e-commerce growth and near-perfect rent collections. Industry leaders anticipate a prolonged recovery period where well-capitalized banks may stabilize the market, yet a sharp bifurcation remains between distressed "have-to" sellers and liquidity-rich investors poised to acquire depressed assets.