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Clear all filters- Milken Institute53 min
Asia Summit 2014 - Long-Term Impact: Multigenerational Commitment to Change
Richard Ditizio, Andrew Forrest, Grace Forrest, Laurence Lien, Mike Wiluan
At a Milken Institute session, family philanthropists Grace Forrest, Mike, and Lawrence detailed strategies for sustaining mission-driven impact through business-oriented approaches, structural innovation, and intergenerational governance reforms. Grace Forrest leveraged forensic supply chain audits to expose modern slavery within Fortescue Mines, while Mike shifted the Batam family foundation from direct employment to community-based fishery seeding to support 1.3 million people across Indonesia. Concurrently, Lawrence transformed the Lien Foundation from a tertiary education focus to radical early childhood interventions in Singapore, utilizing data-driven advocacy to replace government risk aversion with pilot programs that eventually became public policy. The panel concluded that the future of philanthropy requires adopting venture structures, competitive talent incentives, and technology integration to solve systemic issues where capital alone is insufficient.
- Milken Institute1h 5m
Asia Summit 2014 - Strengthening Asian Markets: Allocating Capital, Refining Policy
Christine Tan, David Bonderman, Piyush Gupta, Lim Chow Kiat, Michael Milken, Jonathan Nelson
Prominent investors and regulators, including Piyush Gupta and Mike Milken, identified a critical $500 billion capital shortfall and structural intermediation gaps preventing Asian markets from leveraging their massive savings surplus. The panel highlighted that while private capital is shifting toward the region due to superior risk-adjusted returns, significant barriers such as currency volatility, legal unpredictability, and fragmented regulatory frameworks continue to deter deep domestic investment. Looking ahead, experts project Asia will transition from financing the West to self-sufficiency within 15 years, driven by digital leapfrogging, RMB-denominated instruments, and a shift toward private infrastructure financing.
- Milken Institute52 min
Asia Summit 2014 - U.S. Capital Markets: Smooth Sailing, but in What Direction?
John Sokoloff, Samir Jain, Tom Fink
Managing Partners John Sokoloff, Samir Jain, and Tom Fink analyze a credit environment where historical valuation precedents suggest the current boom is unsustainable despite mid-cycle economic expansion. The panelists identify a strategic pivot toward dividend recapitalizations and secondary market acquisitions as private equity firms navigate rising interest rate risks and a projected market correction. While Asian markets offer long-term growth opportunities through institutional capital flows, the experts warn that rapid rate hikes could trigger a violent downturn that fundamentally alters exit multiples.
- Milken Institute51 min
Asia Summit 2014 - Prosperity and Risk in the Asia Pacific
Wayne, Tommy Koh, Victor Chu, Takeshi Niiname, Arfin Serega, S.S. Teo, Manu Bhaskaran, Sui Ling Chia, Peter Wayman
Chaired by Ambassador Tommy Koh, a panel of prominent Asian business leaders and economists assessed the region's economic trajectory, forecasting a stabilization of growth rates while identifying geopolitical instability and internal structural reforms as primary risks. The discussion detailed specific national outlooks, highlighting China's transition to domestic consumption, Japan's exit from deflation under Abenomics, and Indonesia's infrastructure-driven potential, alongside a strong commitment to realizing the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. Despite the consensus that economic interdependence fosters prosperity, the panelists concluded that robust leadership and legal mechanisms remain essential to manage territorial disputes and ensure long-term regional stability.
- Milken Institute1h 19m
The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State
John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge, Skip Reimer
John Micklethwaite and Adrian Wooldridge argue that the West faces a critical Fourth Revolution in governance driven by fiscal unsustainability, technological stagnation, and intense competition from an increasingly efficient Chinese state. They propose replacing the bloated "nanny state" with technocratic safeguards, consumer choice mechanisms, and private sector management techniques to restore democratic legitimacy and economic vitality. Without adopting these reforms to shrink and modernize government, the authors warn that Western nations risk losing the ideological contest for freedom and liberty to rival authoritarian models.
- Milken Institute1h 12m
Textbooks, Tablets and Teaching: Reinventing How We Learn
This initiative drives a fundamental shift in education by replacing static, time-based curricula with dynamic, competency-based digital platforms that accelerate student learning speeds by a factor of ten. Currently deploying across major districts like Los Angeles and Guilford with millions of students, the program addresses critical infrastructure gaps through FCC E-Rate revisions and transitions funding models from textbook contracts to flexible technology packages. By enabling real-time curriculum updates, personalized assessment, and external skill validation, the movement aims to dismantle traditional barriers to graduation and prepare a globally competitive workforce within the next decade.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
A Conversation on Haiti with Sean Penn and Denis O'Brien
Sean Penn, Denis O'Brien, Mindy Silverstein, Margaret Brennan, FEMALE SPEAKER 1, MARK BLYTHOUSE, JOHN MCCURRY, JOHN MCDOUGALL, DAVID LEONHARDT JR., DAVID ROCKEFELLER JR., ERIC SCHMIDT
At the Milken Institute's Global Conference, a panel of investors and officials highlighted Haiti's robust 3.6% annual economic growth and its strategic value as a manufacturing hub under the U.S. Hope and Help Act. Speakers detailed significant strides in post-earthquake reconstruction and human capital development, citing the $100 million Heineken investment and the shift toward sustainable artisan tourism as evidence of a "mini-Brazil" trajectory. Despite political gridlock delaying the release of $300 million in aid and legislative hurdles regarding land tenure, the consensus emphasized that private sector engagement, rather than traditional NGO aid, is essential to transforming Haiti into a stable, high-return market.
- Milken Institute59 min
Crisis Management and Communications
Susan Gilchrist, Frank Luntz, Judy Smith, Myles Nadal
This analysis identifies three fundamental shifts in the 21st-century crisis landscape—eroding institutional trust, hyper-connected information flow, and anti-authority public sentiment—that demand immediate, transparent CEO leadership. Expert recommendations emphasize a four-step human-centric apology framework and proactive content creation to navigate the permanent public record established by social media, warning that legal caution often exacerbates reputational damage. Case studies of Goldman Sachs, Nike, and Netflix demonstrate that while rapid admission of error can restore consumer loyalty, successful long-term reputation repair requires a decade of substantive operational transformation rather than mere media management.
- Milken Institute1h 26m
The California-Israel Innovation Project (audio only)
Jerry Brown, Benjamin Netanyahu, Glenn, Tom Soto, David Nahai, Shlomo Labet, Yariv Cohen, Nathan, Martha Amram, Jagdeep Basher, Lee Wallach, Eric Green, Sean Landris, Gil Galanos, Yair
California and Israel formalized a historic government-to-government partnership targeting water security, climate resilience, and biomedical innovation through strategic collaboration between state agencies and anchor entities like IDE and Netafim. Key outcomes include a planned Los Angeles task force to deploy Israeli leak detection technology within the LADWP, the proposal of a $20 billion joint super bio fund to address capital gaps in deep-tech sectors, and a shift toward utilizing California physicians for clinical training in Israel. Future initiatives prioritize establishing shared data platforms for health and agriculture while aligning regulatory frameworks to facilitate long-term infrastructure investment and global market scaling.
- Milken Institute1h 4m
Collaboration 3.0: Partnering for More than Money
Caitlin McLean, Steve Woodhead, Kerry Stever, Natalie Revelle, Efrat Peled, Rick Leach
The Milken Institute convened leaders from Chevron, Aris, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Arison Investments, and World Food Program USA to examine how public-private partnerships are reshaping infrastructure, health, and energy sectors amid shrinking public budgets. These panelists detailed strategies ranging from Aris's IP sourcing for tuberculosis vaccines to the Gates Foundation's volume guarantees that de-risk private market entry, while Chevron and Arison emphasized leveraging corporate expertise to solve systemic issues like water leakage and STEM education gaps. Collectively, the discussion highlighted a strategic shift from traditional philanthropy to sustainable, scalable business models that address long-term development goals through rigorous metrics and cross-sector collaboration.
- Milken Institute1h 23m
Lunch Panel - Gary Becker and Mike Milken on the Marketplace of Ideas
Gary Becker, Mike Milken, Skip Reimer
Governor Brown's absence due to recent surgery necessitated venue reallocations for the Business of Sports panel while the Milken Institute recognized key partners and outlined a 2011–2012 global conference calendar. Nobel laureate Gary Becker utilized the forum to advance arguments for small government, universal economic principles, and structural reforms in education and retirement, specifically advocating for a $50,000 visa fee to reverse brain drain and a raise in retirement age to address demographic shifts. The panel concluded by resolving historical debates on capital structure and highlighting global trends where market liberalization in China and India has reclaimed historical economic dominance despite the failure of centrally planned systems.
- Milken Institute1h 9m
Leaders on Leadership: An Intimate Conversation
Mike Milken, Howard Marks, Janet Napolitano, Steve Wynn
Nearly 1,000 women convened at a marathon-style global conference where leaders like Janet Napolitano, Steve Wynn, and Howard Marks addressed themes of strategic risk, transparent authority, and second-level thinking across 160 sessions. The event highlighted how decisive actions, such as CVS Caremark's removal of cigarettes or Wynn's irreversible capital commitments, require balancing immediate financial pressures against long-term organizational missions. By synthesizing historical parallels with modern investment principles, the gathering framed bold leadership as the deliberate choice to accept calculated risks to secure sustainable economic and societal growth.
- Milken Institute1h 4m
Pan-African Business
Jonathan Berman, Ahmed, Baron, Phillips, Padre, General, Paul Hicks
A pan-African economic forum highlighted that the continent's 1 billion-person market is driven by regional blocs and a demographic shift of Western-educated returnees rather than a homogeneous unit. Speakers emphasized that overcoming structural barriers like high logistics costs and capital mismatches requires patient, long-term investment horizons and localized operational strategies to leverage the region's emerging energy and manufacturing sectors. The event concluded by calling for enhanced US engagement through credit enhancement mechanisms to diversify funding sources beyond existing European, Asian, and Chinese dominance.
- Milken Institute59 min
Theory to Practice: A New Generation Transforms Impact Investing
Dave Chen, Nicole Chavez, Laura Bremmerkines, April Mendez, Alex Friedman
Co-hosted by the Milken Institute and Morgan Stanley, the 2023 Sustainable Investing Challenge narrowed 39 global business schools to four finalists who presented impact investing strategies evaluated by hundreds of industry professionals. The winning team, a joint submission from Yale's School of Forestry and Business School, proposed the Fresh Coast Forest Fund to generate 6–11% returns by planting hybrid poplar tree farms on 5 million acres of U.S. brownfields for phytoremediation. The 10-year project targets $50 million in initial capital to remediate soil at 80–90% lower costs than traditional methods while producing timber and carbon credit revenue, with the team currently seeking mentors and strategic investors to launch a pilot site.
- Milken Institute1h 2m
Art 360: Passion, Wealth and the Business of Art
Michael Govan, Linda Resnick, Larry Gagosian, Maurice Marciano, Gabriel Kreiman, Linda Barron, David Rockefeller Jr.
This event detailed the robust economic growth of the Los Angeles art scene, highlighted by LACMA's recent expansion which generated $500 million in economic impact and created 700 jobs. Prominent figures including Linda Resnick, Maurice Marciano, and Larry Gagosian shared strategies on collector psychology, gallery expansion, and the necessity of balancing personal passion with investment potential. Furthermore, the discussion emphasized the critical role of museums in shaping visual culture and addressed the urgent need for improved arts education to counter declining literacy rates while navigating a rapidly globalizing market.