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  1. Milken Institute59 min

    Hacked and Back: Cybersecurity Lessons From the C-suite

    Dmitri Alperovitch, Sanford (Sandy) Climan, Christopher Krebs, Thomas Pritzker, Tom Pritzker, Sandy Kleiman, David Batts, Jr., Jeffrey Brown, David Brooks, Eric Schmidt, Alan Seales, Tom Ginsburg, Chris Collins, John McWhorter

    This event analyzes the evolution of cyber threats from state-sponsored espionage to disruptive attacks like the 2017 NotPetya incident, highlighting the strategic responses of Hyatt and the Department of Homeland Security. Hyatt integrated cybersecurity into its core governance by allocating six percent of its IT budget and empowering its CISO to share threat intelligence with federal agencies within minutes of detection. The presentation further outlines critical lessons for the entertainment industry, emphasizing the need for robust data protection, cross-sector collaboration, and a culture that treats security as a continuous strategic imperative rather than a temporary IT function.

  2. Milken Institute1h 4m

    Debating Online Higher Education: Sebastian Thrun and Niall Ferguson

    Sebastian Thrun, Niall Ferguson, Tom Stewart, Martin Splitt, David Leonhardt Jr., Robb Boyd Jr., Peter Barron, Sachit Egan, David Baddielski, Gerhard Hoffstaedtersen, David Levinson, Sebastian Wehrmann, Iran, Christian Brinkhoff, Serena Rosso, Martha Hutton, Alan Seales, Jonathan Zittrain

    A debate between Sebastian Thrun and Neil Ferguson examines the disruptive potential of online higher education, highlighting Thrun's data on Udacity's cost-effective, high-performing models against Ferguson's counter-arguments regarding the irreplaceable value of campus-based Socratic learning. Participants discuss how hybrid business models and specialized content delivery aim to solve completion rate issues while serving 400,000 waitlisted U.S. students, though historical precedents suggest technology alone cannot guarantee commercial success. The conversation concludes with predictions that online platforms will not replace traditional universities but will instead expand access to the 80% of the global workforce lacking degrees, potentially stabilizing an industry currently plagued by financial crises and adjunctification.