Matthew Spence
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- Milken Institute59 min
Blockchain for Social Impact
Matthew Spence, Brian Forde, Hugh Gordon, Robert Hertzberg, Lily Liu
This panel explored blockchain technology as a distributed ledger enabling immutable public records, contrasting proof-of-work and proof-of-stake consensus models while highlighting applications in land titling, identity verification, and healthcare data sovereignty. Senator Robert Hertzberg announced upcoming California legislation to establish a regulatory framework, aiming to modernize government infrastructure and rebuild public trust alongside international initiatives in nations like Estonia and Georgia. Despite security vulnerabilities and market volatility, the discussion emphasized blockchain's potential to revolutionize micropayments, decentralized capital formation, and the global freelance economy through tokenization and reduced intermediaries.
- Milken Institute1h 0m
The World in Turmoil
David Miliband, Vicente Fox, Shaukat Aziz, Matthew Spence
Speakers analyze the paradox of declining state-on-state warfare amid a record 52 million displaced persons driven by non-state actors exploiting governance vacuums and economic deprivation. Western military strategies, including over 3,500 coalition airstrikes, have halted ISIS territorial expansion but failed to eliminate the threat without ground operations or effective post-conflict state-building. Looking forward, experts warn that failure to integrate rising powers like China, reinvent the United Nations, and address the demographic and ideological grievances of the Middle East's youth will likely fuel further global instability.