Past Events
FEATURE EVENT
Building Resilient F&B Supply Chains in a Global Market
3:00 PM UTC, Apr 6, 2026
Building Resilient F&B Supply Chains in a Global Market
Maximo Torero
Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
Rouhan Liu
Senior Director, Global Agriculture Operation Innovation, PepsiCo
Paul Behrens
British Academy Global Professor, , University of Oxford
Trey Malone
Boehlje Chair in Managerial Economics for Agribusiness,, Purdue University
6:00 PM UTC, Mar 25, 2026
Redesigning Fashion: Sustainable Product Development in Practice
Integrating Circular Design, Responsible Materials, and Data-Driven Decision Making Across the Fashion Product Lifecycle
Speakers:
Tricia Carey
Chief Commercial Officer, Avalo
John C. Warner
CEO and CTO, Technology Greenhouse, LLC
Julia K. Hughes
President, United States Fashion Industry Association
Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis
Senior Director, Sustainable Product & Packaging and Chemical Management, Lululemon
Marcial Vargas-Gonzalez
Global Lead, Science & Innovation, Quantis
Kristen Allison
Product Sales & Marketing Director, LanzaTech
10:00 PM UTC, Feb 17, 2026
U.S.–Iran Tensions and Diplomatic Talks
Diplomacy at the Brink: Nuclear Negotiations, Sanctions Pressure, and the Risk of Regional Escalation
Speakers:
Xunchao Zhang
International Security Fellow , Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş
Fellow, Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy program
Jonathan C. Poling
Partner, Akin
6:00 PM UTC, Mar 26, 2026
Real Estate Outlook 2026
Strategies for managing financing pressures, permitting challenges, and construction volatility
Speakers:
Michael Alderman
Managing Director, Head of U.S. Industrial New York, , Tishman Speyer
Akunna Olumba
Treasurer and Executive Committee member, READ
John Boling
Vice President of Advocacy & Building Codes, Building Owners & Managers Association
Garrett Karam
Chief Investment Officer , Embrey
Todd Johnson
Director of Development | Mission Critical, Ryan Companies
4:00 PM UTC, Feb 12, 2026
U.S.–Iran Tensions and Diplomatic Talks
Diplomacy at the Brink: Nuclear Negotiations, Sanctions Pressure, and the Risk of Regional Escalation
Speakers:
David (Dj) Wolff
Co-chair International Trade Group, Crowell & Moring
Trevor G. Schmitt
Senior Associate, Arnold & Porter
Ibrahim Al-Assil
Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Jason Wright
Partner, StepToe
7:00 PM UTC, Feb 25, 2026
Operating Under Load Growth: Forecasting, Interconnection, and Grid Capacity
How utilities, grid operators, asset owners, and large energy users are navigating forecast uncertainty, interconnection backlogs, and capacity constraints as large loads scale.
Speakers:
Sean Kelly
CEO, Amperon
Joshua Macey
Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Brenden Millstein
Cofounder and President, Centinel
Antonio J. Conejo
Professor, The Ohio State University
11:00 PM UTC, Jan 19, 2026
US–Venezuela Crisis and Its Regional Consequences
US–Venezuela Crisis and Its Regional Consequences
Speakers:
Jeremy McDermott
Co-founder and Co-director, InSight Crime
Andrew Selee
President, Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Francisco J. Monaldi
Director, Latin America Energy Program, Baker Institute, Rice University
5:00 PM UTC, Jan 16, 2026
US–Venezuela Crisis and Its Regional Consequences
US–Venezuela Crisis and Its Regional Consequences
Speakers:
Alexandra Fuenmayor Starr
Deputy Chief of Policy, International Crisis Group
Dan Hellinger
Professor Emeritus of International Relations,, Webster University
Ricardo Hausmann
Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School
8:00 PM UTC, Jan 27, 2026
Fashion Outlook 2026: Tariffs, Trade Policy & the Global Sourcing Landscape
Fashion Outlook 2026: Tariffs, Trade Policy & the Global Sourcing Landscape
Speakers:
Julia K. Hughes
President, United States Fashion Industry Association
Sophie Jin
Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight
Clemens Boecker
CEO, Tapetes São Carlos
Laura Siegel Rabinowitz
Chair of the New York International Trade Practice, Greenberg Traurig
Melissa Nelson
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary,, SanMar Corporation
4:00 PM UTC, Jan 21, 2026
UK Economic Outlook 2026
Navigating Growth, Innovation, and Resilience in a Changing Economic Landscape
Speakers:
Reema Patel
Co-Founder, Ada Lovelace Institute
Ankit Mishra
Founder and Principal Consultant,, AM Consulting Group
David Henig
Director, the UK Trade Policy Project,, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
James Ashton
Chief Executive, Quoted Companies Alliance
6:00 PM UTC, Feb 6, 2026
The Next Phase of Food Tech: Scaling Innovation Amid Cost and Regulatory Pressure
Exploring how biotechnology, sustainable agriculture, and food innovation are redefining global consumption and the future of nutrition.
Speakers:
Paul Shapiro
Co-founder and CEO, The Better Meat Co.
Dr. Parke Wilde
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Jordi Ferre
CEO, Myco Technology
Dr. Monica Giusti
Associate Chair and Professor, Food Science and Technology Department, The Ohio State University
11:00 PM UTC, Jan 12, 2026
AI Outlook 2026: From Breakthroughs to Integration
From Breakthroughs to Integration: How 2025 Shaped the Future of AI and What Awaits in 2026
Speakers:
Aishwarya Agarwal
Assistant Professor, , University of Montreal CIFAR AI Chair, Quebec AI Institute
Sarvanasivan Ganesan
Head Of Manufacturing Department & Lean Factory Manager, SMART Modular Technologies
Anu Mani
Senior Director, Engineering, Akamai Technologies
Ramaswamy Venkateshwaran
CTO, Charlee.ai
Andy Lawrence
Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute
Reshmi Ghosh
Applied Scientist , Microsoft
10:00 PM UTC, Feb 5, 2026
2026 Real Estate Feasibility: Resetting Strategies Amid Capital and Cost Volatility
Housing urgency, returning CRE capital, and tariff-driven cost pressure—how developers underwrite, finance, and execute in a volatile year
Speakers:
Robert J. Ivanhoe
Vice Chair, Greenberg Traurig
Dhara Patel
Director of Investor Relations, Avanath Capital Management
Christopher Arnell Kemp
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kaniesha Washington
Director of Resident Services, Avanath Capital Management
5:00 PM UTC, Jan 7, 2026
Europe Economic Outlook 2026
POLICY, MARKETS, AND STRUCTURAL SHIFTS SHAPING EUROPE’S NEXT PHASE
Speakers:
Lisa Homel
Associate Director, Europe Center Atlantic Council
William Alan Reinsch
Senior Adviser, Scholl Chair Emeritus with the Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Paunescu Cosmin Florin
Head of Prudential Supervision, Autoritatea de Supraveghere Financiara
Javier van Engelen
Chief Financial Officer, InPost
Joan C. Williams
Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Equality Action Center, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
3:00 AM UTC, Dec 17, 2025
Accelerating Coal Phase-Out: Leveraging U.S.–Southeast Asia Insights to Advance Credible Transition Pathways
Exploring what Southeast Asia and the United States can learn from each other to advance credible transition pathways
Speakers:
M.K. Balaji
Member of the Advisory Board, Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA)
Seth Grae
CEO, Lightbridge
Robbie Orvis
Senior Director, Modeling & Analysis, Energy Innovation
Stephen Holland
Professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Dr. Justin Johnson Kakeu
University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Economics
10:00 PM UTC, Dec 16, 2025
AI Outlook 2026
From Breakthroughs to Integration: How 2025 Shaped the Future of AI and What Awaits in 2026
Speakers:
Dr. Vivienne Ming
Executive Chair, Socos Labs
Aruna Kolluru
Chief Technologist for AI, Dell Technologies
Xin Luna Dong
Principal Scientist, Meta Wearables AI
Hanna Hajishirzi
Senior Director of AI at AI2, Associate Professor at the University of Washington
Sanjay Krishnan
Associate Professor, University of Chicago
Jeff Clune
Professor of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
9:55 PM UTC, Nov 6, 2025
US-China Trade War
Exploring How Trade, Regulation, and Technology Are Redefining the U.S.–China Relationships
Speakers:
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Partner & Co-Chair, Wiley Rein LLP & National Security and CFIUS Practice
John K. Veroneau
Chambers-ranked international trade lawyer & Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
Anthony Rapa
Co-Chair, International Trade Practice Group, Blank Rome
Kevin Wolf
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Scott Rozelle
Professor and Co-director, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions at Stanford University
Dan Wang
Director, China, Eurasia Group
6:00 PM UTC, Dec 10, 2025
The Carbon Systems Gap: How AI Platforms are Reimagining Carbon Footprint Tracking and Execution
An open conversation for sustainability, operations, and ESG teams to share what’s not working and how to use carbon AI tools and data analysis to their advantage.
Speakers:
Julien Denormandie
Chief Impact Officer, Sweep
Dr. Brendan Hermalyn
Founder and CEO, Thalo Labs
Brian Williams
Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Wildlife Works
12:00 AM UTC, Nov 19, 2025
Climate Armor: AI Analytics to Protect Infrastructure from Climate Shocks
Exploring the AI-driven RiskTech solutions helping asset owners forecast, prepare, and thrive amid climate shocks.
Speakers:
Federico d'Albenzio
Senior Business Developer, Eoliann
Saif Bhatti
Founder & CEO, Renoster
9:55 PM UTC, Nov 6, 2025
US-China Trade War
Exploring How Trade, Regulation, and Technology Are Redefining the U.S.–China Relationships
Speakers:
Peter E. Jeydel
Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke
Reva Goujon
Director & Corporate Advisory, Rhodium Group
Daniel Crosby
Partner, King & Spalding
Timothy Stratford
Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
Stephen Kho
Partner, Akin Gump
Nicholas R. Lardy
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
8:00 PM UTC, Nov 20, 2025
Fashion without Borders: Navigating Global Trade in a Shifting World
In Partnership with the United States Fashion Industry Association
Speakers:
Philip Sawyer
Co-owner, Philip Sawyer Designs, Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
Ana Hinojosa
Former Executive Director at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Advisor, Oritain
Julia K. Hughes
President, United States Fashion Industry Association
Mark Burstein
Senior Vice President, Inspectorio
3:00 PM UTC, Oct 9, 2025
The $100K Visa Wall: How New H-1B Rules Could Reshape America’s Talent Pipeline
This discussion will unpack the wide-ranging implications for companies, universities, startups, and the global innovation ecosystem.
Speakers:
Tahmina Watson
Founding Attorney, Watson Immigration Law
Giovanni Peri
C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Professor of Economics, and Founder & Director, UC Davis and the Global Migration Center
Yingyi Ma
Professor and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Sociology Department, Syracuse University and Foreign Policy Program at Brookings
Denis Simon
Chairman, Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO)
2:00 PM UTC, Sep 25, 2025
Cyber Risk in Connected Systems: Insights from Modeling and Behavior
the interconnectedness of cyber risk
Speakers:
Amir Ansari
Chief Technology Advisor, Lenovo
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik
Professor, Washington University in Saint Louis
Dr. Martin Eling
Full Professor of Insurance Economics, University of St. Gallen
Dr. Petar Jevtic
Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University
Linfeng Zhang
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University
7:00 PM UTC, Sep 26, 2025
From Molecule to Market: How AI Can Make Drug Discovery Faster, Smarter, and More Precise
How the latest AI‑driven drug discovery platforms are helping biopharma teams accelerate R&D, improve decision‑making, and deliver more precise therapies across diverse disease areas
Speakers:
Vinicio Vargas
Co-founder and CEO, Ainnova Tech
Krishna Bulusu
VP of Product, Turbine