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Sunday 20 October 2019

GDF NYC EVE 

18:00-20:00

GDF NYC Media Launch

Monday 21 October 2019

GDF NYC DAY ONE

Teatro, The Italian Academy

12:00-13:00

GDF Networking: Democracy and Freedom Futures in Focus

13:00-14:00

GDF State of the World Opening Debate- The View From Washington

Global Geoflux: 2020 US Elections and Strategic Prospectives

Darren Fogelman 

Founder & CEO

Global Dream Forum

In Conversation with:

Ben White

Politico Chief Economic Correspondent and Morning Money Columnist and CNBC Contributor

Contributor

14:00-15:30

The US-China Great Debate

China's Strategic Aims in Focus - Disruptor and Challenger or Stakeholder and Partner?

US-China Relations: Conflict Inflexion Points and How Does Global Business and Finance React?

Moderator:

 

Ben White

Politico Chief Economic Correspondent and Morning Money Columnist and CNBC Contributor

Contributor

Panelists

Scott Morris

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Development Finance and Debt at the US Treasury Department

Advisory Board Member, Asia International Infrastructure Bank (AIIB)

Jonathan D Ward

Author, China's Vision of Victory 

US-China Relations Media Commentator

The Altas Organization

Merit Janow

Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Advisory Board Member, China Investment Corporation (CIC)

15:30-16:00

GDF Networking: Cooperating, Competing and Confronting- New Security and Trade Realities

16:00-17:00

Future Commerce: The Sustainable Capitalism Imperative and Value Creation Redefined

Moderator

Vijay Vaitheeswaran, US Business Editor, The Economist

Panelists

Edmund Phelps

Winner of the  2006 Nobel Prize in Economics

Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University

Ambassador Marc-Andre Blanchard

Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Member of Canada's NAFTA Council

Judith Rodin

Former President, Rockefeller Foundation

President Emerita, Pennsylvania University

17:00-19:00

GDF NYC Global Goals Reception (Invitation Only)

Throughout GDF NYC DAY ONE

“The Dream Show” Tech Innovation Showcase in GDF Pavilion.

GDF Media Center with live coverage and interviews of on the record or attributable content.

Refreshments will be served throughout GDF NYC Day One

Notes:

(1) Above timings and agenda titles are indicative and will be finalized and published prior to GDF NYC.

 

(2) All sessions are on the record and will be covered by press and broadcast media other than where stated in advance by the organizer.

Tuesday 22 October 2019

GDF NYC DAY TWO

Teatro, The Italian Academy

FIRST SESSION

Global Cyber Crisis Panel:

Future Smart Cities Resilience and Critical Vulnerabilities in Focus

Moderator

Darren Fogelman

Founder & CEO

Global Dream Forum

Panelists

Geoff Brown

CISO and Head of Cyber Command, New York City

Neal Pollard

CISO

UBS

Sean Kanuck

First US National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues, 2011-2016

09:00-10:00

Man and Machine Strategic Futures: Human-AI Complementarity and Coexistence 

Moderator

Tim Aeppel

Senior Economics and Companies Reporter

Thomson Reuters

Panelists

Elizabeth Cobbs

Prize-Winning Historian

Senior Fellow, Hoover Instiution, Stanford

Previously on The State Department's Hiistorical Advisory Committee

Jury for The Pulitzer Prize

Ramesh Srinvasan

Professor, UCLA Department of Information Studies

Director, UC Digital Cultures Lab

Author, Beyond The Valley

Jay Olshansky

Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago 

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Lapetus Solutions

10:00-10:50

The Global Inequality Crisis: Digital Divides, Information Dominance and Democratic Deficits 

Moderator

Darren Fogelman

Founder & CEO

Global Dream Forum

Panelists

Blair Levin 

Former Executive Director, National Broadband Plan

Former Chief of Staff to Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Saskia Sassen

Robert S Lynd Professor of Sociology

Co-Chair of The Committe on Global Thought, Columbia University

 

Andre Correa d'Almeida

Author and Political Economist

Columbia University

Ramesh Srinivasan

Professor, UCLA Department of Information Studies

Director, UC Digital Cultures Lab

Author, Beyond The Valley

10:50-11:00

GDF Networking: Global Technology-Driven Disruption in Focus

11:00-12:00

Technology and Morality Futures: Trust, Privacy & Truth Decay

Moderator

 

Helaine Olen

Opinion Wrtiter

The Washington Post

Panelists

John Paul Farmer

Chief Technology Officer

New York City

Joshua Tucker

Co-Director NYU Social Media and Political Participation Lab

Chris Yiu

Executive Director

Technology and Public Policy

Tony Blair Institue for Global Change

Steve Piekarczyk

Founder & COO

Sigma AI

12:00-13:00

Manufacturing Sovereignty: The Impending 5G Emergency 

Moderator

Darren Fogelman

Founder & CEO

Global Dream Forum

Panelists

Blair Levin 

Former Executive Director, National Broadband Plan

Former Chief of Staff to Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

 

John Duncan

Former Director of Policy

US Secretary of Commerce Guttierez

Acting Chief of Staff

US Secretary of Labor Chao

Meridian Research

Jennifer Gerbi

Associate Director for Technology and Program Director

Advanced Rresearch Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)

13:00-14:00

GDF NYC Spring 2020 Edition Launch

GDF Global Strategic Issue Groups (GSIGs) Launch

GDF Networking: Global Enterprise in Focus

Parallel US-China and Cybersecurity Fireside Chats 

14:00-15:00

The US-China Battle for Technology and Commerce Supremacy: Winner Takes All or Hybridized and Fragmented Global Outcomes?

Moderator

Isaac Stone Fish

Washington Post Global Opinions Contributing Columnist

Panelists

Bob Hormats

Vice Chairman, Kissinger Associates

Former US Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs

Former Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Robert D Atkinson

President, International Technology and Innovation Foundation

Jonathan D Ward

Author, China's Vision of Victory

US-China Relations Commentator

The Atlas Organization

15:00-16:00

Work Redefined: The Post-Automation-Era, Productivity and Social Impacts

Moderator

Lauren Young

Future of Work Leader and Wealth Editor

Thomson Reuters

Panelists

Arun Sundararajan

Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship, NYU

Robert D Atkinson

President, The International Technology and Innovation Foundation

Helaine Olen

Opinion Writer

The Washington Post

16:00-17:00

GDF Global Societal Challenge: Aging, Longevity and Future Health Horizons

Moderator

Lydia Ramsey

Senior Health Reporter

Business Insider

 

Panelists

Nir Barzilai

Founding Director & Professor

Institute for Aging Research

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Global Expert in the Genetics of Longevity

Jamie Metzl

Technology Futurist

Sci-Fi Novelist

Media Commentator

Co-Chair, Partnership for a Secure America

Jay Olshansky

Pofessor at the School of Public Health, University of Illrinois Chicago

focusing on Biodemography and Gerentology

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Lapetus Solutions

Kumar Dharmarajan

Chief Scientific Officer

Clover Health

Assistant Professor Adjunct, Yale School of Medicine

18:00-19:00

GDF NYC Future Prospectives Reception (Invitation Only)

Throughout GDF NYC DAY TWO

“The Dream Show” Tech Innovation Showcase in GDF Pavilion.
 

GDF Media Center with live coverage and interviews of on the record or attributable content.

Refreshments will be served throughout GDF NYC Day Two

Notes:

(1) Above timings and agenda titles are indicative and will be finalized and published prior to GDF NYC.

 

(2) All sessions are on the record and will be covered by press and broadcast media other than where stated in advance by the organizer.

Wednesday 23 October 2019

GDF NYC DAY THREE (Invitation Only)

Private Location

09:00-10:00  Technology and Innovation Ambitions: The Need for Breakthroughs Beyond Increments

10:00-11:00   Will AI and Quantum Computing Drive Economic and Societal Progress?

11:00-12:00   New Ecosystems for Shared Prosperity and Value Creation in a Deglobalized World 

Wednesday 23 October 2019 

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