Announcing a new livestream series, “The UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis”

September 03, 2020

Flags outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

GZERO Media, in partnership with Microsoft and Eurasia Group, is proud to announce a series of livestream panels, featuring global experts discussing the most pressing issues facing the 75th United Nations General Assembly.

The 2020 UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis

Net Zero: Climate Ambition and Action: Wednesday, September 16th, 12:30p ET/9:30a PT/5:30p BST
- Julia Pyper, Host and Producer, Political Climate podcast (moderator)
- Gerald Butts, Vice Chairman & Senior Advisor, Eurasia Group
- Lucas Joppa, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft
- Rachel Kyte, Dean of The Fletcher School, Tufts University
- Mark Carney, Finance Adviser to the UK Prime Minister for COP 26 and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance

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Crisis Response & Recovery: Reimagining while Rebuilding: Wednesday, September 23rd, 11a ET/8a PT/4p BST
- Susan Glasser, staff writer and Washington columnist, The New Yorker (moderator)
- Brad Smith, President, Microsoft
- Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
- Jeh Johnson, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP and former Secretary of Homeland Security
- John Frank, Vice President, UN Affairs at Microsoft

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Digital Inclusion: Activating Skills for the Next Billion Jobs: Wednesday, October 7th, 11a ET/8a PT/4p BST
- Sherrell Dorsey, founder and CEO of The Plug (moderator)
- Rohitesh Dhawan, Managing Director, Energy, Climate & Resources, Eurasia Group
- Kate Behncken, Vice President, Microsoft Philanthropies
- Parag Mehta, Executive Director and Sr Vice President, MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
- Dominique Hyde, Director External Relations, UNHCR
- Lisa Lewin, CEO of General Assembly

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Digital Peace: Trust and Security in Cyberspace: Wednesday, October 14th, 11a ET/8a PT/4p BST
- Meredith Sumpter, CEO, the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism (moderator)
- Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University
- Marina Kaljurand, Member, European Parliament; Former Chair, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
- Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President, Customer Security & Trust, Microsoft
- Dapo Akande, Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford

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Will consumers ever trust AI? Regulations and guardrails are key

Consumers are more pessimistic than optimistic about AI’s impact on their daily lives. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, and Eurasia Group and GZERO Media President Ian Bremmer sat down to discuss the problem.

AI at the tipping point: danger to information, promise for creativity

Artificial intelligence is on everyone's mind these days. The potential for AI to mess up democracy is scary, but the truth is that it can also make the world a better place. So, are bots good or bad for us? We asked a few experts to weigh in during the Global Stage livestream conversation "Risks and Rewards of AI," hosted by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft at this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

How can the world build back better public health after COVID?

Every year, over ten million people globally die from high blood pressure, more than all infectious diseases combined. Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control, is tackling this massive problem in public health, among many others, as CEO of Resolve to Save Lives.

Announcing a new livestream series, “The UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis”

The 2020 UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis

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Announcing a new livestream series, “The UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis”

The 2020 UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis

More from Global Stage

Doreen Bogdan-Marin spends a lot of time thinking about how to keep the world connected as the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union. The biggest frontier in that realm is expanding internet access to those in the developing world who struggle to get online.

Consumers are more pessimistic than optimistic about AI’s impact on their daily lives. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith, and Eurasia Group and GZERO Media President Ian Bremmer sat down to discuss the problem.

The war in Ukraine has so fundamentally redirected the course of world affairs that UN Secretary-General António Guterres says little else can be resolved globally before the fighting stops. That doesn’t stop self-described “eternal optimist” Justin Vaisse from giving it his best shot.

Every year, over ten million people globally die from high blood pressure, more than all infectious diseases combined. Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control, is tackling this massive problem in public health, among many others, as CEO of Resolve to Save Lives.

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