GZERO Media Events

GZERO Media Events examine critical issues in the international political landscape, through live panel discussions, town halls and summits with global experts and leaders.

Upcoming Events

GZERO Media Town Hall: Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 11 am - 12 noon ET
Moderator: Apoorva Mandavilli, Science & Global Health Reporter, New York Times
Panelists include: Rohitesh Dhawan, Managing Director, Energy, Climate & Resources, Eurasia Group; Lynda Stuart, Deputy Director, Vaccines & Human Immunobiology, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Mark Suzman, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Gayle E. Smith, President & CEO, ONE Campaign and former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development

Livestream event series: The 2020 UN General Assembly: Connecting Through Crisis (September 16-October 14, 2020)

Watch at: gzeromedia.com/unga/livestream

• Digital Inclusion: Activating Skills for the Next Billion Jobs: Wednesday, October 7th, 11a ET/8a PT/3p GMT
  Moderator: Sherrell Dorsey, founder and CEO of The Plug
  Panelists include: Rohitesh Dhawan, Managing Director, Energy, Climate & Resources, Eurasia Group; Kate Behncken, Vice President, Microsoft Philanthropies; Parag Mehta, Executive Director & Senior Vice President, Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard
• Digital Peace: Trust and Security in Cyberspace: Wednesday, October 14th, 11a ET/8a PT/3p GMT
  Moderator: Meredith Sumpter,CEO, the Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism
  Panelists include: Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University; Marina Kaljurand, Member, European Parliament; Former Chair, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace and 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

Past Events

Crisis Response & Recovery: Reimagining while Rebuilding (September 23, 2020)
Moderator: Susan Glasser, staff writer and Washington columnist, The New Yorker
Panelists include: 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; and John Frank, Vice President, UN Affairs at Microsoft. Special appearances by António Guterres and Christine Lagarde.

Net Zero: Climate Ambition and Action (September 16, 2020)
Moderator: Julia Pyper, Host and Producer, Political Climate podcast
Panelists include: 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 Prime Minister for COP 26 and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance

GZERO Media Town Hall: Could our response to COVID help end poverty? (June 26, 2020)