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Global Stage at the 2025 UN Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum

Live from the UN: Science, Technology, and Innovation on the Global Stage | Wednesday, May 8, 2025, 2 PM ET

Watch our Global Stage livestream conversation from inside United Nations headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the 2025 Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum. Our expert panel will reflect on the Forum’s key themes, such as inclusive innovation, technology transfer, and digital governance, and the future of science, technology, and innovation. How are technological advancements shaping global power dynamics as part of the AI economy? How can emerging technologies be governed more equitably and collaboratively on a global level?

GZERO's chief content officer Tony Maciulis moderates the discussion with our panel:

  • Caitlin Dean, Director and Deputy Head of Corporates, Eurasia Group
  • Jeffrey Ding, Author “Technology and the Rise of Great Powers”; Professor at George Washington University
  • Juan Lavista Ferres, Corporate Vice President and Chief Data Scientist of the AI for Good Lab, Microsoft
  • Lucía Velasco, AI Policy Lead, United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies

Event link: gzeromedia.com/globalstage

This livestream is the latest in the award-winning Global Stage series, a partnership between GZERO and Microsoft that examines critical issues at the intersection of technology, politics, and society.


Live from the UN: Science, Technology, and Innovation on the Global Stage | Wednesday, May 8, 2025, 2 PM ET

gzeromedia.com/globalstage

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