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