Global Stage: Live from the 81st UN General Assembly
How can a human-centered approach to AI help address some of society’s most pressing challenges while fostering inclusion, trust, and shared prosperity?
On the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, our Global Stage livestream discussion, featuring global leaders and innovators, will focus on how to ensure technological progress translates into meaningful human progress. Can AI inform the future of the Sustainable Development Goals beyond 2030?
Our livestream panel examines these key questions on Wednesday, September 23 at 5:15 PM ET, live from New York during the first week of the UN's high-level General Debate. Watch live at gzeromedia.com/globalstage.
CNN Business reporter Rachel Siegel will moderate the discussion with our distinguished panelists, including:
- Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
- Elizabeth Cousens, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation
- Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C.,Vice President and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Notre Dame University
- Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft
This livestream is the latest in the Webby-nominated Global Stage series, a partnership between GZERO and Microsoft that examines critical issues at the intersection of technology, politics, and society.
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Speakers
Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who helps business leaders, policy makers, and the general public make sense of the world around them. He is president and founder of Eurasia Group, the world's leading political risk research and consulting firm, and GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. Ian is an independent voice on critical issues around the globe, offering clearheaded insights through speeches, written commentary, and even satirical puppets (really!). Ian is the host of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, a weekly show airing on US public television.
Elizabeth Cousens, President and CEO, United Nations Foundation
Elizabeth Cousens became the United Nations Foundation’s third President and Chief Executive Officer in 2020, leading the Foundation’s next generation of work to support the United Nations. Elizabeth has been at the forefront of global policymaking and innovation for over 20 years. She is a diplomat and thought leader who has worked on the frontlines of peace processes, played an influential role in UN policy innovations from peacebuilding to the Sustainable Development Goals, and helped build public-private partnerships to solve global challenges at scale.
Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., Vice President and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Notre Dame University
Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., Ph.D., is vice president and associate provost for undergraduate education and a professor of theology and global affairs. His major responsibilities include advancing undergraduate teaching, research, and outreach. Fr. Groody oversees initiatives related to the curriculum, academic integrity, advising, academic support, scholarly engagement, and scholars’ programs. He also provides leadership for the Advisory Committee on the Academic Code and Policy, and the Valedictorian and Salutatorian Selection Committee. In addition to his role in the provost’s office, Father Groody serves as a Fellow and Trustee of the University.
Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft
As Microsoft’s vice chair and president, Brad Smith is responsible for spearheading the company’s work and representing it publicly on a wide variety of critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, environmental sustainability, human rights, digital safety, immigration, philanthropy, and products and business for non-profit customers. He leads a team of roughly 2,000 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals located in 54 countries and operating in more than 120 nations.
Rachel Siegel, Reporter, CNN Business
Rachel Siegel is a reporter for CNN Business based in Washington, D.C., covering economic policy, major business developments and how decisions made in Washington shape Americans’ daily lives.
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