Events

Event
Audiences
The Age of Accelerations

Thomas L. Friedman, Author, Reporter, Columnist, The New York Times
Leadership Circles
Global City Mayors on Climate Action: The Ripple Effect

Muriel Bowser, Mayor, Washington, DC; Héctor Insúa García, Mayor, Colima City, Mexico; Gregor Robertson, Mayor, Vancouver; Valérie Plante, Mayor, Montreal. Moderated by Thomas L. Friedman.
Public
Corporate Leadership Breakfast

Ivo H. Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Glenn Tilton, Board of Directors Chairman, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Dina Smeltz, Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
One Belt, One Road- And China's Global Ambitions

Guo Wanda, Executive Vice President, China Development Institute
Leadership Circles
Blockchain: The New Digital Trust + YP Meet-Up

Mark Beylin, Founder, Bounties Network; Jennifer O’Rourke, Deputy Director, Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology, Illinois Department of Commerce; Kai Wu, Data Project Manager, Morningstar. Moderated by Phil Levy.
Young Professionals
Refugees, Migrants, and People on the Move

Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner, Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria, United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva; Kathleen Newland, Senior Fellow and Cofounder, Migration Policy Institute. Moderated by Juliet Sorensen.
Public
Off-the-Record: YP Town Hall

Ivo H. Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Young Professionals
The Council at Home and Abroad: A President's Circle Thank You Reception

Ivo H. Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Leadership Circles
Secure the Vote

Greg Bales, Community Outreach Coordinator, Office of US Senator Dick Durbin; Richard J. Driggers, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, US Department of Homeland Security; Doug Lute, Senior Fellow, Future of Democracy Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. Moderated by Jake Braun.
Public
A Critical Juncture: Public Opinion and US-Mexico Relations

Craig Kafura, Assistant Director, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy; Esteban Guzmán Saucedo, Project Director, Buendía & Laredo; Christopher Wilson, Deputy Director, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center. Moderated by Duncan Wood.