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Tomas Lamanauskas Is Helping Shape the AI Future From Inside the UN System

As the global debate over artificial intelligence accelerates, Tomas Lamanauskas has become one of the most important multilateral figures working to ensure that AI is not only powerful, but useful — not only disruptive, but directed toward the public good. Tomas Lamanauskas, the Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, brings a rare combination of […]

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Kyleigha Beckmann – Building Peace Through Trade, One Block at a Time

Some entrepreneurs build companies. Kyleigha Beckmann is working to build something much larger: an economic system where opportunity is more broadly shared, commerce is more transparent, and prosperity becomes a foundation for peace. As Founding Partner of Peace Through Trade (PTT), the Brazilian entrepreneur is advancing a bold vision for the future of the global […]

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Luisa Neubauer: Defending the Climate, Democracy, and the Rights of Future Generations

At a time when the climate crisis is increasingly colliding with democratic instability, disinformation, and political fatigue, Luisa Neubauer has emerged as one of Europe’s most compelling voices for a livable future. A German climate justice activist, author, speaker, and leading organizer of Fridays for Future Germany, Luisa Neubauer represents a generation that refuses to […]

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Glen White and the Rise of Sustainability LIVE

LONDON, United Kingdom — As thousands of leaders from government, business, finance, and civil society gather across the British capital for this week’s London Climate Action Week (LCAW), one of the signature convenings helping shape the global sustainability conversation is making its official debut on one of climate diplomacy’s biggest stages: Sustainability LIVE @ London […]

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Dr. Ralph Chami: The Economist Teaching the World to Value Living Nature

For more than three decades, Dr. Ralph Chami has worked at the highest levels of global finance, advising governments on economic policy, financial markets, and development. A former Assistant Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and recipient of the IMF’s Operational Excellence Award, his career has spanned financial crises, fragile states, banking regulation, and […]

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Dr. Darío Gil: The Man Leading America’s Quest for Quantum, AI, and Scientific Supremacy

As nations race to secure leadership in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, advanced energy systems, and next-generation technologies, few individuals occupy a more consequential position than Dr. Darío Gil. Today, Dr. Darío Gil serves as the Under Secretary of Energy for Science and Innovation at the United States Department of Energy, making him one of the […]

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Víctor Mojica Takes the Helm of Panama’s $3 Billion Sovereign Wealth Fund

As governments around the world search for ways to finance resilience, manage uncertainty, and invest in long-term prosperity, few institutions are more important—and less understood—than sovereign wealth funds. This month, Panama appointed Víctor Mojica Caballero as the new Technical Secretary of the Fondo de Ahorro de Panamá (FAP), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, which manages […]

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Khalilur Rahman Elected President of the UN General Assembly at a Time of Global Fracture

The recent election of Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh as President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly has placed a seasoned diplomat in one of the world’s most visible multilateral leadership roles at a particularly consequential moment. While the presidency of the General Assembly rarely commands global headlines, the office serves as […]

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Callie Veelenturf – Building a Global Movement for Nature’s Rights

At a time when governments, courts, and communities around the world are grappling with accelerating biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and climate disruption, Callie Veelenturf is advancing a bold idea that could fundamentally reshape humanity’s relationship with the natural world: Nature has inherent rights. Callie Veelenturf is a marine conservation biologist, National Geographic Explorer, Founder of […]

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Chris Olah – The AI Insider Warning That Big Tech Cannot Govern AI Alone

From Inside the Machine Chris Olah is not an anti-technology crusader. He is a co-founder of Anthropic, one of the most important artificial intelligence companies in the world, and one of the field’s most respected thinkers on AI interpretability — the effort to understand what powerful AI systems are actually doing beneath the surface. That […]

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