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Closing Reception
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Resilient Communities II: Building Investable Cities (Invite only)
Providing a robust housing supply remains a vital component of any government’s strategy that ai
ms to invest in human capital, promote economic development and provide social mobility.
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Lunch Part A | A Conversation with California Leaders
From transformative new technologies, ambitious resiliency and social initiatives, California re
mains a prolific laboratory for bold ideas and innovative solutions to some of the world's most intractable challenges. This session will convene senio
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Entrepreneur Support and Small Business Creation (Invite only)
Entrepreneurs and small businesses have been and continue to be the leading job creators in the
state since the last recession. According to the UN, the world will need 15 million new jobs for the next 15 years to meet the demand of a growing work
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California Trading Up: New Strategies for Trade Promotion (Invite only)
The past few years have been a tumultuous, competitive time for businesses engaging in internati
onal trade and foreign direct investment.
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Registration opens and continental breakfast
podcast episode
Ep. 119: Revolutionary, with UC Berkeley's Jennifer Doudna
“Diagnosis goes hand in hand with vaccination, and of course with therapies as well. What CRISPR i
s doing is providing for rapid turnaround testing at a lower cost and higher throughput than we've had with other technologies.
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Ep. 118: Core Values, with Google Cloud's Thomas Kurian
“The process of digitization – whether that was e-commerce in retail, or online gaming for media,
online streaming in the media business, digital platforms for the public sector – was already underway.
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Addressing the Gender Disparity Problem in the Modern Workplace
Among executives running the top 100 companies on the London Stock Exchange, there are more men na
med Dave or Steve than there are women in total. Clearly, parity is still a dream in development in the U.K. and Europe.
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Stability vs. Growth: Unintended Consequences of Post-Crisis Financial Regulations
The 2008 global financial crisis destroyed more than $10 trillion in global wealth. In response, g
lobal regulators put in place a number of reforms to enhance the stability of the global financial system.
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Building Mentally Resilient Youth
Resilient adults begin with resilient youth. Today, anxiety leads a host of mental health issues o
n the rise among young people, with a 20 percent uptick in recent years. Bullying is a prevalent and serious problem in schools.
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The Power of Place-Based Philanthropy
There are key advantages to philanthropists adopting a "place-based approach" to their giving.