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Resolving Fannie and Freddie: The Key to Housing Finance Reform (Invite only)
Reform of the US housing finance system will not be complete without a solution to the Fannie Ma
e and Freddie Mac conservatorships and the broader question of what role these government-sponsored enterprises should play.
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Finding Common Ground: Getting What Works Into the Classroom
For years, education experts have researched and explored what works and doesn't work in the cla
ssroom. And yet, many of our teachers and students still struggle to succeed.
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Financing Urban Resiliency: Coastal Resiliency in Lower Manhattan
Cities across the US, particularly those along the coasts, are facing mounting threats from climate
change and sea-level rise. In New York City, Lower Manhattan was hit particularly hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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Asia's Geopolitical Chessboard: Avoiding Checkmate
Geopolitical risk has become an ever-more important consideration for businesses with global sup
ply chains and multinational operations.
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Can America Afford to Retire?
America's pension shortfall for defined benefit plans alone is estimated to be as high as $7.5 t
rillion across government and corporate pensions. And the outlook for the alternative of defined contribution plans is equally dire.
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The Roundtable: Strategies for a New Demography--Linking Healthy Longevity and Productivity (Invite only)
The inevitability of demographic change requires fresh thinking and new priorities by businesses
, governments, and social institutions. Attitudes and institutionalized barriers to participation by older adults must be broken.
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How Resilient Are You? A Human Performance Workshop In The Pool
Finding the limits of one's abilities often requires unconventional methods—in this case, spendi
ng 40 minutes in a (heated) hotel pool.
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The Power of Prediction: How Business & Society Can Benefit from a World of Data (Invite only)
Leveraging the latest breakthroughs in predictive capabilities has the potential to further tran
sform industries and improve lives around the world.
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The Price of Dementia: Innovative Strategies to Reduce Risk
Today, one in three older adults dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. It kills more people
than do breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, yet only 16 percent of older adults receive regular cognitive assessments during routine checkups.
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video
Drawdown: Changing the Food System to Save the Planet
Food is the single greatest lever we have to improve the health of our people and our planet.
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Diabetes and Obesity: An Urgent Global Health Crisis
Despite many treatments and technological advances, the health of the US and global populations co
ntinues to decline. Chronic disease continues to increase and have a detrimental effect on personal health and health-care costs.
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The Future of Human Performance
What separates high achievement and undisputed mastery; raw talent and world champion?