A global transformation is underway as changing political tides, emerging demographic trends, and relentless leaps in technology disrupt traditional social and market foundations, heralding an era of rapid change and challenge. Economic prospects remain clouded by policy uncertainties, including election outcomes, the direction of Brexit negotiations, and financial sector fragilities, including an excess of non-performing bank loans in some nations. Alterations to trade law in the United States, the single largest destination of European Union exports, also remain unsettled. We will examine the key factors driving political and economic evolution around the world.

Moderator
Gillian Tett
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

Speakers
Thomas Barrack
Executive Chairman, Colony Northstar

Lord Mandelson
Co-Founder and Chairman, Global Counsel; Former European Trade Commissioner and British First Secretary of State

Hiro Mizuno
Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan; Co-Chair, Global Capital Markets Advisory Council, Milken Institute

Ed Royce
U.S. Representative, California; Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives