AGENDA  

Friday, November 15, 2024 


VENUE: ROSEWOOD SAND HILL - BALLROOM


2:00-2:15pm: Official Kickoff of the 2024 North American Regional Meeting 

                          Welcome Remarks by Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeffrey Simpson O.C. and Dr. Herminio Blanco 


2:15-3:00pm: Artificial Intelligence, Democracy & Peace

  • Dr. Colin Kahl, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy & Co-Director, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University 

  • Sasha Baker, Head, National Security Policy Team, OpenAI

  • Moderator: Prof. Peter J. Loewen, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University  


3:00-3:45pm: The US-China Technological Competition and Innovation

  • Dr. Fred Hu, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Primavera Capital Group

  • Bruce Andrews, Senior Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer, Intel Corporation

  • Kristine Lee, Director for Technology and National Security, National Security Council

  • Moderator: Prof. Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School


3:45-4:15pm: Health Break 

4:15-5:00pm: A  Conversation on Innovation with Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, moderated by Mike Duffy, Opinions Editor at Large, The Washington Post 

5:00-5:30pm: What to Expect from the Second Trump Administration by Michael Allen, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies

5:30-6:00pm: Shuttle Bus to Cantor Arts Center

6:00- 8:30pm: Welcome Reception & Dinner at Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

>> Brief interventions on implications of the U.S. election for:

  • Business and Finance: Michael Klein, Managing Partner, M. Klein & Company

  • The Republican Party: Kristen Silverberg, President & COO, Business Roundtable

  • Climate and Energy: Andy Karsner, Senior Strategist, Alphabet X

  • The Economy: Rebecca Patterson, Chair, Council for Economic Education and Former Chief Investment Strategist, Bridgewater Associates

  • Cryptocurrency: Faryar Shirzad, Chief Policy Officer at Coinbase


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Saturday, November 16, 2024  


VENUE: ROSEWOOD SAND HILL - BALLROOM

[8:00am-9:00am: North American Executive Committee Breakfast Meeting - Private, Dogwood Room]

8:00am-9:00am: Breakfast, Vista Lawn (Outside of the Ballroom) 


9:00am-9:45am: New Frontiers in American Foreign Policy 

  • Dr. Stephen Kotkin, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 

  • Nick Kristof, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times 

  • Prof. Elizabeth Economy, Hargrove Senior Fellow and co-chair of the Program on the US, China, and the World, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 

  • Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times  

9:45am -10:30am: The Role of Silicon Valley in Addressing Climate Change

  • Gabriel Kra, Managing Director, Prelude Ventures  

  • Dr. Amit Narayan, Founder & Managing Partner, Aina Climate AI Ventures

  • John Risley O.C., World Energy GH2 & Chairman, CFFI Ventures Inc. 

  • Moderator: Melissa Tidwell, Start-up Advisor & Investor, formerly of Google, Reddit, and Prosus-Edtech Investments

10:30am-10:45am: A TED Talk by Elizabeth Kelly, Director, U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology 


10:45am-11:00am: Health Break 


11:00am - 11:45am: Canadian and Mexican reactions to the U.S. Election 

  • The Hon. Jean Charest, P.C., former Premier of Quebec & Deputy Prime Minister of Canada 

  • Cecilia Soto,  National Civic Front, President

  • Moderator: Jeffrey Simpson, O.C., Canadian Chair, Trilateral Commission  

12:00pm-1:30pm: Luncheon (Vista Lawn) 


1:30pm-2:00pm:  A Conversation with Dr. Mark Liu, Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company & Dr. Meghan O’Sullivan, North American Chair, Trilateral Commission 


2:00pm-3:00pm: New Frontiers in Defence & Intelligence

  • Doug Beck, Director, Defense Innovation Unit 

  • Jim Baker, Director, Office of Net Assessment, Department of the Secretary of Defense 

  • Moderator: The Hon. Jane Harman, Former Congresswoman & Chair, Commission on National Defense Strategy 


3:00pm-3:15pm: Health Break 


3:15pm-4:15pm: New Frontiers in Energy, Power and Artificial Intelligence

  • Kathleen Barrón, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Constellation Energy

  • Nancy Southern AOE, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited

  • Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

  • Jack Clark, Co-Founder and Head of Policy, Anthropic

  • Moderator: Dr. J. Michael McQuade, Director of the Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement & Global Policy, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

4:15-5:00pm: A Conversation on Mexican Politics with Dr. Carlos Heredia, Economist & Former Member of Mexican Chamber of Deputies, Ambassador Julian Ventura, moderated by Dr. Herminio Blanco, Mexican Chair, Trilateral Commission 

5:15pm-6:45pm:  Wine Tasting at Rosewood Portico, featuring special selections from Thomas Fogarty Winery & Ridge Vineyards  

7:00pm-8:30pm: Concluding Dinner at Rosewood Sand Hill, Vista Lawn  

  • A conversation with Ron Brownstein, Senior Editor at The Atlantic and Senior Political Analyst for CNN, moderated by Richard Fontaine, Executive Director, Trilateral Commission North America