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At our latest event, @MazzucatoM (@ucl) underscored how just a few private companies have sucked up the resources on which “AI for good” depends—without so much as paying tax. #PSEvents Watch the full session at the link:

At our “Reinventing Europe” event in Paris, @Ph_Aghion (@INSEAD, @cdf1530) argued that, if Europe is to build its own AI, it needs industrial policy focused on increasing computing power. #PSEvents Watch the full session at the link:

At our Impact’26 event, Elsa Sependa, Head of Public Policy (Europe) at GSMA, explained why Europe needs to place a higher priority on strengthening connectivity. #PSEvents @ImpactCEE

Businesses are prepared to invest much more in Europe, noted @LarsSandahlS (@DanskIndustri) at our latest event, “Reinventing Europe.” But they will not do so until Europe creates more favorable conditions for innovation. #PSEvents Watch the full session at the link:

As long as Europeans remain burdened by our own history, we will struggle to become leading innovators, argued @F__Timmermans (@Rijksoverheid) at our latest event, “Reinventing Europe.” #PSEvents Watch the full session at the link:

At our latest event, @NatalieSamaras argued that the UN needs better messaging. To win support, it must be seen as expanding national governments’ policy and fiscal space. #PSEvents #UNGA

Watch @CrisisGroup’s @EroComfort discuss how countries are pushing back against the return of hard power and highlight the political pressures facing the next UN secretary-general. #PSEvents #UNGA

At our latest event, “Remaking the UN,” @UMassAmherst Professor @Jayati1609 highlighted the role the IPCC can play in providing objective, independent data that commands broad acceptance. #PSEvents #UNGA

Europe has the expertise, the technology, the will, and the ambition to innovate. But it is still missing critical ingredients, lamented @E_Brachlianoff (@Veolia) at our “Reinventing Europe” event in Paris. #PSEvents Watch the full session at the link:

During session one, @Caffar3Cristina, Chair of the EuroStack Industry Foundation, argued that Europe’s focus on regulating, instead of building, caused it to become a digital colony. #PSEvents @ImpactCEE

It is possible for an economy to reinvent itself, noted @BJavorcik (@EBRD) at our recent event in Paris. Nobody knows this better than Eastern Europe. #PSEvents Watch the full session at the link:

Europe’s tech future depends on unlocking private investment and venture capital, argued @J_Dijsselbloem at our recent event, “Reinventing Europe.” #PSEvents Watch his full keynote at the link:

What role should the next UN secretary-general play vis-à-vis the rest of the UN system and its member states? Hear from @SusanaMalcorra (@GWLvoices) at Remaking the UN on September 21. #PSEvents #UNGA

How can the UN better respond to the priorities of its member states, particularly those across the Global South? Ghana’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration @NanaOyeBampoe will tackle this question and more at our forthcoming event. #PSEvents #UNGA

Next week at #UNGA81: Article 109's @HebaJournalist will join @FordFoundation & @ProSyn for a timely discussion on the future of international cooperation & how the UN can be reimagined for a rapidly changing world. Join in NYC or online. #PSEvents

At the Meliore/PS Media & Democracy Summit, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler co-founder and CEO @mariaressa explained how the design of social-media platforms directly contributes to the destruction of journalism and democracy. #PSEvents Watch the full discussion at the link. #PlatformAccountability #InformationIntegrity #DigitalDemocracy #MediaFreedom

At our Climate Week NYC event, @IIPP_UCL’s @MazzucatoM warned that placing artificial constraints on climate investment today will lead to far higher costs in the future. Watch the full event at the link: #PSEvents @OpenSociety

Join me live with @ProSyn at the #AIActionSummit on February 10. Register now at the link to watch. #PSEvents

At our live #COP29 event in Baku, Woochung Um highlighted the critical role of philanthropies like @EnergyAlliance in de-risking climate investments. Click the link to watch the discussion. ( @COP29_az @COP29News #PSEvents

Now or Never for AI Policy? Project Syndicate online event (registration required) on AI’s risks and benefits for industrialized and developing economies. I give opening remarks. #PSEvents @ProSyn #AIPolicy