2018 AGENDA
March 26 – 28, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
2018 Theme: Navigating a New World Order
Global prosperity can only be achieved with an economy that provides equity and opportunity for everyone. With the theme “Navigating a New World Order”, the 2018 Annual Meeting will challenge participants to outline a vision for a new, global economy – where the poor, underserved and dislocated middle class are viewed as untapped assets for entrepreneurship, job creation and economic growth.
We will examine the “New World Order” in five tracks, along with the corresponding disruptions facing each sector. They include:
| New World Order | Disrupting |
| Work | People |
| Financial Services | Money |
| Cities | Poverty |
| Societies | Norms |
| Government | Policy |
Through a series of nuanced conversations, intimate “Straight Talks” and working “Idea Labs”, attendees will interact with some of world’s leading voices, innovators, influencers and policy makers. Delegates will have the opportunity to help craft “50 Big Ideas” on how the Invisible Class can “Navigate the New World Order” and play a vital role in the dynamic 21st century economy.
March 26, 2018
MONDAY
6:00 PM | OPENING RECEPTION (INVITE ONLY)
March 27, 2018
TUESDAY
7:30 AM | MEMBER BREAKFAST (INVITE ONLY)
“5 Years Out: What Every Leader Needs to Know”
8:30 AM | OPENING PLENARY
Remarks: Philippe Bourguignon, Vice Chairman,
Revolution, “Around the World in 18 Stops”
Presentation: To be announced
Presentation: To be announced
Moderated Conversation: Where Will the Jobs
Be? Assessing the Impact of A.I.
11:00 AM | BREAKOUT: STRAIGHT TALKS
CEO Roundtable: “Creating Cultures That Matter:
hosted by Conscious Capitalism”
In Conversation: Atlanta Federal Reserve
President Raphael Bostic and John Hope Bryant
12:00 PM | LUNCH PLENARY
Keynote Remarks: Tom Brokaw, Special
Correspondent, NBC News
Moderated Conversation: To be announced
2:00 PM | BREAKOUTS: IDEA LABS
Our Disappearing Workforce: Solving an Economic Mystery
A New Urban Reality: The Gentrification Dilemma
The Great Reset: Rebooting Domestic Migration
An Era of Epidemics: Assessing the Economic Impact
Unleashing Innovation: Credit for the Poor
reimagined with FICO
4:00 PM | CLOSING PLENARY
Presentation: TBA
6:00 PM | NETWORK RECEPTION (INVITE ONLY)
March 28, 2018
WEDNESDAY
7:30 AM | MEMBER ROUNDTABLES (INVITE ONLY)
“Becoming a Purpose Driven Leader”
“Revisiting the CRA: Perspectives for the Future”
“Why China Matters”
“Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: 5 Things You New to Know”
“The Future of Housing: Implications of Reform”
“Climate, Science and the Economic Impact:
Why the Poor are Hit the Hardest” .
8:30 AM | OPENING PLENARY
Keynote: To be announced
In Presentation: “The Future of Retail”
In Conversation: Amy Goldstein, Pulitzer Prize
winning reporter, The Washington Post and
author, Janesville: An American Story
11:00 AM | BREAKOUTS: STRAIGHT TALKS
Moderated Conversation: “Blockchain, Bitcoin
and Why We Should Care”
In Conversation: Peter Georgescu, Chairman
Emeritus, Young & Rubicam and author,
Capitalists Arise!
12:00 PM | LUNCH PLENARY
Moderated Conversation: Reverend Jesse L.
Jackson, Sr., Ambassador Andrew Young and
John Hope Bryant
In Conversation: Comptroller of the Currency
Joseph Otting and John Hope Bryant
2:00 PM | WORKING GROUPS: 5 BIG IDEAS
Science Fiction As Science Fact: Thriving in an
Automated Economy
Igniting Small Business: Can the Entrepreneur
Jumpstart the Ecomomy?
Where Do We Do From Here? Healing the Cultural Divide
Fin Tech in Focus: Can Fin Tech Increase Inclusion?
Higher Education: The Next Big Disruption
4:00 PM | CLOSING PLENARY
Keynote: Operation HOPE Founder, Chairman
and CEO, John Hope Bryant