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» Monday, April 28, 2008
START TIME
06:30 AM Registration  Continental Breakfast                             
06:45 AM Real Estate and Private Equity Breakfast
By invitation only
 
                              
07:00 AM Improving America's Health Through Labor and Management
By invitation only
 
                              
08:00 AM Play Video Credit: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow  Forum on the Future: How the 21st Century Will Change Your Health                             
09:35 AM Play Video The Future of Oil and Gas  Play Video Real Estate: Where Is the Bottom? Play Video Do Mid-Cap Private Equity Funds Have an Advantage in Today's Markets? Play Video A Conversation With His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent GCVO Play Video Urban Champions: Professional Athletes Reinvesting in Inner Cities Project Rebirth: Rebuilding Lives, Rebuilding the World Trade Center Play Video Education Reform: Learning From the Competition in Asia  Play Video Capitalizing on Momentum: Israeli Financial Reform                
11:00 AM Play Video The Globalization of Capital Markets: The Rise of New Financial Centers  Play Video Energy Independence: From Wall Street to Washington Play Video An Unhealthy America: Obesity and the Economic Implications of Chronic Disease Play Video Financing Social Entrepreneurs: Transformative Models for the Future Play Video Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Public and Private Responses Play Video Rebuilding Iraq Play Video China's Balancing Act: High Growth vs. Sustainability  Play Video Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Still Alive?  Building Successful and Sustainable Public-Private Partnerships for the Future of Los Angeles             
12:15 PM Play Video Lunch Panel: Global Overview                                
02:30 PM Play Video Ahead of the Curve: Where Institutional Investors Are Headed in 2008 and Beyond  Play Video A Nation Paralyzed: Is the United States at Risk of Losing the Education Race Worldwide? Play Video Market Solutions to Climate Change: The European Experience Play Video Innovator: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Human Brain With Jeff Hawkins Play Video The University at a Crossroads: How Higher Education Can Meet the Demands of Today's Entrepreneurial Economy Play Video Is the Pharmaceutical Well Drying Out? How to Keep New Drug Discoveries Coming The Future of Print Media: How to Adapt to the Digital Age  Play Video Urbanizing India and China: How to Move 1.5 Billion People  Book Signing: Muhammad Yunus
Creating a World Without Poverty
 
Global Health: In an Interconnected World, Failure Is Not an Option          
04:00 PM Play Video The Future of the Mortgage Market: Where Do We Go From Here?  Surviving and Thriving in the Midst of Market Volatility Play Video Beyond Petroleum: Challenge and Opportunities in Russia Reducing the "Risk" in At-Risk Youth: The Economic Benefits of Early Prevention Play Video Econobloggers: Real-Time Information and Analysis From the Keyboard Next Door Play Video Tech Centers of North America: How to Build and Sustain a Knowledge Economy Revisiting Nuclear Energy  Revolutionizing Health Care and Research in the Developing World  Book Signing: Carl Schramm
Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity
 
Taking Account: Convergence With International Accounting Standards          
05:30 PM Crédit Agricole Reception
By invitation only
 
Reception for Speakers and Sponsors
Sponsored by The Beverly Hilton Hotel
By invitation only
Principal Global Investors and Post Advisory Services Reception
By invitation only
General Reception                         
07:00 PM Play Video Dinner Panel: Pursuing Your Passion                                
09:00 PM Late Night at the Milken Institute Global Conference Pavilion Sponsored by Newedge
By invitation only
 
                              

» Tuesday, April 29, 2008
START TIME
06:00 AM Registration                                
06:30 AM Continental Breakfast  Business Leader's Toolkit: How Business Executives Can Influence Education Reform A Look Inside a Brazilian Growth Engine: A Discussion With Gov. Luiz Enrique da Silveira, State of Santa Catarina Grameen America
By invitation only
Investing in China Workshop                       
08:00 AM Play Video U.S. Overview: A Perfect Storm Ahead?  Play Video Steve Wynn on Building and Sustaining Great Customer Service Philanthropy Advisory Service (PAS) Focus Group
By invitation only
                          
09:30 AM The Year After the Year of Private Equity: What Now?  Play Video Campaign 2008: The Long Road to the White House Play Video Innovator: Kevin Walsh on Financing the Future of Renewable Energy Play Video Business Aviation: Providing Tools, Not Toys Mr. and Mrs. Asia: Demographic Trends That Are Transforming a Continent Play Video Seizing the Opportunity to Eliminate Malaria as a Global Health Threat Play Video The Latin American Economy and the New Left: Where Are They Heading?  Play Video Innovative International Education Models That Produce Excellence  SAVE Update: Can Financial Innovations Pave the Way to Energy Independence?             
10:55 AM Play Video Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Global Transfer of Capital  Play Video Water: The Global Battle for the World's Most Precious Resource Play Video Generation Next: Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders Today Play Video Mind If We Get Personal? The Role of Genomics in Your Life Business Aviation 101
By invitation only
Play Video Japan: Which Direction for the World's No. 2 Economy? Keep America Moving: Designing a Transportation Infrastructure to Enhance Competitiveness  Play Video The Changing Demographics of the Muslim World: Implications for the Future  Play Video Improving Education Worldwide: Where Are the Business Opportunities?  A Conversation With Lefei Liu, CIO of China Life
By invitation only
 
Investing in Small and Medium-Sized Companies to Create Global Prosperity       
12:15 PM Play Video Lunch Panel: A Discussion With Nobel Laureates in Economics                                
02:15 PM Play Video Financial Convergence: The Changing Investment World  Play Video Global Risk: What's Keeping the Experts Up at Night? Play Video Lowering Barriers to Investing in China's Small Businesses Play Video The Future of Health Care: What Kind of Reform Makes Sense? Play Video Innovator: Across the Universe With Physicist Lisa Randall Play Video Harnessing Growth to Break Poverty's Grip on the Developing World Play Video Institutional Investor Activism  Play Video Moving From Me to We: The New Competitive Edge  Eliminating Malaria: A Workshop  The Increasing Impact of Online Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools  Book Signing: Dalia Mogahed
Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
Book Signing: Jared Cohen
Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East
Book Signing: Reza Aslan
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
 
Giving It Away Takes Creative Effort: Philanthropy Tales From Those Who Know    
03:45 PM Play Video State of the State of Wall Street: Creating Opportunity Out of Chaos  Play Video A Conversation With T. Boone Pickens Play Video Green Is Green: Remaking Business in the Age of Sustainability Play Video NAFTA Under Assault: Reassessing Its Impact Play Video Paying the Piper: How Can Music Keep Its Revenues and Its Customers? Play Video Financing Medical Innovation Play Video What's the Rate of Return on Your Philanthropy?  Play Video A New Era for Investing in Africa  A Conversation With Lefei Liu, CIO of China Life
By invitation only
 
Indiana Jones Meets Wall Street: Valuing the Past To Save Antiquity for the Future  Social Networking for Companies: A Hands-On Guide       
05:15 PM Play Video Business Innovations That Are Changing the World  Book Signing: Col. Matthew Bogdanos
Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures
                            
06:15 PM Reception for Speakers and Sponsors
Sponsored by Credit Agricole Group
 
Canada Reception
By invitation only
Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle
By invitation only
General Reception                         
07:15 PM Play Video Dinner Panel: Decision '08: What Awaits the Next President?                                
09:30 PM Late Night at the Milken Institute Global Conference Pavilion Sponsored by Newedge
By invitation only
 
                              

» Wednesday, April 30, 2008
START TIME
06:30 AM Registration  Play Video Vistage Breakfast
By invitation only
Continental Breakfast Newedge Breakfast
By invitation only
Opportunities and Global Expansion of the Canadian Energy Industry Innovations in Development Finance
By invitation only
                    
08:00 AM Play Video Global Markets: Where Are the Opportunities?  Play Video The Importance of Teaching History in Our Schools: Developing a More Informed Citizenry Play Video Catastrophe Bonds: Using the Capital Markets to Create Risk Protection Play Video You Can Take It With You: Are Mobile Devices Replacing the PC?                         
09:25 AM Play Video Can the U.S. Dollar Recover? Does It Matter?  Play Video The Global Competition for Commodities Play Video Brazil: Latin America's New Economic Powerhouse Play Video Investing in the Future: Accelerating the Clean-Tech Revolution Play Video The Coming Entitlement Crunch Play Video Opportunities Across Asset Classes in Emerging Domestic Markets Play Video Building Global Internet Brands  Play Video The Changing Rules of PR and Corporate Influence in the Digital Age  Book Signing: William Bennett
America: The Last Best Hope, Volumes I and II
 
           
10:50 AM Play Video Financial Innovations: Complexity Isn't Innovation, Leverage Isn't Credit  Play Video Asia Rising: The World's Most Dynamic Economy Comes of Age Play Video A Brave New World: How Capital-Market Innovations Will Change the Face of Corporate Restructuring Play Video BRIC Real Estate: Investment Opportunities and Challenges Play Video ROI for Early Childhood Education Play Video Personal Technology: Digital Innovation Play Video Containing Climate Change: Beyond Kyoto  Play Video A Conversation With Lynda Resnick: How to Make Your Company Stand for Something  Book Signing: Frank Luntz
Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear
 
           
12:15 PM Play Video Lunch Panel: A Discussion With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger                                
02:10 PM Play Video The Business of Sports  Play Video Lessons from California: Clean Tech and Energy Innovation Play Video Building a Global Power: The Rise of India Play Video In a Slowdown, Opportunity Knocks for Smaller Businesses Play Video Israel at 60: A Work in Progress Play Video Stimulating Sales: Retailers Adapt to a Changing Economy                     
03:35 PM Play Video Media and Entertainment: Consequences of the Digital Revolution  Play Video The Race to the Finish: Next Gen Biofuels Israel Private Meeting
By invitation only
                          
05:00 PM Closing Reception                                

 

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