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All past events, listed in chronological order.

2017 Chicago Forum on Global Cities

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Event Series: Pritzker Forum on Global Cities

This three-day forum brought together leaders in the major pillars of urban life to discuss how they can collaborate to improve their cities, and the world.

Image of speakers at the 2017 Chicago Forum on Global Cities
Ana Miyares

The Geopolitics of Energy

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CSIS’ Adam Sieminski joined the Financial Times’ Ed Crooks for a conversation on the geopolitical dimensions of global energy markets.

Offshore wind turbines in the UK
Nicholas Doherty

Global Leadership Awards Dinner 2017

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Global Leadership Awards Dinner

The Council honored Penny Pritzker and Michael H. Moskow at the 2017 Global Leadership Awards Dinner.

Penny Prizker being honored at the 2017 Global Leadership Awards

Global Food Security Symposium 2017

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Global Food Security Symposium

The 2017 Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC focused on how the US can help lead struggling nations and turn frontier markets into thriving partners.

A farmer attends a rice field in Indonesia
Simon Fangers

Women, Equity, and Global Development Symposium 2017

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Women, Equity, and Global Development Forum

During the 2017 symposium, speakers discuss the theme "Innovation for Healthy Futures".

Four women talk on stage, with one talking into a microphone

Climate Change and Global Security

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CEO of the American Security Project Stephen A. Cheney and atmospheric science expert Dr. Elisabeth Moyer join the Council to discuss the effects of climate change on geopolitical alliances.

Three people sit on-stage during the live stream of a program.

Is This the Asian Century?

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Michael Auslin, Karl Friedhoff, and Deborah Lehr joined Phil Levy to discuss whether we are truly in an Asian century.

Aerial view of The Great Wall of China
Vidar Nordli-Mathisen

The Global Economy: How to Avoid the Next Collapse

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Global Economy Series

According to Mohamed A. El-Erian, there are two paths ahead: recovery, prosperity, and stability or recession and continued instability.

Shipping containers on a cargo ship in Germany
Axel Ahoi

Europe's Future: Beyond the Euro?

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Global Economy Series

At this event, Nobel Prize Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explored the future of the Euro and asked if Europe can prosper without it.

10 and 20 euro bills
Hans Ripa

John Kerry on American Leadership in an Era of Opportunity and Risk

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Secretary Kerry highlights America's current international objectives and discusses our country's role in the world moving forward in the fourth annual Louis B. Susman Lecture.

John Kerry speaking at a podium at a Chicago Council on Global Affairs event.
Ana Miyares