Skip to main content
All past events, listed in chronological order.

Europe's Future: Beyond the Euro?

PAST EVENT VIDEO
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

PAST EVENT VIDEO

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

Beyond Interest: The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Global Economy Series

Lael Brainard, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Member, discussed the economic outlook for the United States and monetary policy implications with Council expert and board member Michael H. Moskow.

US Treasury Dept building in Washington, DC
R Boed

Will America Remain the World's Policeman? Should It?

PAST EVENT VIDEO

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs welcomed CNN’s Fareed Zakaria to discuss how the United States is losing its power to influence and shape geopolitics.

Fareed Zakaria speaking at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

2016 Chicago Forum on Global Cities

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Event Series: Pritzker Forum on Global Cities

Nearly 600 delegates and 60 speakers from more 30 countries participated in the 2016 Chicago Forum on Global Cities.

Ana Miyares

Global Food Security Symposium 2016

PAST EVENT
Global Food Security Symposium

The  Global Food Security Symposium 2016  brought together key multi-disciplinary stakeholders to discuss transformations to the global food system necessary to feed growing cities.

The 2016 Global Food Security Symposium

Global Leadership Awards Dinner 2016

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Global Leadership Awards Dinner

The Council honored board member and Chicago civic leader Samuel C. Scott III and Academy Award-winning Pakistani documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Council board member Samuel C. Scott III at the 2016 Global Leadership Awards

Immigration and Foreign-Born Students

PAST EVENT VIDEO

A panel of experts join the Council to discuss a new Council report on the economic impact of retaining US-educated foreign-born students in local economies.

Five people sitting on-stage during a public program.

Women, Equity, and Global Development Symposium 2016

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Women, Equity, and Global Development Forum

A network of international thought-leaders joined the Council for a series of conversations that led to new ideas and a greater understanding of what is working, and where more effort is needed.

A woman speaks on stage during the 2014 Global Health Symposium

Axelrod on the 2016 Elections

PAST EVENT VIDEO

David Axelrod discussed whether a Democratic candidate could hold together a coalition of minority and women voters, and Republican efforts to retain control of the Senate with POLITICO's Natasha Korecki. 

David Axelrod speaking at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs