The Coronavirus has changed the attitudes and behavior of society overnight. And while the global pandemic will eventually be extinguished, the shift of the way people, business, and government go about doing things is likely changed forever.
Two panel discussions to continue the #BlackLivesMatter conversation, in response to Gates Foundation Leader and GSV Partner Henry Hipps’ Call to Action to the White and Youth Leaders of the GSV Community: Stepping Up in Solidarity: Leading White Allies Speak about the Required Leadership from Education, Corporate Employers, Public Company Boards, Government & Not for Profits to Enact Necessary Change, followed by Close to The Action: Insights from the #BLM Movement, the Civil Rights Movement & the Work of Education Transformation.
Produced with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
7/15/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Program & Speakers
Our Essential Service: Driving a National Digital Skills Agenda to Ensure Access & Equity in an A.D. Workforce
6/17/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Program & Speakers
GSV Lifetime Achievement honorees and Innovator of Color Award recipients convene for a compelling, authentic conversation focused on ensuring that #BlackLivesMatter and that equitable access to future-oriented, world-class, lifelong education is afforded to all. Moderator Henry Hipps, Deputy Director K-12 Education for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be joined by panelists Howard Fuller, Dr. Mahalia Ann Hines, Phyllis Lockett, and Michael Sorrell. See more about our Speakers on the Agenda.
6/11/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Program & Speakers
Panel discussion leads off—The Future of Learning in Higher Education A.D.—followed by remarks from Beri Meric, Co-Founder & CEO, IVY, and a Fireside Chat featuring Joe Lonsdale, General Partner, 8VC; Founder, Palantir, Addepar, Open Gov; Board Member, Strive for College; & Member, Forbes Midas List, with Michael Moe, Founder, GSV.
5/20/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Agenda Sessions & Speakers
One panel discussion—The Future of Learning in Higher Education A.D.—between two Fireside Chats: (1) Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Miami-Dade Public Schools, with Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner, GSV Ventures; and (2) Dick Kramlich, Legendary Venture Capitalist & First Venture Backer of Apple; Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder, New Enterprise Associates; Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director, Green Bay Ventures, with Michael Moe, Founder, GSV.
5/13/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Agenda Sessions & Speakers
*SPECIAL THURSDAY EVENT
Virtual Summit Series Closing Program—Crow Knows…What’s Next for America’s Most Innovative University, a Fireside Chat with Michael Moe, Founder, GSV and Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University.
4/30/2020 Event: Watch/listen to Playback
Two panel discussions—Changing the World for Good…Digitally. Philanthropic Heavyweights on the Future of Learning & Work and How Big Tech Sees the Future of Digital Education A.D.—plus a special conversation with Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner, GSV Ventures and Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida & Chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education.
4/29/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Agenda Sessions & Speakers
Two panel discussions—Redux, Redesign: The Future of “PreK to Gray” Digital Learning and Shaping The Future of Digital Learning A.D. Through Politics & Policy—plus fireside chat with Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner, GSV Ventures and Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School.
4/22/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Agenda
Two panel discussions—The Future of Education as an Employee Benefit… A.D. and The Future of Higher Education in a Post Coronavirus World — A.D.—plus opening keynote by Rob Pace, joined by Bill Milliken and Michael Moe.
4/15/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Agenda | View Speakers
GSV Virtual Summit #2—seven sessions across three channels (Ch. 1—Early Childhood Learning A.D.; Ch.2—K-12 Education A.D.; Ch. 3—Investment Landscape & Emerging TechA.D.), culminating with Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence Director Dr. Marc Brackett offering tips and techniques to help us all achieve personal strength during these unusual and trying times.
4/8/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Agenda | View Speakers
Premier GSV Virtual Summit — four sessions including keynote from Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and panels with Sal Khan, former U.S. Department of Education leaders Arne Duncan and Ted Mitchell, and many other influential Speakers.
4/1/2020 Program: Watch/listen to Playback | View Agenda | View Speakers
Much appreciation goes out to all of our inspiring Speakers, along with everyone who invested their time during these extraordinary days to join our Virtual Summit Series events throughout April.
We had the World before COVID-19. And we will have a New World after this challenge subsides. While we are all going through a turbulent storm right now, over the horizon is the Dawn of a New Age with great promise.