Stanford Leadership Forum Break 2026
Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026
8:00am – 6:30pm
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Stanford Leadership Forum 2026: Shaping the Future

This event will convene thought leaders for constructive dialogue on the complex changes reshaping our world, from the technological to the geopolitical, economic to environmental. The Forum is designed to spark new thinking, surface timely questions, and help leaders bring these insights into their work.
Open to
Faculty
Staff
Students
Stanford Community
Alumni
Public

Location

Stanford Graduate School of Business

This event celebrates the launch of a new institute on leadership, an interdisciplinary hub dedicated to advancing leadership excellence for a changing world. It builds on the success of our inaugural 2024 Business, Government, and Society Forum with a new name and the same engaging content and insightful discussions.

The Forum is invitation-only. If you would like to request an invitation or have a question, please contact us at leadershipinstitute@stanford.edu. 

It has inspired me to lead in a genuine way, with integrity, with humility, and committed to the causes that I care about. —Forum participant

Speakers Include

Ken Griffin

Ken Griffin

Founder and CEO of Citadel
Daniel Lurie

Daniel Lurie

Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco
Sec. Condoleezza Rice

Sec. Condoleezza Rice

66th U.S. Secretary of State and Director of the Hoover Institution
Sarah A. Soule

Sarah A. Soule

Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Agenda

Time
Session
8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration and Light Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10 AM

Welcome and Introduction

9:10 - 10:00 AM

Opening Conversations: Leadership Paradox in a Changing World

Sarah Soule (Moderator), Rishi Sunak

10:00 - 10:45 AM

Opening Conversations: Credit & Capital in a Fragmenting World

Amit Seru (Moderator), Ken Griffin

10:45 - 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Breakout: Media and the (Dis)Information Ecosystem

Anat Admati (Moderator), Renee DiResta, Alexandra Geese, Guy Rolnik

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Breakout: Simplifying Health Care

Stefanos Zenios (Moderator), Carter Dredge, Catherine Field, Catherine Krna

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Breakout: Rewiring the Workforce: Skills, Wages, and Opportunity in the Age of AI

Paul Oyer (Moderator), Susan Athey, Tamay Besiroglu, Nela Richardson

12:00 - 12:30PM

Grab & Go Lunch

12:30 - 1:15 PM

Lunch Conversation: Revitalizing San Francisco

Ken Shotts (Moderator), Daniel Lurie

1:15 - 1:30 PM

Break

1:30 - 2:30 PM

Breakout: U.S.-China Strategic Competition

Hongbin Li (Moderator), Elizabeth Economy, Matthew Ferren, Hans Tung

1:30 - 2:30 PM

Breakout: Environmental Sustainability: Real Progress Beyond the Hype

Bill Barnett (Moderator), Maxine Burkett, David Hochschild, Bob Litterman

1:30 - 2:30 PM

Breakout: Business Case for Financial Literacy: From Classroom to Capital Markets

Annamaria Lusardi (Moderator), Natayla Guseva, Tim Ranzetta, Gerri Walsh

2:30 - 3:00 PM

Break

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Breakout: Business, Taxation, and Society

Rebecca Lester (Moderator), Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato (Moderator), George Callas, Gaurav Nagdev, Elena Patel

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Breakout: Geoeconomic Power and Economic Security

Gillian Tett (Moderator), Matteo Maggiori, H.R. McMaster, Maurice Obstfeld, Sec. Condoleezza Rice

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Breakout: Trust in American Society

Michele Gelfand (Moderator), Larry Diamond, Thomas L. Friedman, Margaret Levi

3:00 - 4:00 PM

Breakout: Managing Political Turbulence as a Business Leader

Neil Malhotra (Moderator), Nick Bloom, John Donahoe, Christopher George

4:00 - 4:15 PM

Break

4:15 - 5:00 PM

Closing Conversation TBA

5:00 - 6:30 PM

Reception