Stanford Leadership Forum 2026: Shaping the Future
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, and registration is closed. If you have a question, please contact us at leadershipinstitute@stanford.edu.
Speakers Include
Agenda
Registration and Light Breakfast
Welcome and Introduction
Opening Conversations: Leadership Paradox in a Changing World
Sarah Soule (Moderator), Rishi Sunak | Watch the session
Opening Conversations: Credit & Capital in a Fragmenting World
Amit Seru (Moderator), Ken Griffin | Watch the session
Break
Breakout: Media and the (Dis)Information Ecosystem
Anat Admati (Moderator), Renee DiResta, Alexandra Geese, Guy Rolnik | Watch the session
Breakout: Simplifying Health Care
Stefanos Zenios (Moderator), Carter Dredge, Catherine Field, Catherine Krna | Watch the session
Breakout: Rewiring the Workforce: Skills, Wages, and Opportunity in the Age of AI
Paul Oyer (Moderator), Susan Athey, Tamay Besiroglu, Nela Richardson | Watch the session
Grab & Go Lunch
Lunch Conversation: Revitalizing San Francisco
Ken Shotts (Moderator), Daniel Lurie | Watch the session
Break
Breakout: U.S.-China Strategic Competition
Hongbin Li (Moderator), Matthew Ferren, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Hans Tung
Breakout: Environmental Sustainability: Real Progress Beyond the Hype
Bill Barnett (Moderator), Maxine Burkett, David Hochschild, Bob Litterman | Watch the session
Breakout: Business Case for Financial Literacy: From Classroom to Capital Markets
Annamaria Lusardi (Moderator), Natalya Guseva, Tim Ranzetta, Gerri Walsh | Watch the session
Break
Breakout: Business, Taxation, and Society
Rebecca Lester (Moderator), Juan Carlos Suarez Serrato (Moderator), George Callas, Gaurav Nagdev, Elena Patel | Watch the session
Breakout: Geoeconomic Power and Economic Security
Gillian Tett (Moderator), Matteo Maggiori, H.R. McMaster, Maurice Obstfeld, Sec. Condoleezza Rice | Watch the session
Breakout: Trust in American Society
Juliana Horowitz (Moderator), Larry Diamond, Thomas L. Friedman, Margaret Levi | Watch the session
Breakout: Managing Political Turbulence as a Business Leader
Neil Malhotra (Moderator), Nick Bloom, John Donahoe, Christopher George | Watch the session
Break
Closing Conversation: Business Leaders as California's Growth Drivers
Sarah Soule (Moderator), Katherine August-deWilde, Jennifer Barrera, Patti Poppe | Watch the session