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VIDEO: Jean Camp on cyber security

Cyber security and protecting individuals and corporations from vastly injurious cyber breaches is of growing concern to governments and enterprises around the world. Jean Camp, Director of the...

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VIDEO: Renate Christ on the future of climate change

The future of the climate’s well being is a hot topic in the global landscape and one that is a concern for every single actor on the planet. The scientific evidence is there and as clear as can be....

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The crucial timeline on global warming

Smog in Beijing, China. Xiao Lu Chu/Getty Images While it is seemingly still difficult to convince many people that climate change is a real threat to the progression of humankind and the function of...

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Heriberto Cabezas on the future of fuel efficiency

The Tesla logo. Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images Among the interdisciplinary conversations held at the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit emerged one of the most pressing discussions on the...

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VIDEO: Prof. Ben-Meir on Iraq, ISIS, and Obama

Professor Alon Ben-Meir, a senior fellow at the NYU Center for Global Affairs, shared his thoughts on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the fate of political Islam and how to curb the spread of...

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Solutions to the global energy crisis

Vensys wind turbines are seen at the Wincono wind farm in Larnaca, Cyprus. Getty Images Climate change is a risk to businesses and financial markets everywhere and is very closely related to the growth...

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BCLS experts untangle the Arab Spring

Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on January 15, 2014 in Cairo, Egypt. Ed Giles/Getty Images Building off themes introduced at last year’s Blouin Creative Leadership Summit, the...

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VIDEO: Reimagining the political process with Eric Maskin

Eric Maskin, Adams University Professor at Harvard University and a Nobel Laureate, capped off the 2014 Blouin Creative Leadership Summit with a spirited examination of the political process in the...

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Creating a World Connectivity Organization

A woman sits at a cyber cafe in Kibera slum in Nairobi. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/GettyImages Connecting the world to the internet is a focus of many organizations — Google and Facebook for two, but before...

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VIDEO: Glenn Lowry on art, risk and more

Glenn Lowry, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, gave an opening address at the 2014 Blouin Creative Leadership Summit during which he highlighted the interconnectivity of the world, noting the...

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Welcome to the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit 2015

Louise Blouin at the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit 2015. The Blouin Creative Leadership Summit 2015 launches in New York City this week, and continues a tradition of thought leadership that brings...

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Hugh Herr and the future of bionics

Hugh Herr speaks at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Getty Images Eliminating all human disabilities within this century sounds like the stuff of fantasy — a pipe dream achievable only...

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BCLS: Global health after Ebola

Getty Images Last year’s massive Ebola crisis, which originated in West Africa, provoked major concerns over global capacity to address wide-ranging medical emergencies. At a global health panel...

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BCLS: Outlook Middle East …

Iraqi Shiite Muslims attend a funeral on September 17, 2015 after clashes against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. (HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images) Wither the Middle East? On Monday, September...

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BCLS: Using corporate data for the public good

Getty Images Questions on how to turn data — specifically corporate data — into a driver for improving public goods and services were at the center of a panel discussion at the Blouin Creative...

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BCLS: Automation, AI, and the Economy

(L-R):Thomas Dietterich, Daniel Fountenberry, and Jaan Tallinn at the BCLS AI panel, 9/21/15. (Photo: Michael Lerner) The ongoing advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are astonishing, and provide...

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BCLS: New challenges for cyber security

Getty Images One of the hottest topics at the Blouin Creative Leadership Summit this week was the issue of cyber security, due notably to the implications for multiple verticals of business and...

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BCLS 2015 Highlights…

Louise Blouin, founder and chairman of the Louise Blouin Foundation Miss the 2015 Blouin Creative Leadership Summit? Catch up on panels/debates/and keynotes here! Highlights include debates on...

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Syria’s Lost Generation

During the 2015 Blouin Creative Leadership Summit, Blouin News sat down with Dr. Yasmin Haque, Deputy Director of Emergency Programs, US Fund for UNICEF, to talk about the impact of war on Syria’s...

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VIDEO: Turkey and the Crisis in Syria

Blouin News sat down with Dr. David Cuthell, the Executive Director of The Institute of Turkish Studies and a visiting professor at Columbia and Georgetown Universities, to talk Turkey, refugees, and...

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