Live from the Buffett Reading Room

This podcast channel gives listeners a front-row seat to events held in our Buffett Reading Room, where global leaders and pioneering scholars convene to investigate the world’s most pressing problems.

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Past Symposia

Our quarterly Buffett Symposia convene leading experts across different regions and sectors for daylong discussions investigating an urgent global issue.

Abortion Access Today: Global Insights and Comparisons

Our fall 2024 Buffett Symposium convened leading strategists, researchers, medical practitioners, and human rights advocates from Colombia, Ireland, Kenya, Poland, and the U.S. to discuss abortion access around the world. 

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AI and Geopolitics

Our winter 2025 Buffett Symposium convened leading strategists, researchers, and policymakers to discuss the transformative opportunities and profound challenges that AI poses in geopolitics. It was organized with the Northwestern Security & AI Lab and Insight Centre at University College Cork.

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Negotiating Peace in a Multipolar World: Lessons Learned

Our spring 2025 Buffett Symposium brought together diplomats, negotiators, and academics to discuss the high-profile peace processes of recent decades and draw lessons for future negotiations in a world confronting a crisis of multilateralism. It was organized with Fundación Acordemos.

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