Past Symposia & Recordings
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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.
Recap & Recordings
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.
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.
The Peace We Make: A Youth-Led Buffett Symposium
Our fall 2025 Buffett Symposium brought together activists, politicians, NGO leaders, and negotiators from across the world to explore how youth are transforming the future of peace and justice. The daylong program featured a special conversation with Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad.
Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World
The winter 2026 Buffett Symposium convened global experts and practitioners from industry, public policy, academia, and civil society to address four urgent priorities for this new era: sustaining trust and credibility in information flows; strengthening accountability for platforms, governments, and users alike; advancing innovative tools and strategies to counter disinformation; and forging multi-sector collaboration to build resilient information ecosystems worldwide.