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A New Era of Discovery & Society: AI & Society | Google Zeitgeist

CNN International Correspondent Anna Stewart, engages in a thought-provoking conversation with three prominent figures: Professor Anne Vincent-Salomon, Head of the Department of Diagnostic and Theranostic Medicine and Director of the Institute of Women’s Cancer; Lila Ibrahim, Chief Operating Officer at Google DeepMind, and Julia Gillard, Chair of the Wellcome Trust as they delve into the revolutionary impact AI has on society.Show More

A New Era of Discovery & Society: AI & Society | Google Zeitgeist

CNN International Correspondent Anna Stewart, engages in a [...]

Google Arts & Culture with Amit Sood | Google Zeitgeist

Discover cutting-edge, creative collaborations between artists and AI, [...]

The World is Watching: Creators and the Future of Media | Google Zeitgeist

Leading YouTube creators, Hugo Décrypte and Amelia Dimoldenberg, [...]

Leading in the Age of AI: The Real Talk | Google Zeitgeist

Join leaders from Loveholidays, Google and Epidemic Sound as they [...]

Everything you wanted to know about Quantum but were afraid to ask | Google Zeitgeist

Principal Scientist in Quantum Computing, Sergio Boixo, and Will [...]

Steering towards a driverless & robotic future | Google Zeitgeist

Waymo Distinguished Engineer Vincent Vanhoucke sits down with [...]

Ed Sheeran in conversation with Lyor Cohen | Google Zeitgeist

Celebrating 20 years of YouTube, Lyor Cohen, Global Head of Music, [...]

Spotlight on the Storytellers with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Waad Al-Kateab | Google Zeitgeist

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker, joins [...]

Rewriting the Rules of Aging

Peter Diamandis, Executive Chairman of XPRIZE, sits down with Valter [...]

Tackling Global Challenges with AI

James Manyika, Google’s Senior Vice President, Research, Technology & [...]

The Science of Psychedelics

Robin Carhart-Harris - Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry & Behavioral [...]

Trailblazing Directors on Hollywood: Shaping the Narrative

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy in conversation with Ava DuVernay on the future [...]

The Next Chapter: Life and Legacy After Sports

ESPN’s Malika Andrews in conversation with Olympic snowboarder Shaun [...]

Beyond the Court: The Transformative Power of Sports

Renowned producer Ben Winston leads an intimate conversation with [...]

The Power of Portraits

Renowned photographer Platon shares impactful portraits to reveal our [...]

Hope Through History

CNN’s Audie Cornish in conversation with presidential historian Jon [...]

Building a future-proof economy with Abhijit Banerjee and Matt Brittin | Google Zeitgeist

How do economic opportunities and access to education transform lives? [...]

Climate Change: A global challenge, a shared responsibility | Google Zeitgeist

Join science and natural history broadcaster Liz Bonnin as she [...]

AI vs the hackers

Meet cybersecurity rockstar Keren Elazari, an internationally renowned [...]

Unfolding the secrets of life: AI & The Future of Science | Google Zeitgeist

Discover how AlphaFold is revolutionising biology and paving the way [...]

Next gen Gemini: the future of AI with Joelle Barral | Google Zeitgeist

Joëlle Barral, Senior Director of Research at Google DeepMind, offers [...]

The shot of a lifetime with Katharine Viner, Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin | Google Zeitgeist

Join Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, as she sits [...]

Sustainability & Equity: a conversation with Amina Mohammed & Ruth Porat | Google Zeitgeist

Join Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer, and Chief [...]

Longevity Secrets: How to live to 100 with Dan Buettner | Google Zeitgeist

Dan Buettner, a National Geographic Fellow and New York Times [...]

Democracy’s discontent with Prof. Michael Sandel | Google Zeitgeist

Michael Sandel, Author & Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of [...]

The future of music creation with Wyclef Jean, Radzi Chinyanganya and Lyor Cohen | Google Zeitgeist

Join Radzi Chinyanganya as he talks with Lyor Cohen, Global Head of [...]

The Power of Narrative: Baratunde Thurston in conversation with Kerry Washington and Dwyane Wade

Baratunde Thurston, host and executive producer of America Outdoors on [...]

Through the Lens: Protecting our Planet with Ami Vitale

National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale shares stories that expand [...]

How AI is Impacting Humanity with James Manyika, Anna Greka, Sal Khan and Yossi Matias

James Manyika, Senior Vice President, Research, Technology & Society, [...]

A Rational Look at Irrationality: Steven Pinker

Renowned cognitive scientist and author Steven Pinker explains the [...]

The Science of Happiness with Arthur C. Brooks

Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard professor and New York Times best-selling [...]

Cybersecurity in the Digital Age

New York Times National Security Correspondent, David Sanger will lead [...]

Quantum Computing

James Manyika, SVP, Technology and Society, Google, in conversation [...]

How to Be Happy

Dr. Laurie Santos, Cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at [...]

The Lens of Conflict

Anastasia Taylor-Lind shares her experience reporting from the [...]

A Perspective with Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, author, best known for his unique perspective on [...]

Staying Young: A Focus on Brain Health & Longevity

Google's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, discusses the [...]

Brighter Days with Blessing Offor

A performance of the song Brighter Days and a conversation with [...]

Uniting to Fight the Climate Crisis: Jane Goodall, Vanessa Nakate & Jack Harries | Google Zeitgeist

Jane Goodall, Primatologist & Anthropologist & Vanessa Nakate, climate [...]

Emi Mahmoud Slam Poetry Reading | Google Zeitgeist

World champion poet and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Emtithal (Emi) [...]

How To Effectively Change the 4-Year College Model | Khan Academy's Sal Khan | Google Zeitgeist

Khan Academy Founder Sal Khan gives his take on how to evolve the [...]

Geoffrey Canada on Preparing Kids for a Changing World | Google Zeitgeist 2020

Harlem Children's Zone President Geoffrey Canada talks with Soledad [...]

Harlem Children's Zone President Geoffrey Canada talks with Soledad O'Brien about how children of color constantly feel alone because of the lack of representation.

Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/-ds0P9x5A0I
Watch more from Google Zeitgeist 2020: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJhC0rY-YEDyPk1JcBxv63FiQuizTvRlc

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

Geoffrey Canada is a leading advocate for children and innovator in the field of education. Canada grew up in one of the most devastated communities in the United States, the South Bronx, raised by a single mother. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College, and
eventually went on to earn a master’s degree at Harvard University. He vowed to help children who grew up in disadvantaged circumstances to succeed through education. Canada created the Harlem Children’s Zone, a birth-through-college network of programs that today serves more than 13,000 low-income students and families in a 97-block area of Central Harlem in New York City.

The unprecedented success of the Harlem Children’s Zone has attracted the attention of the media and leaders around the world. In 2011, Canada was named one of the world’s most influential people by Time magazine and as one of the 50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine in 2014. President Barack Obama created the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone model across the country, Canada has been profiled extensively in the media, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, 60 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Forbes, among others. He was featured in the documentary about the dire state of American education Waiting for Superman, and has received more than 25 honorary degrees including ones from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania. He has also influenced a new generation of education reformers through his writings, having published essays in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Chronicle of Philanthropy as well as two critically acclaimed books on poverty and violence: Fist Stick Knife Gun and Reaching Up for Manhood.

After 30 years with the organization, Canada stepped down in 2014 as Chief Executive Officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone but continues to serve as President. In June 2020, Canada founded The William Julius Wilson Institute (WJW), which will serve as the national platform to help communities impacted by poverty across the country design and implement their own place-based programs —and its first initiative will be to combat the devastation of COVID-19 in the Black community.Show More

How Educators Helped Shape Pharrell Williams | Google Zeitgeist 2020

Grammy Award winning musician Pharrell dives deep into how educators [...]

How Important are the SATs in Admissions? | Brown University's Christina Paxson | Google Zeitgeist

Brown University President Christina Paxson gives her take on the [...]

Brown University President Christina Paxson gives her take on the standardize testing debate and how much weight SAT scores actually have in college admissions. Moderated by Google's Allan Thygesen.

Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/t9oYc-wu9CI

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

Christina Hull Paxson has served as Brown University’s 19th president and professor of economics and public policy since July 1, 2012. Under Paxson’s leadership, Brown has fortified its standing as a leading research university known for its excellence and innovation in undergraduate education, its transformational vision in fueling economic development through community and government partnerships, and its commitment to inclusion and access. Paxson’s ambitious strategic plan for Brown establishes the University at the forefront of higher education in all these areas. She has led the creation and growth of centers and institutes that connect top researchers and scholars to confront critical 21st-century issues in areas spanning neuroscience, environmental and climate studies, economics, international and public policy, humanistic studies, and translating science and technology to find treatments and cures for disease. At the same time, Brown continues to lead in undergraduate education, with Brown students and graduates earning more Fulbright Scholarships than any other university in the U.S. for three consecutive years. Led by Paxson, Brown’s public-private partnerships with government, businesses and industry have anchored the ongoing economic transformation of the formerly depressed Jewelry District in downtown Providence. This includes fueling the development of South Street Landing by moving 400 Brown employees into a former power plant; becoming the lead anchor tenant to enable the opening of the Wexford Innovation Center developed by Wexford Science and Technology; and Brown’s partnership with the University of Rhode Island and two global startup accelerators to create one of the state’s new innovation campuses.Show More

How the US is Addressing the Pandemic Completely Wrong | Malcolm Gladwell | Google Zeitgeist 2020

Malcolm Gladwell on how the country's mentality of making the best [...]

How a Pharmaceutical Company Is Developing a Vaccine | CEO Kenneth Frazier | Google Zeitgeist 2020

Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier details ways his company is developing [...]

Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier details ways his company is developing a vaccine for Covid-19 and the logistics of distributing a vaccine to everyone around the world.

Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/FJeFSAbMoU0

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

Dr. Karen DeSalvo is the Chief Health Officer of Google Health. She is a physician leader working at the intersection of medicine, public health, and information technology whose career has focused on improving health and eliminating disparities. She leads a team of health professionals at Google who provide clinical guidance for the development of research, products and services. Prior to joining Google, Dr. DeSalvo was National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and acted as the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Obama Administration. During her time at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. DeSalvo focused on creating a more consumer-oriented, transparent and value-based health system. Dr. DeSalvo served as the New Orleans Health Commissioner following Hurricane Katrina. Prior to that she was Vice Dean for Community Affairs and Health Policy at the Tulane School of Medicine where she was a practicing physician, educator, researcher and leader. She serves on the Council of the National Academy of Medicine.

Kenneth C. Frazier has served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Co., Inc. since 2011.
Under Ken's leadership, Merck is delivering innovative lifesaving medicines and vaccines as well as long-term and sustainable value to its multiple stakeholders. Ken has substantially increased Merck's investment in research, including early research, while refocusing the organization on the launch and growth of key products that provide benefit to society. He has also led the formation of philanthropic and other initiatives that build on Merck's 125-year plus legacy.
Ken joined the company in 1992 and has held positions of increasing responsibility including General Counsel and President. Prior to joining Merck, Ken was a partner with the Philadelphia law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath. Ken's contributions, especially in the legal, business and humanitarian fields, have been widely recognized. He sits on the boards of PhRMA, Weill Cornell Medicine, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Cornerstone Christian Academy in Philadelphia, PA. He also is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, The Business Council, the Council of the American Law Institute, and the American Bar Association. Additionally, Ken is co-chair of the Legal Services Corporation's Leaders Council.Show More

How We Could End the Pandemic Now | Malcolm Gladwell | Google Zeitgeist 2020

Malcolm Gladwell talks about relatively simple but vitals steps that [...]

Why Pausing Covid-19 Vaccine Trials is Necessary | Karen DeSalvo & Ken Frazier | Google Zeitgeist

Google's Dr. Karen DeSalvo and Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier talk [...]

Google's Dr. Karen DeSalvo and Merck & Co. CEO Kenneth Frazier talk about why the recent temporary pauses on vaccine trials are very important and are a positive thing in the race for a vaccine.

Watch the full talk: https://youtu.be/UAqZMgBtECQ

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

Dr. Karen DeSalvo is the Chief Health Officer of Google Health. She is a physician leader working at the intersection of medicine, public health, and information technology whose career has focused on improving health and eliminating disparities. She leads a team of health professionals at Google who provide clinical guidance for the development of research, products and services. Prior to joining Google, Dr. DeSalvo was National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and acted as the Assistant Secretary for Health in the Obama Administration. During her time at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. DeSalvo focused on creating a more consumer-oriented, transparent and value-based health system. Dr. DeSalvo served as the New Orleans Health Commissioner following Hurricane Katrina. Prior to that she was Vice Dean for Community Affairs and Health Policy at the Tulane School of Medicine where she was a practicing physician, educator, researcher and leader. She serves on the Council of the National Academy of Medicine.

Kenneth C. Frazier has served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Co., Inc. since 2011. Under Ken's leadership, Merck is delivering innovative lifesaving medicines and vaccines as well as long-term and sustainable value to its multiple stakeholders. Ken has substantially increased Merck's investment in research, including early research, while refocusing the organization on the launch and growth of key products that provide benefit to society. He has also led the formation of philanthropic and other initiatives that build on Merck's 125-year plus legacy. Ken joined the company in 1992 and has held positions of increasing responsibility including General Counsel and President. Prior to joining Merck, Ken was a partner with the Philadelphia law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath. Ken's contributions, especially in the legal, business and humanitarian fields, have been widely recognized. He sits on the boards of PhRMA, Weill Cornell Medicine, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Cornerstone Christian Academy in Philadelphia, PA. He also is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, The Business Council, the Council of the American Law Institute, and the American Bar Association. Additionally, Ken is co-chair of the Legal Services Corporation's Leaders Council.Show More

How Covid-19 Has Accelerated Education Reform | Sal Khan & Christina Paxson | Google Zeitgeist 2020

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan and Brown University President Christina [...]

Khan Academy founder Sal Khan and Brown University President Christina Paxson talk about the vital role of virtual classrooms during the Pandemic how it reveals many of the flaws of our current education system. Moderated by Google's Allan Thygesen.

Watch more from Google Zeitgeist 2020: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJhC0rY-YEDyPk1JcBxv63FiQuizTvRlc

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

As Founder and CEO of the nonprofit Khan Academy, Sal Khan seeks to remove the barriers to education that leave over 600 million children lacking basic math and reading skills. His free, world-class curriculum—available to anyone, anywhere—has made a massive impact, with the academy’s videos reaching over a billion views. In talks, Khan shares how we can revolutionize education with technology, open interaction, and a personalized approach to learning. Recognized for his incredible influence in the field of education, Sal Khan has been profiled by 60 Minutes, featured on the cover of Forbes, and named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. His passion project, the Khan Academy, started humbly when he began tutoring his cousins and a few family friends in math. Soon, word spread, demand grew, and the Khan Academy was born. Today, the platform has more than 62 million registered users across 190 countries, each able to access practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized dashboard to help students learn at their own pace. Boasting a state-of-the-art, adaptive technology, Khan Academy has partnered with world-class institutions such as NASA, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and MIT. The technology has had a reported meaningful impact for students attending top schools such as Stanford, Princeton, and Yale, especially those who are first-generation college students.

Christina Hull Paxson has served as Brown University’s 19th president and professor of economics and public policy since July 1, 2012. Under Paxson’s leadership, Brown has fortified its standing as a leading research university known for its excellence and innovation in undergraduate education, its transformational vision in fueling economic development through community and government partnerships, and its commitment to inclusion and access. Paxson’s ambitious strategic plan for Brown establishes the University at the forefront of higher education in all these areas. She has led the creation and growth of centers and institutes that connect top researchers and scholars to confront critical 21st-century issues in areas spanning neuroscience, environmental and climate studies, economics, international and public policy, humanistic studies, and translating science and technology to find treatments and cures for disease. At the same time, Brown continues to lead in undergraduate education, with Brown students and graduates earning more Fulbright Scholarships than any other university in the U.S. for three consecutive years. Led by Paxson, Brown’s public-private partnerships with government, businesses and industry have anchored the ongoing economic transformation of the formerly depressed Jewelry District in downtown Providence. This includes fueling the development of South Street Landing by moving 400 Brown employees into a former power plant; becoming the lead anchor tenant to enable the opening of the Wexford Innovation Center developed by Wexford Science and Technology; and Brown’s partnership with the University of Rhode Island and two global startup accelerators to create one of the state’s new innovation campuses.Show More

"Education is the Glue That Holds Us Together" | Pharrell Williams, Geoffrey Canada | Zeitgeist 2020

Soledad O'Brien talks with Grammy winner Pharrell Williams and Harlem [...]

Soledad O'Brien talks with Grammy winner Pharrell Williams and Harlem Children's Zone President Geoffrey Canada about how they are working to bring equal opportunities to underserved communities of color especially during the pandemic.

Watch more from Google Zeitgeist 2020: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJhC0rY-YEDyPk1JcBxv63FiQuizTvRlc

Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

Geoffrey Canada is a leading advocate for children and innovator in the field of education. Canada grew up in one of the most devastated communities in the United States, the South Bronx, raised by a single mother. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College, and
eventually went on to earn a master’s degree at Harvard University. He vowed to help children who grew up in disadvantaged circumstances to succeed through education. Canada created the Harlem Children’s Zone, a birth-through-college network of programs that today serves more than 13,000 low-income students and families in a 97-block area of Central Harlem in New York City.

The unprecedented success of the Harlem Children’s Zone has attracted the attention of the media and leaders around the world. In 2011, Canada was named one of the world’s most influential people by Time magazine and as one of the 50 greatest leaders by Fortune magazine in 2014. President Barack Obama created the Promise Neighborhoods Initiative to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone model across the country, Canada has been profiled extensively in the media, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, 60 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Forbes, among others. He was featured in the documentary about the dire state of American education Waiting for Superman, and has received more than 25 honorary degrees including ones from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania. He has also influenced a new generation of education reformers through his writings, having published essays in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Chronicle of Philanthropy as well as two critically acclaimed books on poverty and violence: Fist Stick Knife Gun and Reaching Up for Manhood.

After 30 years with the organization, Canada stepped down in 2014 as Chief Executive Officer of the Harlem Children’s Zone but continues to serve as President. In June 2020, Canada founded The William Julius Wilson Institute (WJW), which will serve as the national platform to help communities impacted by poverty across the country design and implement their own place-based programs —and its first initiative will be to combat the devastation of COVID-19 in the Black community.

Pharrell Williams is a visionary recording artist, producer, songwriter, philanthropist, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. He has been a creative force in the music industry and beyond for more than two decades.
Over the years, Pharrell has been honored with 13 Grammy Awards, including 2004’s, 2014’s and 2019’s Producer of the Year, and ASCAP’s prestigious Golden Note Award in 2012. In 2014, his original song “Happy,” featured in Despicable Me 2, also received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Award nomination for co-producing Best Picture-nominated Hidden Figures (2016), as well as a Golden Globe nomination for co-scoring the film. In June 2021, Williams will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame along with Chad Hugo for their work as The Neptunes.

In 2008, Pharrell founded From One Hand To AnOTHER (FOHTA), a foundation that provides over 1,700 children across the US with summer camps focused on S.T.E.A.M.M. – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Motivation. Serving predominantly at-risk and low-income elementary, middle and high school students. In the spring of 2020, Pharrell will launch YELLOW, an organization that will focus on "evening the odds" for every student to have access to a first rate education.

Soledad O’Brien is an award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author, and philanthropist, who founded Soledad O’Brien Productions, a multi-platform media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on a range of social issues. She anchors and produces the Hearst TV political magazine program "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien" and is a correspondent for HBO Real Sports. O’Brien’s work has been recognized with three Emmy awards, twice with the George Foster Peabody Award, three times with the Gracie Award, which honors women in media, twice with Cine Awards for her work in documentary films and also with an Alfred I. DuPont Award.Show More

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