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Sunnylands welcomed back the Women Leaders in Philanthropy, a cohort of more than twenty women who run major U.S. foundations and philanthropies. The group was formed at a Sunnylands convening in April 2023 in partnership with the Annenberg Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and the USC Center on Philanthropy & Public Read more…
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In partnership with Right to Start, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding entrepreneurial opportunity in the United States, from January 30 to February 1, Sunnylands convened a diverse group of leaders to collaborate on and endorse a national action plan aimed at making entrepreneurship a central pillar of economic renewal. The Read more…
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From December 12-14, Sunnylands partnered with RAND, a non-partisan research organization with extensive expertise on national security challenges, to host a retreat that explored the potentially disruptive geopolitical implications of artificial intelligence. This dialogue convened a bipartisan group of senior national security officials, top technology executives from large and small Read more…
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From July 28–30, Sunnylands partnered with the U.S. State Department and National Security Council to host the Quantum Development Group Kick-off Meeting. We convened senior diplomats and government scientists from Australia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Finland, France, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States at the Inn at Perry Cabin Read more…
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On May 7-9, 2024, Sunnylands hosted the first meeting of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) Food Security Task Force. Launched in 2024 and comprising 16 leaders from across the public and private sectors, the Task Force will lead high-level MSC policy events on food security and identify potential food systems Read more…
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In the United States, century-long lives are here. As a nation and as a global society, we are not prepared. Our institutions, economic policies, infrastructure, and social and cultural norms have not evolved to meet this enormous demographic shift, despite warnings from forward-thinking leaders about the dramatic implications of this Read more…
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Sunnylands, in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) at the University of Pennsylvania, convened an in-person retreat on February 8-10, 2024, about ways for the scientific community to respond to the perils and promises of artificial intelligence (AI). Building on a Read more…
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On January 12 – 14, 2024, Sunnylands partnered with More Perfect to host a retreat entitled, It’s Our Democracy: A Campaign for a More Perfect Union. This retreat was a follow-up to one Sunnylands hosted in October 2022. While the aim of the 2022 convening was to stress-test and launch Read more…
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To effectively address the climate change crisis, cooperation between the world’s two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, the United States and China, is critical. On November 4-7, 2023, Sunnylands hosted four intense days of climate change negotiations between former Secretary of State John Kerry, then the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Read more…
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On October 1-3, at the Borgo Finocchieto estate in Italy, Sunnylands hosted a select group of food, agriculture, and climate experts to provide early feedback to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ new Roadmap to Jointly Achieve Climate and Food Security and Nutrition Goals. Global consensus holds that Read more…
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What happens in the Indo-Pacific affects the world. Two-thirds of the global economy flows through the region. National interests shape global diplomatic narratives. And new domains for regional competition or potential conflict, such as cyber and space, play out within the global commons. Sustaining the Indo-Pacific’s stability and prosperity will Read more…
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From April 20 to 22, 2023, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands partnered with the Annenberg Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to host the Women Leaders in Philanthropy Summit. With the world’s challenges becoming more complex, politics more polarized, and societies increasingly fragmented, the role of philanthropy has become ever Read more…
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Strengthening the United States’ relationship with its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region has increasingly become a priority in managing its intensifying competition with China. In particular, Australia has become a key component of the United States’ Indo-Pacific strategy. The United States and Australia are vital allies and partners, Read more…
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From January 27-29, 2023, The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands partnered with The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Chalkbeat to host The Summit for Local News. Recognizing the catastrophic effects that the rapid decline of local news has had on communities across the country, a broad and diverse cross-section Read more…
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On January 11-13, Sunnylands hosted members of the inaugural class of the Brown University Health Equity Scholars (HES) program, alongside their mentors, for a two-day workshop focused on training future leaders in public health and exploring current and future public health challenges for Black men and women in the United Read more…
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