Lecture Topics:

• The Third Industrial Revolution: Leading the way to a green energy era and a hydrogen economy
• The Global Environmental Crisis:The path to sustainable development
• The European Dream: How Europe's vision of the future is changing the global economy
• The Age of Access: Understanding the historic shift in economic models, from traditional capitalist markets to emerging global commercial networks
• The Future of Work: Rethinking the nature of employment in an increasingly automated, borderless and highly mobile global economy
• The Hi-tech Revolutions of the 21st Century: Harnessing the scientific and technological fields of biotechnology, nanotechnology, advanced IT, and cognitive science in ways that advance the process of globalization
• Rethinking the Global Health Paradigm: Making the shift from managing disease to promoting wellness
• Living in a Three Sector World: Building new partnerships between the global business community, civil society, and governments to create a sustainable approach to globalization
• Deep Globalization: Deepening and expanding the global economy by bringing the remaining 60% of the human race into the 21st century marketplace
• Educating Youth for a Global Era: Introducing service learning and experiential education into schools and colleges to prepare youth for working and living in a diverse, multicultural world

• Immigration in a Globally Connected World: Addressing the challenges of migration in an era of cultural diasporas

• Beyond the Nation State: Examining the future prospects of transnational political spaces in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa