2018 NEXUS Global Summit

join us to help catalyze Change in the world

The 8th Annual NEXUS Global Summit will convene July 26-28 in New York City.

The summit is an exclusive gathering of 600+ leading next gen philanthropists, impact investors, and social innovators from nearly 70 countries. We will hear from inspiring young leaders and explore solutions to pressing problems facing our generation and the world in 2018 and beyond.

The theme of the summit is: Next Generation Solutions for a World in Transition

 

Confirmed Speakers Include:
HRH Princess Eugenie of York
Dan Schulman, President & CEO, Paypal
HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, Founding Chairman, KBW Investments
Gunhild Stordalen, Founder, EAT Foundation & Chairman of the philanthropic Stordalen Foundation
Jason Carter, Chair, The Carter Center
Steve Distante, UN Ambassador, Entrepreneur Organization
Aleksandra Nilssen, Model & CEO of Nanofasa Conservation Organization
Emmanuel Kelly, Differently Abled Pop Star (from X Factor)
Johan Ernst Nilson, International Adventure Activist
Riccardo Sabatini, Renowned Human Genome Scientist
Zachary Quinn, Founder, Love your Melon
Elisha London, CEO, The Global Campaign for Mental Health
Linda Mobula, Public Health Advisor at USAID – Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
Robbert Muggah, Founder, Instituto Igarapé
Che Kothari, Photographer, Director, Organizer, Instigator, & Artist
*More will be added as they are confirmed.

 

Past Summit Speakers Include:

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Jan Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands
Lucy Turnbull AO, First Lady of Australia
HRH Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
Mohammed Yunus, Nobel Prize Winner
Sir Ronald Cohen, Chair, G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force
General Wesley Clark, NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe
Ray Chambers, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Health MDG’s
HRH Fahad Al Saud, Prince of Saudi Arabia
Hadeel Ibrahim, Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Bob Diamond, Former CEO, Barclays
Cory Booker, U.S. Senator for New Jersey
Kenneth Cole, Designer & Philanthropist
Laura & John Arnold, Co-Founders, The Laura & John Arnold Foundation

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Tina Tchen, Former Chief of Staff, First Lady Michelle Obama
Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO, Chobani
Cynthia Germanotta, Co-Founder, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation
Deepak Chopra, Celebrated Author & Ayurvedic Advocate
Kweku Mandela, Filmmaker & Activist
Nyaniso Tutu-Burris, Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation
Cindy McCain, Philanthropist
Aria Finger, Chief Old Person, DoSomething.org
Justin Rockefeller, Co-Founder, The ImPact
Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder & CEO of Acumen
Wendy Kopp, CEO, Teach for America
Jeb Bush Jr., Managing Partner, Jeb Bush & Associates
Ashely Judd, Actress & Activist
Peter Buffet, Philanthropist
Randi Zuckerberg, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Minka Kelly, Actress & Actitvist
Lauren Bush Lauren, CEO & Founder, FEED

join us to help catalyze Change in the world

The 8th Annual NEXUS Global Summit will convene July 26-28 in New York City.

The summit is an exclusive gathering of 600+ leading next gen philanthropists, impact investors, and social innovators from nearly 70 countries. We will hear from inspiring young leaders and explore solutions to pressing problems facing our generation and the world in 2018 and beyond.

The theme of the summit is: Next Generation Solutions for a World in Transition

 

Confirmed Speakers Include:
HRH Princess Eugenie of York
Dan Schulman, President & CEO, Paypal
HRH Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, Founding Chairman, KBW Investments
Gunhild Stordalen, Founder, EAT Foundation & Chairman of the philanthropic Stordalen Foundation
Jason Carter, Chair, The Carter Center
Steve Distante, UN Ambassador, Entrepreneur Organization
Aleksandra Nilssen, Model & CEO of Nanofasa Conservation Organization
Emmanuel Kelly, Differently Abled Pop Star (from X Factor)
Johan Ernst Nilson, International Adventure Activist
Riccardo Sabatini, Renowned Human Genome Scientist
Zachary Quinn, Founder, Love your Melon
Elisha London, CEO, The Global Campaign for Mental Health
Linda Mobula, Public Health Advisor at USAID – Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
Robbert Muggah, Founder, Instituto Igarapé
Che Kothari, Photographer, Director, Organizer, Instigator, & Artist
*More will be added as they are confirmed.

 

Past Summit Speakers Include:

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Jan Peter Balkenende, Former Prime Minister of The Netherlands
Lucy Turnbull AO, First Lady of Australia
HRH Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
Mohammed Yunus, Nobel Prize Winner
Sir Ronald Cohen, Chair, G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force
General Wesley Clark, NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe
Ray Chambers, UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Health MDG’s
HRH Fahad Al Saud, Prince of Saudi Arabia
Hadeel Ibrahim, Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Bob Diamond, Former CEO, Barclays
Cory Booker, U.S. Senator for New Jersey
Kenneth Cole, Designer & Philanthropist
Laura & John Arnold, Co-Founders, The Laura & John Arnold Foundation

View more past speakers

Tina Tchen, Former Chief of Staff, First Lady Michelle Obama
Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO, Chobani
Cynthia Germanotta, Co-Founder, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation
Deepak Chopra, Celebrated Author & Ayurvedic Advocate
Kweku Mandela, Filmmaker & Activist
Nyaniso Tutu-Burris, Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation
Cindy McCain, Philanthropist
Aria Finger, Chief Old Person, DoSomething.org
Justin Rockefeller, Co-Founder, The ImPact
Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder & CEO of Acumen
Wendy Kopp, CEO, Teach for America
Jeb Bush Jr., Managing Partner, Jeb Bush & Associates
Ashely Judd, Actress & Activist
Peter Buffet, Philanthropist
Randi Zuckerberg, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Minka Kelly, Actress & Actitvist
Lauren Bush Lauren, CEO & Founder, FEED

Connecting the financial, intellectual, creative and social capital of our generation in an action-oriented, solutions-focused and safe space, the NEXUS Global Summit aims to inspire learning and collaboration between a uniquely powerful network of peers.

View Summit Schedule

Thursday, July 26th

The United Nations (46th St at 1st Ave Entrance)

1:00pm-3:30pm

4:00pm-6:00pm

5:00pm-6:00pm

6:00pm-8:15pm

8:45pm

Optional U.N. Agency Brain Trust” Meetings (More info by July 1st)

“New to NEXUS” Registration & Orientation Program

General Registration Opens

Optional NEXUS Opening Plenary Program (additional fee)

Optional Member-Led Regional Bridge Building Dinners

Friday, July 27th

The New School, 63 5th Avenue, NYC

8:00am

9:00am-6:00pm

8:30pm

Registration Opens

NEXUS Summit Programming

Optional NEXUS Issue Area, Working Group, Lab Dinners & Receptions

 

 

 

Saturday, July 28th

The New School, 63 5th Avenue, NYC

8:00am

9:00am-6:00pm

6:30pm-9:00pm

Registration Opens at The New School

NEXUS Summit Programming

Celebratory Sunset Sail on Hornblower Hybrid Yacht (Departs Pier 40 at 7:00pm)

Sunday, July 29th **NEXUS regional leaders, working group and lab leaders are planning member-led brunches, site visits, trainings and more across the city for those in town on Sunday** (More info by July 1st)

 

2018 global summit initiatives

 

Exclusive Braintrusts with U.N. Agencies

We will be exclusively collaborating with key UN agencies to host IDEO-Style “Braintrust Workshops” on new initiatives addressing issues such as climate change, women’s rights, child safety, poverty, oceans, impact investing, big data, art & storytelling for good, crisis response and more. Registered delegates will receive additional details on these campaigns to select where they believe they can add the most value.

 

member-to-member

We invite all Delegates to join the Member-to-Member Initiative, a peer-to-peer mentorship program orchestrated for NEXUS members. This endeavor is intended to make the Summit experience even more impactful. Spots are limited and the application process will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to learn more and sign up.

 

our greenest summit ever

We are committed to making all of our summits as green as possible. Here are some of the ways we are doing so this year:

1. 100% Plant Based – NEXUS is committed to going completely plant based in all our official meals and snacks.

2. No Plastic Water Bottles – NEXUS is providing water bottles and water stations so we can avoid using any single use plastic water bottles.

We are working on more, and it will be listed here as it is confirmed!

 

Biohacking Wellness Suite

Invest In Yourself at NEXUS (IY) is introducing a Wellness and Biohacking Suite for the 2018 Global Summit. Guided by the principle that sustainable social change must be rooted in personal change, IY explores powerful amplifiers of wellbeing and performance to unlock our greater potential to evolve our world. Besides, when we feel better, we’re happier and more effective, and we pay it forward!

The suite will provide opportunities to experience science-based technologies and techniques— both ancient and leading-edge— that are shifting the focus from managing disease toward optimizing health and wellness.

A powerful social movement is building around “biohacking” health in order to take charge of becoming the best possible version of ourselves. Aligned with that, we’ll share innovative technologies from pulsed electromagnetic field devices to heart coherence biofeedback tools to hands-on healing practices like acupuncture. Discover new ways to improve your wellness, or just come to recharge!

 

summit details

 

2018 Global Summit Hotel Partner: The Assemblage Hotel

The Assemblage hotel is offering 25% discounts off their best rates for any NEXUS delegate. Hotel details, map, and photos on top of page.

 

 

Have Questions?

Find answers on our FAQ page.

Participation is by invitation or application only.

Participation is by invitation or application only.

 For more information:

Please email info@nexusglobal.org