Convenings, Panels, and Conferences
Events & Summits
The KARV Summit
KARV’s inaugural Summit convened senior executives, investors, and advisors in New York for an evening of cross-sector conversation on innovation, public health, and the global food system. The format was intentionally intimate: two curated discussions, principals only, no press.
Opening Conversation
Innovation, AI, and the future of the enterprise
Hans Vestberg
Chairman & CEO, Verizon
Andrew Frank
Founder & President, KARV
A conversation on how technology, policy, and future-thinking leadership are reshaping solutions to the world’s most complex challenges.
Panel Discussion
Global health and the food system
Eric Cioe Peña
VP of Global Health, Northwell Health
Richard Wolffe
Managing Director, José Andrés Media
A discussion on diverted care, telemedicine in conflict zones, and transforming food systems through storytelling and public engagement.
The U.S. Elections & the Transatlantic Economy
KARV joined partners in Berlin for a pre-election convening on what the U.S. presidential race would mean for European institutions, markets, and the transatlantic relationship. Two sessions: one on the data and polling, one on the policy and regulatory implications.
Session One
The data: polling and public opinion
Jeff Liszt
U.S. pollster
Isabell Hoffmann
Senior Expert, Bertelsmann Stiftung; Head of eupinions
Dr. Steven E. Sokol
President, American Council on Germany (moderator)
An analysis of polling trends and public opinion heading into the U.S. election, and how European audiences were reading the race.
Session Two
The policy: trade, regulation, and strategy
Nathalie Tocci
Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali
Andrew Frank
Founder & President, KARV
A follow-on discussion about how the election could reshape transatlantic trade, regulatory policy, and business strategy.