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Fortune-Time Global Forum 2016 Coverage Guide

Andrew Nusca
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December 5, 2016, 8:49 AM ET
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This year’s Fortune-Time Global Forum convened a powerful community of global business leaders to address what we call our 21st century challenge: forging a new social compact between industry and the poor and marginalized.

If you missed the event, which was held from Dec. 2 to 3 in Rome and Vatican City, you can catch up easily using our handy guide below. It’s a compilation of all of the event’s coverage by Fortune and Time staff. Enjoy.

Friday, December 2

9:05 AM: The Moral Imperative of Modern Leadership
With LRN Corp CEO Dov Seidman, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, and Fortune editor Alan Murray
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Report by Fortune’s Geoff Colvin
—Video: Watch Richard Branson At the 2016 Fortune-Time Global Forum
—Video: Business Governance Has Not Changed Since the Industrial Revolution
—Video: Dov Seidman Shares His Thoughts On Artificial Intelligence
—Full video of the session

9:45 AM: A Call to Action
With Cardinal Peter Turkson and CBS This Morning co-anchor Charlie Rose
—Report by Fortune’s Nina Easton
—Video: How Machines May Be Hurting the ‘Dignity of Work’
—Video: The Church Wants Business Owners to Change How They View Their Work
—Full video of the session

10:00 AM: Promoting Decent Work for All
With International Labor Organization director general Guy Ryder and Time editor Nancy Gibbs
—Report by Time’s Siobhan O’Connor
—Video: Guy Ryder Talks About Promoting Decent Work for All

10:15 AM: Bringing the Rural Poor into the Digital Economy
With LXMI and Samasource CEO Leila Janah and Fortune assistant managing editor Adam Lashinsky
—Report by Fortune’s Claire Zillman
—Video: How Samasource Is Connecting People in Slums to High-Paying Jobs
—Video: Leila Janah’s Long Term Solution to Poverty
—Full video of the session

10:50 AM: Harnessing the Economic Power of Women and Girls
With Cherie Blair Foundation for Women founder Cherie Blair, Femmes Africa Solidarité executive director Bineta Diop, and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof
—Report by Time’s Nancy Gibbs
—Video: How the Private Sector Can Make a Greater Difference in the World
—Video: Why The Women’s Empowerment Movement Needs to Be Led By Men
—Full video of the session

11:15 AM: Achieving Inclusive Capitalism: The Data and the Divide
With Institute for Liberty and Democracy president Hernando de Soto, former Nigeria finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former U.S. treasury secretary Lawrence Summers, and Fortune editor Alan Murray
—Report by Fortune’s Brian O’Keefe
—Video: How the Losers of Globalization Are Fighting Back
—Video: How the U.S. Would Look Today With the Same Wealth Distribution as 1979
—Full video of the session

11:45 AM: Healthcare for Everyone, Everywhere
With Last Mile Health CEO Raj Panjabi and Fortune deputy editor Clifton Leaf
—Report by Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky
—Video: These Health Epidemics Are Affecting the World
—Full video of the session

12:00 PM: Lessons From Four Decades Serving the Poor
With BRAC founder Fazle Hasan Abed and Time assistant managing editor Rana Foroohar
—Report by Fortune’s Claire Zillman
—Video: Poverty Reduction Has Its Pitfalls
—Video: How to Help People Graduate from Poverty
—Full video of the session

12:15 PM: Reflections
With Hilary Franco, advisor, Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations

12:30 PM: Refugees: A Moral and Economic Imperative
With Father Mussie Zerai and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos plus International Rescue Committee CEO David Miliband, Save the Children International CEO Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and Fortune senior editor Nina Easton
—Video: This Man’s Cell Phone Is a Lifeline for African Immigrants
—Video: How Business Can Play its Part in Tackling the Refugee Crisis
—Video: Watch Jorge Ramos and Father Mussie Zerai at Fortune-Time’s Global Forum
—Full video of the session

2:15 PM: Working Group Sessions 1: “Financial Inclusion: Market Access,” “Energy Innovation and Environmental Protection,” “Jobs: Technology, Innovation, and Inclusive Growth,” “Global Health: Fighting Disease, Providing Access”
—Summary report by Fortune and Time editors

4:00 PM: Working Group Sessions 2: “”Jobs for All: Putting the Global Economy to Work for Everyone,” “Food and Water: Ending Scarcity, Promoting Sustainability,” “”Education for All: Developing the Workforce of the Future,” and “Financial Inclusion: Platforms for Entrepreneurship and Impact Investment”
—Summary report by Fortune and Time editors

Plus, final thoughts by Fortune’s Alan Murray in our CEO Daily newsletter: “A New Manifesto for Business”

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