In addition to the public conference, we invited students, practitioners, subject-matter experts, and other interested audiences to take part in any of our five workshops to be conducted on the first day (December 14) of the Global Tech Summit at 3:30 p.m. IST. The KnowledgeTransfer@CarnegieIndia initiative aims to provide a platform for students to directly engage in conversations relating to the intricacies and impact of technological advancement on society.
Participants chose from the following workshops:
Over five days, Carnegie India convened industry experts, policymakers, and scholars from all over the world to deliberate on five comprehensive sub-themes—Geopolitics of Technology, Data: Linking the World, Digital Payments: The Future of Global Financial Highways, Digital Inclusion: Taking the Local to the Global, and Transforming Healthcare for a Post-COVID World.
This Summit is co-hosted by:
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Welcome Remarks
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- Rudra Chaudhuri, director, Carnegie India
Inaugural Address
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- S. Jaishankar, external affairs minister of India
Conversation: Geopolitics of Technology: Technical Gets Political
- S. Jaishankar, external affairs minister of India
- William J. Burns, president, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Rudra Chaudhuri, director, Carnegie India
Conversation: Global Governance of Technology: Role of Multilateral Institutions
- Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond, undersecretary general and special advisor for UN 75, United Nations
- Michael Nelson, director, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Nivruti Rai, country head, Intel India, and vice president, Data Center Group, Intel Corporation
Special Address
- Taranjit Singh Sandhu, ambassador of India to the United States
Panel: Fostering Digital Ties: Future of India-U.S. Relationship
- Jay Gullish, director, Digital Policy, U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC)
- Modan Saha, chief executive officer, Tata Strategic Management Group
- Nandini Kannan, executive director, Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
- Renu Pall, additional secretary for New Emerging and Strategic Technologies, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
- Rudra Chaudhuri, director, Carnegie India
Curtain Raiser: The Future of Technology
- Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Panel: The Future of Technology
- Cina Lawson, minister of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation, Government of Togo
- David Kirkpatrick, founder and editor-in-chief, Techonomy Media
- Elonnai Hickok, nonresident scholar, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Jonathan Lee, director, Global Public Policy, WhatsApp
- Rahul Matthan, partner, Trilegal
Conversation: Examining Global Privacy Legislations: Lessons for India
- Julie Brill, chief privacy officer, Microsoft Corp.
- Rahul Matthan, partner, Trilegal
Conversation: Governance of Technology
- Malcolm Johnson, deputy secretary general, International Telecommunication Union
- Suyash Rai, fellow, Carnegie India
Special Address: India and Austria: Imperatives for a Digital Future
- Margarete Schramböck, minister for Digital and Economic Affairs, Republic of Austria
Panel: The World We Live In
- Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- C. Raja Mohan, director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National Institute of Singapore
- Vijay Gokhale, nonresident senior fellow, Carnegie India, and former foreign secretary of India
- Tanvi Madan, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Program, and director, India Project, Brookings Institution
Curtain Raiser: Personal and Non-personal Data: India’s Emerging Data Architecture
- Anirudh Burman, associate fellow, Carnegie India
Panel: Personal and Non-personal Data: India’s Emerging Data Architecture
- Annabel Lee, Public Policy lead for Data, APAC, Amazon Web Services
- Anirudh Burman, associate fellow, Carnegie India
- Melinda Claybaugh, privacy policy director, Facebook
- Rajeev Chandrasekhar, member of parliament, Rajya Sabha
- Varad Pande, partner, Omidyar Network India
Panel: Localization and Internationalization of Data: Getting the Balance Right
- Katherine Charlet, director, Data Governance, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Centers of Excellence, Google
- Ralf Sauer, deputy head of Unit for International Data Flows and Protection, European Commission
- Rishab Bailey, legal consultant, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
- Rob Sherman, vice president and deputy chief privacy officer, Facebook
- Smriti Parsheera, researcher, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Conversation: Regulating Digital Markets: The Road Ahead
- Mohandas Pai, co-founder and chairman, Aarin Capital & Chairman, Manipal Global Education
- R.S. Sharma, former chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
- Urvashi Aneja, co-founder and director, Tandem Research
Special Address
- Nguyen Huy Dung, deputy minister of Information and Communications, Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Conversation: India’s Tech Partnerships: Opportunities & Challenges
- C.N. Ashwath Narayan, deputy chief minister of Karnataka and minister for Higher Education, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Science and Technology, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, and Livelihood
- Florian Herrmann, head of the State Chancellory-minister of state for Federal and European Affairs and the Media, Bavaria
- R.K. Misra, nonresident scholar, Carnegie India
Special Address
- Rahul Chhabra, secretary (ER), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Panel: India’s Unified Payments Interface: Ready for Global Acceptance?
- Abhijit Bose, head of India, WhatsApp
- Ajay Kaushal, co-founder and director, BillDesk
- Mahendra Nerurkar, director and chief executive officer, Amazon Pay
- Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag, director of the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development
- Ritesh Shukla, chief executive officer, NPCI International Payments Limited
- Victor Malu, head, Future Financial Systems (FFS), FSD Kenya
Curtain Raiser: Central Bank Digital Currencies: End of the Road for Cash?
- Rajesh Bansal, senior adviser, Technology & Society Program, Carnegie India
Panel: Central Bank Digital Currencies: End of the Road for Cash?
- Hanna Armelius, senior advisor, Payments Department, Analysis and Policy Division, Sveriges Riksbank
- Jonathan Dharmapalan, chief executive officer, eCurrency
- Neha Narula, director, Digital Currency Initiative, MIT Media Lab
- Rajesh Bansal, senior adviser, Technology and Society Program, Carnegie India
- Scott Hendry, senior special director, Financial Technology (FinTech) in the Funds Management and Banking Department, Bank of Canada
Public Roundtable: Open Digital Ecosystems: The Way Forward for India
- Ajay Nair, chief executive Officer, Swasth Alliance
- Arun Sharma, director, DBT Mission
- Kiran Anandampillai, advisor, National Health Authority
- Rajesh Bansal, senior adviser, Technology and Society Program, Carnegie India
- Shrayana Bhattacharya, senior economist, World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs Practice
- Varad Pande, partner, Omidyar Network India
Special Address
- Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy of Nigeria
Panel: The Future of Digital Infrastructure
- Laura Lucas Magnuson, vice president for Communications and Strategy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former communications director, Obama Foundation
- Nobuhiro Endo, chairman of the board, NEC Corporation
- Nivruti Rai, country head, Intel India, and vice president, Data Center Group, Intel Corporation
- Paul Fletcher, minister for Communications, Cyber Safety, and the Arts, Government of Australia
Panel: Digital Finance: Connecting the Next Billion in India & Africa
- Esselina Macome, chief executive officer, Financial Sector Deepening Moçambique
- Malavika Raghavan, advisor and former head, the Future of Finance Initiative, Dvara Research
- Shilpa Kumar, partner, Omidyar Network India
- Sultan Meghji, chief executive officer and co-founder, Neocova
- Suyash Rai, fellow, Carnegie India
Special Address
- Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer, NITI Aayog
Conversation: The Future of Innovation
- Penny Pritzker, founder and chairman, PSP Partners, and former U.S. secretary of commerce
- Satya Nadella, chief executive officer, Microsoft
Conversation: Fueling India’s Digital Transformation: The Role of Technology and Regulation
- Ajit Mohan, vice president and managing director, India, Facebook
- Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Conversation
- Anupam Ray, joint secretary (Policy Planning and Research), Ministry of External Affairs, India
- Rudra Chaudhuri, director, Carnegie India
Conversation: Lessons from the Pandemic: Innovating for the Future
- Bhavish Aggarwal, chairman and group chief executive officer, Ola
- Matt Sheehan, fellow, MacroPolo
Keynote: Digital IDs: The Way Forward
- Toomas Hendrik Ilves, former president of Estonia
Special Address
- Dragan Primorac, chair, International Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Video Message
- Seth Berkley, chief executive officer, GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance
Keynote: India’s Digital Health Mission
- Kris Gopalakrishnan, chairman, Axilor Ventures, and co-founder, Infosys.
Conversation: Building Health Stack for India
- Renuka Sane, associate professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)
- Priya Karnik, volunteer, for Health Stack, iSPIRT, and founder, Dvara Money
- Neeraj Jain, India country director, PATH
Panel: The People Need to Know: The Challenges of Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine
- Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer, Serum Institute of India
- Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist, WHO
- John N. Nkengasong, director, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson, Biocon
Panel: India & Africa: Collaborating in a Post-Pandemic World
- Gagandeep Kang, professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, and former executive director, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
- K. VijayRaghavan, principal scientific adviser, Government of India
- Manu Prakash, associate professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University
- Simon Kay, head, International Operations, Wellcome Trust
Conversation: Preempting Pandemics: Preparing for the Future
- William A. Haseltine, chair and president, ACCESS Health International
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson, Biocon
- 'Decoupling' and its Effects — with Sahil Kini, co-founder and CEO of Setu, and Matt Sheehan, fellow, Macropolo.
- Future of Open-Source Architectures — with Michael Nelson, director of the Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Discussant Catalysts:
- Deborah Bryant, senior director, Open Source Program Office, Red Hat, and board director, Open Source Initiative
- Alistair Croll, author of 'Lean Analytics,' and chair, FWD50
- David Eaves, lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University - Fintech and Cybersecurity: Opportunities and Challenges — with Rajesh Bansal, senior advisor at Carnegie India, and Tim Maurer, co-director, Cyber Policy Initiative, and senior fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- Vaccine Research: The Road Ahead — with Gagandeep Kang, professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College.
- Future of Personal and Non-personal Data — with Anirudh Burman, associate fellow at Carnegie India, and Tarunima Prabhakar, nonresident scholar at Carnegie India.
Abhijit Bose
Abhijit is the head of WhatsApp in India.Adar Poonawalla
Adar Poonawalla is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Serum Institute of India.Ajay Kaushal
Ajay Kaushal is a co-founder and director of BillDesk, India’s largest electronic payment solutions platform that enables over USD 85 billion of digital payments annually.Ajay Nair
Ajay Nair is the chief executive officer of Swasth, a non-profit alliance that builds digital health infrastructure for public good.Ajit Mohan
Ajit Mohan is vice president and managing director, India, Facebook.Alistair Croll
Alistair Croll is the co-founder of Coradiant; the Year One Labs accelerator.Amitabh Kant
Amitabh Kant is the chief executive officer of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee leads Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) public policy work on Data issues for APJ.Anupam Ray
Anupam Ray is the joint secretary (Policy Planning and Research) at the Ministry of External Affairs, India.Arun Sharma
Arun Sharma is the director of DBT Mission in the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India.Anirudh Burman
Anirudh Burman is an associate fellow at Carnegie India. He works on key issues relating to public institutions, public administration, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity.Ashley J. Tellis
Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Bhavish Aggarwal
Bhavish Aggarwal is the chairman and group chief executive officer of Ola, one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms.C. N. Ashwath Narayan
C. N. Ashwath Narayan is the deputy chief minister of Karnataka and the current minister of higher education, information technology, biotechnology, and science and technology in the Government of Karnataka.C. Raja Mohan
C. Raja Mohan is the director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.Cina Lawson
Cina Lawson is the minister of digital economy and digital transformation, Government of Togo.David Eaves
David Eaves is a lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.David Kirkpatrick
David Kirkpatrick is a journalist, the founder and editor-in-chief of Techonomy Media, and author of the best-selling book “The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World.”Deborah Bryant
Deborah Bryant is senior director, Open Source Program Office, Office of the CTO at Red Hat where she leads the company’s community strategy and a global team responsible for its stewardship in open source software communities.Dragan Primorac
Dragan Primorac is a pediatrician, forensic expert, and geneticist. He is chair of the International Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a member of the Croatian Prime Minister's ccientific committee established to fight COVID-19.Elonnai Hickok
Elonnai Hickok is a non-resident scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an independent expert examining how technology and policy can impact and benefit society.Esselina Macome
Esselina Macome is the chief executive officer of Financial Sector Deepening Moçambique, and an associate professor at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique. She previously worked at the Central Bank of Mozambique from 2005-2015, as executive director and member of the board.Evan A. Feiganbaum
Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond
Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond is undersecretary general and special adviser to the Secretary-General on the Commemoration of the UN's 75th Anniversary, United Nations.Florian Herrmann
Florian Herrmann is a member of the Bavarian government. Initially, he served as head of the Bavarian State Chancellery and minister of state for Federal Affairs. Since 2008, he has been a member of the Bavarian State Parliament for the district of Freising.Gagandeep Kang
Gagandeep Kang is professor of microbiology at the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India. She is the first woman from India to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and also the first Indian woman to be elected to Fellowship of the American Academy of Microbiology.Hanna Armelius
Hanna Armelius is senior advisor at Riksbank — the central bank of Sweden.Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami
Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami is the minister of communications and digital economy of Nigeria.Jay Gullish
Jay Gullish is the digital policy director of the U.S.-India Business Council’s Digital Economy Committee, Media and Entertainment Committee and Privacy Working Group.John N. Nkengasong
John N. Nkengasong is the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).Jonathan Dharmapalan
Jonathan Dharmapalan is the founder and chief executive officer of eCurrency™ where he invented and pioneered the method to create central bank issued digital fiat currency.Jonathan Lee
Jonathan Lee is the director of Global Public Policy at WhatsApp.Julie Brill
Julie Brill is the chief privacy officer, Microsoft Corp. Prior to coming to Microsoft, Julie served as a commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for six years.K. VijayRaghavan
K. VijayRaghavan is the principal scientific adviser to the Government of India and the chairperson of the Prime Minister’s Science, Technology, & Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC).Katherine Charlet
Katherine Charlet is director, Data Governance, Government Affairs and Public Policy - Centers of Excellence, Google.Kiran Anandampillai
Kiran Anandampillai is the advisor of technology at the National Health Authority (NHA), which is implementing India’s two large digital health initiatives - The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) and Ayushman Bharath (PMJAY).Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the executive chairperson of Biocon.Kris Gopalakrishnan
Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan is the chairman of Axilor Ventures and the co-founder of Infosys.Laura Lucas Magnuson
Laura Lucas Magnuson is the vice president for communications and strategy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Mahendra Nerurkar
Mahendra Nerurkar is the director and chief executive officer of Amazon Pay India.Malavika Raghavan
Malavika Raghavan is adviser to, and former head of, the Future of Finance Initiative, Dvara Research, in partnership with the Gates Foundation.Malcolm Johnson
Malcolm Johnson is ITU Deputy Secretary-General, having been re-elected on 1 November 2018 for a second four-year term starting on 1 January 2019.Manu Prakash
Manu Prakash is associate professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University working in the field of physical biology and frugal science.Margarete Schramböck
Margarete Schramböck is the Austrian minister of digital and economic affairs.Matt Sheehan
Matt Sheehan is a fellow at the Paulson Institute’s think tank, MacroPolo, where he leads work on U.S.-China technology issues, with a specialization in artificial intelligence.Melinda Claybaugh
Melinda Claybaugh is the Privacy Policy director for Legislation at Facebook.Michael Nelson
Mike Nelson directs the Carnegie Endowment’s Technology and International Affairs Program.Modan Saha
Modan Saha is the chief executive officer of Tata Strategic Management Group and supports Group companies and the chairman's Office in strategy and transformation initiatives.Nandini Kannan
Nandini Kannan is the executive director of the Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF).Neeraj Jain
Neeraj Jain is PATH’s India Country Director.Neha Narula
Neha Narula is the director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, where her research interests are in cryptocurrencies and distributed systems.Nguyen Huy Dung
Nguyen Huy Dung is the deputy minister of Information and Communications, Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.Nivruti Rai
Nivruti Rai is country head of Intel India and vice president of the Data Center Group, Intel Corporation.Nobuhiro Endo
Nobuhiro Endo is chairman of the board at NEC Corporation.Paul Fletcher
Paul Fletcher is the minister for communications, cyber safety, and the arts, in the Government of Australia.Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker is the founder and chairman of PSP Partners and its affiliates, Pritzker Realty Group, PSP Capital and PSP Growth. From June 2013 through January 2017, she served as U.S. secretary of commerce in the Obama administration.Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag
Pia Bernadette Roman Tayag is the director of the Office of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands in her capacity as the United Nations secretary-general’s special advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA).Priya Karnik
Priya Karnik is a volunteer for Health Stack, iSPIRT, and founder of Dvara Money, and former vice president at Paytm.R.K. Misra
R.K. Misra is a non-resident scholar at Carnegie India, and currently leads the Center for SMART Cities, a knowledge bank and repository of best practices in the areas of planning, designing and managing Smart Cities.R. S. Sharma
R.S. Sharma is former chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), where he worked from August 2015 to September 2020.Rahul Chhabra
Rahul Chhabra is secretary (Economic Relations) at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.Rahul Matthan
Rahul Matthan is a partner, Trilegal, and heads the TMT practice. He currently serves on the firm’s board.Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Rajeev Chandrasekhar is national spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a third-term member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the state of Karnataka.Rajesh Bansal
Rajesh Bansal is a senior adviser at Carnegie India. His research focuses on financial technologies, particularly electronic payment systems, electronic cash transfers, and digital financial services to enable inclusive development. He leads the center’s technology and society program.Ralf Sauer
Ralf Sauer is the deputy head of Unit for International Data Flows and Protection, European Commission.Renu Pall
Renu Pall is the additional secretary for New Emerging & Strategic Technologies in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.Renuka Sane
Renuka Sane is an associate professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP).Rishab Bailey
Rishab Bailey is a lawyer and technology policy researcher, working at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi.Ritesh Shukla
Ritesh Shukla is the chief executive officer of NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL).Rob Sherman
Rob Sherman is the deputy chief privacy officer at Facebook, where he is responsible for managing the company’s engagement on public policy issues surrounding privacy, security, and online trust.Rudra Chaudhuri
Rudra Chaudhuri is the director of Carnegie India. His primary research interests include the diplomatic history of South Asia and contemporary security issues.S. Jaishankar
S. Jaishankar is the external affairs minister of India.Sahil Kini
Sahil Kini is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Setu.Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is chief executive officer of Microsoft.Scott Hendry
Scott Hendry is the senior special director of Financial Technology (FinTech) in the Funds Management and Banking Department of the Bank of Canada.Seth Berkley
Seth Berkley is the chief executive officer of GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance.Shilpa Kumar
Shilpa Kumar is a partner at Omidyar Network India, providing overall leadership, including strategy and investments, across the areas of digital ID, governance, citizen engagement and property rights initiatives.Shrayana Bhattacharya
Shrayana Bhattacharya is a senior economist in the World Bank’s Social Protection and Jobs Practice based in New Delhi.Simon Kay
Simon Kay is the head of International Operations at Wellcome Trust.Smriti Parsheera
Smriti Parsheera is a researcher at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, and a fellow with the CyberBRICS Project hosted by the FGV Law School, Brazil.Soumya Swaminathan
Soumya Swaminathan is WHO’s first chief scientist.Sultan Meghji
Sultan Meghji is the CEO and co-founder of Neocova.Suyash Rai
Suyash Rai is a fellow at Carnegie India. His research focuses on the political economy of economic reforms, and the performance of public institutions in India.Tanvi Madan
Tanvi Madan is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program, and director of The India Project at the Brookings Institution.Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Taranjit Singh Sandhu is the ambassador of India to the United States.Tarunima Prabhakar
Tarunima Prabhakar is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India, working at the intersection of technology, policy, and global development.Tim Maurer
Tim Maurer is director of the Cyber Policy Initiative and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Toomas Hendrik Ilves is the former president of Estonia (2006-2016).T.V. Mohandas Pai
T.V. Mohandas Pai is currently the chairman of Aarin Capital, chairman of 3one4 Capital, and chairman of Manipal Global Education.Urvashi Aneja
Urvashi Aneja is co-founder and director of Tandem Research.Varad Pande
Varad Pande is a partner at Omidyar Network India, where he leads strategy, impact and new initiatives.Victor William Malu
Victor Malu is the head of Future Financial Systems (FFS) at FSD Kenya. In this capacity he leads FSD’s work in supporting the creation of a platform for inclusion through the formal financial system.Vijay Gokhale
Vijay Gokhale is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India and the former foreign secretary of India. He has also served as India’s high commissioner to Malaysia, and as India's ambassador to Germany (2013-16) and China (2016-17).William Haseltine
William A. Haseltine is a scientist, businessman, philanthropist, and author. He is currently chair and president of the global health think tank ACCESS Health International.William J. Burns
William J. Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state.