Global Progress Action Summit

In the last of our series of highlight sessions from the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit, Antti Lindtman (Leader, Social Democratic Party of Finland), Kati Piri (Member of Parliament, Netherlands), and Gerald Butts (Vice Chairman, Eurasia Group, Canada) have an essential and timely discussion with Tarek Ghani (Professor, Washington University, US) on human rights, peace and security, and building solidarity in a more divided world.

This conversation took place on September 21, 2024, at the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit,  Daniel Sachs (Chair, Daniel Sachs Foundation), Tonje Brenna (Minister, MP, and Deputy Party Leader, Norway), Alejandra Parra (Strategy Director, Instituto Update, Mexico), Muthouni Wambu Kraal (Founder & Principal Dunia, US), Gregor Robertson (Special Envoy for Cities in CHAMP, Global Covenant of Mayors, Canada), and Ari Rabin-Havt (Chair, WPC) share their thoughts with moderator Amy Dacey (Executive Director SINE Institute, American University) about creeping authoritarianism around the world and the work of defending democracy without losing your base.

This conversation took place on September 21, 2024, at the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit, Patrick Gaspard (CEO of the Center for American Action Fund) has an inspirational conversation with Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland about securing inclusive prosperity, fundamental rights, and stronger democracies in an a time of enormous global transformation.

This conversation took place on September 21, 2024, at the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit, we hear from Mark Carney (former Governor of the Bank of Canada & Bank of England,

UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, and Chair of Canada 2020 Advisory Board) and Frances Colón (Senior Fellow International Climate, CAP Action) on our changing economic landscape and turning several enormous global transformations into generational opportunities for progress.

This conversation took place on September 21, 2024, at the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and co-founder and CEO of Rappler Maria Ressa joins MP Anna Gainey (NDG-Westmount) on stage to talk about the nuance and policy challenges of navigating new frontiers in AI, social media, and democracy.

This conversation took place on September 21, 2024, at the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit, former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern and CEO of Center for American Progress Action Fund Patrick Gaspard are joined in conversation by Field Fellows from four countries: Effie Achtsioglou (Member of Parliament and former Minister, Greece), Klara Dobrev (Member of European Parliament, Hungary), Romina Kuko (Deputy Minister of Interior, Albania), and Kati Piri (Member of Parliament and former Member of European Parliament, Netherlands) on strength in today’s divided politics, connecting with voters, and human-centred leadership.

This conversation took place on September 21, 2024, at the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

“We’re fighting for our institutions, and for ourselves.” Canada has worked to be a North Star for the global progressive movement over the years, and like so many democracies, is now reflecting on how it adapts to the tumult and transformations of the coming decade on the world stage. 

In this featured session of the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Patrick Gaspard, CEO of the Centre for American Progress Action Fund about shaping a just future and what it will take.

This conversation took place on September 21, 2024, at the 2024 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.

2024 will be a stress test for democracy, with the election in the United States among the most dangerous potential breaking points. More often than not, awareness and the public debate will be shaped by and in the digital sphere. In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit, Roberta Braga (Director, Counter Disinformation Strategies at Equis, Supriya Dwivedi (Director of Policy and Engagement at McGill’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy and member of the Canada 2020 Advisory Board), Ben Scott (Executive Director at Reset Tech) talk with Megan Shahi (Director of Technology Policy at CAP Action) about the responsibility of governments, civil society, and platforms to prepare for these elections, and what’s at stake in 2024.

This conversation took place on September 16, 2023, at the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

AI presents both enormous risk and as yet unimaginable opportunity. In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit, we hear from Dr. Alondra Nelson (Distinguished Senior Fellow at CAP Action, Former Head of the White House Office of Science and Technology), Andy Harrison (CEO of Section 32), and Benedict Macon-Cooney, (Chief Policy Strategist at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change) on regulating the unknowable, managing the risk, and harnessing the power of AI build equitable, progressive societies.

This conversation took place on September 16, 2023, at the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

“Democracy is something that we have to win every day. Every week. Every month. Every human. Every new generation. All the time,” says Magdalena Andersson (Former Prime Minister of Sweden, Member of Parliament and Leader of Swedish Social Democrats). In the next of our series of highlight sessions from the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit, Patrick Gaspard (President and CEO at CAP Action) hosts a conversation with Andersson and David Miliband (President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee and Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom) on leadership in the age of Trump, right-wing extremism, and proving the value of democracy.

This conversation took place on September 16, 2023, at the 2023 Global Progress Action Summit in Montréal hosted by Canada 2020 and CAP Action. It has been lightly edited for clarity.