Helping the future arrive well for all.
With two decades of experience as a media executive, Ana C. Rold leads Diplomatic Courier and World in 2050, two platforms that inform and inspire global audiences on the most pressing issues and opportunities of our time. Her mission is to foster dialogue, collaboration, and innovation among diverse stakeholders and sectors, and to amplify the voices and perspectives of changemakers and thought leaders.
EXPERTISE
Areas of focus, in brief.
Individual and societal wellbeing at an inflection point.
There is a growing recognition of the importance of more integrative approaches to wellbeing. Private and civil society sector work on wellbeing, often empowered by technological innovation, are leading to better diagnostic and treatment options while empowering individuals — yet policy support lags.
Societal and governance institutions under pressure.
Our trust in one another and our institutions is in crisis, opening the door for misunderstandings or bad actors to cause great harm. At a time when our challenges are increasingly global and require close cooperation, we are increasingly turning away from collective action and focusing on our differences.
Education and work grapple with the next great rebalancing.
Education and work are at an inflection point. A nexus of impacts from the pandemic, technological innovation, and new momentum for rearticulating wellbeing and success in the workplace and classroom mean disruptions that are challenging stakeholders to be more forward thinking and agile — or fail.
ENTREPRENEUR | SPEAKER | AUTHOR | CONVENER
Ana C. Rold
Ana is an award-winning media executive with a portfolio of print and digital assets reaching five continents and 182 countries. She is the founder and CEO of Diplomatic Courier, the flagship media network and magazine for top diplomats, policy, and business leaders around the world. Her futuristic think tank, the World in 2050 has convened over 20,000 multi-stakeholders in the United States and Europe since 2012. Ana taught Comparative Politics at Northeastern University from 2006-2021, where she led two University delegations to Cyprus and Egypt through the Dialogue of Civilizations program. She is the author of hundreds of articles in policy, diplomacy, business, and technology and often speaks at national and international conferences. She sits on the boards of the Smithsonian Science Education Center and the Learning Economy Foundation and is on the XPRIZE Brain Trust for the Learning and Society domain. She received a Master’s in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs at Northeastern University. She speaks five languages.
2024 Calendar of Engagements
Recent Engagements
Ana speaks to audiences around the world on topics of national and global importance. Most frequently, she speaks at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings, at high level side events during UN General Assembly meetings, and the World in 2050 Global Summits and Forums. She has also produced and hosted workshops for thousands of leaders — spanning over 20 industries — who want to understand how the world of international affairs, sustainable development, and technology for social good intersect. This is a selection of Ana’s speaking engagements and media appearances this past year.
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