MOTIVATION | How can security and development agencies work together to improve the lives of those affected by extreme poverty, extreme climate change, and extreme ideology?
CONCEPT | Bring together eminent leaders from military, government, multilaterals, and private sector to highlight challenges based on real-world situations in Nigeria, the EU, and the Middle East.
EXECUTION | Secretary Madeleine Albright moderates panel with Bono, General John Allen, Federica Mogherini, and Amina Mohammed
BACKSTAGE | I remember Federica Mogherini arriving from the UN 4 minutes before the panel went on stage. Bono asked her for an update on the EU's plans to finance a new development initiative, which we decided on-the-spot needed to be a focal point of the conversation.