2025 Annual Meeting

On October 14–15, 2025, the Harvard Global Advisory Council gathered on campus for its 13th annual meeting. Below are a few photo highlights from the two-day program. 

Members enjoyed a first look at the David Rubenstein Treehouse, the new front door to Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus taking shape in Allston. They also engaged with President Alan M. Garber AB ’77, PhD ’82 and other University leaders, faculty, and students in wide-ranging discussions. Topics included the future of scientific discovery and innovation, approaches to fostering global prosperity, and the strategic choices that shape power and influence among nations today.

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President Alan M. Garber speaks with fellow attendees over dinner at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Mou-Shiung Lin and Karen Lin at the welcome reception for the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Thierry Georges Porté speaks with Peter A. Weinberg during the welcome reception for the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Mary C. Erdoes and Patrice Motsepe at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Chair David M. Rubenstein interviews President Alan M. Garber at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Chair David M. Rubenstein interviews President Alan M. Garber at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Mario Germano Giuliani, Vice Provost for International Affairs Mark C. Elliott, and Provost John F. Manning at the welcome reception for the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Provost John F. Manning and Melanie Pong Salata speak over dinner at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Xiang Dong Yang speaks with fellow attendees over dinner at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Gabriel B. Sunshine, Scott D. Malkin, Dean Andrea Baccarelli, and Dean John C.P. Goldberg at the welcome reception for the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Mario Germano Giuliani, Luciana de Oliveira Cezar Coelho, and Suphachai Chearavanont speak with fellow attendees over dinner at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Yunli Lou speaks with fellow attendees over dinner at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Paul Desmarais Jr., President Alan M. Garber, and Scott Mead posing for a photo during the 2023 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Harvard students perform for guests at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
E. Scott Mead speaks with Hartley R. Rogers at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Martin E. Escobari at the welcome reception for the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Peter A. Weinberg and Melanie Pong Salata speak with a Harvard student at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Brigitte Bren speaks with a Harvard student at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Mary C. Erdoes and Suphachai Chearavanont speak with a Harvard student at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Vice Provost for Research John H. Shaw and Harvard faculty members Sarah Fortune, David R. Liu, and Jennifer A. Lewis present at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Harvard faculty member David R. Liu presents at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Yunli Lou, Xiang Dong Yang, and other attendees watch a faculty presentation at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Harvard faculty member Ricardo Hausmann presents at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Harvard faculty member Gita Gopinath presents at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
President Alan M. Garber speaks with Charles Emmitt Ryan and Martin E. Escobari during the welcome reception at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Michael Klein asks a question during a faculty presentation at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
arvard faculty members Meghan O’Sullivan, Willy C. Shih, and Nicholas Burns engage in a discussion at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
James C. Kralik speaks at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Karen Gordon Mills speaks at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Wide shot of Harvard faculty members presenting at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Ragnar Horn speaks with a Harvard student at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Harvard faculty members Gita Gopinath, Carmen Reinhart, and Ebehi Iyoha take part in a Q&A session at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
Harvard faculty member and architect Jeanne Gang leads a behind-the-scenes tour of the David Rubenstein Treehouse at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.
E. Scott Mead speaks with Paul Desmarais Jr. at the 2025 Global Advisory Council meeting.

Global Advisory Council Agenda