United World Leaders

United World Leaders: Lives Amplified represents the next generation of a United-Nations-type institution — one focused on implementing, accelerating, and amplifying the initiatives and resulting impact of its Member organizations, ministries, and states, with the shared purpose of preventing wars and elevating the socioeconomic well-being of humanity across the world.

United World Leaders is also designed to serve as a premier platform for international treaties, diplomatic, business as well as other bilateral and multilateral engagements, enabling Members and nations to advance aligned priorities with credibility and support.

Today, United World Leaders stands as one of the world’s most influential assemblies of current and former heads of state, ministers, senior government dignitaries, royalty, multinational business leaders, global family offices, investment funds, humanitarian institutions, academic partners, and true world changers. Through this global ecosystem, our Members gain access to extraordinary support, international exposure, strategic partnerships, capital, new markets, and direct engagement with institutions and governments across continents.

Global Engagements and Initiatives

2025 Understanding China World Leadership Conference.

Chairman of the United World Leaders Dr. Steven V. Melnik gave his Keynote Address on Developing a Better Cooperation between China and the United States.

November 30, 2025 @ Guangzhou, China.

Interview of the Chairman of the United World Leaders Dr. Steven V. Melnik on Facilitation of Socioeconomic Prosperity by Exposing Students from Across the World to Success Stories of East and West.

December 2, 2025 @ Guangzhou, China.

Siavosh Derakhti, Chairman, Abraham Initiative, United World Leaders 

Chairman of the United World Leaders Dr. Steven V. Melnik’s Keynote Address  “Conversations Alone are Not Enough to Bring Socioeconomic Prosperity Across the World.”

December 1, 2025 @ Vatican

H. B. Metropolitan Melchisedeck, Archbishop of the Greek Palestinian Orthodox Church of America Co-Chairman, United World Leaders Interfaith Initiative.

Osawemwenhio Uwagboe, African Region Implementation Coordinator, Young United World Leaders.

Developing a Better Cooperation between China and the United States.

Dr. Steven V. Melnik's keynote address at the 2025 Understanding China Conference

Building a Better Understanding by Exposing Students from Across the World to Success Stories of East and West.

Our Upcoming Events

At  United World Leaders Society, our mission is to curate unparalleled experiences that transcend the ordinary.  We are dedicated to bringing together entrepreneurs and general life enthusiasts in most elegant venues. Through our exquisite events, we aim to redefine the art of networking, providing a platform where shared passions and refined tastes converge.

May

5

Market Movers Partner Event

NYC. Global Impact Council Members only. Email for enquiries.

May 5 @ 7:30 am – May 5 @ 5:00 pm

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An Investor Conference Built for the Way Capital Actually Moves

Market Movers is a next-generation investor conference designed for people responsible for capital, growth, and strategic outcomes.

Hosted on Wall Street inside the original Bank of New York, the event brings together public company leaders, investors, real estate principals, founders, and operators for a focused, high-access experience. The emphasis is on meaningful conversations, real connections, and perspectives that extend beyond a single market or asset class.

May

6

Rebuilding Ukraine Conference, Washington DC.

Members-only event.

May 6 @ 2:00 pm – May 6 @ 6:00 pm

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About this Event

Dear Members and Friends,

We are pleased to extend a Member-only invitation to a partner conference in Washington, D.C., convening a select group of government dignitaries, investors, and senior leaders of business and humanitarian organizations form across the world to advance high-impact initiatives for the reconstruction of Ukraine on May 6.

For those who are not Members yet, you may apply here, and if approved prior to the event, you will have an opportunity to attend.

This curated event is designed to bring together key decision-makers and capital allocators with Ukrainian companies and project leaders, creating a focused environment for strategic dialogue, partnership formation, and direct engagement on priority recovery opportunities.

You may apply to register for the event HERE.

The conference will center on rebuilding the Ukrainian economy through global partnerships, with a strong emphasis on integrating innovation and advanced technologies across the following sectors:

– Construction & Smart City

– Energy & Minerals

– Agri & Food

– Manufacturing & Logistics

What to expect:

– High-level panel discussions featuring experts from across the globe, investors, and Ukrainian companies & projects

– Curated networking with senior stakeholders and capital partners

– A delegation of Ukrainian companies participating for direct matchmaking and partnership development

– Carefully selected special guests, including investors, government and other global leaders

We invite you to share information about the Conference and the Institution with your friends and colleagues, so they too can experience the many benefits of joining this uniquely powerful and influential global institution of world leaders.

For any questions, please contact events@unitedworldleaders.org

Thank you, as always, for being part of this extraordinary global community.

United World Leaders: Lives Amplified

 

ABOUT US:

United World Leaders stands as one of the world’s largest and most influential assemblies of presidents, prime ministers of countries as well as other current and former senior government dignitaries, royalty, multinational business leaders, global family offices, investment funds, humanitarian institutions, academic partners, and true world changers. Through this global ecosystem, our Members gain access to extraordinary support, international exposure, strategic partnerships, capital, new markets, and direct engagement with institutions and governments across continents.

United World Leaders represents the next generation of a United-Nations-type institution — one focused on implementing, accelerating, and amplifying the initiatives and resulting impact of its Member organizations, ministries, and states, with the shared purpose of preventing wars and elevating the socioeconomic well-being of humanity across the world.

United World Leaders is also designed to serve as a premier platform for international treaties, diplomatic, business as well as other bilateral and multilateral engagements, enabling Members and nations to advance aligned priorities with credibility and support.

Members of our Boards:

https://unitedworldleaders.org/board-members/

We invite you to pass it forward and share these special benefits and related opportunities with friends and colleagues, so they too can discover the world of extraordinary access and amplification. They will be grateful to you.

For more information, please contact us.

​We look forward to welcoming you into our global tribe of true changemakers!

United World Leaders: Lives Amplified
Global Events Team
45 Rockefeller Plaza
Ste 2000
New York City, New York 10111
United States
www.unitedworldleaders.org
Not a member yet? Apply here

May

20

The United World Leaders Partner Gala Event during the Cannes Film Festival

Member only. Email for inquiries.

May 20 @ 12:00 am – May 20 @ 12:00 am

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About this Event

The United World Leaders Partner Gala Event will take place on May 20th during the renowned Cannes Film Festival, convening an exceptional group of global leaders in an exclusive, invitation-only setting. This distinguished gathering will bring together film and other entertainment industry leaders, family offices, senior business executives, elected officials, and leaders of prominent humanitarian organizations, fostering meaningful dialogue, strategic partnerships, and high-level collaboration at the intersection of art, culture, business, and global impact.

The Gala participation reflects the Institution’s commitment to supporting environments where influence is translated into action. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with peers shaping international initiatives, explore collaborative opportunities, and contribute to advancing shared priorities in cultural diplomacy, philanthropy, and socioeconomic development. For inquiries regarding access and participation, please contact events@unitedworldleaders.org.

May

21

United World Leaders Perspectives on AI — The Future of AI Governance

Online. Free and we can open to the public. Zoom details to follow after registration.

May 21 @ 1:00 pm – May 21 @ 2:00 pm

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Dear Members and Friends,

 

You are invited to the next session of United World Leaders‘ Perspectives on AI series: The Future of Governance.

 

When:

Thursday, May 21, 2026

1:00 PM EST | 1 Hour |

Where: Zoom

Access: Free and Open to the Public

Click to register HERE.

 

SPEAKER

Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven,

Chairwoman, UWL Council on Digital and AI Governance

Massachusetts State Representative, 27th Middlesex District

Candidate for Massachusetts State Senate, 2nd Middlesex District (Somerville, Medford, Cambridge, and Winchester)

 

ABOUT THIS SESSION

Erika Uyterhoeven has emerged as one of the most substantive state-level voices on AI governance in the country. A three-term state legislator with a record built on government transparency, she is currently developing legislation that treats the transition to agentic and general artificial intelligence as the governance problem state law needs to anticipate — not a distant abstraction to defer until federal policy catches up.

Her work is grounded in live experience. In February 2026 she filed a public records request on the Healey administration’s multimillion-dollar OpenAI contract and the task force that recommended it, a process that surfaced the gap between how governments are currently deploying AI and how the public understands those decisions. What that investigation revealed is not the story she is telling — it is the evidence base behind a broader argument about what governance infrastructure needs to look like before systems capable of recursive self-improvement and autonomous action on behalf of individuals become operational.

She has consulted with senior industry leaders, civil liberties organizations, municipal officials, and international AGI governance researchers including Jerome Glenn of the Millennium Project, whose UN-affiliated Phase 2 Delphi on AGI governance has informed the architecture of her legislative framework.

 

THE CONVERSATION

For this session, Erika will speak to the question UWL’s audience is best positioned to engage: what does it mean to build democratic governance for AI systems that are moving faster than the institutions meant to oversee them — and how should leaders be thinking about the transition from current narrow AI to mid-AGI systems capable of autonomous self-improvement?

The conversation will cover:

  • The procurement and deployment decisions already being made inside government
  • The architectural choices available to legislatures designing oversight infrastructure
  • The role of state-level frameworks as proof points for federal and international regimes that do not yet exist
  • The specific institutional patterns — including prover-verifier structures, reciprocity networks, chain-of-responsibility rules for AI agents, and anti-preemption defaults — that any serious AGI governance system will eventually require

Erika’s perspective is distinctive because she is not theorizing about these questions — she is answering them in statute, and she can speak to what it takes to build governance infrastructure inside a real legislature with real political constraints while the underlying technology continues to accelerate.

About the Series:

Perspectives on AI is a virtual forum, open to the public, created by the AI Council of United World Leaders: Lives Amplified to cut through the noise and build genuine understanding of artificial intelligence. Each session brings in a leading expert, from researchers and builders to ethicists and policymakers, for candid conversation, not lectures. We’ll tackle foundational concepts, emerging capabilities, ethical dilemmas, and real-world applications, all through the lens of what matters most to global leaders shaping policy, investment, and humanitarian efforts. The goal isn’t to make you technical experts; it’s to equip you with the clarity and vocabulary to lead confidently in an AI-transformed world. Come with questions, leave with perspective.

Zoom details to follow upon registration.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Russ Wilcox

Chairman, AI Council

United World Leaders: Lives Amplified

ABOUT US:

 

United World Leaders stands as one of the world’s largest and most influential assemblies of presidents, prime ministers of countries as well as other current and former senior government dignitaries, royalty, multinational business leaders, global family offices, investment funds, humanitarian institutions, academic partners, and true world changers. Through this global ecosystem, our Members gain access to extraordinary support, international exposure, strategic partnerships, capital, new markets, and direct engagement with institutions and governments across continents.

United World Leaders represents the next generation of a United-Nations-type institution — one focused on implementing, accelerating, and amplifying the initiatives and resulting impact of its Member organizations, ministries, and states, with the shared purpose of preventing wars and elevating the socioeconomic well-being of humanity across the world. Approved members are able to lead Councils for their focus areas as Chairs or Co-Chairs, incorporate related initiatives into our online and in-person events across the globe and much more.

United World Leaders is also designed to serve as a premier platform for international treaties, diplomatic, business as well as other bilateral and multilateral engagements, enabling Members and nations to advance aligned priorities with credibility and support.

Members of our Boards:

 

​https://unitedworldleaders.org/board-members/

 

​We invite you to pass it forward and share these special benefits and related opportunities with friends and colleagues, so they too can discover the world of extraordinary access and amplification. They will be grateful to you.

​We look forward to welcoming you into our global tribe of true changemakers!

For more information, please contact us.

 

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​United World Leaders: Lives Amplified

Global Events Team

Jul

27 - 29

United World Leaders Newport Partner Event

Newport, RI. This Partner event is open for Global Impact Council Members, Individual Level Members who have been leading various initiatives at the United World Leaders, as well as for those who would like to apply for a Membership (New Member Special) and are approved by the event partner. Inquire for Details.

Jul 27 @ 9:00 am – Jul 29 @ 6:00 pm

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July 27-29, 2026
Newport, RI

The Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum Partner event is one of the world’s largest family office events in the world. Known for its rich history and magnificent mansions, Newport, RI attracts thousands of delegates each year.

The voyage begins with an annual Regatta Cup race, where you’ll have the opportunity to connect with fellow delegates, exchange ideas, and forge new friendships while enjoying the fresh sea breeze and panoramic views. In the course of three days, family offices, private investors, and investment managers navigate their way through the choppy waters of the past recession, while continuing to explore the best ways to map out their portfolios. With over 1000 delegates there is always an opportunity to meet potential clients. Discussions will cover a wide variety of investment topics including direct investing, impact investing, non-correlated assets, and many more. Come join us this July– the forecast calls for fun, networking, and favorable prospects for preserving your family’s wealth.

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United World Leaders Organizational Charter

Purpose:

United World Leaders (UWL) is an independent, politically neutral global leadership institution established to advance peace, stability, and socioeconomic prosperity through pre-emptive diplomacy, strategic cooperation, and execution-driven global initiatives.

Mission:

UWL exists to convene the world’s most influential leaders—across government, business, finance, and civil society—to translate dialogue into action by facilitating diplomacy, investment, and partnerships that generate measurable and lasting global impact.

Strategic Mandate

UWL is authorized to operate globally and to:

Facilitate pre-emptive and preventive diplomacy among nations and global leaders

Support foreign direct investment (FDI), capital formation, and economic development

Advance humanitarian and development initiatives across education, health, sustainability, innovation, and resilience

Convene high-level global forums, summits, and private strategic engagements

Establish strategic partnerships with governments, sovereign entities, foundations, corporations, family offices, and institutions

Governance

UWL operates under a structured governance framework designed to ensure integrity, accountability, and effectiveness:

Chairman – Provides strategic direction and represents the Institution globally

Boards of Directors – Exercise fiduciary oversight, strategic governance and advisory responsibilities.

Executive Committee - Exercises an oversight over executive level decisions and new Member approval.

Councils – Composed of global leaders and subject-matter experts

Executive Leadership – Executes programs and operational strategy

New Membership Committee - processes new Membership applications and makes its recommendations to the Executive Committee.

Authority & Independence

Core Principles

United World Leaders is fully independent and autonomous. The Institution is authorized to enter into strategic agreements, establish regional and international headquarters, and launch initiatives aligned with its mission.
UWL is not affiliated with nor governed by any single institution or government.

All activities of UWL are guided by the following principles:

Political neutrality

Integrity and transparency

Action over rhetoric

Global inclusivity

Long-term, sustainable impact

Participation

Engagement with UWL leadership bodies and initiatives is by invitation and based on demonstrated leadership, ethical standing, and alignment with the Institution’s mission and values.

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