EXCELLENCE IN ECONOMIC THINKING
In this high-calibre lecture series the world’s best economic and philosophical thinkers, practitioners and Nobel Laureates return to the birthplace of modern economics to deliver original keynote lectures of global relevance.
Mr McCord will give his lecture at Panmure House in September 2025. It will be available to view shortly afterwards below.
Mr Brendan McCord

Brendan McCord is the founder and Chair of the Cosmos Institute and a key thinker at the intersection of AI and philosophy. In the private sector, Brendan was the founding CEO of two AI startups that were acquired for $400 million. In the public sector, Brendan was the principal founder of the first applied AI organization for the US Department of Defense and author of its first AI strategy. Brendan is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School and was a Visiting Fellow at St Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford.