Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver remarks at the Opening Plenary of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) at 9:00 a.m. PDT on June 23, 2016, at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

The Secretary will highlight key challenges facing our planet today and the central role of entrepreneurs in addressing them. He will also discuss the State Department’s broader, ongoing commitment to supporting and empowering entrepreneurs across the globe as part of the Obama Administration’s effort to spur shared prosperity, advance stability, and promote security worldwide.