Laurien Towers, was a feature producer for the landmark 1985 Live Aid broadcast, and produced live global telecasts on the environment, including “Our Common Future” in Moscow and “Earth 90” in Japan. She brings decades of experience producing global telecasts, concerts and international conferences with governments, the UN and NGOs.

She co-founded the annual Peace Day Global Broadcast, which celebrates the UN International Day of Peace. She also produced “Soviet-American Images,” a 10-day media conference with joint concerts in Moscow, and the first Soviet-American animated co-production.

Laurien has worked with government ministries, the United Nations, NGOs, embassies, private companies, performers and media outlets. She has advised on international business alliances and joint ventures, and she has worked with distributors of clean-energy and water-filtration technology serving communities in Africa and the Caribbean. She is a Special Advisor to the PEAC Institute’s Pause for Peace initiative.

What she brings to UEN:

• Production of live global broadcasts, concerts and international conferences

• Strategic planning, logistics and international co-productions

• Relationships with governments, the UN, NGOs and talent

• Projects centered on peace, women and children, Indigenous cultures and the environment