after a nearly 2½year hiatus billionaires and the investors who follow their moves descended on beverly hills calif to attend the milken institute global conference the theme was “charting a new course” but the discussions were often familiar—as was the ritzy setting sure some things were different because of covid attendance was capped at 50 of its usual capacity conferenceissued kn95 masks were required indoors making it difficult to spot familiar faces but the new format provided some opportunities conversations