Special Meeting 2024: The Role of New Nuclear
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Nuclear energy is part of the solution to meeting the growing demand for green power, with innovations from small modulator reactors to fusion providing opportunities beyond existing power plants. What is the enabling environment needed to support the commercial viability of new nuclear solutions? This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 29 April, 2024. Watch it here: Catch up on all the action from the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development at and across social...
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Special Meeting 2024: AI Powered Industries
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AI-powered models, which are rapidly developing in capacity and scale, are expected to disrupt companies' operating and business models. What are the near-term use cases and long-term moonshot opportunities for AI to fundamentally reshape industrial ecosystems? This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 29 April, 2024. Watch it here: Speakers: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Editor, Global Energy and Climate Innovation, The Economist Simon Freakley, Chief Executive Officer, AlixPartners Robert Falck, Founder and...
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Special Meeting 2024: AI, Productivity, Work: Can We Have it All?
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While AI has the potential to augment the capabilities of workers by automating tasks, concerns persist regarding technological unemployment and the concentration of productivity gains. As AI develops further, what are the trade-offs leaders will need to manage? This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 28 April, 2024. Watch it here: Speakers: Tiit Riisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of Estonia Thomas L. Friedman,...
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Special Meeting: What Kind of Growth Do We Need?
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The recent sustained slowdown in growth has been compounded by a succession of crises and dislocations. What approaches are needed to reignite growth while shifting to a better balance between quantity and quality? Recorded 28 April, 2024 at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh. Watch it here: Public Speakers Tengku Zafrul Bin Tengku Abdul Aziz Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia Saadia Zahidi Managing Director, World Economic Forum Geneva Mohammed Al-Jadaan...
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Davos 2024: The Battle for Chips
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In a significant heightening of the battle for global pre-eminence in the semiconductor industry, export bans on certain types of advanced chips, including those used to develop AI, have come into effect. What impact will these restrictions have on both innovation and the competitive landscape in advanced chipmaking as the industry takes centre stage in power relations between the major global economies? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on 17 January, 2024. Watch it here: Speakers: Nicholas Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, The...
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Davos 2024: How to Trust Technology
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AI and immersive technologies will fundamentally change how humanity interacts with society, government and even the environment. How can we meet the challenge presented by the complex risks we face while building trust in our technological future? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 on January 17, 2024. Speakers: Mustafa Suleyman, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft AI Ben Thompson, Founder, Stratechery Ayanna Howard, Dean of Engineering, Ohio State University Watch it here: Links: World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial...
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Davos 2024: Treating Soil as a Precious Resource
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Our soils withdraw 70% of freshwater and grow 95% of the food we eat. They are a critical lever to transform how we produce food and tackle the trilemma of food access and affordability, nutrition and health as well as nature and climate. From capital stacks for watersheds linked to farming corridors to skills and capabilities in protecting and restoring soil health, how can breakthrough finance, knowledge models and community collaborations realize the value of soil? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on 16 January, 2024. Watch it...
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Davos 2024: Facing a World without Antibiotics
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Antimicrobial resistance is the third leading cause of death globally. While the global economy loses $36.9 billion a year as a result of super bugs, how can global economic policies continue to embed and accelerate action on urgent health security issues? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 Watch the session here: This session is linked to the Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Initiative and the of the World Economic Forum. Centre for Health and Healthcare The is committed to improving global health outcomes by addressing trust issues,...
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Davos 2024: Transforming Energy Demand
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By 2050, estimates indicate that the global economy will have doubled in size and will be serving a population of over 10 billion people. In this context, improving energy efficiency is critical to delivering an affordable, secure and climate-aligned future. What can companies and governments do to enable economic growth with less energy? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on 16 January, 2024, linked to the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. Watch it here: Speakers: Tania Bryer, Anchor, CNBC Robert E. Moritz,...
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Davos 2024: Generative AI: Steam Engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
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The development of generative AI has catapulted AI technology to one of the fastest and most impactful innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. From creation to production and distribution, some predict its effect on global value chains is analogous to the steam engines of the Industrial Revolution. With added qualities of speed, and accessibility, what is the implication for industry worldwide and how do leaders manage its risks? This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 on January 16, 2024, linked to the AI Governance Alliance of the...
info_outlineFrom the advent of smartphone apps to novel incentive structures on social media, the latest technological advances mark a change in the nature of childhood in recent years, removing limits to screen time and impacting time for play and face-to-face conversations.
What steps are needed to tackle emerging harms for children and young adults and reverse the trend of a growing anxious generation?
This session was recorded live January 18, 2024 as part of the 2024 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Speakers:
Tali Sharot, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (UCL)
Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law and Philosophy; Director, Duke Science and Society, Duke University
Adam Grant, Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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