The Future of Democracy & AI
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A Silicon Valley tech veteran, Murray has led the commercialization of major technologies at Microsoft and numerous startups. He founded an eCRM company, eAssisst, which was venture backed by Intel Capital and used by millions globally. Now, he's focused on AI with his company CITIZN and its products HumanityGPT & Democracy GPT, built on his Societal Networks concept. Murray is a dedicated mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs and shares his expertise through speaking engagements and board memberships.
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The Future of Investing and Pensions
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Pamela Allen, in her role as Chief Executive Officer of MD Financial Management (MD), is responsible for defining MD's strategic direction. Her focus is on delivering enhanced value to physicians and their families, all while ensuring the long-term sustainability of the business. Under Pamela’s leadership, MD has cultivated a purpose driven, physician-first culture that focuses on deepening client relationships to deliver exceptional client experiences.
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The Future of Climate Geopolitics
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Gerald Butts has spent a lifetime working on environmental issues both in the public sector and now the private sector. Gerald was a key political advisor to Canadian Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Principal Secretary to Canada’s current Prime Minister - Justin Trudeau. Gerald also served as the CEO for the WWF - the World Wildlife Fund in Canada and is now the Vice-Chairman of the Eurasia Group where he consults on climate change, trade, energy, sustainable finance, and artificial intelligence.
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The Future of Conservatism
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Tasha Kheiriddin is a Canadian public affairs commentator, consultant, lawyer, policy analyst and writer.
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The Future of The Metaverse
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Wagner James Au is the Author of "Making a Metaverse That Matters", SVP at AnyContext, founder & editor-in-chief of Metaverse news/culture blog New World Notes. Podcast recorded June 2023
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Lessons from US Financial History
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Mark Higgins is a financial historian who has an upcoming book "Investing in US Financial History". We spoke with with him about the history of US financial markets, does history repeats itself? and the lessons for the future.
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The Future of Reading
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David Mikics is a Moores Distinguished Professor in the English Department and Honors College. His most recent book, "Slow Reading in a Hurried Age," came out from Harvard/Belknap in 2013 and was featured on NPR and in The New York Times. Other recent books are "The Annotated Emerson," and (with Stephen Burt) "The Art of the Sonnet," both also published by Harvard/Belknap, as well as "Who Was Jacques Derrida?" and "A New Handbook of Literary Terms," both from Yale. His book on Saul Bellow, "Bellow's People," appeared from Norton in 2015. Mikics is a columnist...
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Iraq War and lessons for the future
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Ahsan I. Butt is an associate professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. His main research interests lie in nationalism, political violence, and South Asia. His book, Secession and Security: Explaining State Strategy Against Separatists, was published by Cornell University Press in 2017 and won the 2019 International Studies Association award for best book in international security studies. His work has appeared in journals such as International Organization, Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal of Strategic...
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The Future of Democratic Capitalism
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Martin Wolf is the Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times and is regarded as one of the most important economics commentators globally. He has a long and impressive background in economics starting off his career at the World Bank, he was a member of the UK government’s Independent Commission on Banking, was the Director of Studies at the Trade Policy Research Centre, London, and has advised governments and international organizations on trade and economic integration. In 2000, he was awarded the OBE for services rendered to financial journalism. ...
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The Future of Polling
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Gregory Jack has spent over two decades in public affairs, government relations and communications roles across Canada, providing strategic advice and counsel to clients, elected officials, and senior executives in multiple roles. From leading multi-functional diverse teams as a public sector executive to overseeing large-scale research projects for major international clients, he delivers political acumen, frank advice, and a results-oriented approach for his clients. As vice president (Canada) with Ipsos Public Affairs, he has worked with major clients including...
info_outlineRafael Brown is a game designer, game developer, XR technologist, and studio head. He is a 25 year veteran of the game industry, who traces his roots to Looking Glass and Thief, and saw this generation of virtual reality start on John Carmack’s desk 11 years ago while working on Rage. Rafael loves building virtual worlds. He has been dreaming of the metaverse since watching Tron in the theater as a kid and reading Neuromancer a couple years later. During the pandemic, he founded Symbol Zero, which builds games, virtual worlds, virtual concerts, and cloud platforms. Symbol Zero is Roblox’s virtual concert partner having built the Lil Nas X virtual concert experience, the second largest virtual concert in history, and many other concerts for Sony Music and Warner Music in Roblox.
We talked about development of the gaming industry, where it's at today, how does web 3 and metaverse affect gaming industry and what does its future look like?