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Photonic Chips: Computing at Lightspeed
DLD26Michael Förtsch, Founder and CEO of Q.ANT, explains how optical computing can give AI a boost at much lower energy needs – and open up a whole new world of supercomputing.
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Opportunities of a Sustainable Economy
BusinessAhead of DLD Munich 2026, Stientje van Veldhoven (World Resources Institute) highlights the many benefits of shifting from extractive business models to sustainable ones.
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Europe’s Path to Becoming a “Digital Superpower”
Society & PoliticsThe Old Continent has everything it needs to reinvent itself and become a technology leader of tomorrow, Tony Blair Institute analyst Keegan McBride argues in conversation with DLD.
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Generative AI in 2024: “The Year of Delivery”
McKinsey digitalization expert Rodney Zemmel explains where AI brings real benefits and how companies can best implement the technology in their businesses.Read the Article - Social & Politics

Sustainability: “Recycling Should Only Be a Last Resort”
Circular economy expert Ramona Liberoff explains how companies and consumers can make the biggest impact in reducing their environmental footprint.Read the Article - Entrepreneurship & Innovation

How Ecosystems Power Progress
Innovation is a global competition, and many regions try their best to win. But what does it take to create future champions? These DLD23 expert talks give answers.Read the Article - Art & Design

“We Need Stories that Show Human Capacity for Action”
Harvard professor Martin Puchner describes how ancient links between literature and environmentalism offer insights for a better future.Read the Article - Life & Science

“If We Leave It to the Market, Renewables Will Win”
What does it take to make the green energy transition a success? “Remove all fossil-fuel subsidies”, Prof. Michael Sterner argues.Read the Article
“This is not just about AI. This is an industrial revolution. We see all paradigms shifting.”
“The bigger the change that’s possible, the less we’ll understand it. And the less we’re even able to conceive of what would happen.”
“We treat the future like a distant colonial outpost where we can freely dump ecological degradation and technological risk as if there was nobody there.”
“As technologists and as digital leaders, we have a responsibility to use our technology for good.”
“We have done studies that show that people, when they have AI at their fingertips, are less creative. They come up with fewer different solutions to problems than when they don’t have AI available.”
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