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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.
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UCLA professor Ramesh Srinivasan speaking at DLD Munich 2020

Tech, Trust & Society: “We Must Become a Global Community”

DLD23 Speaker Ramesh Srinivasan explains how technology can bring us together and help create a better, more inclusive and sustainable tomorrow.
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Maria Ressa’s Fight for Democracy in the Digital Age

“A lie told a million times becomes fact”, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa told the DLD audience in 2020. Her fight against disinformation is more important than ever…
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Andrew McAfee, interview, Europe, innovation, climate action, climate change, sustainability

“We’re Not Using Our Best Weapons To Fight Global Warming”

MIT researcher Andrew McAfee explains what should be done to battle climate change, how to regulate innovation and why intuition often leads us astray…
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A Better World: The Impact of Sustainable Investing

Consumers and investors are forcing companies to act more responsibly. But to really make a difference, impact investing needs transparency, argues Sir Ronald Cohen.
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Trust and the Pandemic

Public confidence in companies has fallen in the coronavirus crisis, survey data shows. Communications experts Margot and Richard Edelman explain what business leaders can do to win back trust.
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Why Covid-19 Highlights the Limits of Capitalism

The pandemic demonstrates why we cannot put a price on everything. Isabell Welpe and Albert Wenger discuss where markets fail, and what alternatives they see.
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Sir Martin Sorrell, S4 Capital, DLD

“All Bets Are Off”: Covid-19 As a Catalyst for Change

Sir Martin Sorrell predicts the coronavirus crisis will speed up digital transition and lead to higher taxes as governments try to pay for stimulus packages.
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Jeremy Rifkin, Green New Deal, wind power, renewable energy, climate change

Jeremy Rifkin: “The Fossil Fuel Civilization Is Collapsing”

In “The Green New Deal”, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that renewable energy can prevent the worst of climate change.
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Andrew Keen, DLD

Now Is the Time To Fix the Future

Andrew Keen is a writer, speaker and entrepreneur. In his latest book, How To Fix The Future, he analyzes the intricate interplay between technology, society and democracy. For this essay,…
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Ruimin Shen, Shanghai university, education, DLD conference

“Online Learning And Offline Learning Go Hand In Hand”

Never in history has there been more knowledge at our fingertips than today – and at the same time, whatever knowledge and skills we acquire is likely to become obsolete…
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Fred Swaniker, African Leadership Group, DLD conference

“Many of the most important innovations will come from Africa”

Today, the second largest continent after Asia is also the world’s poorest. More than 430 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa live on less than $2 per day, according to the World…
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Andrew Keen analyzes web3 and crypto in his DLD Munich presentation
Bestselling author and acclaimed technology commentator Andrew Keen takes a close look at the promises – and the perils – of web3, blockchain and crypto currencies. “What is seductive about crypto?”, Keen asks at the outset of his presentation. His answer: The…
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Parag Khanna, Move, mobility, civilization, climate change, DLD Circular, presentation
“What will our civilization 3.0 look like?”, author Parag Khanna asks in his DLD Circular presentation. His prediction: “It will definitely be mobile, it needs to be sustainable, and therefore it needs to be a circular civilization.” Khanna takes the audience on…
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