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Digital & Technology

How AI Is Transforming Life, Work and Society

What can we expect from artificial intelligence – and will it be a blessing or a curse? DLD experts share their insights.

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How Smart Farming Can Cool the Planet Down

Food production is a huge contributor to climate change – but it can also become a solution to the problem, more quickly and easily than you may think.

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Digital & Technology

Flying High on Hydrogen

ZeroAvia CEO Val Mifthakov explains how electric planes powered by hydrogen can make air travel sustainable

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Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Africa: Continent of Opportunities

Digital services give founders and investors the chance to advance an entire continent – and do well while doing good, as investor Fatoumata Bâ explains.

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Mosul Eye blogger Omar Mohammed and Agatha Gorski (Shadows Project) discuss citizen journalism with Andrian Kreye, Süddeutsche Zeitung

The View From Mosul Eye: How To Teach Citizen Journalism

The Internet and social media have led to a new type of journalism called “citizen journalism”. This DLD Munich session brings together two outstanding citizen journalists – Agatha Gorski (Shadows…

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“Africa is a laboratory of innovation – and especially of frugal innovation.”

Fatoumata Ba, Janngo

Fatoumata Bâ

Janngo

“AI cannot feel or interact with empathy and compassion.”

Kai-Fu Lee, Sinivation Ventures

Kai-Fu Lee

Sinovation Ventures

“We do have the technology, we do have the means to decarbonize Europe.”

Stefan Helmcke, McKinsey

Stefan Helmcke

McKinsey & Company

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“Regulation should not stifle innovation – but we should be very careful not to put innovation in a higher order of significance than democracy.”

Marietje Schaake, Stanford University, governance, portrait, DLD

Marietje Schaake

Stanford University

“It’s business as usual which created the pandemic. It’s business as usual which is leading to climate change, to escalating inequality.”

Ian Goldin, Oxford, DLD Speaker

Ian Goldin

University of Oxford

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Recent Articles

Digital & Technology

You.com founder Richard Socher speaks in an interview with DLD about AI, search engines and competition with Google

“The Goal Is to Be the Best Search Engine for You”

You.com founder Richard Socher explains how he’s putting users in control and aims to make artificial intelligence a trustworthy source of information.

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Social & Politics

NASA, Earth, globe, satellite image

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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Entrepreneurship & Innovation

African workers in the digital economy, innovation and investing in Africa

Africa Next: The Continent of Opportunities

From business to health, mobility and education: Digital services give founders and investors the chance to advance an entire continent – and benefit from it.

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smart cities, urbanization, urban planning, future of cities

The New Code of Cities

How will the corona crisis change office life? What should cities do to reinvent themselves for tomorrow? MIT researcher Carlo Ratti and Steelcase VP James Ludwig shared plenty of ideas…

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Noise: The Secret Enemy of Good Decision-Making

Hidden factors often influence our judgement, in life and business, Nobel Prize Laureate Daniel Kahneman and marketing guru Scott Galloway show in their DLD talks…

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All smiles: Steffi Czerny and Scott Galloway

Trading Ideas near the Lab Stage

DLD Chairman Yossi Vardi marvels at the M-Ero Microlino Electric Vehicle

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The view from above

Publisher Hubert Burda at DLD Munich 2023 — Applause for publisher Hubert Burda

Music producer Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) at DLD Munich — Music producer Björn Ulvaeus

Good notes: DLD23 workshop

Steffi Czerny congratulates Aenne Burda Award winner Ebru Baybara Demir

Rapt audience at DLD23

DLD participants take a selfie shot — Selfie time at DLD22!

Richard Browning, rocket man, flight demo, DLD — “Rocket Man” Richard Browning takes off at DLD Bayreuth

DLD Wanderlust — On top of the world: DLD Wanderlust participants scale new heights

Electronica band Die Stroeme and DLD founder Steffi Czerny at DLD Summer 2021 — Steffi Czerny admires the synthesizers of electronica band Die Stroeme

Garry Kasparov, chess tournament, DLD Munich 2020 — Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov gets challenged by DLD20 attendees.

Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Snap Inc., DLD Munich 2020 — Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel speaks at DLD20

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