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DLD25 Fireside Chat
In their lively conversation at DLD Munich 2025, German Minister Robert Habeck and American economist Andrew McAfee discuss Europe’s economic challenges, technological lag, and the need for reform, with Habeck…
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A World Apart: Tech Ecosystems in the US and EU
Prominent MIT economist and best-selling author Andrew McAfee delivers a passionate critique of Europe’s innovation and productivity gaps compared with the United States. “The liberal democratic West has created levels…
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Update from Digital Bavaria
Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs, Fabian Mehring, outlines a bold vision for European digital sovereignty and economic renewal. In the face of multiple crises – the Ukraine war, Germany’s…
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The Future of AI and Digitally Enabled Health & Medicine
Renowned physician and scientist Dr. Daniel Kraft delivers an inspiring and fast-paced presentation on the convergence of AI and digital technologies reshaping healthcare. Currently, “We’re not in the era of…
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Sovereignty and Competitiveness: Why EuroStack is Europe’s Moment
How can Europe make up for lost ground in the global tech race, create more digital champions, and become more sovereign along the way? Big questions for this DLD25 panel…
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Redefining Intelligence: How Reasoning Is Re-Shaping AI in 2025
OpenAI executive Colin Jarvis explores how AI systems will become more powerful through the ability to reason. “We think 2025 is the year of AI agents”, he says. “You can…
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How to Start a Movement
The intersection of nature, technology, and human agency takes center stage as Henry Timms (Brunswick Group) and transformation scholar Maja Göpel explore how to start effective social movements in a…
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Digital Agenda 2030
Industry leaders and politicians tackle Germany’s digital transformation challenges with surprising consensus across party lines. Moderated by Gordon Repinski (Politico) this DLD25 panel discussion brings together Markus Haas (o2 Telefónica…
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A Push for Europe
How can Europe leverage its strength in science and research to become a global innovation leader? This DLD25 panel discussion, moderated by Stefan Drüssler (UnternehmerTUM), offers a range of different…
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AI for Progress
If artificial intelligence is supposedly driving productivity, why is there such a puzzling disconnect between rapid technological advancement and stagnant economic growth? This question lies at the heart of Carl…
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Tech History – An Outlook to the Future
Moderator Fred Vogelstein (Crazy Stupid Tech) leads a dynamic discussion with tech veterans Mitchell Baker (Mozilla) and Esther Dyson alongside digital native Mona Ismail, examining how insights from past technological…
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Grassroots Digital Democracy
Computer scientist Ehud Shapiro discusses his vision of an alternative architecture for the digital world – because right now, he says, the Internet resembles a feudal system where a few…
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A New Challenge: Circular Biomanufacturing
Biotechnology can enable circular manufacturing at scale and low cost, as you’ll hear from Jano Costard in this fascinating DLD Circular talk. Costard is head of the Challenge Program at Germany’s federal agency for disruptive innovation (SprinD). “We need to get mainstream,...
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The North Pole – History of an Obsession
The North Pole has long been a place of imagination, mystery, and human obsession, captivating locals and explorers for thousands of years. In his DLD25 talk, renowned explorer Erling Kagge takes the audience on a journey through the history, myth, and significance...
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