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Meet the EuroStack: “The World Desperately Needs a Third Way”
Innovation economist Francesca Bria has developed a strategy for making Europe digitally autonomous. She explains how the EuroStack can boost the continent’s competitiveness.
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DLD25 Preview: Speakers & Topics
DLD Munich is bigger than ever, with special tracks about AI, nature and exponential technologies. Find out who’s speaking and what to expect when you join us from January 16-18,…
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The Hidden Link Between Climate Change and National Security
As nature suffers, so do humans. Security researcher Florian Krampe explains why climate action is crucial to preventing conflicts, near and far.
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Closing Keynote: Eckart von Hirschhausen
Eckart von Hirschhausen, founder of the NGO “Healthy Planet – Healthy People” (Stiftung Gesunde Erde – Gesunde Menschen), delivers a reflective and inspiring speech that emphasizes the importance of hope,…
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Biodiverse Metropoles
Stefano Boeri, an Italian architect known for his “vertical forest” buildings that integrate trees into high-rise structures, discusses his vision for more sustainable and biodiverse cities with star curator Hans…
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Biodiversity Loss: A Security Issue!?
The destruction of natural ecosystems is becoming a global security issue, as former NATO general Tom Middendorp, Benedikt Franke (Munich Security Conference) and Florian Krampe (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)…
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The Double Crisis: Climate & Biodiversity
Leading climate scientist Johan Rockström (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) shows how deeply climate change and biodiversity loss are connected – requiring urgent action on both issues to avoid…
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Keynote Ursula von der Leyen
In her passionate DLD Nature keynote, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, emphasizes the urgent need to reconnect with nature for the sake of future generations. “We…
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Closing Remarks Day 1
In her passionate talk, which closed day 1 of the DLD Nature conference, Sandrine Dixson-Declève emphasizes the need for systemic approaches to address interconnected social, environmental and economic risks the…
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Biodiversity & Policy Making
There’s a crucial need for integrating biodiversity considerations into policy decisions, as you’ll hear in this DLD Nature session with Sandrine Dixson-Declève (Club of Rome), Stientje van Veldhoven (World Resources…
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Understanding System Traps for Transformative Policy Making
Transformation scholar and bestselling author Maja Göpel emphasizes the need to adopt system thinking to address the complex challenges facing society, particularly in policymaking and business practices with regard to…
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How to Repair a Broken System
Vandana Shiva, an environmental activist and physicist, discusses the importance of biodiversity and the need to shift away from a mechanistic, reductionist view of nature. “For me, biodiversity is the…
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Generative AI and the Future of Business
In his captivating DLD24 presentation, Michael Chui – a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) – analyzes the potential impact of generative AI on the global economy. Up to $4.4 trillion in annual value could be created, Chui says, with the...
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Containers of Culture
Sky Hopinka is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians. A big part of Hopinka’s artistic practice grapples with the accelerated disappearance with language and attempting to resist it. For him, language is a...
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