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DLD All Stars: Speakers & Topics
Our online festival of ideas will make you forget Zoom fatigue. Watch top speakers, network, have fun. Register for free – this one is on us.
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Covid-19: The Wake-Up Call
The Covid crisis has not just highlighted the failures of certain governments; it is accelerating a shift in the balance of power from West to East. Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait…
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The Impact Revolution: Reshaping Capitalism
Technology now enables us to measure and cost the impact on people and planet that companies create through their products, employment and operations. Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist,…
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The Breakdown of Trust
A loss of trust in institutions is affecting our beliefs, but why is this happening? In this conversation with Rachel Botsman, author and Oxford University Trust Fellow, we discussed what happens…
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Europe: Powerhouse of Innovation
Top research, growing investments and a lively startup culture give Europe a good chance to become an innovation leader. DLD Europe 2020 showed how.
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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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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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Back To Zero: Rebooting Capitalism
The corona crisis has shown the importance of government as a guardian, protecting and supporting their citizens. What will happen when the pandemic is under control? Hear insights from Mariana…
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Democracy And the Global Economy
This DLD Sync session brought together two of the most highly regarded thought leaders of the digital world: Marietje Schaake, international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, and…
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Trust, Tech & Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on public opinion. Based on the most recent insights from their company’s Trust Barometer, a staple of market and brand research, Margot…
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Make Uncertainty Your Friend!
Don’t try to fight uncertainty, learn to manage it, author and consultant Margaret Heffernan says. Watch her DLD Sync session with Niki Kolev about better ways to deal with risk.
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The New Code of Cities
How do we need to design office spaces for a world after Covid-19? Is home office a sustainable concept for tomorrow? What does this change mean for mobility and transportation?…
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On the Brink of Utopia – Or Doom?
As director of SPRIND, Germany’s Agency for Disruptive Innovation, Rafael Laguna de la Vera is tasked with turbo-charging progress and shaping a positive future. In his engaging DLD25 talk, he makes the case that “pessimism is a waste of time” because “there is...
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Welcome Back: A Call to Nature and Climate Action at DLD25
As Maria Furtwängler (MaLisa Foundation) and Eckart von Hirschhausen (Foundation Healthy Planet, Healthy People) welcome back the audience to day 2 of DLD Munich 2025, they discuss the urgent need to address biodiversity loss and climate change – and see both as...
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