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Courage & Decency: The Story Behind a Story
The collapse of Wirecard, among allegations of widespread fraud, has become one of the biggest scandals of the international financial world. In this DLD Summer session, Wirecard’s former senior legal…
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Science Works: The Power of Basic Research
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown both the benefits of science as well as the need to explain its benefits better, as Ann-Kristin Achleitner (University of Munich) and Robbert Dijkgraaf (Institute…
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Surveillance Capitalism: Do We Need A New Social Contract?
How can we reap the benefits of social media, and being connected, without surrendering all control to the digital giants who own the platforms? This is one of the key…
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The Great AI Game
Don’t think about data as the new oil, Oxford economist Carl Benedikt Frey argues in his DLD Summer session with Azeem Azhar – because data alone doesn’t make you a…
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Covid-19: From Global Crisis to a Better World
In this DLD Sync webinar, renowned Oxford economist Ian Goldin analyzes the Covid-19 pandemic in the context of globalization, sustainability and social justice. “We need to do things differently”, he…
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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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The Art of Planetary Storytelling
Discover highlights from our arts and culture talks at DLD All Stars, with international top speakers from culture, science, politics and business…
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Key Insights: What We Learned at DLD All Stars
A world in crisis is also a world of opportunities. This was on full display at DLD All Stars, our three-day online conference that featured top speakers from politics, business,…
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The New Deal for Innovation
With its New European Bauhaus initiative the EU Commission aims to bring together innovators from different backgrounds to develop creative solutions for a better tomorrow. “In one sentence, it’s a…
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Universal Basic Income
Handing out money to all citizens, no questions asked, so that everyone can pay the rent and no one needs to worry about tomorrow’s lunch: That’s the idea behind a…
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Creating a Self-Sovereign Identity for All Citizens
In this passionate plea for data sovereignty, Don Tapscott argues that the platform economy is broken: Technology giants earn billions by collecting their users’ information and selling insights to advertisers.…
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Data and Democracy
How much freedom do technology companies need to be truly innovative? And where should government step in to protect privacy, consumers and market competition? Former Vice President of the EU…
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Make Europe Great Again
MAGA, meet MEGA: In this DLD Future Hub talk, André Loesekrug-Pietri, Chairman of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI), presents his vision for “making Europe great again” – through boldness, unity and innovation. “We have lost the edge”, Loesekrug-Pietri argues at the...
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It’s Time to Rebuild: A 12-Month Sprint for Europe’s Social Platforms
Europe’s digital ecosystem largely depends on foreign platforms and it’s time to change that, this DLD26 session, moderated by André Loesekrug-Pietri, makes clear. Former European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager and Danish entrepreneur Thomas Madsen-Mygdal present Rebuild, a non-profit initiative that aims...
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