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Quick Take: Highlights of DLD20
An astronaut, a Nobel Prize winner, a chess champion, many champions of a sustainable future: Take a look at select videos of DLD20.
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Social Networks Rebooted
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and technology reporter Steven Levy take a close look at the state of social networking, and what’s wrong with the current approach of making money through…
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Meat the Future: Plant-Based Food
Hunger and malnutrition remain an enormous problem, with one in four people globally facing insecurites about their food supply. “By 2050, we will need two planets to feed our entire…
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Democracy & Free Speech in the Digital Age
What responsibility do social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have when it comes to content moderation, fighting disinformation and protecting democracy? That’s the core subject of this DLD…
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Building Social Businesses
“Talent is very equally distributed, but opportunities are not”, observed Fatoumata Bâ, founder and CEO of social startup studio Janngo. In this lively discussion, moderated by Martin Weiss, Bâ joined…
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Fighting Back with Data
“Without facts we don’t have truth, without truth we don’t have trust and without any of these three, democracy is dead as we know it,” warns Maria Ressa, CEO of…
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Business With a Conscience
In his impassioned DLD20 talk, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus warned the audience that the time humanity has left on Earth could be counted in mere decades, not centuries.…
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The North East Trade Route
The Arctic is melting, with dramatic consequences for polar wildlife and the Earth’s climate. On the other hand, new trade routes are opening up where the ice is receding. Ólafur…
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The European Digital Agenda
Has Europe missed the first digital wave? No, Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, told the audience in his DLD20 keynote. “Europe is not lagging behind.” With…
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Technology for Human Progress
Merck CEO Stefan Oschmann analyzes the resurgent sense of techno-pessimism as well as the immense potential of disruptive technologies, particularly the data storage capacity of the human genome. “How do…
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Disruption & Trust: DNA, Ethics and Regulations
Three presentations explore the importance of trust in the digital society. Hyunjun Park, co-founder of CEO of Californian startup Catalog, describes how data can be stored in the form of…
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A Green New Deal for Europe
In this riveting talk, bestselling author and economist Jeremy Rifkin calls for a radical transformation of energy production and distribution in order to keep the climate crisis in check. “We…
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How DNA Origami Disrupts Medicine and Becomes the Cornerstone of Nano Robotics
The most exciting breakthroughs happen when different fields of research come together – like in DNA Origami where digital technology, biology and nano technology are coming together…
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The Naked VC
DLD Chairman, legendary tech entrepreneur and investor Yossi Vardi takes center stage at this deep dive into the world of venture capital. Watch him interview fellow investors Judith Dada (La Famiglia), Sebastian Kuss (EMH Partners) and Simon Levene (Mosaic Ventures) – and...
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