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These podcasts bring you the full audio from World Economic Forum events, including the Annual Meeting in Davos.

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These podcasts bring you the full audio from World Economic Forum events, including the Annual Meeting in Davos.

    Special Meeting 2024: Bridging the Health Gap

    Special Meeting 2024: Bridging the Health Gap

    Since 1990, global efforts have successfully halved child mortality. Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, however, has been insufficient, with climate change and preventable diseases jeopardizing decades of advancement and millions of lives.
    How can we strengthen the global health architecture to eradicate disease and make essential health innovations accessible to all?
    This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 28 April, 2024. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/redefining-the-global-health-agenda/
    Speakers: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
    Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister, Pakistan
    Keir Simmons, Chief International Correspondent, NBC News
    ​Fahad bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel​, Minister of Health, Saudi Arabia
    Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Anita Zaidi, President, Gender Equality, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre
    Catch up on all the action from the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development at wef.ch/specialmeeting24 and across social media using the hashtag #specialmeeting24.
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    • 53 min
    Special Meeting 2024: The Role of New Nuclear

    Special Meeting 2024: The Role of New Nuclear

    Nuclear energy is part of the solution to meeting the growing demand for green power, with innovations from small modulator reactors to fusion providing opportunities beyond existing power plants.
    What is the enabling environment needed to support the commercial viability of new nuclear solutions?
    This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 29 April, 2024. Watch it here:
    https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/the-role-of-new-nuclear/
    Catch up on all the action from the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development at wef.ch/specialmeeting24 and across social media using the hashtag #specialmeeting24.
    Speakers: Shunichi Miyanaga, Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Rafaela Guedes, Senior Fellow, Brazilian Centre for International Relations (CEBRI)
    Kirsty Gogan, Founding Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer, TerraPraxis
    Kam Ghaffarian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Axiom Space, Inc.
    Cosmin Ghita, Chief Executive Officer, Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA
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    • 44 min
    Special Meeting 2024: AI Powered Industries

    Special Meeting 2024: AI Powered Industries

    AI-powered models, which are rapidly developing in capacity and scale, are expected to disrupt companies' operating and business models.
    What are the near-term use cases and long-term moonshot opportunities for AI to fundamentally reshape industrial ecosystems?
    This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 29 April, 2024.
    Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/ai-powered-industries/
    Speakers: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Editor, Global Energy and Climate Innovation, The Economist
    Simon Freakley, Chief Executive Officer, AlixPartners
    Robert Falck, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Einride AB
    Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman, Schneider Electric SE
    Cheryl Cui, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bota Biosciences
    Abdulla Adel Fakhro, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Bahrain
    Catch up on all the action from the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development at wef.ch/specialmeeting24 and across social media using the hashtag #specialmeeting24.
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    • 45 min
    Special Meeting 2024: AI, Productivity, Work: Can We Have it All?

    Special Meeting 2024: AI, Productivity, Work: Can We Have it All?

    While AI has the potential to augment the capabilities of workers by automating tasks, concerns persist regarding technological unemployment and the concentration of productivity gains.

    As AI develops further, what are the trade-offs leaders will need to manage?
    This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 28 April, 2024. Watch it here:
    https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/ai-productivity-work-can-we-have-it-all/
    Speakers: Tiit Riisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of Estonia
    Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times
    Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda
    Øyvind Eriksen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aker ASA
    Hiroaki Kitano, Executive Deputy President; Chief Technical Officer; Chief Executive Officer, Sony Research, Sony Group Corporation
    Abdullah AlSwaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia
    Special Meeting 2024 This episode is related to the Forum’s Special Meeting on Global Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development held in Riyadh on 28-29 April 2024.
    https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/
    Related podcasts: AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?
    Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero
    Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics
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    • 45 min
    Special Meeting: What Kind of Growth Do We Need?

    Special Meeting: What Kind of Growth Do We Need?

    The recent sustained slowdown in growth has been compounded by a succession of crises and dislocations.

    What approaches are needed to reignite growth while shifting to a better balance between quantity and quality?

    Recorded 28 April, 2024 at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/what-kind-of-growth-do-we-need/
    Public Speakers Tengku Zafrul Bin Tengku Abdul Aziz Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia

    Saadia Zahidi Managing Director, World Economic Forum Geneva

    Mohammed Al-Jadaan Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia

    Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

    Joumanna Bercetche Anchor, Bloomberg News
    Special Meeting 2024 This episode is related to the Forum’s Special Meeting on Global Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development held in Riyadh on 28-29 April 2024.
    https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/
    Related podcasts: Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero
    Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics
    Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:
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    • 44 min
    Davos 2024: The Battle for Chips

    Davos 2024: The Battle for Chips

    In a significant heightening of the battle for global pre-eminence in the semiconductor industry, export bans on certain types of advanced chips, including those used to develop AI, have come into effect.

    What impact will these restrictions have on both innovation and the competitive landscape in advanced chipmaking as the industry takes centre stage in power relations between the major global economies?
    This is the full audio from a session at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos on 17 January, 2024. Watch it here:
    https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/the-battle-for-chips/
    Speakers: Nicholas Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic
    Micky Adriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands
    Chris Miller, Associate Professor, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
    Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Railways of India
    Arati Prabhakar, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
    Links: World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution:
    https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home


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    • 43 min

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