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'Spatial computing', 'blended reality', 'the metaverse'. For those of us who still use screens and keyboards to access the digital world, those phrases might not mean very much. But many experts believe the '2D' internet will soon be a thing of the past, and we will all be, one way or another, in a 3D metaverse.
With Apple's Vision Pro headset renewing interest in virtual reality, we speak to two proponents of the metaverse who see both huge opportunities and significant risks.
Guests: Yonatan Raz-Fridman, CEO of Supersocial and host of the podcast “Into the Metaverse”
Brittan Heller, lecturer on International Law, Technology, and Human Rights, Stanford University.
Links: Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home
Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality: https://www.weforum.org/publications/metaverse-identity-defining-the-self-in-a-blended-reality/
Navigating the Industrial Metaverse: A Blueprint for Future Innovations: https://www.weforum.org/publications/navigating-the-industrial-metaverse-a-blueprint-for-future-innovations/
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Mining is an industry that many of us probably rarely think about, but one that provides the raw materials for so many of the things we use, not least the modern technologies such as smart phones and electric vehicles that require certain minerals that are not always in abundant supply.
The International Energy Agency predicts that the demand for minerals will double by 2040. So how can we meet that demand in the most energy efficient and sustainable way?
UpLink, the open innovation platform of the World Economic Forum, is inviting entrepreneurs who have answers to that question to take part in its Sustainable Mining Challenge - a competition that aims to pick the most promising startups in the field.
On this episode we speak to Vivek Salgaocar, the founder of Prospect Innovation, which is the leading funder and business partner of the Sustainable Mining Challenge, and to Megan O'Connor, CEO and Co-founder of Nth Cycle, a company which is innovating in ways to better recycle mining waste.
This podcast is published around the World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development. Find more information at wef.ch/specialmeeting24 and across social media using the hashtag #specialmeeting24.
Links: UpLink Mining Challenge:
https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/uplink-issue/a00TE000001FQLNYA4/sustainable-mining-challenge
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What are the new technologies that can help us reach net zero? And how do we bring them to scale fast enough?
World Economic Forum Managing Director Jeremy Jurgens joins us to talk about the Advanced Energy Solutions community, and we hear from three of its members, from widely different sectors and geographies, implementing the energy solutions of tomorrow.
Guests: Ann Mettler, Vice President, Europe, Breakthrough Energy
VK Samudrala, President, Amara Raja Energy & Mobility
Maarten Michielssens, Founder and CEO, EnergyVision
Special Meeting 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/
Links: Advanced Energy Solutions community: https://www.weforum.org/communities/advanced-energy-solutions-community/
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In a polarised world, with the most powerful nations and the UN unable to prevent or end many wars, could the so-called 'middle powers' step up?
This week's two guests, both members of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Geopolitics, think so, and say those countries might even consider setting up an 'M-10' of middle powers seeking to resolve conflicts and other problems.
This podcast is published ahead of the World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development. Find more information at wef.ch/specialmeeting24 and across social media using the hashtag #specialmeeting24.
Guests: Susana Malcorra, Senior Advisor at Spain’s IE University and former Argentinian foreign minister and UN Secretary General Chief of Staff.
Bruce Jones, Senior Fellow with The Brookings Institution
Co-host:
Nicolai Ruge, Lead, Geopolitics and Trade at the World Economic Forum.
Links: Davos 2024 session: Middle Powers in a Multipolar World
Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics: https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-future-councils/
Shaping Cooperation in a Fragmenting World: https://www.weforum.org/publications/shaping-cooperation-in-a-fragmenting-world/
Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development: https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/
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“Climate Capitalism is an antidote to the dominant narrative that because we’ve ignored the climate crisis for so long, it will soon be too late. While it’s true that we’ve not done enough yet, we’re nowhere close to being too late.”
So says Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg’s senior climate reporter and host of the podcast Zero, in his new book Climate Capitalism, which looks at ways business and industry and finance can make, and in some cases are making, real progress on climate change.
Mentioned in this episode: Global Risks Report 2024
Links:
World Economic Forum Centre for Nature and Climate  Related podcasts: Geopolitics, the equitable transition, and AI: things to look out for in energy in 2024
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For half a century, Nile Rodgers has been making hit records that have touched people's hearts around the world. The creative force behind disco pioneers Chic, and some of the best known songs of David Bowie, Madonna and Beyoncé, tells us the definition of an artist: someone whose work "speaks to the souls of a million strangers".
But what if generative AI can make music that's just as good? Is AI a threat or a blessing to art and human expression?
We also hear from the head of the Hollywood actors' union on why moviemakers went on strike over the threat posed by AI. And from Refik Anadol, a leading light in AI-generated art.
Guests: Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator of the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA
Refik Anadol, Media Artist and Director, Refik Anadol Studio
Nile Rodgers, musician and founder of the We Are Family Foundation
Watch: Nile Rodgers interview: https://www.weforum.org/videos/ai-nile-rodgers/
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