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Tech Fit 4 Europe Microsoft Podcasts
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How can technology tackle climate change or improve healthcare? What responsibility should tech companies take for how their solutions are used? And will the geopolitics of tech reshape our world order? These are just some of the issues we will explore in this series, bringing together diverse perspectives on how to make Tech Fit 4 Europe. Join Casper Klynge, Microsoft’s Vice President of European Government Affairs, in conversation with the people behind the policies that shape our use of technology.
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Partnering with the world: How Europe Addresses Global Challenges
Supporting sustainable economic growth in the wider world is the task of the EU’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA). Koen Doens, INTPA’s Director-General, joins Casper to talk about the importance of true partnerships in Europe’s external relations, how the role of his agency his changing as the world does, and where the role for the private sector lies.
Casper Klynge | LinkedIn | Twitter | EU Policy Blog
Koen Doens | UNIDO
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The world’s first hybrid war: Protecting Ukraine against cyberattacks
Tom Burt leads Microsoft’s Customer Security and Trust team – and as the Ukraine War has unfolded, has found himself at the center of Microsoft’s efforts to protect customers in Ukraine from Russia’s relentless cyber-attacks there. In this episode, he talks with Casper Klynge about the trends he’s seeing in international cybersecurity, the consequences for states, and the new responsibilities emerging for global tech companies like Microsoft.
Casper Klynge | LinkedIn | Twitter | EU Policy Blog
Microsoft Europe | Site | Twitter | YouTube
Tom Burt | LinkedIn
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The courage deficit: fighting inequalities with activism, technology and policy
Trisha Shetty is a gender equality activist, lawyer, and founder of SheSays, a non-profit that aims to end gender-based discrimination through youth and civil society engagement. In the latest TechFit4Europe podcast she speaks to Casper Klynge about her work, the role of international fora and partnerships, and the impacts of technology and policy in driving change.
Currently, Trisha serves as the President of the Steering Committee of the Paris Peace Forum.
Casper Klynge | LinkedIn | Twitter
Microsoft European Government Affairs | EU Policy Blog | Twitter
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Slow down to speed up: Harnessing the power of exponential tech
According to Azeem Azhar, we’re all living in the exponential age, a time defined by the rapidly compounding power of technology. Human society however, only adapts at a slower pace, he says. How do we make sense of this new world? How should our political institutions respond? And what role should tech companies play?
Join Azeem Azhar, creator of the Exponential View and author of The Exponential Age, as he joins us to explore what the exponential world is and how we can navigate it.
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Casper Klynge | LinkedIn | Twitter
Microsoft European Government Affairs | EU Policy Blog | Twitter
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1 song, 27 voices: EU Foreign Policy in tune
Not one voice but a common song sung in different voices with different tunes is how Federica Mogherini describes finding the common ground at the highest EU level. In this episode, EU's former foreign policy chief talks European tech agenda, transatlantic relationship or education focused on diversity and inclusion.
Federica Mogherini, College of Europe's rector, is a former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as well as former Vice-President of the European Commission.
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Casper Klynge | LinkedIn | Twitter
Microsoft European Government Affairs | EU Policy Blog | Twitter
Federica Mogherini | Twitter
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Artificial Intelligence: the electricity of the 21st century or a thriller for humanity?
One compares AI to fire or electricity, the other argues it has all the makings of a thriller. In this Data Science & Law Forum special, filmmaker Tonje Hessen Schei and computer scientist Eric Horvitz join Casper Klynge to discuss what needs to be done to ensure we all benefit from AI.
Tonje Hessen Schei is a documentarian whose film iHuman deals with AI, social control and power. Eric Horvitz is a technical fellow at Microsoft, where he serves as the company’s first Chief Scientific Officer.
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Casper Klynge | LinkedIn | Twitter
Microsoft European Government Affairs | EU Policy Blog | Twitter
Eric Horwitz | Site | Twitter
Tonje Hessen Schei | iHuman
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