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Jul 3
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Halfway through 2025, reasons to be opti...

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As we enter the second half of a turbulent 2025, we hear key lessons from the Summer Davos, AMNC25, and leaders from the World Economic Forum set out their priorities for the rest of the year where global collaboration is needed more than ever.

Speakers:

World Economic Forum:

Sheba Crocker, head of Global Communications Group

Saadia Zahidi, head of Centre for New Economy and Society

Sebastian Buckup, head of Centre for Nature and Climate

Mirek Dusek, responsible for the World Economic Forum summits

Kiva Allgood, head of Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains

Gim Huay Neo, head of Asia strategy

Jeremy Jurgens, head of innovation and emerging technology

 

Others:

Eswar Prasad, Professor, Cornell University

Adam Tooze, Director, European Institute, Columbia University

Chinese Premier Li Qiang

Kian Katanforoosh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workera

Hassan Elkhatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade of Egypt

Lindsay Hooper, Chief Executive Officer, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

 

Catch up on all the action from AMNC25 at wef.ch/amnc25 and across social media using the hashtag #AMNC25.

Listen to selected AMNC sessions on the Agenda Dialogues podcast.

Forum reports mentioned in the podcast:

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025

Chief Economists Outlook

Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2025

Forum initiatives mentioned in the podcast:

First Movers Coalition

Global Future Councils

Technology Pioneers

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Tech poised to 'change the world': Top Ten Emerging Technologies 2025: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/top-ten-emerging-tech-2025/

Getting sustainable, secure and equitable power to the people - how's the global energy transition going?

“Trillions of dollars added to the economy” - Google’s chief economist on the macro impact of AI

Stock markets and supermarkets: how business is deploying AI

Beyond the hype, how industries are deploying AI at the heart of their operations

 

 

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