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Subra Suresh: Integrated Intelligence — Bridging Humanity and Technology for the World

Subra Suresh Carnegie Mellon University
January 23, 2015
This week, in a meeting unlike any other of its kind, leaders from across the globe come together to address the reality of transformative change in our world. Political, economic and social change, and the opportunities and repercussions that result, will be among the hefty topics debated and discussed.
 
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The Challenges of World Connectivity — Q&A with Douglas L. Peterson

Douglas L Peterson Mcgraw Hill Financial Inc
January 22, 2015
Technological advances and globalization have helped unleash innovation and bring people around the world together. Yet a more connected world also causes tensions — between nations, cultures and businesses.
 
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Richard Edelman: The Path Toward Trusted Innovation

Richard Edelman Edelman
January 22, 2015
The pace of change has never been faster than it is today, and simultaneously, innovation has become an even greater imperative for success. Against this backdrop comes a surprising finding: the pace of development and change by business and industry today is too fast, say a majority of informed publics from around the world.
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Steve Bolze: Investing in the Future of Electricity

Steve Bolze GE
January 21, 2015

The world is in the midst of a major power shift. Not political power, but actual electricity power being generated by an increasingly diverse and distributed range of sources — from natural gas to renewables.

 
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Njideka Harry: Design-Driven Innovations — An End to Extreme Poverty

Njideka Harry Youth For Technology Foundation
January 21, 2015
Attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, I’m excited to be involved in all the incredible sessions centered around the “new global context” and future decision-making given technological transformations. As a discussion leader at the “Designing Out Poverty” session, I will be shedding light on some of the core challenges in ending poverty and the nexus of opportunities for designers, scientists and innovators.
 
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Michael Elliott: Davos in the Age of Miracles

Michael Elliott The One Campaign
January 20, 2015
If you’re ever looking for a reason to go to Switzerland in the winter, here’s one: admiring the local railroad system.
 
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Marco Annunziata: Innovation Barometer — Businesses Disruption-Ready, in Right Conditions

Marco Annunziata GE
January 20, 2015
Our world is changing faster than ever. The marriage of digital and physical technologies is accelerating change in industry; the rise of the Global Brain with crowdsourcing and open-source collaboration is enabling hyper-charged innovation; and global growth is rapidly reshaping the map of global economic power. The confluence of these three forces is bringing about an unprecedented degree of disruption.
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Allan Päll: Bridging the Gap — Education and Employment in Europe

Allan Pall European Youth Forum
January 19, 2015
Some people say that we are post-crisis, but years after the crisis has supposedly ended, with a youth unemployment rate in the EU of 21.6 percent of — and in many countries, that already high statistic is much higher — there appears to be no end in sight for young people that cannot find secure jobs of good quality.
 
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Ganesh Bell: Driving Economic Growth in Europe with Digital Transformation

Ganesh Bell GE
January 16, 2015
What can revitalize the European economy? Many are asking this question as the region has stagnated economically for years. The answer lies in the wave of digital transformation enabled by the Industrial Internet. But in order to capitalize on this next industrial revolution, Europe must embrace major technological change in new ways.
 
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Expect Big Science Projects in 2015, International Year of Light

Txchnologist
January 15, 2015
If science and technology gets your blood pumping, expect 2015 to be quite a workout.
 

The calendar should be chock-full of big announcements and exciting events. From designing genomes to exploring the outer reaches of our solar system, from a major push into developing targeted medicines to serious investments in materials science and understanding the fundamental mechanics of the universe, there will be no shortage of significant news.

Keep an eye out for these projects happening this year:

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