Does tech need a new business model? How can computing power drive the energy transition? How can the tech sector get more efficient? What’s ahead for the tech skills gap? In a special conversation recorded at Davos, the CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella talks to World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab about trends in AI, cybersecurity, economic growth and three trends for the future of work. 

This conversation was recorded at the Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland 18 January.

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On today’s Radio Davos, co-hosted by ‘Exponential View’ writer, author and podcaster Azeem Azhar, UN Secretary-General warns of a ‘great fracture’ in the world, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis tells us the war in Ukraine affects the whole world. We talk to Caroline Casey of the disability inclusion campaign Valuable 500 and tour the art exhibition bringing the voice of refugees to Davos.

“It is essential for the two countries to have meaningful engagement on climate trade and technology to avoid the decoupling of economies and even the possibility of future confrontations.”

UN chief António Guterres says the world can well do without a ‘great fracture’ caused by rivalry between the United States and China. And he calls the continued exploration for fossil fuels the stuff of dystopian science fiction.

Ty Greene, Project Lead, Health Equity at the World Economic Forum tells us about health equity and how companies leading are pledging to achieve it.

Caroline Casey, founder and director of the Valuable 500 tells Linda Lacina’s Meet the Leader podcast about a surprising pivotal moment in her life that galvanized her life’s work. 

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis tells Radio Davos why the world needs to unite behind Ukraine.

And we stroll up the stairs from the Radio Davos studio, in the heart of the Davos congress centre, to admire artwork created by refugee children around the world, and speak to the people behind the project, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz and Max Frieder of Artolution.

People in this episode:

Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, author, podcaster, writer of Exponential View

António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations

Ty Greene, Project Lead, Health Equity, World Economic Forum

Caroline Casey, Founder and Director, The Valuable 500

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Foreign Minister of Lithuania

Max Frieder, Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Artolution

Vik Muniz, artist

Davos 2023 sessions related to this episode:

The Age of Net-Zero Energy Technologies

Special Address by António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations

Cultural Leaders as a Catalyst of Change with Max Frieder

The Geography of Diversity

Thinking the Unthinkable: The Risk of Nuclear Confrontation

On Day 3 at Davos 2023, we enter the metaverse to experience the Forum’s Global Collaboration Village, hear why inflation may have peaked, but prices haven’t, and speak to astronaut Matthias Maurer. Heba Aly, of the podcast Rethinking Humanitarianism, co-hosts.

We hear from recipients of the Crystal Awards Idris and Sabrina Elba.

The boss of Unilever, a top IMF economist and Germany’s finance minister weigh in on the impact of inflation.

We welcome into the Radio Davos booth astronaut Matthias Maurer.

And we enter the metaverse to take a tour of the Global Collaboration Village.

People in this episode

Heba Aly, host of the podcast Rethinking Humanitarianism

Sabrina Elba, United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Goodwill Ambassador

Idris Elba, Entrepreneur, Actor, Musician, UN IFAD Goodwill Ambassador

Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency

Olivier Schwab, Managing Director, World Economic Forum 

Gill Einhorn, Head of Innovation and Transformation, Centre for Nature and Climate at the World Economic Forum

Alan Jope, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever

Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

Christian Lindner, Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance

Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine

Jaci Eisenberg, Head of Content Curation at the Global Collaboration Village

Mark Curtis, co-lead, Accenture Metaverse continuum business group

Elisabeth Papadopoulos, Creative Director, Accenture Metaverse continuum business group

Nadia Botello, Audio Lead, Accenture Metaverse continuum business group

Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum 

Julie Sweet, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture

Brad Smith, Vice-Chair and President, Microsoft Corp

Sessions mentioned in the episode:

Crystal Awards Ceremony 2023

Stewarding Responsible Capitalism

Leading the Charge through Earth's New Normal

Mastering New Energy Economics

Special Message from Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine

Stemming the Cost of Living Crisis

Press Conference: Global Collaboration Village

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Experts ask: Have we seen the worst of inflation? Will the cost of living crisis get worse before it better? What role will productivity play? And do policy-makers need a new toolkit to tackle this challenge?

Learn more from this panel held at the World Economic Forum 2023 Annual Meeting 17 January with top economic minds including: Christian Lindner, Federal Minister of Finance for Germany; Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund; Alan Jope, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever; and Laura Tyson, distinguished professor, Graduate School of Berkeley. 

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It’s a fragmented world - can humanity learn to cooperate to solve the big issues? Bloomberg climate change reporter, host of the Zero podcast, Akshat Rathi, joins us to look at Day 2 of Davos 2023.

Saadia Zahidi, head of the Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society picks her priorities for Davos 2023 and, as the World Economic Forum published its latest Chief Economists Outlook, ADP’s Chief Economist Nela Richardson gives her assessment of the economy in the year to come.

Davos shines a spotlight on the situation in Iran, Iranian-British actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi tells us why the power of women is an unstoppable political force.

Another Middle Eastern artist who uses her platform to campaign for human rights, singer Farah Siraj, often referred to as the ‘Music Ambassador of Jordan’, talks about the transformational power of music

The head of energy at the Forum, Roberto Bocca tells us about important discussions in Davos on that crucial subject. 

People on this episode:

Akshat Rathi, host of the Zero podcast from Bloomberg

Roberto Bocca, head of Energy, Materials and Infrastructure at the World Economic Forum

Saadia Zahidi, head of the Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society

Nela Richardson,  ADP Chief Economist

Nazanin Boniadi, actress and activist

Farah Siraj, singer and activist

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It’s Day 1 at Davos 2023. In this first of the daily shows that will drop every morning this week, we hear from the president of the World Economic Forum on what to expect, we hear about artificial intelligence that can prevent wildfires, we take a peek into the metaverse, and hear music played on an instrument with a 1,000 year history.

People on this episode:

Linda Lacina, host of the Meet the Leader podcast.

Børge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum

Kay Firth-Butterfield, Head of Artificial Intelligence at the Forum

Cathy Lil,  head of Shaping the Future of Media, Entertainment & Sport at the Forum

Joseph Tawadros Oud player, James Tawadros, percussionist 

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Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, we look at two issues that will be at the heart of many discussions: energy and jobs.

We discuss a new report, Securing the Energy Transition, with David Rabley who leads the energy transition practice for oil and gas at Accenture, and Roberto Bocca, Head of Energy, Materials and Infrastructure at the World Economic Forum.

And in the second half, Saadia Zahidi, head of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society, talks about the Jobs of the Tomorrow - another new report, that looks at the rapidly changing world of work, with a focus on the green jobs and the care economy.

Links:

Securing the Energy Transition

Jobs of the Tomorrow

Don't miss our other Davos 2023 preview episode, on the Global Risks Report: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/global-risks-report-davos2023

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The cost of living crisis around the world is the number one risk in the short-term, according to the latest Global Risks Report, but climate change remains the greatest challenge in the medium and long term. In this episode we hear from two of the people involved in creating the Global Risks Report - required reading ahead of the Annual Meeting in Davos - Carolina Klint, managing director at Marsh, and Peter Giger, Group Chief Risk Officer at Zurich Insurance Group.

'As 2023 begins, the world is facing a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar.'

So reads the executive summary of the Global Risks Report 2023, the result of a major annual survey conducted by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group.

'We've seen a return of older risks inflation, cost of living crises, trade wars, capital outflows from emerging markets, widespread social unrest, geopolitical confrontation, and the spectre of nuclear warfare which few of this generation's business leaders or public policymakers have experienced.'

The Global Risks Report is a fascinating read. It looks at short-term and long-term perceptions. And in the longer term, or the medium term, the threat posed by climate change is the top risk on a ten-year time horizon. But in the short term, worries about natural disasters and extreme weather fall to second place, pushed off the top spot by the cost of living crisis.

You can find the report at wef.ch/grr2023. It's required reading ahead of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos where figures from government, business, academia and civil society will come together to discuss the world's most pressing issues.

Report Link: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-report-2023/

Executive Summary: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-risks-report-2023/digest

Press Conference livestream and replay link: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/global-risks-report-2023-press-conference/

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Is the metaverse more than just a catchy buzzword? Can companies and regulators build something safe, engaging and useful?

We speak to Cathy Li, head of Media, Entertainment and Sport at the World Economic Forum, who is leading an initiative called Defining and Building the Metaverse. That is bringing together companies, governments and civil society around the world, to discuss possible futures for the metaverse. The first fruits of that work will be unveiled in Davos in January.

From machine learning to quantum sensing and the metaverse - these CEOs pick out the tech we should all be watching. This episode was previously published on our sister podcast Meet the Leader. Subscribe to that here: https://pod.link/1534915560

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