Roundtable

Agripreneurship combines agriculture and entrepreneurship to help tackle some of the world’s pressing issues: from climate change, to over population and urbanisation. Agripreneurs from low income backgrounds often face a disadvantage, because of the lack of resources and land they have access to. Can young people find a profitable future in agripreneurship? And will there be enough investment to help disadvantaged communities?

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Joining us on Roundtable today is Louise Manning, professor of agri-food and supply chain security at the Royal Agricultural University, Charles Veys, agripreneur and co-founder of Fotenix, Farai Mtero, senior researcher in land and agrarian studies at the University of Western Cape and Steven Carr, CEO of Agripreneurship Alliance.

#agripreneurship #agriculture #entrepreneurship, farming, land, future, food

Facebook wants its users to spend and transfer money through its new virtual currency - planned for next year. But global banking bosses aren't happy - and consumers are asking the question, can Facebook be trusted?

Facebook wants its users to spend and transfer money through its new virtual currency - planned for next year. But global banking bosses aren't happy - and consumers are asking the question, can Facebook be trusted?

Joining us at the Roundtable: James Bennett, the co-founder of Bitassist, which advises on cryptocurrencies; Fran Boait, Executive Director of Positive Money UK which campaigns for money and banking systems to be fair and democratic; Hussein Kanji, Founding Partner at venture capitalists Hoxton Ventures; and Sharon Kimathi, Editor at FinTech Futures online magazine.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#Facebook #Libra #Calibra #Digitalbanking #Cryptocurrency #Banking #Fintech #Bitcoin #Apps, banking regulation, privacy, data breaches, Cambridge analytica, election meddling

The destruction of natural environments is so serious that polluting company bosses should face international justice. That is the theory being pursued by one group of legal campaigners. The problem is, they need to change international law to do it.

Joining us at the Rountable is Thomas Macmanus, Lecturer in State Crime at Queen Mary University; Jojo Mehta from Stop Ecocide Campaign; Ellie Mulholland, Director of the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative at Oxford University; and Martin Crook, from Roehampton University where he researches ecocide.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#ecocide #law #planetearth #crime #climatechange #environment #pollution

#justice #companies #governments

A conservative commentator who published a series of racist and homophobic attacks on YouTube, has been allowed to keep his platform. It's raised new questions about whether technology companies are sticking to their own rules on hate speech.

Joining us at the Roundtable today: Aidan White, President of Ethical Journalism Network; Nighat Dad, Founder of The Digital Rights Foundation; Kris Sangani, a Tech Journalist; and on the line from Brussels - Jan Penfrat, from European Digital Rights.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#hatespeech #freespeech #youtube #facebook #conservative #lgbtq #onlinehatespeech #blogger #carlosmaza #stevencrowder

From US presidential elections to the race to be the UK's next leader, social media adverts - tailored to the user - have become vital for winning support. But if we're all seeing different versions of these ads - what is it doing to democracy?

Welcome to RT.

Let's introduce our guests. Here at the Roundtable we have Zeynep Engin, who researches digital ethics at University College London;Danny Meadows-Klue, Chief Executive at Digital Strategy Consulting; Dr Athina Karatzogianni is Associate Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Leicester; And on the line from Oxford we have Stacie Walsh, an expert on Digital Policy at Oxford Information Labs.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#democracy #socialmedia #algorithms #adverts

Bigger, better, faster, more. That is the mantra of economic growth - a model that has sustained the world economy for generations. It has improved standards of living and made a few people very rich. But in a world of climate change and rising inequality - can we carry on like this?

Here at the Roundtable we have Catherine McBride from the Institute of Economic Affairs;

Professor Rainer Kattel, Political Scientist at University College London;

and Kate Raworth author of 'Doughnut Economics'

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Technology is meant to connect us but with self-service machines at supermarkets to quiet ride options on Uber. Is the use of technology making us more lonely and disconnected from one another?

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

Joining us on Roundtable today is Elaine Bousfield, founder of Xenzone a mental health and online wellbeing service, Leon Emirali, entrepreneur and investor, Penelope Blackmore, technology specialist and , Jenny Davis, lecturer in sociology at Australian National University.

#technology #socialmedia #loneliness, tech, social, society

A court case in the UK is challenging the police's use of facial recognition technology: taking pictures of people in public, and comparing them with a database of suspects. Is it a vital policing tool or a threat to people's rights and privacy?

Plastic is at the centre of a global environmental alert - a toxic danger to the health of our planet. But we depend on it for so much of what we do: so how do we kick our addiction to plastic - and are the alternatives really better for us?

Joining us at the Roundtable are Claire Potter, who is campaigning for an end to single-use plastics; Diana Szpotowicz, who runs a leading plastic-free online shop; Emma Revell from the Institute of Economic Affairs and from Keele University in the UK is Sharon George, an expert on Environmental Sustainability expert.

Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by David Foster, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:30 GMT on TRT World.

#pollutionplastics #plasticfree #zerowaste #plasticwaster #plasticbagban #travel #oceans