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Is owning a collectible from the Bored Ape Yacht Club the 2022 equivalent of saying you have a Picasso? Paris Hilton and many others would like to think so. The reality TV star and DJ owns a Bored Ape NFT and even creates her own NFT art.

In this episode of the Next Stage, Paris and her VC husband – M13 Ventures founder Carter Reum – talk about the brave new worlds of NFTs, cryptocurrency and the blockchain.

Paris Hilton and Carter Reum were in conversation with Forbes editor Steven Bertoni at Collision 2021.

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When three hugely popular influencers get together in 2021 and talk about their secrets to success, you might guess that the social media platform they would be on is TikTok… but you’d be wrong!

Nas Daily, Sarati Callahan, Alfie Deyes and Caspar Lee talk about their respective journeys to where they are now – ie, with more than a million followers each. They also give tips on how to grow a loyal following, and they reveal the unlikely platforms that can make or break a career as a content creator.

Content creator and SaratiBody entrepreneur Sarati Callahan, YouTube star and entrepreneur Caspar Lee, and Nas Academy founder and CEO Nas Daily, were in conversation with Big Technology founder Alex Kantrowitz. They spoke on Centre Stage at Web Summit 2021.

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When people speak of the ‘glass ceiling’, they’re usually talking about the invisible barriers women face when advancing in the workplace. This episode of the Next Stage explores the digital glass ceiling.

This is a wide-ranging topic covering everything from gender-based harassment and hate speech on social media to gender inequality in access to technology (especially in developing nations). It also encompasses the lack of diversity in the Big Tech behind platforms that shape the way we communicate, socialise and even participate in society.

But there is hope. As Portuguese actor and United Nations Ambassador Catarina Furtado said, “there is a new generation of feminists – both young and older women – with digital skills, and they use it as a megaphone. They have moved from the streets to the web to speak out”.

Catarina Furtado, and cloud banking platform Mambu’s co-founder and head of diversity, Sofia Nunes, were in conversation with MIT Tech Review journalist Charlotte Jee on Centre Stage at Web Summit 2021.

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Low-code technology helped build 75 percent of all enterprise software in 2021, according to Forrester and Gartner analysts. In fact, according to a 2021 Siemens survey, 75 percent of IT leaders say the no-code/low-code trend is something their organisation cannot afford to miss. 

Hanna Hennig, CIO at Siemens, talks about how digital technology – which is transforming society – needs low-code and no-code. This is especially true in manufacturing, where 80 percent of tasks can now be automated.

With this level of automation comes a fivefold demand for developers, she says. And this has led to the rise of what is known as the citizen developer – an employee who develops apps for use by themselves and others on their team. Low-code techniques give programming skills to non-professional developers.

Hanna was speaking on the FullSTK stage at Web Summit 2021.

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What will it take to get humans back on the moon? It’s been almost 50 years since humankind set foot on the satellite’s surface, and NASA is gearing up for a return, according to Carlos Garcia-Galan, the head of European Service Module (ESM) Integration at NASA. He is working specifically with the Orion spacecraft in the Artemis programme.

The launch of Artemis I is planned for the first half of 2022. It will be an uncrewed test, set to orbit the moon. A crewed test mission will be sent to orbit next year. By 2024 (or thereabouts), we can expect to see people land on the moon. 

But why all the testing? Simply put, the spacecraft needs to withstand the hostile environment of space, including a temperature of up to 2,800 Celsius upon re-entry. That’s twice the heat of flowing lava.

Carlos Garcia-Galan was speaking on the DeepTech stage at Web Summit 2021. Here are some links to the images he mentions: the Orion spacecraft; a view of Earth from Mars as taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover.

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Hootsuite CMO Maggie Lower talks about customer engagement online, and what's next for marketing in this space. She covers every big trend from tapping into the creator economy to employee advocacy.

Maggie says the most basic principle of social media is to know your audience, and that the only way to achieve this is to listen. So listen to her top tips for successfully leveraging your presence on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or elsewhere, no matter what size your business is.

Maggie Lower is in conversation with Martina Fuchs, business correspondent for Xinhua News Agency. This talk is from PandaConf at Web Summit 2021.

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Blockchain.com president Nicolas Cary predicts that, by 2030, roughly three billion people will use cryptocurrencies every day.

In this session, Nicolas shares the trials and tribulations of running the digital wallet accountable for almost 30 percent of all crypto transactions in the last five years.

He also goes into detail on other trends in the crypto world, such as NFTs and crypto mining, as well as offering advice on how to build an investment portfolio that incorporates cryptocurrencies.

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Optimised MDMA dosing, psychedelic precision medicine, LSD neutralising ... The landscape of psychiatry is changing fast. As traditional medicine continues to advance, and in order to combat the wave of mental health problems heightened by the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is reconsidering forms of treatment previously disregarded.

This session brings Robert Barrow, CEO of biotech company MindMed, into the conversation about how we can improve how we treat mental health issues. We’ll also hear how specialised psychological therapy can be adapted into mainstream medical care.

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Swedish popstar Zara Larsson has a loyal fanbase who have been able to attend her concerts throughout the global pandemic and even do meet and greets and take selfies with the singer. How is this possible? Through the metaverse, of course!

Zara has her own custom world known as the Pink Lakehouse, hosted on online game platform Roblox. She not only performs and meets with fans but is also selling merchandise (including a version of her own avatar), earning US$1 million to date.

The Swedish singer and Roblox’s global head of music Jon Vlassopulos talk about the future of music in the metaverse and how it has ushered in a new social era for the industry.

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Health apps are not just for tracking exercise or sleep. In a fast growing space often referred to as ‘femtech’, there are apps for all aspects of menstrual health and Clue is leading the charge. This period tracking app is the first and only to receive FDA approval for all digital birth control.

In this episode of The Next Stage, co-CEOs Audrey Tsang and Carrie Walter talk about how they have differentiated themselves in this market by providing medical device grade features. They also discuss the future of health apps that collect masses of very personal data: should they be categorised as mass consumer apps, medical devices, or somewhere in between?

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