With only seven days separating us between now and Web Summit 2020 we've decided to throwback to one of most popular talks from last year's Web Summit with Edward Snowden
 
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance. 

A name familiar to us all, we know the actions which have led him to living a life in hiding. But how much do we really know about the background and motivations which led him to take these seismic societal actions? 

Edward will go into detail about the story that has shaped his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.

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In 2020, work is evolving on a daily basis, and Steady is helping people navigate this new normal. Company CEO Adam Roseman is joined by NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal (an investor in and advocate of the platform) to discuss how the app can help to ease the crisis facing millions of gig and hourly workers.

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Justin McLeod, Dame Til Wykes and Katie Collins

Endless scrolling, constant texting, and living our lives staring at phones. These are some of the signs of tech addiction. So much of modern life is spent gazing at that black mirror. In this session we hear from two leading proponents of getting people off their phones and out into the real world.

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Meet the NBA stars building businesses off the court, even while juggling the demands of a pro athlete and indulging their creative and entrepreneurial streaks.

Al Harrington, Langston Galloway, Rondae Hollis Jefferson and Randy Osei talk life off the court and building business.

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Unicorn founders and leading VCs uncover common mistakes made during a funding pitch, what makes them cringe, and what they look for in a winning team. 

Listen in to Ariel Cohen, Michele Romanow and Marcel Rosenbac

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In this week's episode, Emily will discuss life as a partner in Pentagram, the world's largest independent design consultancy. She'll describe her work with media brand behemoths including NBC Universal, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros.

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Margrethe Vestager and Laurie Segall

Hear from the gatekeeper for the future of technology who has taken on Apple, Amazon and Google, and won, and is only getting started.

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New York City is one of the areas in the US hardest hit by Covid-19. How will the tech startup and VC scenes recover as New York's resilience is put to the test? 

A top VC and two of the most active accelerators in New York discuss.

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This week we join Mitchell Baker, David Pemsel, Ana Brnabic and Matthew Garrahan as they sit down to talk about 'Fake news' and 'alternative facts' that have warped society's perception of the media. 

Now that the genie is out of the bottle, can we re-establish faith in the fourth estate?

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For centuries, millions of people have been brutally crushed beneath the jackboot of institutional racism. Systemic revolution to eradicate oppression is long overdue. 

This week's episode welcomes influential civil rights leaders to discuss how, collectively, we can rise to the challenge.

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