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Michael Le is a social media dancing sensation with more than 50 million followers on TikTok. 

He now has sights set on gaming and esports. Whether your interests lie in marketing, or in becoming an influencer, Michael has built an enormous following and holds some of the answers to success. 

In this episode of The Next Stage, Michael Le answers a host of questions both from our moderator and a live audience, and offers his tips to unlocking online success.

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What might cities of the future begin to look like as they respond to rapid changes in how and why we move around them? 

Join Free Now CEO Thomas Zimmerman as he explores how data and tech are creating a world of integrated mobility through mass transit, micro mobility and ride sharing that could fundamentally change how we navigate the cityscape.

Listen on for more exciting insights from Thomas Zimmermann, CEO of leading urban mobility app Free Now.

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Political polarisation is nothing new in the news world. But with an upswing in far-right political ideals and as the cancel culture wars rage on, where does political news coverage stand? Can traditional journalists hope to cover politics in a balanced and nuanced way while still finding a popular readership that trusts in traditional media institutions?

Listen on for more insights from a panel of experienced journalists, including James Ball from The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Sara Goo editor-in-chief at Axios, and international TV presenter, talk show host and journalist Ali Aslan.

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The world has made huge progress in developing a range of technologies in recent decades – but questions around how to use this technology ethically haven’t been answered as quickly. 

Solutions are now emerging around danger spots such as data privacy, while, most importantly, companies are realising that a firm ethical stance can be a foundation for growth.

Listen on for more insights as Rob Francis, CTO at Booking.com, and Kristin Luck, founder and president of ScaleHouse / ESOMAR, speak to George Lawton of VentureBeat.

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Life is busier than ever, and so it can be incredibly difficult to find time for dating. Feeld is the solution, a dating app that is designed to help people find who they are looking for, without judgement, when they are looking for it. 

Listen on for more insights from Ana Kirova [Kir-ova], CEO at dating app Feeld, and learn about how anyone can find love with Feeld, no matter where.

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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions bots? We might think of clever ones like ChatGPT, useful ones like customer service chat bots, or even annoying ones like spam bots on Twitter. But what about bad bots?

Pam Murphy, CEO of cybersecurity firm Imperva, details the kind of bad bots of every kind from those that can carry out identity theft through ATAs or account takeover attacks to so-called ‘Grinch bots’ that make coveted consumer items scarce by buying up as much online inventory as possible and driving up the resale price.Remember the PlayStation 5 scarcity? That was created by Grinch bots.

For more fascinating bad bot behaviour, listen on.

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The societal impact of artificial intelligence is often couched in terms of data privacy - the privacy of the individual or collective privacy rights. But Michael O'Flaherty, director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, says that we should be talking about AI in the broader sense of human rights.

Algorithms, says Michael, impact your freedom of expression, your freedom of assembly, your freedom of movement, your privacy, but also issues of socio economic wellbeing, issues of social welfare, right to a job, health care, education, the list goes on.

How can and should AI be regulated in this context? Listen on to find out.

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Although it might sometimes seem like another exercise in ticking boxes, there are leaders in the tech industry that believe in empathy as a business tool for fostering strong relationships with both customers and employees.

In this episode of The Next Stage Velia Carboni, Chief Digital and Technology Officer for VF Corporation and Jennifer Tejada, CEO of PagerDuty, talked about the importance of empathy in the tech industry and business in general, and how it can lead to better products and services.

They also discussed how technology has enabled a more empathetic approach to managing a distributed workforce and how chat and instant messaging platforms can cultivate empathy between colleagues. 

Velia Carboni, chief digital and technology officer, VF Corporation and Jennifer Tejada, CEO, PagerDuty were in conversation with Jared Lindzon, a freelance journalist with The Globe and Mail on the Corporate Innovation Summit (CIS) stage at Web Summit 2022.

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Does anyone really understand quantum? Yes or no, it's likely that quantum computers will play a major role in shaping our future. Here, Oxford Quantum Circuits CEO Ilana Wisby explores why quantum computing seems to be the next big thing in tech.

Ilana Wisby, CEO, Oxford Quantum Circuits was in conversation with Jeremy Kahn, senior writer at Fortune Magazine on the Deeptech stage at Web Summit 2022.

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The next generation of critical drug and vaccine development will be supercharged by advancements in automation and AI, getting breakthroughs in the lab to clinical trials faster than ever before. 

This panel of experts across programmable therapeutics, automation, and robotics, explore what's happening in the latest state-of-the-art labs, and discuss how automation is helping usher in a new era of medicine.

Nikhita Singh, co-founder and chief product officer at Artificial, Jacob Becraft, co-founder and CEO at Strand Therapeutics, and Victoria Sun, principal at Playground Global were in conversation with Adam Bluestein, contributing writer at Fast Company on the TalkRobot stage at Web Summit 2022.

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