The Next Stage podcast by Web Summit

How Amazon Prime Video innovated and pushed boundaries during the global pandemic

The global CMO of Amazon Studios and Amazon Prime Video, Ukonwa Ojo, discusses how the streaming giant will continue to use creativity to market its content as we emerge from the pandemic.

UNICEF procures more than two billion doses of vaccines annually for routine immunization. Drawing on this experience, the development and humanitarian agency is leading the procurement and delivery of COVID vaccines for the COVAX facility. 

Here to tell us about the challenges of vaccinating the world, and how to overcome them, are goodwill ambassador David Beckham and UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore.

They formed one of the greatest partnerships ever to grace the small screen. Now, Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston – the critically-acclaimed Breaking Bad duo – have reunited for a new adventure. 

This talk will focus on why two of the most well-known actors in the world decided to try something completely different.

Join The Solutions Project co-founder Mark Ruffalo, and president and CEO Gloria Walton, in a session that will explore how the organization is helping to fund and amplify grassroots climate justice solutions created by Black, Indigenous, Immigrant, women, and other people of color-led organizations across the US.

The entire world is changing quickly, but in no industry is that more palpable than fintech. In the second quarter of 2020, PayPal's net payment volume amounted to US$221.7 billion. 

Join CEO Dan Schulman as he shares why with great payments power comes social responsibility, and offers his predictions for the year to come.

What does the future hold for space exploration? Let's hear about NASA's upcoming missions with Kathy Leuders

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From viral sensations to culture-making moments, TikTok captured our hearts and attention this year. Join entrepreneur, marketing guru and internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk, and TikTok’s vice president of global business solutions, Blake Chandlee, as they discuss what's been an incredible year for the app. 

Learn what the future looks like for content, marketing and brands on the short-form video platform, and discover everything you wanted to know about TikTok from the experts.

First there was 2020. From Covid to Black Lives Matter to the unprecedented frequency of the word 'unprecedented', everything changed, including social media. 

So where are we at in 2021? David Schneider, writer, director and founder of top UK social creative agency That Lot, looks at the where social is heading, from social dialogue and brand activism to the influencer economy and more. 

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Current agricultural practices are mainly profit-oriented and rarely tend to apply basic sustainable farming techniques. Can farming be done in a sustainable way? And, with an ever-growing world population, is there a way to satisfy the world’s appetite for meat without harming people, animals or the planet?

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Mint Mobile owner Ryan Reynolds and CEO David Glickman talk about the collaboration, creativity and connectivity that helped Mint Mobile reimagine the wireless experience. From selling wireless direct-to-consumer to fastertising, the two will discuss how the hyper-growth brand is disrupting a category that is rooted in the classic thinking of big ad budgets and brick-and-mortar retail. 

Mint doesn’t mince words in its mission to save consumers from skyrocketing wireless bills. After all, "At Mint, we don’t hate you".