Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt has many roles. He is cofounder and chairman of the Mongolia Economic Forum, hosted two seasons of the popular TV format The Apprentice in Mongolia. More important the former Mongolian deputy finance minister and serial entrepreneur has a clear vision of his country’s prospering future: to establish it as the Asian Switzerland. “ARD Finance Group” holds a bank he defines as a peoples bank with more than 400,000 shareholders in a country with some 3.5 million inhabitants. The group is active in energy, real estate, asset management and DeFi, (decentralized finance) and the crypto universe. “This will shape the future of the global eco system”, he is convinced.

Wesley Ellul is a Malta based global entrepreneur in the Web3 space, former actor and still produces a popular annual satiric stage show. For more than a year already her represents the Malta government on the global stage as special envoy for startup funding and investment. We talked about the strength of Silicon Valley, how to bring this spirit to Europe and to combine it with our local strength and why the European crypto regulation MICA does help. We also talked about the role of Malta and how he wants to bring “Convergence” to the market. Human creativity in the age of AI  will remain a key asset if it is not used in reproductive manner. Because that will be done by the machines. It was a bit windy when we did this interview with Wesley withdrawing from early morning family noise, doing the conversation to his already sunny terrace.

Email and Twitter mark the beginning of an ongoing and acceleration transformation of diplomacy. We had the honor to talk to A.R. Ghanashyam, among others  former ambassador of India to African nations who still has a strong influence, looking back at the evolution of diplomacy and about the growing influence of deep-tech without changing diplomatic values and ethics.

Carina Schuster is a renown Swiss tech journalist, podcaster, Web3 strategist and women activist who invited speak on events around the globe. She also attended this year’s World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos and shared her take aways with us on the tech trends including AI and the content blocks focusing on female careers.

The speed of technical innovations is constantly increasing and accelerates change in our societies. Already today people are feeling increasingly insecure and afraid. How can we create a resilience to make it easier for us to cope with these changes? To find the answer for that will become essential for our future. We discuss this and more with Jean-Michel Azzopardi, a global thought leader in the innovation and Technology space...

There is immense potential on the African continent, illustrated by the 2024 Laureate of the Wholistic World Innovation Trophy: Olivia Koburongo, one of the founders of Kampala based MamaOpe Medicals. There device has the potential to help solving some the continents burning health issues - and beyond.

DWI's Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker discuss with GALTER founder Prof. Dr. Mahendra Kumar Bhandari the need of regulating the tech space. The issue is complex: On one hand you need to create a (cross borders) level playing field for all involved, on the the other too strict or detailed legislation can kill opportunities and slows down advancement. GALTER stands for Global Academy for Law and Tech Education and Research.

Start Ups are the drivers of innovation, they turn then into products that change the way we communicate, do business or spend our free time. They can do this much faster than established companies because they can focus and act much faster. Alexander Pinker and Dieter Brockmeyer discuss with the global DeepTech, Start Up expert and UN peace ambassador Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes the roles, how to support and how to make sure it is for all our benefit.

How can we prepare our society for the unprecedented wave of change we must expect due to accelerating technological advancement? That's the topic of "Campus", the new book by Diplomatic World's Dieter Brockmeyer, he discusses with his T&T cohosts, the innovation profiler Alexander Pinker and the digitalization expert Sanjay Sauldie.

CAMPUS is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CXF4RLL6

Education and Learning are key issues to cope with the unprecedented wave of technology driven change that will have impact on every part of our existence. We discuss learning and education models to get closer to what the final model should become in the end.