Forum Handbook
See the list of speakers and sessions.
Forum Highlights
“When we think of the world today, we get this feeling of hopelessness. Yet, when you look at the data, things aren’t as hopeless as they seem. We’re improving on so many fronts - poverty, health, education - yet these aren’t the stories we hear.”
- Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Perspectives
Technology has no force in the race - It just is
"We have a responsibility to act ethically -you have so much power in your personal choices and how you communicate”
Rising up to Defend Against Cyber Threats
"Major firms are failing to defend their data amidst the vast noise. Nations in conflict are increasingly searching for ways to converge cyber and physical attacks against their enemies. Yet, we should not give up hope."
Doomed to Optimism: Looking at What the Futures Hold
"When societies don't have positive images of the future anymore that’s actually when they start to crumble.”
Promoting a Data-Driven Worldview
"By using data, we can see that the world doesn’t always look as bad as we think"
New Technology: bringing us together or pulling us apart?
"How can the forward-looking energies of entrepreneurs energize the evolution of futures that are genuine improvements and not get captured by megalomania?"
Reasons to be Optimistic
"New technologies are often disruptive and can be explicitly destructive in the short-term but tend to be overwhelmingly positive in the long-run"
Kevin Xu Innovation Challenge
The Kevin Xu Innovation Challenge invited members of the Rhodes and Equitech Futures communities to tackle the following question and put forward potential solutions:
We believe in a society where AI isn't a threat to livelihood, but rather a tool that can empower people to build more meaningful lives - What solutions help us get closer to that goal?