Highlights of Day 3 include an opening address by Ken Goldberg, Professor at UC Berkeley, who reveals whether AI and Robots are a threat or an opportunity. Despite dystopian forecasts of robots replacing workers, Goldberg believes that AI and intelligent tools also have the potential to foster a more productive workforce.
Jean Twenge, Professor at San Diego State University, looks at how today’s members of iGen are vastly different from any other generation. She argues that today’s super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant and less happy.
Day 3 also includes presentations from:
- Edward Alden, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations provides timely knowledge about Trade Wars and the Global Trading Order: Change or Collapse?
- Kathryn Hume, VP Product & Strategy, integrate.ai, shares her key observations about using AI ethically, and how this impacts the battle for consumer trust
- Maurice E. Stucke, Professor, The Konkurrenz Group questions the implications of a select few tech companies monopolizing our data
- Samuel Sternberg, Assistant Professor, Columbia University, explores the potential of rewriting the Code of Life with gene editing and the unthinkable ability to control evolution
- Jamie Allen, Secretary General, Asian Corporate Governance Association, reveals the nuances and the importance of corporate governance in China
- Eugene Rogan, Professor, University of Oxford, brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region’s crucial role in the conflict
- Mark Crawford, Chief Technology Officer at Great Wall Motor, explores the hurdles keeping self-driving vehicles from reaching the real world, and offers business and technology solutions that will overcome these obstacles
- Jeff Fuchs, Himalayan Explorer and Tea Purveyor recounts his experience in the Himalayas and his epic journey involving tea, mountains, and memories