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How can we navigate through and beyond the pandemic when the world around us seems so uncertain and fragile? How can we take control of the agenda to help our businesses and our people thrive in a fast changing landscape? How can we take control of the innovation agenda to make sure we can take advantage of developments in everything from AI to brain and body enhancements? Rohit Talwar's presentation on Aftershocks and Opportunities at the recent five day Global Recovery Summit was by far the most popular talk from a panel of 80+ international business authorities, sectors experts, and thought leaders. In this session, Rohit will draw on insights from Aftershocks and Opportunities and his current work helping organizations around the world to navigate a rapidly changing reality. He will focus on: - Planning scenarios for 2020-2023 - Navigating deep disruption - Identifying potential for growth - The new innovation agenda - Learning as the fuel for continuous change - Rethinking government development strategies - Personal transformation and resilience Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, award winning speaker, strategic advisor, and entrepreneur. He works with global companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and governments to help the anticipate and respond to the forces and ideas shaping the future. His clients include American Express, Emaar, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Novartis, PwC, Shell, Tata, and the governments of the UAE, Singapore, the UK, and USA. His new book Aftershocks and Opportunities – Scenarios for a Post-Pandemic Future was published on June 1st, 2020.

Thursday August 20^th, 2020 18.00-19.30 UK / 19.00-20.30 CET / 13.00-14.30 ET The central premise of Jenny Kleeman’s new book Sex Robots and Vegan Meat is that “if we can have babies without having to bear children, eat meat without killing animals, have the ideal sexual relationship without compromise, have the perfect death without suffering, how else will human nature be changed forever?” Join this highly interactive keynote session to hear Jenny present ideas from the book, discuss the implications for society, and respond to participant questions. Jenny Kleeman is a journalist, broadcaster, and documentary-maker who has traveled the world finding extraordinary characters to turn into film, print, and audio. She writes for the Guardian, The Times, the Sunday Times, and Tortoise. She has reported for BBC One's Panorama, Channel 4's Dispatches, and VICE News Tonight on HBO, as well as making 13 films from across the globe for Channel 4's Unreported World. She is the host of the Immaculate Deception podcast, and the weekend Breakfast show on Times Radio. Sex Robots & Vegan Meat is her first book. www.jennykleeman.com Twitter: @jennykleeman Facebook: www.facebook.com/jennykleemanUK The book is available from all good bookstores. More details here: www.jennykleeman.com/sexrobotsveganmeat