Category: Technology and Humanity

Here is the Pdf with my slides from IAB Copenhagen today!

More later::)

Announcing an important new 2020 speaking topic: the new Human Renaissance!

Gerd Leonhard announces a new renaissance

Gerd Leonhard’s presentation at Digital Copenhagen 2019: Technology, Humanity: the future (and what about Marketing?)

Pretty cool event here in Copenhagen today: Digital Copenhagen 2019. Here is my slide-deck used for this keynote:

Gerd Leonhard Interview at Volvo Art Session 2019: Technology and Humanity

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Volvo Art Session 2019, Zurich: here is my keynote on Technology vs Humanity (and on cyborgism) *video!

Technology and Humanity: our future Should we become exponential, as well, or should we respect our limitations? My keynote at the 2019 Volvo Art Session in Zurich  More details on my talk here JUST HIT THE PLAY BUTTON!   gerd leonhard keynote excerpt at volvo art session 2019 gerdbot happiness (download MP4 excerpt)

The battle for our data – European Data Sovereignty? Must watch video by France24 (English)

Some very good comments and astute observations here! With Marie Barbe Girard, Fabrice Ebelboin, Johnny Hugill and Mathieu Nohet “Europe’s handing over its sovereignty to Silicon Valley and China. That stark warning this week from none other than Germany’s chancellor. The Information Age we live in means it is no longer about who makes steel […]

Huge changes in the car industry are coming… told you so 7 years ago:)

The end of the gas engine is casting a huge shadow over the entire automotive industry: but there is life after the ‘valley of death’! Mercedes Benz to lay off 1000s as the world switches to electric cars From the economist daily newsletter: “Daimler hit the brakes. The German automaker told investors its move towards … Continue reading "Huge changes in the car industry are coming… told you so 7 years ago:)"

2020 predictions about automation and the future of work from Forrester

“Over 1 million knowledge-work jobs will be replaced in 2020 by software robotics, RPA, virtual agents and chatbots, and machine-learning-based decision management. So predicts research firm Forrester in a new report published today, “Predictions 2020: Automation.” It also estimates that 331,500 net jobs will be added to the US workforce next year, human-touch jobs that […]

My presentation at Swissquote Trading Day 2019 in Zurich: here’s the PDF (in German)

From the Swissquote event in Zurich yesterday; here is the PDF with my slides: The next 10 years: challenges and opportunities

Here is my presentation and deck: Bristol Technology Showcase: Technology and Humanity – the Future

That was a really amazing event! We should have the video soon as well; for now, as promised, here is the PDF with my slides!

Technology and Humanity: key memes and images from some recent presentations (gallery)

I will ensure that everything I invent, enable and sell increases HUMAN FLOURISHING, first and foremost – we need a Hippocratic oath for technologists

My keynote at SIBOS Innotribe 2019: Technology and Humanity – The Future

We have the tools and technology to work less and live better

Technology to work less and live better aeon.co/ideas/we-have-the-tools-and-technology-to-work-less-and-live-better via Instapaper

Meet me for my keynote at AEROSPACE BRISTOL: Bristol Technology Showcase November 8 2019. 5 short video interviews to get ready:)

This will be an exciting event! I will do the closing keynote on Nov. 8 – right in front of the Concorde airplane! Have a look at the program, and get your tickets here. The Bristol Technology Showcase (BTS) is focused on emerging technologies and those themes encompassed in the 4th industrial revolution with a […]

Are the brain implants of the future actually “thinking devices”?

“San Francisco of about two dozen tinkerers, Jonathan Toomim argued it was a logical next step. “We already use devices – our smart phones – that offload a lot of our cognition and augment our memory. This is just bringing the bandwidth between the human brain and those to a higher level,” said the self-described […]

Announcing mandatory CO2 compensation for all flights to my speaking engagements

Exponential change: challenges and opportunities (a new slide gallery by Futurist Gerd Leonhard)

My presentation at the Pisa Internet festival: humanity and technology – the future

Here is my deck from this recent engagement in beautiful Pisa

Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s Presentation @ the 2019 Pisa Internet Festival: Humanity and Technology – the Future. NEW: The Videos!

Tecnologia vs umanità, alla fine a vincere saranno le (giuste) scelte… Dall’intelligenza artificiale alla scienza, dalla tecnologia all’umanesimo. Un rapporto che, se non governato, rischia di sfociare nella conflittualità. Ma il futuro, ancora una volta, non dipenderà dalle macchine, ma dall’uomo. Anche di questo si è parlato con Gerd Leonhard e Bruce Sterling all’Internet Festival […]