Politics, innovation, regulation. Global politics has become increasingly fragmented and contentious. With tech companies navigating fractured alliances, new technologies disrupting society faster than regulation can adapt, and digital platforms reshaping how we connect, it has never been more important to find solutions. From climate action to democracy itself, the question remains: is technology helping or hindering progress?
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Shifting geopolitical alliances, trade wars, and international tensions are forcing tech companies to navigate an increasingly fragmented global landscape where technology decisions have become matters of national security and diplomatic strategy.

Tech's global realignment

As technology races forward, policymakers face the constant challenge of trying to foster innovation while safeguarding society. Discover how experts are navigating the intersection of public policy, regulation, and technological progress.

Regulation vs innovation

Our lives are increasingly moving online, giving a selection of tech companies significant influence – an influence that is too often used to divide, isolate, and control. Can society rewrite the social contract for the 21st century to regain power over our lives?

Has tech eroded the social contract?

The climate crisis is the most serious existential threat facing humanity. As the world deals with rapidly worsening ecological and societal consequences, what are governments and policymakers doing to fight this? How can tech help?

Climate challenges

They've spoken

Competition Commissioner EU

Margrethe Vestager

President

Ursula von der Leyen

Commissioner

Ellen Weintraub

Jessica Rosenworcel

Vice President for Values and Transparency

Věra Jourová

Data Protection Commissioner

Helen Dixon

Dame Melanie Dawes

Professor of Taxes

Pascal Saint-Amans

Secretary-General

António Guterres

Prime Minister

Pedro Sánchez

Companies that attend

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Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition

“We might have new technology, but we do not have new values.”

Ramesh Srinivasan, Professor &amp; Author, UCLA

”We need technologies that bring us all together.“

Sita Chantramonklasri, Founder &amp; General Partner, Siam Capital

”Let sustainability be a need to have, and not a nice to have.“

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