FORWARD THINKING
Using Bloomberg experts and prominent
global thinkers, this six part series
Forward Thinking will help make sense
of the global problems of tomorrow.
In this episode, we’ll look at how transFormational technologies are changing the way we power our lives. |
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The Energy to Change: A Sustainable World |
Original Air Date:42588 |
24:14 |
Split Audio AVAILABLE |
Format PAL |
This programme asks how do we power a sustainable world?
Part 1 features Bloomberg experts featured include Seb Henbest and Jenny Chase of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Part 2 features academic Tony Seba, author of Clean Disruption of Energy and TransFormation."
Part 3 features the world's largest solar plant in Morocco which will supply energy for millions and shows how technology is harnessing the sun's energy 24/7. It also features how a start up in South Africa is using recycled plastic bags to create solar backpacks for schoolchildren.
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For Richer, For Poorer: The Dangers of Inequality |
Original Air Date:42573 |
24:05 |
Split Audio AVAILABLE |
Format PAL |
This programme asks how some of the world's biggest economies will cope with rapidly ageing populations?
Part 1 features Bloomberg experts featured include Carl Riccadonna, Greg Elders and Yelena Shulyatyeva from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Part 2 features economist Dambisa Moyo.
Part 3 examines inequality in South Africa and how one business is seeking to make a difference. |
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To Live Long and Prosper: The Demographic Timebomb |
Original Air Date:07/08/2016 |
24:05 |
Split Audio AVAILABLE |
Format PAL |
This programme asks how some of the world's biggest economies will cope with rapidly ageing populations?
Part 1 features Bloomberg experts featured include Jamie Murray,Chief Economist EMEA of Bloomberg Intelligence and BI Chief global economist Mike McDonough.
Part 2 features author, diplomat and academic Professor Stephen Chan.
Part 3 looks at how the German car industry is adapting to cater for elderly workers and travels to Southern Italy to examine big demographic movements there. |
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Smashing the Glass Ceiling: The Gender Gap |
Original Air Date:06/24/2016 |
24:07 |
Split Audio AVAILABLE |
Format PAL |
This programme asks what's preventing women from closing the gender gap in the world of work?
Part 1 features Bloomberg experts featured include Lisa Kassenaar Editor at Large Global Women's Coverage, Greg Elders and Carl Riccadonna from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Part 2 features US author Professor Anne Marie Slaughter.
Part 3 features how businesses in Scandinavia are addressing the Gender Gap.
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Growing Pains: Managing Megacities |
Original Air Date:06/10/2016 |
24:05 |
Split Audio AVAILABLE |
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This programme asks how can we harness the economic potential of megacities?
Part 1 features Bloomberg experts featured include James Hertling of Bloomberg News, Mike McDonough Global Chief Economist of Bloomberg Intelligence.
Part 2 features urban activist Alessandra Orofino who's based in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Part 3 examines the urban environment in Lagos, Nigeria and features the floating village of Makoko and the EkoAtlantic project.
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March of the Machines: The A.I. Revolution |
Original Air Date:05/27/2016 |
24:06 |
Split Audio AVAILABLE |
Format PAL |
The show asks how will the AI revolution change the world?
Part 1 features Jeremy Kahn, Bloomberg Tech Reporter, Mike McDonough Global Chief Economist at Bloomberg Intellligence and Gideon Mann, Head of Data Science at Bloombeg,
Part 2 features Martin Ford, Author of Rise of the Robots.
Part 3 features how AI could soon be changing healthcare. |
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