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The case for climate optimism
Keynote | Al Gore
Former US Vice President
Vice President Gore outlines encouraging progress on the sustainability revolution, then discusses climate change and emissions reductions with European Green Deal Advisor Kurt Vandenberghe, climate modeler Dr Joeri Rogelj, and science historian Prof Naomi Oreskes.
Solving consciousness
Keynote | Axel Cleeremans
Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Prof Axel Cleeremans takes a journey through leading theories of consciousness, and discusses a radical new approach to consciousness research with fellow world experts Prof Anil Seth, Prof Liad Mudrik, and Dr Steve Fleming.
Healing the world’s cities
Keynote | Kongjian Yu
Peking University, China
Prof Kongjian Yu shows how replacing concrete with nature-based solutions brings biodiversity and beauty to city centers while cleansing water and better managing floods, and discusses water management with cross-disciplinary experts.
Good economics for harder times
Esther Duflo
MIT, USA
Hear from the Nobel Prize winner on opportunities from the Covid crisis for a stronger and more united global society – based on her pioneering, evidence-based approach to economics.
Sequencing all life on Earth
Harris Lewin
UC Davis, USA
Hear how powerful new DNA sequencing technologies are helping global efforts to preserve biodiversity and sustain human societies.
A Big History revolution
David Christian
Macquarie University
An education revolution through teaching Big History – a wide-angle approach covering 4.5 billion years and multiple disciplines – could better prepare our children to manage planet Earth.