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Digital currencies

May 26, 2020

Going deeper: Central bank digital currencies and how best to design them to benefit everyone

By Corina DuBois

On May 19, 2020 – Lisa Pollina, Gabriel Abed, George Bachiashvili, Shane Glynn, Aditi Kuma shared perspectives on “The digital dollar: Do we need it and how do we build it?” as part of a live video discussion moderated by Michael Greenwald. The discussion focused what exactly is a digital dollar? How would it work, how could it best be designed, and who would manage it?

Cybersecurity Digital Currencies
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Event Recap

May 21, 2020

Event recap | Mobilizing industry to encourage multi-sector solutions to global concerns

By Corina LJ DuBois

On May 21, 2020, Daryl Haegley, Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, Melissa Flagg, Lee McKnight, Mary Collins, Lin Wells, and Divya Chander shared their perspectives in a live video discussion titled “Mobilizing industry to encourage multi-sector solutions to address emergent global concerns” and moderated by David Bray, Director of the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center. The discussion focused on new ways of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and application of multi-sector industry solutions to current and potential future pandemics.

Civil Society Coronavirus
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GeoTech Cues

May 16, 2020

We can more rapidly respond to future waves of COVID-19 and pandemics: Here is how

By David Bray

The world needs a global Pandemic Prevention Board focused on building an “Immune System for the Planet”, as described in early April by the GeoTech Center by Dr. David Bray and then highlighted in a CNBC article by Atlantic Council CEO Fred Kempe on why tech companies can — and should — build a global quick response system to prevent future pandemics.

Civil Society Coronavirus
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GeoTech Cues

May 13, 2020

We can strengthen the global food system: Here is how

By David Bray

The world recently has experienced large-scale collapse of bread-basket food sources, multiple areas of humanitarian crises, price spikes causing rapid destabilization of national governments, and, with the COVID-19 pandemic, global food supply chain disruptions and food shortages throughout the world.

Civil Society Coronavirus
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GeoTech Cues

May 13, 2020

Expert survey series: Societal and geopolitical changes in a post-COVID-19 world

By Stewart Scott

In the third installment of biweekly surveys sent from the Atlantic Council’s Geotech Center to a community of technology experts, we analyze how respondents believe COVID-19 and national responses to it will shape economies and societies.

Civil Society Coronavirus
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GeoTech Cues

May 11, 2020

We can get through this COVID-19 pandemic together: Here is how

By David Bray

Here at the Atlantic Council, we recognize that working to benefit people, prosperity, and peace for all globally requires committed public servants. A year ago in 2019, Dr. Greg Treverton and Dr. Molly Jahn, as well as (the would be future GeoTech Center Director) Dr. David Bray, and other authors released the result of a year-long study that analyzed the impact of numerous long-term trends in the United States’ government workforce over a period of two decades.

Civil Society Coronavirus
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Event Recap

May 6, 2020

Video: Public service remains the essential undertaking that brings communities together

By GeoTech Center

Here at the Atlantic Council, we recognize that working to benefit people, prosperity, and peace for all globally requires committed public servants. Being a committed public servant can be especially hard in today’s world.

Civil Society Resilience & Society

Event Recap

May 1, 2020

Event recap | How we can achieve both healthy communities and economic renewal

By Claudia Vaughn Zittle

On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 8:00am EDT, the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center hosted a panel of experts to explore “How We Can Achieve Both Healthy Communities and Economic Renewal”. The panel included Mona Nemer, chief science advisor to Canada’s Prime Minister; Philippe Gillet, chief scientific officer with SICPA; Luukas Ilves, head of strategy with Guardtime; Daniella Taveau, principal of Bold Text Strategies; and Declan Kirrane, the managing director of ISC Intelligence in Science.

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

Event Recap

Apr 29, 2020

Event recap | The future of data and AI in space

By Corina LJ DuBois

On April 29, 2020, Fredrik Bruhn, Amy Webb, Paul Jurasin, Anthony Scriffignano shared perspectives on “Future of data and AI in space” as part of a live video discussion moderated by David Bray, Atlantic Council GeoTech Center Director, on how commercial space efforts are being changed by advances in data and AI capabilities, to include satellites and other efforts in Earth’s orbit and beyond.

Civil Society Economy & Business

GeoTech Cues

Apr 28, 2020

Expert survey series: COVID-19 response, technological innovation, and the future of societies

By Stewart Scott

In order to understand future trends in technology and geopolitics, a group of experts was polled about how COVID-19 and technological innovation will shape the future of societies and their respective forms of government.

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