Blog Highlights from Credit Suisse Global Megatrends Conference 2018
At the conference, attendees heard from 14 internationally recognized opinion leaders, sector specialists and industry experts on fundamental supertrends that are expected to impact global markets.
The conference focused on Supertrends themes consisting of: The Age Of Sci-Fi & Rise Of Artificial Intelligence, Technology At The Service Of Humans – What Does It Mean For Investors, When Millennials Rule and The Silver Economy – Investing For Population Aging.
Credit Suisse’s Supertrends are investment themes that link long-term trends between today’s major developments and investors’ profile. Long-term trends such as technology are expected to dominate in the coming years. Two sizeable demographic groups are also the focus for this year as the consumption needs for each group are specific, substantive and momentous.
Overall, participants gained valuable insights on what these key developments and Megatrend themes meant in practical terms to investors as well as benefitted from the insights shared by 14 internationally known speakers in their respective fields.
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600 conference attendees heard from 14 internationally recognized opinion leaders, sector specialists and industry experts at the sixth Credit Suisse Global Megatrends Conference.
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Host Benjamin Cavalli welcoming the guests to the 2018 conference.
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In this opening keynote “The Age Of Sci-Fi & Rise Of Artificial Intelligence, Mo Gawdat, Former Chief Business Officer of Google X, shared his insights on the phenomenal pace in tech developments and explained how investors can take advantage of the opportunities arising from this explosive yet confounding supertrend.
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Martin Soong (moderator) engaged Mo Gawdat in a lively discussion while addressing questions from the audience.
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Three experts shared their insights on how Artificial Intelligence continues to be transformative to our lives and business at the first session “Technology At The Service Of Humans”. From left: Professor Nadia Thalmann, Alvin Wang Graylin, Dr Nannette Hechler-Fayd’herbe, Greg Williams (moderator).
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Professor Nadia Thalmann having a conversation with her creation, Nadine, the world’s first social robot.
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A panel made up of millennial investors and venture capitalists spoke about what their generation looked out for in the products they buy, the businesses they invest in and the experiences they seek in the second session “When Millennials Rule”. From left: Chauwei Yak, Anton Szpitalak, Pocket Sun, Louise Huterstein, Dan Murphy (moderator).
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Panelists for the third session “The Silver Economy – Investing For Population Aging” discussed about the seismic shift in the age composition of populations will make senior citizens one of the fastest growing consumer age group. From left: Professor Tommy Koh, Janice Chia, Dr Samuel Bernal, Vafa Ahmadi, Martin Soong (moderator).
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John Woods summarized the key takeaways and ideas from the day’s panel discussions in “Investing in Megatrends”.
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In the closing keynote, the conference featured a live video interview, a first in the conference’s history, under the banner of CNBC’s Managing Asia. Christine Tan, CNBC Anchor, engaged Mr Tadahiro Kawada, President of Kawada Technologies, Inc. in a discussion of how cobots are the future and how it will help tackle Japan’s aging population and labor shortage.