
SmarterMarkets™
SmarterMarkets™ brings you the entrepreneurs, icons, and executives of commodities, capital markets, and technology to rant on the inadequacies of our systems and riff on ideas for how to improve them. Our weekly episodes explore how technology can be leveraged to redesign and improve markets to meet society’s biggest challenges, including climate change and the energy transition.
Latest episodes

Dec 4, 2021 • 46min
Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 3 | Oystein Kalleklev, CEO, Flex LNG
Joining Susan Sakmar in the Smarter Markets studio this week is Oystein M. Kalleklev, Chief Executive Officer of Flex LNG, a publicly traded LNG shipping company with a fleet of thirteen fuel efficient, fifth generation LNG carriers.

Nov 27, 2021 • 43min
Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 2 | David Greely, Chief Economist, Abaxx
For the second episode of ‘An Energy Transition in Three Corresponding Acts’, host Susan Sakmar welcomes David Greely, Senior Economic Advisor at Abaxx and former Chief Commodities Strategist and Head of Energy Research at Goldman Sachs to Smarter Markets.

Nov 20, 2021 • 39min
Accelerating the Energy Transition Episode 1 | Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice-Chair of IHS Markit
Daniel Yergin, Vice-Chair of IHS Markit and Author of ‘The New Map’ returns to the Smarter Markets studios for the premiere episode of ‘An Energy Transition in Three Corresponding Acts’; a ten-part series hosted by Susan Sakmar, former Chair of The Jane Goodall Institute.

Oct 9, 2021 • 57min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 9 | Jules Polonetsky on Standardizing Privacy Practices
On the season finale of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,’ Michelle Dennedy sits down with Jules Polonetsky, the Founder and CEO of Future of Privacy, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization that serves as a catalyst for privacy leadership and scholarship, advancing principled data practices in support of emerging technologies.

Oct 2, 2021 • 44min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 8 | Emma Lindley on the Good ID Movement
For the eighth episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,’ host Michelle Dennedy sits down with Emma Lindley, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Women in Identity, a not-for-profit organization focused on developing talent and diversity in the digital identity industry.

Sep 25, 2021 • 55min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 7 | Dr. Jennifer King on the Future of Privacy and Identity
Dr. Jennifer King, Privacy and Data Policy Fellow at the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, joins Michelle Dennedy for the seventh episode of our series examining the role of digital identity in advancing a consent-based economy.

Sep 18, 2021 • 1h 10min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 6 | Kunal Anand on Leveraging Technology to Build Tools for Trust
The sixth episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy’ brings host Michelle Dennedy and Kunal Anand, Chief Technology Officer at Imperva and former Worldwide Director of Technology at BBC, together to examine how technology can be designed and applied to deliver trust, transparency and consent back into our post-surveillance economy.

Sep 4, 2021 • 42min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 5 | Ruby Zefo on Protecting Personal Data
For the fifth episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,’ host Michelle Dennedy welcomes Ruby Zefo, Uber’s first Chief Privacy Officer, to examine the future of a consent-based economy and how consumers can take back ownership and control of their personal data and digital identities.

Aug 28, 2021 • 48min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 4 | Sarah Clark on Empowering Digital Citizens with Self Sovereign Identity
Sarah Clark, Senior Vice President of Digital Identity at Mastercard, discusses the evolution of digital identity and the importance of self-sovereign identity. They explore trust and privacy challenges in the digital world, the impact of data privacy legislation, and the role of self-sovereign identity in smarter markets.

Aug 21, 2021 • 42min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 3 | Tim McCreight on Managing Risk in Data Security Systems
For the latest chapter of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,' Michelle Dennedy chats with Tim McCreight, Managing Director of Enterprise Security at CP Rail, to discuss the role of digital identity in securing the modern enterprise.