
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

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.

Aug 14, 2021 • 46min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 2 | Jim Reavis on Digital Identity Security in the Cloud
Our latest series ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy’ continues as Michelle Dennedy welcomes Jim Reavis, Co-Founder and CEO of the Cloud Security Alliance to the podcast to examine the role of digital identity management in advancing a secure cloud-based economy.

Aug 7, 2021 • 46min
Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy Episode 1 | Kaliya Young on Self Sovereign Identity as a Tool to Advance a Consent-Based Economy
For the opening episode of ‘Preserving Privacy in the Global Information Economy,' Michelle Dennedy welcomes Kaliya Young, also known as The Identity Woman, to SmarterMarkets for our latest series examining the evolution of digital identity and how self-sovereign identity can advance a consent-based economy.

Jul 31, 2021 • 55min
A Path to Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: A Smarter Markets Digital Roundtable
In this special episode of Smarter Markets TM; the first installment of our ‘Digital Roundtable’ series; we rewind the film back to July 13th’s webinar discussion featuring senior executives from Abaxx, Base Carbon, The Wall Street Green Summit, AirCarbon and Evolution Markets.

Jul 24, 2021 • 56min
The Energy Equation Episode 3 | Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Vice-Chair of IHS Markit
For the final episode of ‘The Energy Equation: Commodities, Resources and Geopolitics,' Todd Buchholz welcomes “America’s most influential energy pundit,” Dr. Daniel Yergin, Vice-Chair of IHS Markit, to the podcast.

Jul 17, 2021 • 46min
The Energy Equation Episode 2 | Susan Sakmar, Visiting Professor University of Houston Law Center
Susan Sakmar, Former Chair of the Jane Goodall Institute, and one of the world’s leading experts in Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), joins Todd Buchholz as we continue our current series ‘The Energy Equation: Commodities, Resources and Geopolitics.'

Jul 10, 2021 • 56min
The Energy Equation Episode 1 | Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, Chief Energy Correspondent and Senior Reporter Energy and Commodities, Bloomberg News
Todd Buchholz welcomes Bloomberg’s Javier Blas and Jack Farchy, co-authors of The World for Sale, to SmarterMarkets for the third installment in our latest series ‘The Energy Equation: Commodities, Resources and Geopolitics.'

Jun 19, 2021 • 39min
Digital Pathways to Net Zero Episode 5 | Beena Ammanath, Executive Director of the Deloitte AI Institute and Global Head of AI Ethics at Deloitte
For the final episode of our five-part series on the role of digital innovation in advancing the ESG economy, Michelle Dennedy joins Beena Ammanath, Executive Director of the Deloitte AI Institute and Global Head of AI Ethics at Deloitte.