The World Economic Forum has just published its latest Chief Economists Outlook, a regular report based on the views of senior economists around the world.  This edition shows a glass half full and half empty, with concerns of widespread economic recession easing since the last report in May, but slowing global growth and continued economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. In this episode, Jérôme Haegeli, chief economist at Swiss Re, gives his views on the state of the global economy, and where things may be heading. Read more: Episode page with transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-september-2023-jerome-haegeli-swiss-re Where is the global economy heading in 2024? This is what chief economists think Chief Economist Outlook September 2023   Related episodes: May 2023: Recession fears recede, but inflation's still a big risk - 3 chief economists on the global outlook Chief Economists Outlook: What's next for the global economy? Find all our audio at: wef.ch/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Join the World Economic Forum Book Club

Semiconductors make the world go round, and the most cutting-edge versions are necessary to propel the artificial intelligence revolution. Historian Chris Miller, author ‘Chip War’, explains what chips do, how they are made, and why they are so vital to global supply chains and international relations. Transcript available here: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/silicon-chips-semiconductors-chris-miller Read more: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/silicon-chips-semiconductors-supply-chains-chris-miller Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Join the World Economic Forum Book Club

Professor Stuart Russell shares his concerns about the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence. Listen back to our 5-part series on generative AI: Episode 1: AI: Why everyone's talking about the promise and risks of this 'powerful wild beast' Episode 2: A common good? The companies making the AI products we'll soon all be using Episode 3: Responsible AI: how can philosophy help us make better tech? Episode 4: 'AI will either compete with us or augment us' - so how do we pick the right path? Episode 5: AI: Bringing stakeholders together to make AI work for us all Related episodes: Davos 2023: A conversation with Satya Nadella The rise of AI and the green transition will transform the way we work: Future of Jobs Report 2023 COVID transformed the world of work, but AI’s impact will be much bigger The golden age of AI: why ChatGPT is just the start The promises and perils of AI - Stuart Russell on Radio Davos Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club

Designer phages, spatial optics, plant sensors and bendable batteries - just some of the items on this year's World Economic Forum Top 10 Emerging Technologies that will change our lives in the next 3-5 years. To talk us through all 10, we hear from the two people who led the work compiling the list: Mariette DiChristina, Dean and Professor of the Practice in Journalism, Boston University College of Communication; and Bernie Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, IBM. LINKS: The report: https://www.weforum.org/reports/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2023/ Related podcasts: Top-10 Emerging Technologies 2021 Antimicrobial resistance - how to stop a quiet pandemic  Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club

Is the metaverse still a thing or has the world’s attention moved on to generative AI?  On this episode of Radio Davos, we speak to a vice president of the consumer electronics company HTC. Pearly Chen heads Business Development & Content Partnerships for VIVEPORT a subscription plan for virtual reality gaming - immersive video games played using VR headsets. Pearly is convinced of the potential for metaverse applications for healthcare, social care and education, and believes the advent of generative AI will make us all builders of the metaverse. Links: Defining and Building the Metaverse Initiative ​​Social Implications of the Metaverse: https://www.weforum.org/reports/social-implications-of-the-metaverse Privacy and Safety in the Metaverse: https://www.weforum.org/reports/privacy-and-safety-in-the-metaverse Blogs: Can mindfulness and critical thinking protect us online Could the metaverse be more trustworthy than our current internet Podcasts: Davos 2023 Day 3: global collaboration in the metaverse So just what is the metaverse? Meta’s Nick Clegg at Davos 2022 Risks on Earth, in space and in the metaverse - the Global Risks Report 2022 7 leaders on the tech that will reshape our future Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club

Claude Marshall fled Nazi Germany as a small boy in the 1930s and now helps today’s refugees by fundraising for sports facilities in refugee camps. He tells Radio Davos why sport is so important for traumatised young people, and compares the plight of people today forced from their home with his own childhood experience. Related links: The World Economic Forum’s Refugee Employment Alliance, co-chaired by the UNHCR and the Ingka Group, Transcript available on the podcast episode page: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/refugees-unhcr-sport-claude-marshall Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club

Can we prevent a repeat of COVID-19? In a new book, Disease X, author Kate Kelland looks at what we learned from the pandemic and how scientists, governments and societies can be better prepared for the next one. Links World Economic Forum’s Website page for the “Centre for Health and Healthcare”. https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-health-and-healthcare/home Regional Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/regional-solution-to-vaccine-inequity-davos23/ Pathogen Surveillance Initiative: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/lets-bring-together-countries-and-corporations-to-grow-global-pathogen-surveillance-davos23/ Disease X: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Disease-X/Kate-Kelland/9781912454952 Related podcasts: Meet the Leader: Lessons that made AstraZeneca's Leif Johansson a better leader Pfizer’s CEO on what’s next for vaccines, health equity and the COVID-19 pandemic Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Join the World Economic Forum Book Club

The final episode of our AI series comes from the Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC), the World Economic Forum’s ‘summer Davos’, in Tianjin, China. Cathy Li, head of AI at the World Economic Forum, says what needs to happen next as the world gets to grips with generative AI, and introduces the AI Governance Alliance. And we listen in to discussions at AMNC about AI - the opportunities for business and implications for things such as medicine and education. Follow AMNC here: https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2023 Watch the AMNC sessions quoted in this episode: Generative AI: Friend or Foe? https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2023/sessions/generative-ai-friend-or-foe Keeping Up: AI Readiness Amid an AI Revolution https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2023/sessions/keeping-up-ai-readiness-amid-an-ai-revolution A transcript is available on the episode page on our website: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/generative-ai-episode-5-amnc Mentioned in this episode: The Presidio Recommendations on Responsible Generative AI AI Governance Alliance Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club

Amid pressures on the global economy from recent major crises and renewed turbulence in financial markets, stakeholders will need to convert the bright spots of accelerated trade and investment in green and innovative industries into a new paradigm for sustained growth. How can both government and the private sector draw on the opportunities stemming from this time of change and transition to rewire the models underpinning global growth? Speakers: Zhang Yuzhuo, Chairman, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Viet Nam Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO) Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, Barbados Government Chris Hipkins, Prime Minister of New Zealand Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum Transcript available at: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/amnc23-braving-the-headwinds-rewiring-growth-amid-fragility Read more: https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2023/sessions/braving-the-headwinds-rewiring-growth-amid-fragility Watch the session: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/06/top-leaders-discuss-managing-economic-hurdles-at-amnc23/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Join the World Economic Forum Book Club Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In most parts of the world, the gender gap - the difference in opportunities and outcomes for women compared to men - is closing. But closing so slowly that it would take, at the current rate of progress, until 2154 for men and women to be truly equal. That statistic comes from the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, an extensive, annual survey whose latest edition has just been published. In this episode, World Economic Forum Managing Director Saadia Zahidi picks some highlights from the report - which has lots to say about the state of gender inequality in the post-pandemic, cost-of-living squeezed world. We also hear from Sue Duke, Vice-President of LinkedIn where she heads public policy. Sue talks about the challenges facing women in the workplace, particularly in the area of STEM - science, technology, engineering and maths - and how tricky is still is for women to get to the top of companies (the 'C-suite'). For a transcript, go to the episode page: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/gender-gap-report-2023 Please note the final episode of our AI series will be published next week. Read more on the Gender Gap Report: Get the report here: https://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2023 Analysis: Economic shocks are wiping out progress on gender equality: Global Gender Gap Report 2023, by Sue Duke These are the world's most gender-equal countries Economic shocks are wiping out progress on gender equality: Global Gender Gap Report 2023 Gender parity is essential for economic recovery: These five investments will quicken the pace Podcasts: Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: Radio Davos - subscribe Meet the Leader - subscribe World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe Agenda Dialogues - subscribe Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club Join the World Economic Forum Book Club