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Highlights from Generation’s Sustainability and Trends Report 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all aspects of normal life, with enormous health, economic and social costs. It has also brought home the urgency of...
The battle for our data – European Data Sovereignty? Must watch video by France24 (English)
Some very good comments and astute observations here! With Marie Barbe Girard, Fabrice Ebelboin, Johnny Hugill and Mathieu Nohet “Europe's handing over its sovereignty to...
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Nov 2019
My presentation at Swissquote Trading Day 2019 in Zurich: here’s the PDF (in German)
From the Swissquote event in Zurich yesterday; here is the PDF with my slides: The next 10 years: challenges and opportunities Swissquote-Zurich-The-Next-10-Years-Futurist-Gerd-LeonhardDownload ... Read more
14
Nov 2019
The Real Reason for Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency (must-read by Kevin Werbach, in the NYT)
“For all the controversies, Facebook’s profits remain strong and its user numbers remain steady. Yet it has lost something that in the long run is...
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Jun 2019
The concept of the Ethical Vendor: accountable, auditable and ethical
Last week, Niccolo Mejia shared in interesting view of the usage of facial recognition in financial applications. He listed three categories: Verifying identity for loan...
13
Mar 2019
New interview with Gerd Leonhard in TheGuardian: How we handle money, what we drive and how we even divorce will become cheaper and simpler soon, says a leading futurist
… just went online via TheGuardian (thanks to Juliet Stott) “The way we bank, borrow money and buy products such as insurance, cars and legal...
31
Mar 2018
Slide-deck from my talk at the PWC Banking Day in Luxembourg today
PwC Banking Day 2018 – Banking on the move: embracing new dynamics This year’s edition will be focused on Banking on the move: Embracing new dynamics....
06
Mar 2018
Video: Gerd Leonhard’s keynote on digital transformation and the future of financial services: DST Advance 2017
Now availalble ! More about the event and DST Systems here DST Digital Transformation Keynote Gerd Leonhard Public low res Some best-of slides:...
31
Mar 2017
My presentation at the Envestnet 2016 event on Artificial Intelligence, Automation and the Future of Financial Services (Kerala, India)
Hers is the deck from the amazing Envestnet event in Trivandrum India today. This year, in the second edition of the Conference on Architecting Intelligence,we bring...
15
Oct 2016
TV Interview on the future of technology, banking, digital ethics & humanity: Gerd Leonhard SIBOS 2016
Watch this pretty far-ranging interview, covering a lot of really important themes from my book and of course from The Future Show LIVE which premiered...
02
Oct 2016
Video and slides: my talk on digital transformation, 2020 opportunities / challenges (Deutsche Bank Transaction Bankers Forum 2016 in Frankfurt)
Below is the complete video with my keynote -thanks to Deutsche Bank for making this available ! Download the slides (10MB pdf) DB Transaction Bankers Forum...
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May 2016
The disruptive forces of technology surrounding wealth management (Futurist Gerd Leonhard featured in UBS Asia video)
I went to HongKong in December 2015 to spend a day with the UBS Wealth Management team, and talk about the key future trends and...
29
Feb 2016
Here are the slides from today’s Accenture Alumni event in Zuerich: Transformation 2020
Thanks to Accenture Switzerland for hosting me! Here are the slides: Accenture Alumni Transformation 2020 Zurich Public-web 8MB PDF Low res High res 25MB PDF...
09
Jul 2015
Exponential organisations, digital transformation and the future of banking: a short video conversation with keynote speakers Yuri Van Geest and Gerd Leonhard (TFA presents series #8)
There are some real nuggets in this talk my friend and colleague Yuri Van Geest, co-author of the must-read book ‘Exponential Organisations', discussing the future...
20
Apr 2015
▶ The Futures Agency presents (#3): a conversation on the future of banking (with Rohit Talwar, Simon Torrance, Gerd Leonhard)
As you may know, I maintain a global network of some 30+ futurists that do speaking engagements, conferences, future ‘experiences' i.e. seminars and advisory sessions...
25
Feb 2015
Update: audio recording and slides: presentation at Societe de Lecture in Geneva: private versus public – what is the future?
This was a fun event! I spoke about the future of privacy in a digital world and also on how all of this will impact...
05
Feb 2015
Here’s a short video with my key points on digital transformation (FINCO 2014)
This is a short summary version of my presentation at SONAE's FINCO event in Lisbon, on October 27, 2014. More details, slides and images at my...
05
Jan 2015
Spot-on: Switzerland – From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone (via NPR)
Be sure read this, Swiss friends: Switzerland: From Banking Paradise To Data Safe Zone : NPR. Stash gold in a Swiss bank? It's old hat....
