Gerd Leonhard, a futurist, author, and keynote speaker, examines the profound global impacts of Covid-19 on the environment, climate change innovation, and investment, exploring what these shifts

Gerd Leonhard, a futurist, author, and keynote speaker, examines the profound global impacts of Covid-19 on the environment, climate change innovation, and investment, exploring what these shifts signify for our future.

Explore his work, including the free "10 Technological and Societal Megashifts" at futuristgerd.com/megashifts. Subscribe to his "Best Reads & Finds" newsletter at gerd.digital. His best-selling book, "Technology vs Humanity," is available at techvshuman.com and in 12 languages, with audio versions on SoundCloud and Spotify. Download all episodes via gerd.cloud. For booking, visit futuristgerd.com/contact/booking-inquiry/ or follow @gleonhard on Twitter.

Edge computing reduces data transfer costs and enables real-time, private data processing by relocating computation to local devices. However, realizing its full potential requires advanced data

Edge computing reduces data transfer costs and enables real-time, private data processing by relocating computation to local devices. However, realizing its full potential requires advanced data analysis and content generation, specifically generative Artificial Intelligence (AI).

This talk investigated the challenges of deploying generative AI at the edge. It aimed to enhance privacy and efficiently use network and computational resources. The discussion considered edge environment limitations and current solutions for optimizing AI models on resource-limited devices, addressing efficient distributed learning for applications like Large Language Models.

Speaker: Albert Y. Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia.

Network virtualization, also known as network slicing, allows multiple isolated logical networks to coexist on a single physical infrastructure without performance or security interference.

Network virtualization, also known as network slicing, allows multiple isolated logical networks to coexist on a single physical infrastructure without performance or security interference. Initially envisioned to evolve Internet architecture, it later provided bandwidth guarantees for cloud applications in data centers.

Now a pillar of 5G and beyond mobile networks, network slicing delivers differentiated services with stringent requirements. Despite significant research over two decades, its end-to-end deployment remains unrealized. This talk covered its genesis, evolution, key challenges, solutions, and the outlook for 5G+ network slicing.

Over 1.5 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity, often relying on expensive, hazardous, and polluting kerosene lanterns or candles. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Over 1.5 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity, often relying on expensive, hazardous, and polluting kerosene lanterns or candles. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals highlight electrification as crucial for poverty eradication, aiming to electrify 500 million more people by 2015.

Advances in LED technology offer a vital solution. For instance, homemaker Suranjini Kumar transitioned from oil lamps to bright, clean light in her home using D.Light. This demonstrates how modern lighting solutions can improve lives and contribute to global development goals.

The U'wa people of Colombia's cloud forests are once again requesting international support. For over two decades, they have fought to keep oil projects and their inevitable environmental

The U'wa people of Colombia's cloud forests are once again requesting international support. For over two decades, they have fought to keep oil projects and their inevitable environmental destruction out of their ancestral territories. Recent threats include expanded oil exploration (the Magallanes project) near their sacred Cubogón river and the bombing of an oil pipeline on their lands.

In response, the U'wa are organizing an international advocacy delegation to the United Nations. They are using video images, taken on Earth Day (April 22nd), to explain why their urgent case requires global attention and support.

Are your allergies or mental health worsening? Cardiologist John Mahowald and Pediatrician Kathy Kulus explain that these are not coincidences, but immediate health effects of climate

Are your allergies or mental health worsening? Cardiologist John Mahowald and Pediatrician Kathy Kulus explain that these are not coincidences, but immediate health effects of climate change.

Dr. Kulus, Medical Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at St. Cloud Hospital, focuses on preventing and repairing climate change damage for children's futures. Dr. Mahowald, St. Cloud's first cardiologist in 1983, is part of the CentraCare Heart & Vascular Center, serving central Minnesota.

This eye-opening talk was presented at a TEDx event. Learn more at ted.com/tedx.

Cape Town faces a severe water crisis due to drought and population growth, with "Day Zero" – when freshwater runs out – predicted for 2018. Officials have implemented water limits to delay

Cape Town faces a severe water crisis due to drought and population growth, with "Day Zero" – when freshwater runs out – predicted for 2018. Officials have implemented water limits to delay this outcome. Filmmaker Jamie Hancock's short film features resident Ray De Vries discussing potential complications if "Day Zero" arrives.

This film is part of National Geographic's Short Film Showcase, highlighting exceptional videos that affirm Nat Geo's commitment to science, exploration, and storytelling. You can watch the film here: What Happens When Cape Town Runs Out of Water?. Explore more films at Short Film Showcase or submit your own work to sfs@natgeo.com.

Jamie Farndale, General Manager Club Development & Sustainability at Hong Kong China Rugby, is pursuing a Master of Studies (MSt) in Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge

Jamie Farndale, General Manager Club Development & Sustainability at Hong Kong China Rugby, is pursuing a Master of Studies (MSt) in Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).

He shares his experience studying one of CISL's postgraduate sustainable business programmes.

Learn more about CISL's postgraduate courses: www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/postgrad