TRANSFORMING INDULGENCE INTO SUSTAINABILITY I DISCUSSION

Back Sustainability

TRANSFORMING INDULGENCE INTO SUSTAINABILITY I DISCUSSION

Andrea Rubei 2021-09-17 Share

Sustainability and humanity's response to it as one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime. Climate change will continue to impact food, water, economies, and communities all around the world. But we believe it is not too late to put together a future that allows everyone to not only survive, but to thrive.

Recommended

Futurism, Innovation, Sustainability

Ativar Portugal: How to?

Vahé Torrosian, President of Microsoft Western Europe talks about the Portuguese paradigm in Digital Transformation and how it can be leveraged.

Vahé Torrosian 2021-09-17

Sustainability

Bridges for the Future

Paula Panarra 2021-09-17

Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability

Bridges for the Future

Vahe Torrosian 2021-09-17

Data and AI, Sustainability, Health

CX: From Inception to Immersion

+ 2 Tiago Gonçalves 2021-09-17

Data and AI, Sustainability

How AI Empowers Business: Forecast & Predictability

+ 1 Fabio Moioli 2021-09-17

Data and AI, Cloud, Sustainability

Shaping the Future of Mobility

+ 1 Rodrigo Maia 2021-09-17

Sustainability

Building a Sustainable Society

+ 1 Kwame Ferreira 2021-09-17

Sustainability

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY SIDE BY SIDE WITH ORGANIZATIONS’ GROWTH

Join Fernando Reino da Costa to explore the ways in which the cultural change that has been happening in the past recent years has inspired us to take action and become more socially sustainable. Several concerns that were brought to us in 2020 had already been accentuated by the Millennial generation in the recent years, however, only now did they receive maximum attention by individuals and organizations. They include the requalification of people and the initiatives we, as a society, must tak...

Fernando Reino da Costa 2021-09-17

Sustainability

A QUIET REVOLUTION

The overexploitation of natural resources and human-caused pollution has serious consequences for ecosystems, for public health, and for future generations. For these reasons, the current lifestyle, i.e. the current economic system, is not sustainable.

Sustainable development must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Therefore, it must allow a decent life for all within the limits of the planet and reconciling economic eff...

+ 1 Carlos Costa Pina 2021-09-17

Sustainability

UP THE SUSTAINABLITY LADDER

Current human consumption is causing the depletion of natural resources, exceeding the limits of planet Earth's finite capacity. In the coming decades it will be a challenge to find a way to feed the growing population when many resources are already scarce.

It is necessary to adopt a growth model that is less dependent on scarce resources such as water, soil, and raw materials, that does not rely on energy based on fossil fuels, and that respects the regenerative capacity of renewable resource...

+ 2 Joana Paredes Alves 2021-09-17

Sustainability, Innovation

THE NEXT NORMAL IN SUSTAINABLE SPACE

Transformational technologies often harsh critics in their early stages. During this session, the CEO and co-founder of ClearSpace will share the challenges of starting transformational developments and how ClearSpace builds the new normal in Sustainable Space operations.

Luc Piguet 2021-09-17

Sustainability, Innovation, Data and AI

AI FOR EARTH AND THE PLANETARY COMPUTER

In April 2020 Microsoft announced the commitment to build the Planetary Computer. This talk gives an overview on what it is, why we build it, and how. We present our work applying the latest AI tools for environmental conservation and sustainability. We also talk about our open grants to support the work of anyone working on these issues, show examples of some of the work our grantees have done. Moreover, we already present some of the data and APIs that are already available.

Bruno S-Andrade Nuño 2021-09-17

Sustainability

FUTURE PROOF YOUR BUSINESS WITH SUSTAINABILITY

For years, Gonzalo Muñoz has been at the forefront of environmental innovation in Chile — reinventing the country’s recycling industry to usher in a future without waste. To make this vision a reality, Muñoz founded TriCiclos in 2009 and, ever since, has been presiding over the expansion of the company to other parts of Latin America. In recognition of his leadership, he was awarded the Circulars 2019 international prize — known colloquially as the ‘Oscars of the World Circular Economy’ — and wa...

Gonzalo Muñoz Abogabir 2021-09-17

Sustainability, Cloud, Manufacturing

LIGHT AS A SERVICE

Schréder Group, a world leader in public lighting solutions, is committed to the objectives of sustainable development. Through its new center of excellence dedicated to smart cities installed at Nova SBE, in Carcavelos, Schréder developed a system - based on a Cloud solution in MicrosoftTM Azure environment - using luminaires to respond to various challenges posed by its customers, from energy efficiency to mobility solutions and luminosity adaptation to the environment and citizens' needs. The...

Nicola Keutgen 2021-09-17

Sustainability, Data and AI

CREATIVITY IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATION

Using planet centric design, Kwame Ferreira, takes us on a journey with practical examples from within the teams at Impossible.com, where creators and machines work in symbiosis to achieve more balance for the planet through new products and businesses.

Kwame Ferreira 2021-09-17

Sustainability

PORTUGAL DIGITAL

The afternoon starts with the Executive Director of Portugal Digital, Vanda de Jesus. She will share the vision of Portugal Digital, as well as the main strategic pillars and initiatives.

Vanda de Jesus 2021-09-17

Sustainability

INNOVATING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN TO SPACE

As humanity becomes more dependent on digital technologies, Microsoft is always innovating ways to sustain access for everyone. Sean James will take you through many of the innovations Microsoft is working on to revolutionize the datacenter, energy, cooling, and renewable energy.

Sean James 2021-09-17

Futurism, Innovation, Sustainability, Health, Education

RE-IMAGINING THE FUTURE

By shifting to the new global challenges generated by rapid digital transformation, the session 'Re-Imagine the Future' also provides an insight into the solutions to these challenges. By highlighting those that should be priority issues for today's companies, a reflection is made of the various sessions over the two days to introduce the final and fundamental theme of the third day, education.

Paula Panarra 2021-09-17

Data and AI, Skilling & Reskilling, Cloud, Sustainability

DATA DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION

Education doesn’t end with school or University. In today’s world, we must all be prepared to keep learning and re-skilling, as the digital world evolves and accelerates. Artificial intelligence can play a disruptive role on education in several areas: from personalized learning that takes advantage of AI to adapt teaching methods to the needs of individual students, to automated grading that frees teachers from the drudgery of assessing tests so they have more for students, to intelligent syste...

+ 1 Miguel Castro Neto 2021-09-17

Data and AI, Sustainability

Connected Cities com NOS, Microsoft e EDP

Digital transformation at the disposal of towns and businesses, to improve people’s lives.

+ 4 Ricardo Santos 2021-09-17