Space is back! No longer the reserve of a couple of superpowers, an increasing number of countries are getting involved, and the private sector is playing a greater role than ever.

On this episode, NASA Chief Economist Alexander MacDonald talks about plans to return to the Moon, and Pascale Ehrenfreund, president of the Committee on Space Research, explains why we are looking for life on Mars and beyond, and what that might look like.

Co-hosted by Nikolai Khlystov, Lead, Space Technology, World Economic Forum

Global Future Council on the Future of Space: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-space/

Space: The $1.8 Trillion Opportunity for Global Economic Growth: https://www.weforum.org/publications/space-the-1-8-trillion-opportunity-for-global-economic-growth/

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/home

Life on Mars and the birth of the universe: why space exploration is vital to humanity

Space - how advances up there can help life down here

How does Earth look from space? 'Like one big spaceship' - astronaut Matthias Maurer on Radio Davos

Meet the startup building the first commercial space station

This former astronaut shares what’s key to building strong, effective teams

What an astronaut can teach leaders about collaboration and aiming high

From space to the ocean's depths - how a space CEO and explorer approaches risk

European space chief on speaking to inspire - and making big change possible

Astra’s Chris Kemp: Thinking ‘mission first’ - and building a free space economy

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What are 'elastocalorics' or 'reconfigurable intelligent surfaces'? In a few years' time these emerging technologies may have transformed the way we heat and cool our homes, and how we transmit ever greater amounts of data.

They are among the technological innovations identified in the World Economic Forum's annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies report, which picks the tech that could transform the world in the coming years.

In this video-podcast, the two lead authors of the report take us through each of the 10 on this year's list.

The report is produced in collaboration with Frontiers.

Mariette DiChristina, Dean and Professor of the Practice in Journalism, Boston University College of Communication

Bernie Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer Emeritus, IBM

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024: https://www.weforum.org/publications/top-10-emerging-technologies-2024/

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: https://centres.weforum.org/centre-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution/

Beyond AI: the top-10 tech of 2023 set to change our lives

Top-10 Emerging Technologies 2021

The Top 10 Tech of 2020 - our podcast with Scientific American

2023 was the year we all got to know AI - so where will it take us in 2024?

Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero

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Wars, trade tensions and elections around the world are testing humanity's ability to tackle climate change.

Two experts from the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics look at the diplomacy and real-world reality of climate change politics and economics, with a particular focus on the global South.

This episode is published to coincide with the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils, find out more here: https://www.weforum.org/events/annual-meeting-of-the-global-future-councils-2024/

Arun Sharma, senior advisor to the Chairman, Adani Group

Varun Sivaram, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, Council on Foreign Relations

Jessica Margolis, Lead, Geopolitical Agenda, World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum’s network of Global Future Councils: https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-future-councils/

Global Future Council on the Future of Geopolitics: https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-geopolitics/

Shaping Cooperation in a Fragmenting World: https://www.weforum.org/publications/shaping-cooperation-in-a-fragmenting-world/

Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics

How do we ensure the green transition doesn't penalise the poorest?

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