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Keynote: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance

Missed the British Legal Technology Forum 2018? Listen to a recording of this live presentation at the British Legal Technology Forum 2018 simply by clicking the play button above.

Presentation Title: ‘Keynote: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance’

Podcast Overview:

  • Growth of the past 30 years is due to unprecedented globalization & accelerating technological change
  • Connectivity has been associated with rising creativity & accelerating change
  • Identifying drivers of global growth, highlighting why emerging markets are likely to continue to grow
  • Globalization spreads not only opportunities but also creates a new form of emergent systemic risks
  • Identification of future trends, identifying opportunities whilst mitigating risks.

Ian Goldin – Professor, Oxford University

Professor Ian Goldin is the Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development and founding Director of the Oxford Martin School, the world’s leading centre for interdisciplinary research into critical global challenges. He is the Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change. Ian previously was World Bank Vice President and the Group’s Director of Development Policy, after serving as Chief Executive of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Economic Advisor to President Nelson Mandela. Ian an MSc from the London School of Economics and Doctorate from the University of Oxford. Goldin has been knighted by the French Government and nominated Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. He is the Chair of the CORE global initiative to reform economics and a trustee of Comic Relief and other charities. He has published 20 books, the most recent of which are the widely acclaimed Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance; and The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas. His previous books include The Butterfly Defect: How globalisation creates systemic risks; Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped our World and Will Define our Future; and, Is the Planet Full?