New Apps for Climate Adaptation

January 17, 2024
11:30–12:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

For leaders focused on climate adaptation, leveraging technology will be the principal source of value creation and value protection. Mission-critical applications already exist in the form of AI-powered early warning systems, supply chain optimization, agricultural forecasting and more. What frontier, novel applications are emerging that will transform adaptation efforts around the...
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Speakers

LA
Laura Alber
President and Chief Executive Officer
Williams-Sonoma
LC
Levent Cakiroglu
Chief Executive Officer
Koç Holding
NI
Naoko Ishii
Director, Center for Global Commons
University of Tokyo
HK
Hiroaki Kitano
Executive Deputy President; Chief Technology Officer
Sony Group
GW
Gail Whiteman
Hoffmann Impact Professor for Accelerating Action on Nature and Climate, University of Exeter Business School
University of Exeter

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