In 2024, 72% of Chinese consumers expressed trust in AI and 90% considered autonomous driving beneficial, while only 32% of US consumers reported trust in AI and acceptance rates for autonomous driving remained lower in Germany, the US and Japan than in China.

What factors are driving these regional differences and how might they shape the speed and approach to deploying autonomous robots?

Speakers:

Zhu Qiuguo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Deep Robotics

Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda

Kishor Patil, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, KPIT Technologies

Eleanor Olcott, China Technology Correspondent, The Financial Times

This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 25 June, 2025.

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An uncertain geopolitical era has emerged, marked by shifting alliances, volatile economic policies and weakening multilateral cooperation. This moment calls for stakeholders to identify steps to strengthen global security and stability.

What paths exist for continued security cooperation and how are organizations adapting to operate more effectively in an increasingly unpredictable world?

This is the full audio from a session at the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings on 22 September, 2025.

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Speakers:

Ishaan Tharoor, Foreign Affairs Columnist, Washington Post

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)

Victoria Nuland, Professor, Practice of International Diplomacy, Columbia University

Salah Ahmed Jama, Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Office of the Prime Minister of Somalia

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From tariffs to territory, political and economic tensions between countries are deepening as the geopolitical landscape enters a new era of uncertainty.

What are the pre-eminent political shifts and under-recognized trends for stakeholders to look out for and how might they shape economies?

Speakers:

Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Monica Toft, Professor and Director, Center for Strategic Studies; Academic Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Jin Keyu, Professor, School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Li Xueying, Foreign Editor, The Straits Times

Happymon Jacob, Founder and Director, Council for Strategic and Defense Research (CSDR)

This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 26 June, 2025.

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