Web Summit 2018: planet : tech
2018-11-05..2018-11-08
Lisbon, Portugal
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| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| A live painting performance in virtual reality | Anna Zhilyaeva | 05m |
Join Anna Zhilyaeva as she makes an art work come to life like never before, with musical accompaniment as the backdrop at #WebSummit 2018.
Wish you were… | ||
| It's getting hot in here | Toon Bouten | 11m |
Company builds an intelligent climate management platform and smart thermostats that use geofencing, open‑window detection, weather adaptation and app… | ||
| Solving the puzzle: lower carbon energy for a growing world | Stephen Cook | 19m |
World energy demand rises ~33% over the next decade per BP and renewables likely supply only about one third by 2040, so a mix is required with oil and gas… | ||
| planet : tech: Day One Opening remarks | Ana Salcedo | 11m |
Zero Waste Lab launches in Lisbon 18 months ago from the Think Creative Leadership Program to pilot collaborative zero‑waste solutions for plastic. Education… | ||
| You don't have to break eggs to make an omelette | Josh Tetrick, Kaimana Chee Chee | 19m |
Company presents a plant-based egg made from mung bean that scrambles and folds like a chicken egg, matches egg protein, is cholesterol- and antibiotic-free… | ||
| Raising a glass to sustainability | Tony Milikin, Sam Geall | 19m |
Company commits to 100% renewable in plants by 2025 and 25% renewable across the supply chain, with 6.6 terawatt demand and 50% under contract by year end; an… | ||
| Mission 2020: Why we must do more | Christiana Figueres, Fiona Harvey | 19m |
Paris-era commitments aim for well below 2°C, striving for 1.5°C because the IPCC finds half a degree matters: about twice the biodiversity loss and three… | ||
| We need more responsible entrepreneurs | Rick Ridgeway | 25m |
Patagonia recounts concrete actions and outcomes: a 1% of sales grant program that distributed over a thousand grants last year, a public lawsuit to defend… | ||
| What does it mean to live a better life within the limits of one planet? | Pia Heidenmark Cook | 17m |
IKEA commits to enabling 1 billion people to live within one planet by focusing on three areas: make sustainable living irresistible, become circular and… | ||
| The tech is there: society needs to step up | Lucas Joppa, Neanda Salvaterra | 15m |
Claim: the technology to monitor and predict environmental change already exists and is being deployed. Microsoft funds AI for Earth $50M to apply deep neural… | ||
| Building sustainable communities through interaction | Lou Fawcett, Davida Herzl, Anna Schoemakers, Christopher Powell, Neanda Salvaterra | 21m |
Early satellite detection stops illegal gold mining in northern Ecuador by alerting local communities and prompting a judge to block permits, using satellite +… | ||
| What will be the final straw? | João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Alexandra Cousteau, Paulo Mirpuri | 15m |
Portugal announces a government-wide ban single-use plastic in public administration by year’s end, removing disposable cups and dishes immediately and… | ||
| Utilities are swiping right | Antonio Mexia | 20m |
EDP describes walking the talk: a $20BN wind bet a decade ago that puts the company in 14 countries and ranked number three globally, and an actual 1,400‑ton… | ||
| How we hacked plastic | Daphna Nissenbaum | 19m |
Company sells flexible food packaging that matches plastic’s shelf life and machine compatibility but biodegrades in six months and carries compostability… | ||
| Investing for sustainable communities | Andrew Beebe, Cindi Choi, Bryony Collins | 20m |
Investment focus targets measurable outcomes and deployable tools not vague ideals. Corporate VC Total has ~$400m in energy investments and uses assets like… | ||
| Solving the puzzle: lower carbon energy for a growing world | Stephen Cook | 19m |
World energy needs rise rapidly—BP projects a third more energy in the next decade while renewables meet only about a third by 2040 and oil and gas remain ~40%… | ||
| nothing matches | ||