Podcasts about digitalisation

WTiN speaks with Cam Myers, CEO and founder of CreateMe about how digitalisation can help protect global supply chains against geopolitical uncertainty.CreateMe is a US-based AI robotics company pioneering automated manufacturing for soft materials, starting with apparel. Myers speaks about how the company has advanced and developed digital solutions for global apparel supply chains and touches upon the benefits of this in an uncertain economic climate. We also touch upon how recent events such as Covid-19 and US President Donald Trump's tariff announcements have affected the apparel industry worldwide. Additionally, we speak about how digitalisation can go someway to enabling and aiding in de-risking apparel supply chains and what this risk looks like for different actors. Find out more at createme.com.

Michael McLaren breaks down the hidden risks of modern tech, from corporate data hacks to AI threats facing school photos.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Corruption has shaped elections, toppled governments and sparked some of the biggest public protests in independent India.  Digitalisation has transformed the way citizens interact with the government. The Right to Information Act promised greater transparency. But has corruption reduced? Or has it evolved into a different leviathan, one that is far more difficult to detect? This question is asked even as thousands of students are protesting the NEET paper leak in Delhi and around the country.
Their campaign has revived memories of the India Against Corruption movement that galvanised the country more than a decade ago. Guests: Shailesh Gandhi, former Central Information Commissioner; Anjali Bhardwaj, a transparency activist associated with Satark Nagrik Sangathan Host: Nivedita V Producer: Jude Weston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Finance today published its Summer Economic Statement which outlines spending projections.It sets out a €125 billion package, which is how much the Government expects to have available for Budget 2027.Joining Shane to discuss this is Jack Chambers, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform & Digitalisation and Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin West.

Recorded at Posidonia 2026 in Greece, this episode of the Seatrade Maritime podcast features correspondent Gary Howard in conversation with Maria Kyratsoudi, business development director, Greece, at ABS.Together they explore how Greek shipowners are responding to tightening IMO and EU regulations, and why energy efficiency and performance optimisation are taking priority over early bets on alternative fuels.In this episode:ABS as “Greece's trusted class” How ABS's role has evolved from traditional classification to technical and sustainability advisor.Expanded engineering, sustainability, and advisory capabilities for Greek clients.Newbuilding trends in the Greek fleetStrong increase in tanker, VLCC/Suezmax, and bulk carrier orders, with LNG and LPG also in the mix.How owners are aligning fleet renewal with regulatory and commercial pressures.Decarbonisation and regulation: IMO + EU Why Greek owners are looking at the combined impact of IMO and EU rules rather than single regulations in isolation.The drive for energy efficiency upgrades, fuel readiness, and robust compliance documentation.Efficiency first, fuels later Why the immediate focus is on energy efficiency and performance optimisation for both newbuilds and retrofits.Making vessels more commercially attractive through measurable real‑world gains.Digitalisation and data How regulatory demands for accurate data are pushing pragmatic adoption of digital tools.The link between digitalisation and decarbonisation, and using performance data to support charterers and financiers.

Nina Boussalem est cofondatrice et directrice marketing de Hotriver, une entreprise familiale qu'elle dirige aux côtés de son frère Tom Boussalem et de leur père, scientifique et inventeur de la technologie.Tout part d'un hasard, il y a quinze ans. Le père de Nina installe des pompes à chaleur classiques — géothermie, aérothermie — quand des habitants d'une péniche lui demandent une solution d'aérothermie. Son intuition : il y a beaucoup plus d'énergie dans l'eau sous leurs pieds que dans l'air ambiant. Personne d'autre ne proposait cette approche. Le premier prototype d'aquathermie voit le jour, avec ces habitants de péniche comme premiers clients. La solution, brevetée, est ensuite déployée sur une centaine de péniches en Île-de-France par une structure sœur, ENYS.Hotriver, fondée il y a un an, reprend ce savoir-faire pour le déployer à une tout autre échelle. Le principe reste simple : des tubes en inox remplis d'eau glycolée, immergés en circuit fermé (sans pompage ni rejet dans le milieu naturel), captent les calories de l'eau et les transmettent à une pompe à chaleur géothermique classique du marché. Hotriver n'a rien réinventé côté pompe à chaleur — toute l'innovation est dans le captage.Le produit, baptisé EnRDock, prend la forme de plateformes flottantes à double usage : une partie immergée qui capte l'énergie, une partie émergée exploitable par le public — guinguette, embarcadère, espace de vie — sur une surface de 20 à 250 m² selon la puissance visée, jusqu'à 3 mégawatts par module.Nina partage un chiffre qui change la perspective : chaque hiver, les cours d'eau français transportent l'équivalent de vingt réacteurs nucléaires de chauffage, de quoi couvrir environ 20 % du besoin national. La cible prioritaire : les collectivités, qui cherchent à la fois à se décarboner, à sécuriser leur souveraineté énergétique et à rendre visible leur transition auprès de leurs habitants. Industriels, promoteurs immobiliers, bailleurs et acteurs de l'hôtellerie durable font aussi partie des marchés visés.Elle revient sur les vrais points d'attention du déploiement : le dialogue nécessaire avec la DREAL et Voies Navigables de France.Hotriver, en partenariat avec NGE, vise au moins 36 plateformes en France d'ici cinq ans et prépare une levée de fonds l'an prochain pour accélérer son déploiement, en France comme à l'international.Un épisode enregistré en direct lors du lancement de l'espace dédié à l'innovation construction de NGE et Contech France, à Issy-les-Moulineaux.Suivez Les Batisseurs et Abonnez-Vous à notre page linkedin

Laurent Moisson est le fondateur des Forces Françaises de l'Industrie (FFI), un mouvement qui réunit aujourd'hui 25 clubs en France et à l'étranger et bientôt 1 000 membres.Avant de défendre l'industrie sur LinkedIn, Laurent enseignait les techniques d'influence à Sciences Po et avait écrit un livre sur le sujet. Pendant le confinement, après s'être fait traiter de lâche pour ne pas signer ses propres textes, il décide de signer "Laurent Moisson" sur tout ce qu'il publie. Résultat : son audience LinkedIn passe de 4 000 à 30 000 abonnés en quelques mois, avec plus d'un million de vues par mois sur des sujets aussi arides que la fiscalité ou le droit du travail.Dans cet épisode des Bâtisseurs, Laurent explique pourquoi, selon lui, la réindustrialisation française ne se décrète pas par des plans et des discours. Il détaille les cinq causes structurelles de la désindustrialisation — coût du travail, fiscalité, énergie, complexité normative et foncier — et pourquoi la France, pourtant l'un des pays les moins artificialisés d'Europe (9 % du territoire), a adopté les lois les plus restrictives en la matière.Il revient aussi sur un chiffre qui dit tout : à la question "faites-vous confiance aux autres ?", seuls 25 % des Français répondent oui, contre près de 60 % en Europe du Nord. Un déficit de confiance qui, selon lui, explique le réflexe français de tout réglementer et tout administrer.Entre l'anecdote d'un industriel qui perd son usine après que les mêmes élus qui l'ont félicité l'ont enterré sous les normes, une analogie historique sur les chevaliers et les archers gallois, et la mission de FFI — convaincre, entraider, financer — cet épisode est une plongée sans filtre dans ce qui bloque, et pourrait débloquer, l'industrie française.Un épisode pour ceux qui pensent que la réindustrialisation est une question de volonté politique. Et pour ceux qui pensent l'inverse.Suivez Les Batisseurs et Abonnez-Vous à notre page linkedin

Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers, on the greater risks to be taken by civil servants to speed up the delivery of major projects.

The Indian state has been digitalising land records across the country for many years now, and more aggressively since 2016 as part of the Digital India Initiative. There is growing evidence, however, that rather than empowering vulnerable communities, digital governance has often had the effect of dispossessing them of their rights – seen most clearly in  the context of Aadhaar and KYC-related withholding of welfare benefits and MGNREGA wages - and it seems to be happening again with land records digitalisation. Ground reports from Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand by Sushmita, an independent journalist, indicate that digitalisation of land records has aided the dispossession of Dalit and Adivasi farmers by local elites operating in cahoots with corrupt officials.  We speak with Sushmita on the impact of land digitisation on vulnerable communities. Guest: Sushmita, Independent journalist Host: G. Sampath Edited and produced by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian Camera: Jude Weston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Équipementier aéronautique spécialisé dans les systèmes de câblage, Triumph Controls France évolue dans un secteur où performance industrielle, qualité et innovation sont indissociables. Dans cette interview accordée à CFO Radio, Pierre Aulnette revient sur son parcours international et partage sa vision du rôle stratégique de la direction financière. Il évoque les enjeux liés au pilotage de la rentabilité, à la digitalisation des processus, aux investissements sous LBO ainsi qu'à la décarbonation de l'industrie aéronautique. L'échange met également en lumière l'importance des indicateurs de performance, de l'agilité financière et de la maîtrise des données pour accompagner la transformation de l'entreprise.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

End-user needs are driving innovation in transaction banking, with banks focusing on integrated workflows rather than standalone financial products. Digitalisation, AI and high-quality data are helping businesses improve liquidity management, automate treasury processes, and enhance operational efficiency. Banks must embed services into clients' existing systems and workflows to provide flexible, data-driven solutions that adapt to changing market conditions.

In this episode, Mark Morton unpacks HMRC's latest Tax Update 26, exploring proposed changes to self-assessment, ISAs, national insurance, and debt collection. He questions whether these reforms truly simplify the system or add further complexity, while highlighting the real-world impact on taxpayers, businesses, and financial planning.Blog: https://www.mercia-group.com/insights/tax-update-2026-reform-and-changes/For more information on this topic and more, please visit www.mercia-group.com for further details.

Dans cet épisode, Vincent Bonigen, cofondateur de vrtice, présente les usages concrets de la photographie 360° dans l'industrie. Préparation des interventions, formation des équipes, suivi de chantier : il explique comment des outils simples de visite virtuelle permettent aux industriels de se projeter à distance dans leurs installations et de construire un référentiel numérique de leur patrimoine, sans la complexité d'une modélisation 3D. À l'image d'EDF Hydro, qui a économisé plus d'un demi-million de kilomètres de déplacements grâce à ce seul cas d'usage.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Ministers, unions and employers will gather at the National Economic Dialogue in Dublin today as the Government signals tax and childcare measures ahead of Budget 2027.Speaking to Anton ahead of this meeting was Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers.

Ministers, unions and employers will gather at the National Economic Dialogue in Dublin today as the Government signals tax and childcare measures ahead of Budget 2027.Speaking to Anton ahead of this meeting was Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers.

Send us Fan Mail◆ What now for European Secured Notes ater long-awaited debut?◆ The mood in European securitization amid MFS fallout and reg reform ◆ Digitalisation of bond market is up to the regulatorsBpifrance achieved a world first this week, pricing the inaugural European Secured Note. The deal was a success but it has taken about a decade to get the product from concept to market. The question is now where next for ESNs? This twist on a covered bond has clear applications as a capital market instrument that can help fund the real economy but it could be argued that its future lies in the hands of the regulators and how they choose to treat it. We discuss the different paths ESNs might be led down and the alternatives open to issuers.Meanwhile, GlobalCapital's European securitization team is back from Global ABS in Barcelona — that market's major gathering for the year. We find out what is giving the market cause for fear and cheer. We discuss how specialist lenders, banks and funds are adjusting to prevent or mitigate another scandal like the one that befell Market Financial Solutions earlier this year, and how the securitization market feels about the direction of regulatory reform.Sticking with the topic of all-powerful financial regulators, we also discuss why it is they rather than the technologists that will decide the fate of bond market digitialisation.Now read on:ESNs arrive: regulatory recognition may follow French firstEuropean Secured Notes needn't rush to BrusselsFunds eye ABF market share as banks pull backABS conference delegates emit mixed feelings of trepidation and optimismOn DLT, regulators could bring order — or disruption

In this episode of the Sustainable Living Podcast – Voicesfor Circular Change, host Nicoleta Talpes welcomes Rituraj Somani, CEO of GreenPack, for a thought-provoking conversation on the evolving role of circular economy in Europe's economic future.Topics discussed include:·      Why circular economy is becoming an industrial and geopolitical priority; ·      Europe's competitiveness, strategic autonomy,and resource security; ·      The shift from waste management to resourceintelligence; ·      Packaging, EPR, and the future of corporateresponsibility; ·      Romania's role in the European circular economytransition; ·      Digitalisation, AI, digital product passports,and material traceability; ·      The business models, skills, and mindset shiftsrequired for a truly circular future.

Et si l'IA permettait à un ingénieur de passer d'un mois à une semaine pour concevoir une solution industrielle ?C'est l'une des réalités que partage Pierre-Emmanuel Dumouchel, fondateur et directeur général de Dessia, dans cet épisode de Trajectoires.De l'adoption de l'IA aux enjeux méthodologiques pour savoir par où commencer, il décrypte ce que signifie réellement déléguer à des agents dans des environnements critiques. Il montre aussi comment l'émergence d'agents capables de produire, vérifier et valider ouvre une nouvelle ère pour l'ingénierie industrielle.Et pourquoi, dès aujourd'hui, les entreprises doivent structurer leur savoir pour concevoir les agents de demain.

« Notre métier c'est de transformer des personnes en chefs d'entreprise. »

Maxime Bleskine est cofondateur et CEO de VOLTR, une startup industrielle basée à Angers qui reconditionne des batteries lithium à partir de cellules de seconde vie.Ingénieur de formation, Maxime a passé plus de 7 ans dans le BTP - du chantier d'Hinkley Point C (la plus grande construction de génie civil en Europe) au Grand Paris, en passant par la rénovation tout corps d'État. Un dimanche, dans la voiture de son meilleur ami Alban Regnier, il décide de tout quitter pour cofonder VOLTR.Le constat de VOLTR est radical : 9 batteries sur 10 en Europe viennent d'Asie. En fin de vie, elles sont broyées et la poudre est renvoyée en Chine pour raffinage. VOLTR casse cette boucle en récupérant les cellules lithium, en les testant, en prédisant leur vieillissement grâce à des algorithmes propriétaires, et en les réassemblant dans des packs neufs - certifiés, garantis, compétitifs face au neuf chinois.Dans cet épisode du podcast Les Bâtisseurs, Maxime détaille le process industriel complet de VOLTR : collecte des batteries usagées auprès d'industriels et d'éco-organismes, démantèlement non destructif avec technologie laser, qualification des cellules par cyclage, prédiction du vieillissement par data et algorithmes, association optimisée des cellules, et assemblage de batteries reconditionnées.VOLTR emploie aujourd'hui 44 personnes à Angers, traite environ 1 000 cellules par jour, et vise 10 000 cellules quotidiennes pour atteindre 15 millions d'euros de chiffre d'affaires. L'ambition à 2030 : 4 usines en Europe, plus de 600 salariés et 70 millions d'euros de revenus.Maxime aborde aussi les freins majeurs de l'économie circulaire industrielle en Europe : le transport transfrontalier de déchets, le financement du scale industriel (trop de capex pour les VC classiques), et la réglementation ICPE. Il fait le lien entre batteries et BTP — un secteur qu'il connaît intimement et qui représente un marché majeur pour l'électrification des chantiers.Un épisode pour ceux qui croient que la réindustrialisation européenne passe par l'économie circulaire et l'innovation frugale.

WTiN speaks to Anna Triponel, CEO and founder of Human Level about how the fashion and textile industry can navigate the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).Human Level is an advisory firm that propels businesses to be human rights proactive in a rapidly changing climate. In the fashion and textile industry Human Level works with a wide range of companies to help design human rights and sustainability strategies that meet external and human rights expectations.In this episode, Triponel speaks about her role in forming the CSDDD, which requires companies to identify, prevent and mitigate human rights and environmental risks in their operations and global value chains. She also delves into the main challenges facing the fashion and textile industry when it comes to implementing incoming regulations. Additionally, Triponel speaks about how the industry is transitioning towards net zero and digitalisation. Learn more at wearehumanlevel.com.

The fiat money system has survived the Great Inflation, the global financial crisis, and a pandemic. But can it survive digital currencies?Bitcoin and the blockchain solved a genuine problem in computer science: how to stop people spending the same money twice. Forty years of successful inflation control means central bank money is stable; that is the stability in stablecoins, attempting to solve the volatility problem. What's next? What if the unit of account itself were indexed to consumer prices? Digitalisation might finally make that approach viable at scale. Price stability, by design.Will we still need cash? Maybe not now, But if you never use it, it may not be there if the blackout comes.The research behind this episode:Stracca, Livio. 2025. Redefining the Monetary Standard in the Digital Age: Digital Innovations and the Future of Monetary Policy. Springer Nature.To cite this episode:Phillips, Tim, and Livio Stracca. 2026. "Redefining the monetary standard." VoxTalks Economics (podcast). Assign this as extra listening. The citation above is formatted and ready for a reading list or VLE.About the guestLivio Stracca is Deputy Director General for International and European Relations at the European Central Bank, where he has worked for more than two decades. His research spans monetary economics, international finance, and the implications of digitalisation for central banking, with extensive work on exchange rates, capital flows, and the architecture of the international monetary system. Research cited in this episodeThe double-spend problem. The fundamental challenge in any decentralised digital payment system: how to prevent a participant from spending the same unit of money twice when there is no trusted central authority to verify transactions. Bitcoin's 2008 white paper offered an innovative solution by making the transaction ledger public, cumulative, and computationally expensive to rewrite. The trade-off is that transparency sacrifices privacy; every transaction is visible to all participants in the network.The blockchain. A distributed ledger in which transactions are grouped into sequential blocks, each cryptographically linked to the one before. Reversing any transaction requires rewriting every subsequent block, which demands enormous computational effort. This design solves the double-spend problem in a decentralised network but makes the system slow and costly to operate at scale.The payment trilemma. A framework discussed in the episode and in Stracca's book: any digital payment system can optimise for at most two of three properties simultaneously (universal access, security against fraudulent transactions, and privacy). Cash is the only instrument that escapes the trilemma; digital systems must accept a trade-off among the three, and the choice is often made implicitly by the designer of the system rather than through democratic deliberation.Hayek, Friedrich A. 1976. Denationalisation of Money. London: Institute of Economic Affairs. The classic argument for currency competition: let currencies compete freely and the one providing the most stable prices will win. Economists, including Milton Friedman, largely rejected the proposal on the grounds that money exhibits strong network externalities; the more people use a currency, the more attractive it becomes to the next user, producing a natural tendency towards monopoly. A formal modern revisitation, finding similar conclusions, is Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús, and Daniel Sanches. 2019. "Can Currency Competition Work?" Journal of Political Economy 127 (3): 1017 to 1058.Irving Fisher's compensated dollar. A proposal published in Fisher, Irving. 1913. "A Compensated Dollar." Quarterly Journal of Economics 27 (2): 213–235 (the same year the Federal Reserve was created). Fisher argued for a dollar whose purchasing power was held constant by adjusting its gold content in line with prices. The mechanical details of his proposal are no longer relevant, but its animating idea (indexing the unit of account to a price level) has gained new plausibility in a digital context.The Unidad de Fomento. Chile's inflation-indexed unit of account, in operation since 1967 and updated daily against the consumer price index. It is used widely in long-term contracts, including mortgages, and functions as a security that can be traded. Stracca cites it as evidence that an indexed monetary standard is operationally feasible, and as a prototype for what a digital equivalent might look like at larger scale.The Great Moderation. The period of low and stable inflation in advanced economies running roughly from the mid-1980s until the inflation episode of 2021 to 2023. Economists attribute it to improved monetary policy frameworks, particularly central bank independence, inflation targeting, and (crucially, in Stracca's account) the introduction of interest on reserves, which gave central banks precise control over the short-term interest rate without draining liquidity. Stracca treats the Great Moderation as the benchmark against which any proposed reform of the monetary standard must be judged.Programmable money. A form of digital money in which payment is conditional on an independently verifiable event, potentially confirmed by a machine rather than a human intermediary. Example: a payment that executes automatically when a delivery is confirmed by a sensor. Decentralised ledgers make such conditional payments technically straightforward; traditional banking systems can approximate them but with far greater friction. Stracca notes significant enthusiasm for programmable money but also real scepticism about whether the benefits outweigh the complexity in practice.More VoxTalks Economics episodesStablecoins and Global Imbalances, Gilles Moëc explains why we can think of stablecoins as a radical macroeconomic experiment that has arrived at exactly the moment the US external position is showing signs of stress.Can blockchain decentralise money, contracts, and finance? Bruno Biais on blockchain's potential, its flaws, and its future.Do stablecoins threaten financial stability? Richard Portes thinks so.

Qui n'a jamais perdu des heures pour un simple extrait de naissance ou un casier judiciaire au Sénégal ? Et si tout cela pouvait se régler en quelques clics depuis votre téléphone ?Dans ce deuxième épisode de notre série on décortique EN WOLOF l'Axe 2 du New Deal Technologique : la digitalisation des services publics. Pas de mots techniques compliqués, juste du concret pour comprendre comment l'administration sénégalaise va se moderniser à l'horizon 2034.Parce que la vraie inclusion numérique, c'est d'abord parler au peuple dans sa langue. La tech, c'est l'affaire de tous !

Send us Fan MailQui n'a jamais perdu des heures pour un simple extrait de naissance ou un casier judiciaire au Sénégal ? Et si tout cela pouvait se régler en quelques clics depuis votre téléphone ?Dans ce deuxième épisode de notre série on décortique EN WOLOF l'Axe 2 du New Deal Technologique : la digitalisation des services publics. Pas de mots techniques compliqués, juste du concret pour comprendre comment l'administration sénégalaise va se moderniser à l'horizon 2034.Parce que la vraie inclusion numérique, c'est d'abord parler au peuple dans sa langue. La tech, c'est l'affaire de tous !

Le Carnet de Maxime Blot "Devenir un Artisan Hôtelier" pour 39€ seulement !Fruit de plusieurs années d'expérience sur le terrain, ce carnet signé Maxime Blot, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, offre un regard affûté sur les enjeux actuels du service hôtelier.1️⃣ Présentation de l'invité :Grégoire Benoit est un financier. Euh non, un hôtelier. Enfin pas vraiment non plus. Car il propose une offre d'hospitalité un peu différenciante.Mais, il va raconter cela bien mieux que moi !Grégoire est le cofondateur et directeur des opérations d'Edgar Suites, une nouvelle génération d'Appart'hôtels haut de gamme, qui combine le meilleur de la location courte durée et des services hôteliers.Grégoire Benoit, 32 ans, est un entrepreneur passionné qui a cofondé Edgar Suites en 2016 avec son frère Maxime et leur associé Xavier. Avant de se lancer dans cette aventure, Grégoire a étudié à l'école de commerce de Grenoble et a acquis une riche expérience internationale, notamment en Chine et aux États-Unis. Il a également travaillé dans l'audit avant de se tourner vers l'entrepreneuriat. Son parcours est marqué par une soif de découverte et une volonté de comprendre le monde de l'entreprise de manière approfondie.Comment ont-ils réussi à transformer des immeubles de bureaux et des hôtels fatigués en espaces modernes et accueillants ?Quels sont les défis et les succès rencontrés, notamment sur la digitalisation de la réception et l'expérience client ?Comment se traduit leur engagement envers la durabilité et l'impact positif ? 2️⃣ Notes et références :Edgar SuitesBC PartnersLabel BreeamClef VerteLabel B CorpLe Bleisure, mélanger Business et Leisure avec Maxime BesnierProjets FF&E et OS&E, avec Sébastien RomiszviliCréer une marque d'hôtels Feel Good, avec Eric OmgbaCréer Okko Hotels, avec Solenne Ojea-Devys- Le livre : Le monde d'hier, de Stefan Zweig3️⃣ Pour contacter l'invité :Via LinkedinCet épisode est produit en partenariat avec Edgar Suites. Un grand merci aux équipes pour leur collaboration et leur professionnalisme.4️⃣ Le partenaire de l'épisode :HotelPartner Revenue ManagementPrendre un rendez-vous avec MarjolaineDites que vous venez d'Hospitality Insiders et Marjolaine se déplace gratuitement dans votre établissement pour effectuer un diagnostic !5️⃣ Chapitrage : 00:00:00-Introduction00:01:00 - Grégoire Benoit00:04:00 - Équipe00:07:00 - Edgar Suites00:08:00 - Premier immeuble00:10:00 - Investissement de BC Partners00:13:00 - Expansion au niveau national00:14:00 - Stratégie urbaine et type de clientèle00:17:00 - Digitalisation et rôle d'Edgar00:31:00 - Engagement écologique00:40:00 - Questions signaturesSi cet épisode vous a passionné, rejoignez-moi sur :L'Hebdo d'Hospitality Insiders, pour ne rien raterL'Académie Hospitality Insiders, pour vous former aux fondamentaux de l'accueilLe E-Carnet "Devenir un Artisan Hôtelier" pour celles et ceux qui souhaitent faire de l'accueil un véritable artLinkedin, pour poursuivre la discussionInstagram, pour découvrir les coulissesLa bibliothèque des invités du podcastMerci de votre fidélité et à bientôt !Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In an environment marked by higher inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and increased market volatility, private infrastructure is regaining focus as a resilient allocation.In this episode of Moving Markets: The View Beyond, William Fong, Head of Alternatives Specialists Asia & Middle East at Julius Baer, speaks with Daniel McCormack, Head of Research at Macquarie Asset Management's Client Solutions Group, about the shifting global macro landscape and how private infrastructure can play a vital dual role in portfolios - providing resilience through inflation linkage and essential services, while positioning investors for long‑term growth driven by digitalisation, AI‑led data demand, the energy transition and evolving supply chains.(00:00) - Introduction (01:16) - The shifting global macro landscape (03:37) - Why private infrastructure matters in an age of volatility (04:45) - Infrastructure sub-sectors that look promising (06:40) - Macquarie's infrastructure origins (09:21) - Opportunities in debt investment (11:05) - Inflation-hedging properties of infrastructure (13:15) - Private vs public infrastructure (14:59) - Opportunities in the transport sector (17:22) - The inflationary impact of shifting supply chain dynamics (18:48) - Digitalisation, AI and data (20:23) - Is AI in a bubble? (23:29) - The growing energy demand (26:04) - Rising power prices and inflation (27:43) - Is it too late to get into infrastructure? (31:38) - Closing

A rush to digitalisation. 

Esri Ireland, the market leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), is announcing that its inaugural user conference will take place at The Round Room at Dublin's Mansion House on Wednesday, 29th April 2026. Themed Building a Stronger Future, the conference will showcase how location intelligence can enable smarter decision-making across our island's critical infrastructure sector. It will be opened with an address from Minister of State for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Frank Feighan TD. On the day, attendees will have a chance to hear from Esri Ireland customers on how they are using geospatial technology to transform their operations. ESB will explore how GIS is supporting the organisation's critical role in Ireland's Climate Action Plan and aims to reach net zero emissions by 2040, while Dublin Airport will examine how location intelligence is enabling large-scale infrastructure investments to take off – catering for its future growth and expansion. Attendees will hear how broadband provider Fibrus is using geospatial technologies to roll out next-generation fibre networks, and Northern Ireland Water will demonstrate evidence-led approaches to reducing demand on wastewater infrastructure. A panel of industry experts, hosted by Gordon Smith, will debate the challenges and opportunities of infrastructure development, while Esri Ireland's own experts will share new insights across a range of topics including artificial intelligence, field operations, GeoBIM, and Digital Twins. The free-to-attend event will bring together GIS professionals, industry leaders, and key stakeholders, with up to 500 people expected to attend. For more information and to register, click here. See more stories here.

Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform & Digitalisation, Jack Chambers, joins Ciara and Shane to discuss today's national fuel protest, as well as whether or not we should introduce nuclear energy production to the country.

Billable hours are in the past, human creativity gets its strongest case yet, and Paul explains what happens when ten AI agents start collaborating like a marketing team. Paul and Cathy tackle 16 real questions on career pivots into AI, the risks of over-reliance on productivity gains, enterprise training personalization, labor replacement pricing, whether AI actually reasons, and what leaders should do with the time AI is giving back. 00:00:00 — Intro 00:05:05 — How do you transition into AI without a coding background? 00:06:03 — What are the best AI skills to learn while job searching? 00:08:56 — Should consultants bill for time spent experimenting with AI? 00:11:44 — How do we make sure AI productivity isn't quietly weakening our thinking? 00:14:17 — What's the best reframe for creatives who see AI as a threat? 00:19:04 — How do you wrangle a Wild West AI free-for-all at your company? 00:20:45 — How do you personalize AI training at the enterprise level? 00:23:41 — How do you get legal stakeholders to enable AI adoption instead of blocking it? 00:28:06 — How will AI adoption pick up in traditional industries like manufacturing? 00:31:24 — Can companies behind on digitalisation leapfrog ahead with AI? 00:34:33 — Will AI companies eventually price based on the labor they replace? 00:37:55 — What is a swarm of agents and why does it matter? 00:43:34 — Do reasoning models actually reason or just predict the next word? 00:46:54 — Should AI companies be regulated to preserve diversity of thought? 00:49:34 — If AI can solve advanced math, why can't it solve technological unemployment? 00:52:40 — How do we make sure AI gives us time back instead of just more work? Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here This episode is brought to you by Google Cloud:  Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner. Learn more about Google Cloud here: https://cloud.google.com/   Visit our website Receive our weekly newsletter Join our community: Slack Community LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Looking for content and resources? Register for a free webinar Come to our next Marketing AI Conference Enroll in our AI Academy 

On MoneyFM 89.3 Saturday Mornings Show host Glenn van Zutphen and co-host Neil Humphreys welcome Ambassador Beata Stoczyńska, Executive Director of the Asia‑Europe Foundation (ASEF), to unpack what this unique intergovernmental organisation actually does — and why its work matters more than ever in 2026. Created under the Asia‑Europe Meeting (ASEM), ASEF is the only institution dedicated to strengthening ties between the two regions through dialogue, collaboration, and people‑to‑people exchange. Ambassador Stoczyńska shares how ASEF’s multinational team has delivered over 280 projects with more than 230 partners, connecting policymakers, students, cultural practitioners, academics, and civil society leaders. We explore ASEF’s priorities for 2026, centred on three major themes shaping the global agenda:1) A human‑centred approach to cooperation and development2) Digitalisation, and the opportunities and risks it brings3) The green transition, where Asia and Europe must work together to meet climate goals Ambassador Stoczyńska also highlights why ASEF’s role as a bridge is so critical today. With geopolitical tensions rising and global challenges becoming more complex, ASEF provides a rare neutral platform where Asia and Europe can exchange ideas, build trust, and co‑create solutions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You will have heard throughout the day and over the weekend about fuel prices continuing to rise at forecourts across the country. Oil surged to prices not seen since 2022 this morning, hitting just under $120 a barrel. The Irish Road Hauliers Association has said that these rising prices could force them to take protest action, which would result in supply chain disruption and rising prices in shops. So, is it time for some form of government intervention on the price of fuel?Joining Ciara to debate is Malcolm Byrne, Fianna Fáil TD and Spokesperson on Climate, Environment and Energy and Mairéad Farrell, Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation.

Ministre de l'Économie numérique, de la Digitalisation et de l'Innovation du Gabon, Marc-Alexandre Doumba fait partie de la nouvelle génération de responsables africains qui misent sur la technologie pour accélérer le développement économique. Grand invité de l'économie RFI / Jeune Afrique, il revient au micro de Bruno Faure et Quentin Velluet sur sa vision du numérique comme levier stratégique de croissance pour l'Afrique, les enjeux de régulation des plateformes et le potentiel de l'intelligence artificielle dans les économies émergentes. Les principales thématiques de l'entretien Les conséquences de la guerre au Moyen-Orient

Ministre de l'Économie numérique, de la Digitalisation et de l'Innovation du Gabon, Marc-Alexandre Doumba fait partie de la nouvelle génération de responsables africains qui misent sur la technologie pour accélérer le développement économique. Grand invité de l'économie RFI / Jeune Afrique, il revient au micro de Bruno Faure et Quentin Velluet sur sa vision du numérique comme levier stratégique de croissance pour l'Afrique, les enjeux de régulation des plateformes et le potentiel de l'intelligence artificielle dans les économies émergentes. Les principales thématiques de l'entretien Les conséquences de la guerre au Moyen-Orient

Jack Chambers, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, Jack Chambers, joins Ciara to discuss the new General Scheme of the Critical Infrastructure Bill, the current concerns around energy prices and the war in Iran.

From new cancer drugs to batteries and robotics – China's top-tier growth companies are forging paths of their own rather than following in the west's footsteps. Investment manager Sophie Earnshaw names companies that have caught her eye and explains why being a long-term stock picker differs in China from elsewhere. Background:Sophie Earnshaw is a decision-maker on our China Equities Strategy and joint manager of the Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust. In this conversation, she tells Short Briefings… host Leo Kelion about a select group of Chinese companies breaking new ground, supported by the state's efforts to become self-sufficient in more of today's critical technologies and a leader in some of those of the future. Earnshaw also details how the “phenomenal rate” at which companies are born, scale and die in the country makes stock-picking a challenging task – making the access we have to company leaders, academics and other local expertise core to our mission of finding the best firms to invest in on behalf of our clients. Portfolio companies discussed include:- CATL – the battery maker whose products power electric vehicles worldwide and increasingly support the renewable energy sector- BeOne and Innovent Biologics – pharmaceutical firms developing the next generation of cancer drugs - AMEC and NAURA – semiconductor equipment makers enabling China to develop increased self-reliance in computer chips - Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent – China's ‘big tech' companies, whose artificial intelligence tools are becoming embedded into people's daily lives- MiniMax – the AI startup rolling out video and agentic tools at a fraction of the cost of western counterparts- Horizon Robotics – the automated driving tech provider with its eye on an even bigger opportunity. Resources:Baillie Gifford podcastsChina: a tale of two storiesChina investment strategy hub (institutional clients only)House of HuaweiPrivate investor forum 2025: investing in great growth companiesTrip notes: on the road with Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust  Companies mentioned include:AlibabaAMECASMLBeOneByteDanceCATLHorizon RoboticsInnovent BiologicsJiangsu HengruiHuaweiMiniMaxSamsungNAURATencentTSMCXiaohongshu Timecodes:00:00  Introduction01:55   Joining the China Equities Strategy02:40  Intense competition04:00  The government's influence06:10   CATL, the electrification champion08:45  Investing with a 5-year time horizon10:25   Shanghai office, local expertise11:45   Regulations and geopolitics14:30   China's next Five-year Plan16:15   Innovent Biologics' new cancer drugs18:10   Lower-cost clinical trials19:45   Being selective in semiconductors21:25   Investing in chip equipment makers23:00  China's ‘big tech and AI'25:10   MiniMax making AI like ‘tap water'27:45  The road to robotics29:35  A market you can't ignore30:30  Book choice Glossary of terms (in order of mention): Third plenum: a major policy meeting of China's ruling Communist Party, often used to set big economic/political direction.Sovereign bond issuance: The government raising money by selling bonds (IOUs) to investors.Opportunity set: the range of investable companies available to choose from.Capex: capital expenditure – money spent on long-term assets like factories, equipment, or data centres.Fiscal deficit target: how much more the government plans to spend than it collects in revenue (taxes plus other income), expressed as a share of the economy.GDP: gross domestic product – the total value of goods and services a country produces in a year.Market capitalisation: the total value of a company's shares (share price × number of shares).ESG: environmental, social and governance – how a company manages environmental impact, people issues, and corporate oversight.Large-form batteries: big battery packs used in things like electric vehicles and grid storage.Energy storage systems: large batteries that store electricity for later use (helping balance the grid).Generic drugs: copies of medicines whose patents have expired; usually cheaper, same active ingredient.Bi-specific (bispecific) drugs: drugs designed to bind to two targets at once (often to direct immune cells to cancer).ADC drugs: antibody–drug conjugates – antibodies that deliver a toxic payload to cancer cells.Out-licensing: selling rights to your drug/technology to another company (often for upfront + milestone payments).EUV machines: extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment used to make the most advanced chips.Foundry: a factory business that manufactures chips for other companies.Etch and deposition: steps in chipmaking – etch removes material to form patterns, deposition adds thin layers.Picks and shovels: a metaphor for companies that sell essential tools to an industry (rather than end products).Digitalisation: moving processes and services from offline to software and data-driven systems.Compute: the processing power (chips and servers) used to train/run AI.Large language model (LLM): an AI trained on lots of text to generate and understand language.Margins: how much profit a company makes per pound/dollar of revenue (after costs).Cloud business: selling computing power/storage/software over the internet instead of on a local machine.Algorithm layer: the method or software logic that makes the AI work (as distinct from the hardware).Gross margin: revenue minus direct costs (before overheads), a rough measure of product profitability.Assisted driving: features that help a driver (lane-keeping, adaptive cruise control, etc) but don't fully replace them.Autonomous driving: a car driving itself with minimal or no human input.Software attachment rate: the percentage of customers who add paid software features and/or subscriptions.

Digitalisation is no longer a side enabler — it's becoming central to system-wide acceleration, efficiency and optimisation. At the same time, questions remain around scalability, cost, and how quickly the sector can realistically move.   We've asked the panel to explore: • Where digital tools and AI are already delivering tangible value in the energy transition • How digitalisation can help address system bottlenecks such as grid integration, storage optimisation and demand flexibility • The key barriers to adoption, including upfront costs and organisational or cultural challenges • How partnerships between energy companies and technology providers can accelerate scale while sharing risk • Which digital breakthroughs could have the biggest impact over the next decade   Speakers: Carsten Sonne-Schmidt, managing partner, Digital Energy AI Adele Ara, group chief technology officer, Lightsource bp Dr Gianna Huhn, Group Strategy, Innovation Strategy & Technology Foresight Lead, SSE

Jack Chambers, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

This year Ireland got a chance to showcase itself on the global sporting stage in hosting it's first NFL game - Conor caught up with Frank Feighan, Minister of State for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment to discuss the possibility of more NFL action in Dublin.Our Radio Row coverage is sponsored by Dunes and Drams

Today the Minister for Public Expenditure and Infrastructure, along with the Minister for Finance, launched a new Government service to accelerate major Government capital investment projectsThis will aim to cut back major unfractured back by 12 months. Projects like the GPO redevelopment and the National Concert Hall in Dublin are likely to be among the first projects to see the benefit of this.Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform & Digitalisation. Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin West Jack Chambers, joined Ciara Doherty to discuss this and more.

Francisco Parente, Associate Director, FinTech and Digitalisation, ICMA examines the regulatory landscape, risks, and potential role of stablecoins as on-chain settlement assets in capital markets.

Gabriel Callsen, Senior Director, FinTech and Digitalisation, ICMA summarises key findings on DvP settlement assets and custody models for DLT-based bonds under Project Guardian.

Jack Chambers, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation.

What does digital trust really mean in today's AI-driven world? How are AI and quantum technologies changing the way organizations build and maintain trust? How can businesses act responsibly and ethically while embracing innovation?In this episode, Punit Bhatia talks with Sebastian Hallensleben, an expert in AI governance and digital trust. They discussed how the EU's common AI standards and the OECD's business guidance are helping shape the next phase of responsible and trustworthy innovation. Together, they explore how trust, ethics, and compliance come together in a world powered by AI and quantum technology.

What does digital trust really mean in today's AI-driven world? How are AI and quantum technologies changing the way organizations build and maintain trust? How can businesses act responsibly and ethically while embracing innovation?In this episode, Punit Bhatia talks with Sebastian Hallensleben, an expert in AI governance and digital trust. They discussed how the EU's common AI standards and the OECD's business guidance are helping shape the next phase of responsible and trustworthy innovation. Together, they explore how trust, ethics, and compliance come together in a world powered by AI and quantum technology.

Join WTiN's content team as we discuss the biggest events and trends that have shaped the global textile industry in the last year.As we near the end of 2025, WTiN's content team come together in this end of year podcast to discuss the trends, themes, challenges and circumstances that have shaped the global textile industry this year. Our head of content Madeline Thomas speaks about the economic climate of the industry, while Jessica Robe, innovation and consultancy lead; Otis Robinson, editor and channel lead digitalisation; and Joseph Link, senior editor and digital textiles lead, each steer thoughtful segments on specific sectors including materials, digital textile printing, regulations and digitalisation. Meanwhile Lucy-Anna Stallard, WTiN's event coordinator, reflects on the major events we have held this year, including our successful, first-ever Circularity Week. In 2026, we will be hosting our first Digital Textile Printing Week, from 23-27 March 2026. This year we also launched our debut Concepts 2030 book, which WTiN members can download here. Concepts 2030 explores the innovations with the greatest potential to redefine material systems, manufacturing methods and product performance by the end of the decade.The podcast will return in 2026, starting the year with a special series where we speak with the winners of WTiN's Textile Innovation Awards 2025.We wish you a Happy Holiday Season and Joyful New Year. 

Pour l'épisode de cette semaine, je reçois Ali El Hariri, entrepreneur, investisseur, et ex-CEO de Bulldozair.Bulldozair est une solution SaaS qui permet aux équipes terrain et aux managers de suivre efficacement leurs chantiers de construction. Après plus de 12 ans d'aventure entrepreneuriale, la société a été rachetée par le groupe InfoPro Digital, et intégrée à MezzoTeam, référence de la GED dans l'univers de l'infrastructure.Au cours de cet épisode, Ali revient sur :L'origine de Bulldozair, née d'un problème vécu sur le terrain chez Bouygues Construction.Les débuts du produit, bien avant le no-code, et l'organisation des “Apéros Chantiers” pour bâtir une communauté avant même d'avoir un produit fini.L'expérience YC et son impact, notamment sur l'UX produit et l'approche “chasse au clic”.Le choix stratégique du focus enterprise en France, après des débuts internationaux.Le positionnement produit progressif autour des ingénieries infrastructure (rail, route, métro…).Le challenge du pricing dans la construction tech, entre projet, utilisateur, et viralité.La vente de Bulldozair à MezzoTeam : contexte, réflexion stratégique, et synergies évidentes avec les outils GED.Enfin, son activité actuelle autour de l'IA dans le BTP, et ses investissements dans des startups de la Construction Tech.Vous pouvez suivre Ali sur LinkedIn.Bonne écoute !Mentionnés pendant l'épisode :Lean StartupThe One ThingCiyent (startup IA dans la comparaison de devis)Procore (acteur US majeur de la ConTech)Pour soutenir SaaS Connection en 1 minute⏱ (et 2 secondes) :Abonnez-vous à SaaS Connection sur votre plateforme préférée pour ne rater aucun épisode

Gerard delivered a keynote on Digitalisation, AI, Supply Chains and Electrification at the EcoVadis Global Summit.Gerard Reid argues that we are living through a new industrial revolution driven by digitalization, AI, and electrification, comparable in scale to the steam and automobile revolutions of the past. He highlights how China is rapidly outpacing Western forecasts in areas like AI, solar power, and electric vehicles, reshaping global competitiveness. Reid stresses that AI will transform industries—from healthcare to transport to energy—while massively increasing the world's demand for electricity, which will increasingly be met through solar and battery storage. His central message is that businesses and countries must adopt a growth mindset, embrace AI as an enabler, and adapt quickly—or risk irrelevance in the face of accelerating global change.EcoVadis is a globally recognized platform that provides sustainability ratings and assessments for companies, focusing on their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance. It evaluates businesses across four key themes: Environment, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. These assessments help companies manage ESG risks, ensure compliance, and improve sustainability practices across their operations and supply chains.