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Today's episode was recorded live in front of a virtual audience at a side event of the International Migration Review Forum. The episode is produced in partnership with CGIAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.  The event was titled "Climate-related mobility and conflict: Pathways to peace and human security" and includes some extended expert commentary on this topic.  You will first hear from Sheggen Fan, system board member CGIAR followed by remarks from Shukri Ahmed, Deputy Director Office of Emergencies and Resilience at the FAO. I then moderate a panel discussion featuring: Prof. Dr. Vally Koubi, a Professor at and the Director of the Center for Comparative and International Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Zurich. Dr Bina Desai, Head of Programs with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center Pablo Escribano,  Regional Thematic Specialist for the Americas: Migration, Environment and Climate Change with the International Organization for Migration. and Prof Dr. Marisa O. Ensor, Adjunct Professor with the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University.  After they take some questions from the audience, some concluding remarks are offered by Katrina Kosec, Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.  

Host - Sveta and Ben Banerjee Special Guests: H.E. Ms. Elisabeth von Capeller Ambassador of Switzerland to Nepal Mr. Bhattarai from Embassy of Switzerland Mr. Tim Gocher, CEO of Dolma Impact Fund This time we travel to Nepal. All our viewers who want to learn how Swiss embassy and Swiss Agency for development and Cooperation are actively fostering private sector development and impact investment eco-system. We will also be joined by the CEO of the Dolma Impact Fund. For the entrepreneurial audience of ours, the discussion will include the criteria and procedure of these investments. Ambassador Elisabeth von Capeller from Switzerland did her master's degree in agricultural engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. Later on she worked at Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Cameroon. In 2007, Ms von Capeller moved to the SDC cooperation office in Nepal where she was Head of Cooperation and Deputy Head of Mission from 2009. In 2011, she was appointed Head of the South Asia Division, Head of Conflict and Human Rights. In February 2018, she was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Nepal. Mr. Bhattarai is an economist at the Embassy of Switzerland and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Nepal. As the focal point for private sector engagement at the Embassy and SDC, he has an experience of working closely with a diverse set of partners such as government agencies, entrepreneurs, foreign and local investors, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders in Nepal's entrepreneurship ecosystem. Tim is the founder and CEO of Dolma Impact Fund, the first international private equity fund focussed on Nepal. He is an investment executive with a background in renewable energy and Technology. He is also Hon. Professor of Sustainable Business at The University of Nottingham and Guest Lecturer at London Business School where he gained his MBA.

Soraya Chemaly, activist and author of "Rage Becomes Her", on mothers and activism. Viniece Jennings of Agnes Scott College on urban green spaces. Zak Doffmann of Digital Barriers on the TikTok ban. Jia Lynn Yang, author, “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide" on American Immigration from 1924-1965. Robert Reeder and Philip Taylor of Center for Agricultural Biosciences International on plant antibiotics. Mark Mescher of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich on bee bites.

Plastic food packaging indeed protects our food but it can also be the source of chemical food contamination and increased risk in health. We don’t know every material used in making these packaging and this knowledge gap can actually hurt us. Join me in this episode as we unfold the different packaging materials and chemicals that touch our food with Dr. Jane Muncke, the Managing Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Food Packaging Forum.  In this conversation, she talks about the different packaging materials that are used to package food. She also explains the chemical migration in our food packaging, how plastic is made, what materials are considered safe that could pass the toxicology tests,  and many more! In this Episode, We Discuss: Different materials used in food packaging The known unknowns The chemical migration in our food packaging Single-use and reusables Plastic materials that could pass the toxicology test   Get to know Jane Muncke: Dr. Jane holds a doctorate degree in environmental toxicology and an MSc in environmental science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. She currently works as a Managing Director at the Food Packaging Forum, a science communication organization that provides independent and balanced information on issues related to food packaging and health. She is a full scientific member of the Society of Toxicology, the American Chemical Society, the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and the Endocrine Society. You can learn more about Dr. Jane’s work and achievements here. Twitter   References from this episode: Food Packaging Forum Subscribe here and stay up to date with the Food Packaging Forum’s newsletter and read about the latest news and scientific research! --- Did you enjoy today’s episode? Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified immediately when a new episode comes out! If you enjoyed the Mercast, please click here to leave a review and share this episode with a friend! I hope you spend some time in nature today! I'll catch you next time. Subscribe to The Mercast ++ Apple Podcasts ++ Spotify ++ Castbox

Today's interview is with Christian Hubbs, one of the hosts of the Articifially Intelligent podcast. Christian holds an Master of Science from ETH Zurich (that's Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) , he has an MA in Christian Apologetics from Biola University, and is an AI researcher for a Fortune 50 Company… all while completing his PhD in machine learning and optimization at Carnegie Mellon University. His podcast can be find at www.artificiallyintelligent.tech, which focuses on AI and economics and a blog on the topic at [ datahubbs.com]( http://datahubbs.com/) . Christian was also the RF Chapter director in Zürich, Switzerland for 3 years.The purpose of today's interview is to talk to Christian about artificial intelligence: what is AI anyway, are terminators going to take over the world? The practical uses of AI and current AI research, and how the Christian worldview informs our thinking about AI.

Scientists have developed robots that are designed to move inside the body. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne and Federal Institute of Technology Zurich researchers engineered microscopic robots that are meant to deliver drugs to afflicted parts inside the body. These five-millimeter robots have the ability to alter their shape and size as they travel through the human body. As a result, the robots can smoothly move along dense liquids. Because the robots are made of a gel that has heat-sensitive and electromagnetic properties, they can be controlled outside the human body. At the same time, the robots can move independently as they are outfitted with a tail that enables them to swim and follow the flow of fluids in the body. To test the robots' mobility, the researchers had the robots navigate their way through confined glass pathways that resemble human blood vessels. Inside the pathways, the robots moved through liquids that had different widths and flowed at varying speeds. Results of the tests showed that the robots were indeed capable of traveling through the pathways. They were also able to modify their physical form depending on the environment. Currently, the researchers are looking into possible improvements that will allow the robots to travel through various fluids in the body. The researchers believe that these microscopic robots can change the way medical practitioners administer drugs. As the robots will be able to target specific areas in the body, this method of drug delivery can reduce side effects among patients. Additionally, this innovation is expected to set the stage for less invasive medical treatment.

next_generation 7.0: SENSORIK | Symposium 14.06.2017 to 18.06.2017 With an exciting lecture program enriched the festival »next_generation 7.0 SENSORIK« Over five days and five nights, next_generation 7.0 offered an exciting and packed program on the latest positions on topics such as »Fixed Media«, »Spatial Music« and »Live-Electronics«, showing off the current creativity of the younger generation of producers in the context of technology and art. /// 14.06.2017 bis 18.06.2017 Mit einem spannenden Vortragsprogramm bereicherte das Festival »next_generation 7.0 SENSORIK« An fünf Tagen und fünf Nächten bot next_generation 7.0 ein spannendes und dichtes Programm über die neuesten Positionen zu den Themen »Fixed Media«, »Raummusik« und »Live-Elektronik«. Damit garantierte next_generation 7.0 eine repräsentative Übersicht über das aktuelle kreative Schaffen der kommenden Komponierendengeneration im Kontext von Technologie und Kunst.

July 10, 2017Dr. Didier Sornette is Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and has written several books, the latest of which is ‘Why Stock Markets Crash”.

July 10, 2017Dr. Didier Sornette is Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and has written several books, the latest of which is ‘Why Stock Markets Crash”.

July 10, 2017Dr. Didier Sornette is Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and has written several books, the latest of which is ‘Why Stock Markets Crash”.

Dr. Didier Sornette is Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and has written several books, the latest of which is ‘Why Stock Markets Crash”

Dr. Didier Sornette is Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and has written several books, the latest of which is ‘Why Stock Markets Crash”

Dr. Didier Sornette is Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and has written several books, the latest of which is ‘Why Stock Markets Crash”

My guest today is Didier Sornette, the Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. He is also a professor of the Swiss Finance Institute, associated with both the department of Physics and the department of Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich. He has worked on the King effect, a theory used to predict economic bubbles. Didier also set up the Financial Crisis Observatory in October of 2008. He brings an interesting perspective to financial crisis's, and bubbles. The topic is market bubbles. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: The adaptive market hypothesis Dragon Kings vs. Black Swans New economy syndrome Predictive markets Finite singularity Equilibrium of the world Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

On today’s episode of Trend Following Radio Michael Covel interviews Didier Sornette. He is Professor on the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. He is also a professor of the Swiss Finance Institute, associated with both the department of Physics and the department of Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich. He has worked on the King effect, a theory used to predict economic bubbles. Didier also set up the Financial Crisis Observatory in October of 2008. He brings an interesting perspective to financial crisis’s, and bubbles. Didier first realized his fascination with financial bubbles back in 1989. He received a grant to try and solve the equation of prediction. Didier goes on to discuss the different theories that stemmed from his research. A few years later, when the housing crisis hit the U.S., he founded The Financial Crisis Observatory. He founded it as a psychological response to the discourse he had with the markets. People didn’t have a clear view of what was happening. Nobody seemed to know how it happened, but to Didier it was so obvious and natural that the crisis occurred. He wanted to help inform people better with his observatory by showing concrete steps that lead to the housing collapse and other crashes that came before it. Michael and Didier then go into discussing black swans. Didier does not believe in black swans because they relate to “surprise events.” He says that crisis’s are actually not surprise events at all. They can be expected and are human related. Instead, Didier believes in a notion he calls “Dragon Kings.” His theory is called Dragon Kings because a King is a special person in a country, and dragon means of unique origin. Dragon Kings is how he describes his version of, “surprise events.” Michael and Didier move onto talking about how the world is out of equilibrium. The world is consistently battered with surprises therefore the equilibrium is always off. A lot of economists refuse to acknowledge this and policy makers are not well educated on the subject. Lastly they talk about Didier’s financial bubble experiment. Didier then goes into his background in physics saying it gave him tools to look at things outside the box. Nature doesn’t function in disciplines just like our minds do not work in silos or disciples. In this episode of Trend Following Radio: The adaptive market hypothesis Dragon Kings vs. Black Swans New economy syndrome Predictive markets Finite singularity Equilibrium of the world

Studio Banana TV interviews Swiss architect Christian Kerez. Christian Kerez was born in 1962 in Maracaibo, Venezuela, educated at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and received a Masters in Architecture in 1988. In the 1980’s and early 1990’s he was a photographer. This work, in turn, deeply influenced his architectural approach.

In order to understand social systems, it is essential to identify the circumstances under which individuals spontaneously start cooperating or developing shared behaviors, norms, and culture. In this connection, it is important to study the role of social mechanisms such as repeated interactions, group selection, network formation, costly punishment and group pressure, and how they allow us to transform social dilemmas into interactive situations that promote the social system. Furthermore, it is interesting to study the role that social inequality, the protection of private property, or the on-going globalization play for the resulting 'character' of a social system (cooperative or not). It is well-known that social cooperation can suddenly break down, giving rise to poverty or conflict. The decline of high cultures and the outbreak of civil wars or revolutions are well-known examples. The more surprising is that one can develop an integrated game-theoretical description of phenomena as different as the outbreak and breakdown of cooperation, the formation of norms or subcultures, and the occurrence of conflicts. Delivered by Professor Dirk Helbing, Professor of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland.