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Labelled “a conversation that
will define tomorrow’s world”
the inaugural World Future Forum in
Lisbon might be the disruptor, the new
beginning, the global financial system
needs to compound with technology and
deliver a better future for all.
Welcoming the launch of the event,
President of the European Commission,
Ursula von der Leyen, hailed the Forum’s
new Technology Collaboration Labs,
dynamic hubs where the focus is going
to be on interdisciplinary teamwork and
ensuring that technological innovations
are not only cutting-edge but are
ethically sound and beneficial to both
humanity and the planet.
Von der Leyen also praised the
Forum for introducing the Sustainable
Finance Goals (SFGs), a framework
for divesting, shifting, and mobilising
capital to fund green ventures, which
organisers Allied4Future (AF4) say will
help ‘leverage capital and investment
mechanisms, not just as tools for
financial returns but as powerful
drivers of the transition to a climate-
neutral and sustainable economy’.
Many of the powerbrokers critical
to the success of the transition:
the world’s leading scientists,
technologists, visionary business
leaders, investors and policymakers,
arrived in the Portuguese capital intent
on moving beyond words and into the
nuts and bolts of transformation.
As Portugal’s Minister for Environment
and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho,
said on day one of the Forum: “the
mission of the Forum, like the mission of
Portuguese government, is to make sure
that everything it does has a positive
impact, not just in helping meet our
climate goals, but also in terms of creating
economic growth, attracting investment
and improving people’s lives.”
This special World Future Forum
edition, produced in partnership with
A4F, not only sets out the ‘how’ of this
mission – it invites you to be part of it.
Iain Robertson
Editor
4 Foreword, Maria da Graca Carvahlo, Minister for
Environment & Energy, Portugal
5 Foreword, Tim van der Hagen, TU Delft
6 Roland Strauss shares ‘The mission and ambition
of Allied4Future’
8 A conversation that will define tomorrow’s world
10 Carlos Moedas takes us inside Lisbon’s iconic
Unicorn Factory
12 Ursula von der Leyen welcomes launch of new
World Future Forum
14 The future of the financial sector… and what it needs
16 Europe Lines up to make Quantum Leap
18 Striking the right relationship with AI
20 Defining ‘Green’ Space technology
21 Climate Geoengineering – last resort or
important solution?
22 Investing in women generates big returns for
everyone: Interview with Shiva Dustdar of
EIB Institute
24 Shaping the European innovation landscape:
Interview with Marceline Du Prie of TU Delft
26 New collaboration labs can “shape our future”
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