Climate change to affect security dynamics in profound ways
The Bled Strategic Forum panel entitled Climate Change and Security Dynamics debated the far-reaching security implications of climate change, in particular with regards to water.
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Youth participation seen as essential for future of democracies
Official OECD statistics show a gradual erosion of trust not only in government and parliament, but in institutions in general.
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Technology will completely transform tourism, panel hears
The fifth tourism panel held as part of the Bled Strategic Forum on Tuesday discussed the role of technology in tourism.
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Panel responds to Bolton’s statement about the ICC
The panel dubbed International Criminal Court: 20 Years after Rome – Setting a Path for the Future, started just hours after Bolton said that the “ICC is dead to us”.
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People must start thinking about global community to bridge the divide in exploiting opportunities of digitalisation, panel hears
Discussion at Moving from a Physical to a Digital Society, session 3 of the Business BSF, revolved around the principles needed in development of artificial intelligence as listed by Ms Nanna-Louise Wildfang Linde, Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft/CELA Central Eastern Europe from Denmark.
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Full gender equality still a remote prospect
The Night Owl Session at the Bled Strategic Forum on Monday focused on how to achieve true gender equality and what measures are needed to speed up the process and effect change. The vigorous debate indicated the gender equality movement has momentum but still faces headwinds. It also showed that change at the individual level…
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Can humans even bridge the divide between human brain and AI?
Giving a lecture on human brain, entitled Bridging the Divide: the Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence, as part of the 2nd session of the Business BSF Dr Nikolaos Dimitriadis, CEO of Trizma Neuro from Serbia, wondered if it was even possible to bridge this divide. According to Dr Dimitriadis, we “live in the era of…
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Slovenia seen as attractive investment destination
Slovenia’s attractiveness as a destination for greenfield investments as well as acquisitions was highlighted at a special Bled Strategic Forum panel entitled InvesTalk Slovenia 2.0, which was organized in partnership with the Bank Assets Management Company (DUTB). Dr Imre Balogh, CEO and Executive Director of DUTB, outlined DUTB’s role in the Slovenian business environment, describing…
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Panel on EU unity discusses values, interests
A Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) panel dedicated to the EU dubbed European Union: What Keeps us United looked at what keeps the Union together. Panelists offered various diagnoses, with some arguing for an interest-based union and others highlighting values and norms. The moderator, Ms Shada Islam, Director for Europe and Geopolitics at Friends of Europe,…
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Panel discusses changed role in mediation complex conflicts
The panel Mediation in a New Multipolar World – Between Expectations and Reality at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) on Tuesday saw the participants stress the increasing role of mediation as the conflicts around the world are getting more complex. They also discussed the role of countries that pursue peaceful policies, of women, and of…
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