When will we have autonomous drone taxis? Do they already work now? What's stopping their adoption? Will we ever have drones deliver us food to the park?  How can we have more sustainable air transport? What's next? What is an Octocopter and when can we go in one? Answer- sooner than we might have thought! In this Tech for Sustainability live chat we are joined by Jeff Ehret, Staff Business Development Manager for Moog Inc’s Aircraft Group Innovation Team. Moog, with a revenue of $2.9B and 13,000 employees, is a developer and supplier of flight critical control systems on commercial and m ..read more

John All - mountaineer and scientist and co-author of Icefall: Adventures at the Wild Edges of Our Dangerous, Changing Planet and Director of the American Climber Science Program famously pulled himself out of a 70-Foot crevasse in the Himalayas with 15 broken bones and as a career risks his life to study how climate change affects mountains. Called a 'badass for science' John is a scientist who uses his skills to reach places most people fear to tread, in order to bring back data that is helping us understand how climate change is altering the world’s highest peaks John witnesses first hand t ..read more

Data at 200mph! The latest tech behind the world's leading F1 team, how they collect and use data, and some behind the scenes stories of F1. Ian Henderson, Chief Technologist at HPE and responsible for the technology partnership between HPE and Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team shares all.  The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula one team is currently the most successful Formula 1 team and have been for quite a few years now!  In this live chat Ian shares: How HPE are working with the Mercedes AMG Petronas formula one team. Hear how they are accelerating performance with new technolo ..read more

Asen Kostadinov, Research Manager from MMC Ventures will share why as a fund they have decided to venture into sustainable and circular economy investments, how this has worked out for them financially, what they look for in the sustainable companies they invest in and what they see as the next trends in business and retail for circular economy. Asen goes into: Why choose to invest in sustainable and circular economy companies How recycling and extending the life of products boost a company’s bottom line, and the benefits of investing in these technologies What trends they see with other compa ..read more

If you eat food, you are involved in agriculture. We are joined by Genevieve Leveille, the founder of Agriledger, who shares how Agriledger are using blockchain and technology including digital identity, immutable data and traceability to revolutionise the food supply chain. Genevieve touches on: How they are using technology to empower farmers and Reducing Risk and Tracing Value. AgriLedger's Haiti project, how they are working with central government and the World Bank to track products for farmers Creating entrepreneurs out of farmers, and developing new ways of reducing risk in food produ ..read more

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In this live chat we are joined by Matthew Le Merle, London & Silicon VC co-founder Fifth Era & Blockchain Coinvestors and newly elected Chairman of Universal Protocol Alliance - which has launched the world's first tradable REDD+ carbon credit token. For too long, economic growth has been seen as something that comes at the expense of the environment. It’s either profit, or the planet. But that’s a false choice. The truth is, the future of finance isn’t on Wall Street. It’s in the rainforest. Matthew will be sharing with us how they are using blockchain tokenisation of carbon - allowi ..read more

Kirsty Saddler, Head of Sustainability at Leon will be speaking about how the brand is making changes and looking at new technologies in their drive to be sustainable. This is rare for a fast-food chain who have to make decisions to balance price and sustainability. Kirsty will speak on the LEON view on how we can all rediscover our right relationship with ourselves, each other and food, and how tech can support that. Some of this will be about what LEON are up to, some of it will be about the industry and the systemic opportunities for change. When LEON began 16 years ago, we were referred to ..read more

Behaviour and technology got us into this environmental and ecological mess, behaviour and technology will get us out. Behavioural economist Yolanda Berry will share how technologies coupled with human behavioural habits will help get us out of this environmental mess. Yolanda will share how behavioural economics and social norms are more impactful than mindful decisions, and how technology can be harnessed to influence sustainable behaviour in human beings. She will touch on: How the latest technologies have changed human behaviour  How behavioural trends have been evolving. How social n ..read more