The Heat: Summer Davos 2026 | Innovating at Scale
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The World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as Summer Davos, comes against the backdrop of the IMF’s downgrade of this year’s global economic forecast to 3.1%.
From supply chain realignments to the AI revolution, leaders are examining how economies can sustain expansion despite inflation pressures, trade tensions, and geopolitical uncertainty, while searching for the next growth engine.
What are the economic challenges and opportunities ahead? #Heat #WEF #Davos #China #Dalian #AI #technology #trade
Guests:
Andy Mok is the author of "The Innovation Machine: How China Creates and Adopts Technology Through Governance"
John Quelch is the Executive Vice Chancellor and American President at Duke Kunshan University.
Qu Qiang is the Assistant Director of Renmin University’s International Monetary Institute.
Carlo Chen-Delantar is a partner and Head of Sustainability at the pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners.
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