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Regulating Clean Fashion Futures

Maxine Bédat, the founder of New Standard Institute, discusses potential implications of The New York Fashion Act for businesses and consumers.

Fashion : Sustainability : Retail

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The Experimental City

The Living Lab 040 is an experimental Dutch neighbourhood putting people at the heart of the cities of tomorrow. LS:N Global speaks to directors Mo...

Design : Future Cities : Society

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Creating the Circular Car

The founder and CEO of Delise Auto, Christian Delise, tells LS:N Global why the car industry needs to look beyond electrification and obsolescence ...

Mobility : Automotive : Sustainability

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Metaverse ROI: Navigating Virtual Realms for Success

Charles Hambro, CEO of Geeiq, tells LS:N Global that achieving success in the metaverse is all about setting up a strategic data-centric approach t...

Technology : Metaverse : Virtual

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Why Gaming is Your Next Brand Touchpoint

Matt Hay, founder of customer collaboration platform Bulbshare, explores how gaming has become the most prized category in the media landscape than...

Gaming : Technology : Consoles

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Urban Blue Spaces

Ahead of the opening of the UK’s first city-based wellness resort, Therme UK CEO David Russell tells LS:N Global about the company’s vision for wor...

Wellness : Water : Future City

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Ballroom’s Renaissance

Once an anti-capitalist LGBTQ+ space, ballroom culture has thrived commercially – but, says The Future Laboratory’s deputy foresight editor Dan Has...

LGBTQ+ : Pop Culture : Identities

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The Future of Live Shopping

Plug-and-play live shopping solution LiSA is shifting the dial for retailers to view social commerce through an entertainment lens. LS:N Global tal...

Retail : Pop Culture & Media : Technology

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Climate Change and Women’s Rights: A Dual Battle for a Sustainable Future

As the environmental crisis disproportionately impacts women, their empowerment and collective involvement in climate solutions are crucial for a s...

Climate Change : Sustainability : Women’s Futures

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The Power of Resilient Leaders

The Future Laboratory co-founder Martin Raymond speaks to Australian author, broadcaster and entrepreneur Sarah Wilson about the importance of fost...

Tomorrow's Leadership

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The New Meaning of Home

Dr Alex Gordon, founder of cultural insights and semiotics consultancy Sign Salad, sits down with LS:N Global to discuss the new language, symbols ...

Home : Brand Semiotics : Retail

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The Great Concert Comeback

Between silver chrome cowboy hats and a supercharged local economy, foresight analyst Simar Deol unveils how live concerts are serving much more th...

Entertainment : Music : Media

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Belmond: Luxury Travel’s Responsible Future

Belmond is setting high standards for responsible luxury hospitality. Celia Geyer, the group’s senior vice-president of design and project developm...

Luxury : Travel & Hospitality : Society

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The Foresight Manifesto

It’s becoming essential to embed strategic foresight as a core discipline of credible and successful government, says The Future Laboratory co-foun...

Foresight : Society : Australia

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The Future of Travel Publishing

New magazine Sablos aims to build an anti-TripAdvisor so travellers can truly eat, drink and live like a local. LS:N Global speaks to its founder S...

Travel : Hospitality : Media

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In-transit Retail Innovations

How do the three Ts – technology, targets and trends – help turn travel time into valuable retail time? LS:N Global talks to Lennard Niemann, manag...

Travel Retail : Airport Futures : Travel & Hospitality

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The New Normal: Gun Violence in America

As gun violence reaches an epic scale, our US foresight analyst Carly Ettinger explores the rise of the gun safety tech market – and what this reve...

Gun Safety : US : Security

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AOI’s Ocean of Ideas Crafted to be Collected

Farah Marafie discusses how her luxury label AOI is not catering for clients or consumers but for collectors of wearable artworks.

Luxury : Fashion : Art And Design

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The Future of Ethical Banking

Algbra’s ESG manager Marten Möller discusses the responsibility banks must take on in an equitable and ecologically conscious world.

Technology : Finance : Sustainability

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The Future of Responsible AI

The question is not whether AI can replace us but what role we play in ensuring that AI does not irreversibly harm humanity.

AI : Ethics : Artificial Intelligence

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