Today & Tomorrow by Diplomatic World

“Made in Germany” or “Habibi, come to Dubai” are known brandings of a nation. However, Nation Branding is often mistaken for marketing, but in reality it goes much deeper, says Haya Mvita, who leads this field at the Diplomatic World Institute in Brussels. It is about building long-term trust, not only in a country’s external relations, but also within the nation itself. Especially in times of global transformation, further accelerated by technological progress, nation branding is becoming increasingly important. In conversation with Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker, she explores the full spectrum of what this concept entails, including the role of AI and innovation as new soft- or smart power. She proposes the term Structural Power as new category instead. Potentially transformative and not without risk for International Relations are big tech-companies developing a kind of competitive sovereignty of their own.

Ferdi Alici and his Ouchhh studio connect AI with art and create stunning installations reaching millions of people worldwide. His approach at the nexus of arts, technology and science is that project comes first and this determines what AI tolls are needed. This approach can serve as a blueprint on how to use AI without losing control and keep mankind on the creative driver’s seat. However, the Ouchhh process is complex since they do not use common tools like ChatGPT. They create their individual project tool boxes and compile specific data. Alici, considered an AI world star is very optimistic about our future and shows a path for the sustainable use of AI for the planet’s bright future

What’s space got to do with it? Quiet a lot, from manufacturing new products and materials that ease our live on earth, to new models of leadership. The space industry is expanding its footprint more and more and it moves from being a heavily subsidized public space towards an flourishing business perspective. Shelli Brunswick knows it all from her long standing expertise as an executive of Space Foundation and now is setting up her own enterprise. Paperback book: https://a.co/d/6zmEJuu Kindle ebook: https://a.co/d/gUfHmPD (US) Shelli’s Website: https://shelli-brunswick.com/

Eve Logunova-Parker with her US startup Evenness is paving the AI drive way towards better digital accessibility for everyone. In this episode she shares her vision with the hosts of this podcast. She also is the 2025 Laureate of the Wholistic World Innovation Trophy – The TROPHY in short – that was announced in Barcelona the evening prior to the release of this episode. Congratulations to an outstanding project and a visionary entrepreneur!

In this episodes the hosts Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker discuss the impact of advanced technologies and further accelerating rapid speed of innovations on our society. Even today, more and more people feel overwhelmed by these developments. This unease will increase with the potential to destabilize everything. How can we make us more resilient either individually but also out entire society. To solve this question becomes more and more vital to our future and it remains widely underestimated to this day. This is also the topic of Dieter’s new book soon to be published.

Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt has many roles. He is cofounder and chairman of the Mongolia Economic Forum, hosted two seasons of the popular TV format The Apprentice in Mongolia. More important the former Mongolian deputy finance minister and serial entrepreneur has a clear vision of his country’s prospering future: to establish it as the Asian Switzerland. “ARD Finance Group” holds a bank he defines as a peoples bank with more than 400,000 shareholders in a country with some 3.5 million inhabitants. The group is active in energy, real estate, asset management and DeFi, (decentralized finance) and the crypto universe. “This will shape the future of the global eco system”, he is convinced.

Wesley Ellul is a Malta based global entrepreneur in the Web3 space, former actor and still produces a popular annual satiric stage show. For more than a year already her represents the Malta government on the global stage as special envoy for startup funding and investment. We talked about the strength of Silicon Valley, how to bring this spirit to Europe and to combine it with our local strength and why the European crypto regulation MICA does help. We also talked about the role of Malta and how he wants to bring “Convergence” to the market. Human creativity in the age of AI  will remain a key asset if it is not used in reproductive manner. Because that will be done by the machines. It was a bit windy when we did this interview with Wesley withdrawing from early morning family noise, doing the conversation to his already sunny terrace.

Email and Twitter mark the beginning of an ongoing and acceleration transformation of diplomacy. We had the honor to talk to A.R. Ghanashyam, among others  former ambassador of India to African nations who still has a strong influence, looking back at the evolution of diplomacy and about the growing influence of deep-tech without changing diplomatic values and ethics.

Carina Schuster is a renown Swiss tech journalist, podcaster, Web3 strategist and women activist who invited speak on events around the globe. She also attended this year’s World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos and shared her take aways with us on the tech trends including AI and the content blocks focusing on female careers.

The speed of technical innovations is constantly increasing and accelerates change in our societies. Already today people are feeling increasingly insecure and afraid. How can we create a resilience to make it easier for us to cope with these changes? To find the answer for that will become essential for our future. We discuss this and more with Jean-Michel Azzopardi, a global thought leader in the innovation and Technology space...

There is immense potential on the African continent, illustrated by the 2024 Laureate of the Wholistic World Innovation Trophy: Olivia Koburongo, one of the founders of Kampala based MamaOpe Medicals. There device has the potential to help solving some the continents burning health issues - and beyond.

DWI's Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker discuss with GALTER founder Prof. Dr. Mahendra Kumar Bhandari the need of regulating the tech space. The issue is complex: On one hand you need to create a (cross borders) level playing field for all involved, on the the other too strict or detailed legislation can kill opportunities and slows down advancement. GALTER stands for Global Academy for Law and Tech Education and Research.

Start Ups are the drivers of innovation, they turn then into products that change the way we communicate, do business or spend our free time. They can do this much faster than established companies because they can focus and act much faster. Alexander Pinker and Dieter Brockmeyer discuss with the global DeepTech, Start Up expert and UN peace ambassador Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes the roles, how to support and how to make sure it is for all our benefit.

How can we prepare our society for the unprecedented wave of change we must expect due to accelerating technological advancement? That's the topic of "Campus", the new book by Diplomatic World's Dieter Brockmeyer, he discusses with his T&T cohosts, the innovation profiler Alexander Pinker and the digitalization expert Sanjay Sauldie. CAMPUS is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CXF4RLL6

Education and Learning are key issues to cope with the unprecedented wave of technology driven change that will have impact on every part of our existence. We discuss learning and education models to get closer to what the final model should become in the end.

In Today & Tomorrow’s 3rd episode 3, "Carbon Catalyst" Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker discuss with the founder of Australia based MCi Carbon and 2023 Laureate of the Wholistic World Innovation Trophy, Marcus Dawe GAICD, ways to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere and how to use the products created in this process for the good of the planet. The company has a down to earth approach, classical engineering rather than digitalization. “It’s high time to act…If you work for a unsustainable company you’re not sustainable. It’s simple as that and on you to decide!”

We take a ride on the wave of Artificial Intelligence, what it will bring to us, regulate or not to regulate, these are only some of the issues covered in the 2nd episode auf our podcast.

We guide you to the future!