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    The Future of Food Resilience

    What is a resilient food system and how can we achieve it?

    Photo by Sébastien Crettaz

    CES – The Most Influential Tech Event in the World

    Recap from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

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Nextrends

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Nextrends by Swissnex in San Francisco: Articles exploring ideas and insights.

Latest Nextrends Articles

  • The Future of Food Resilience

    February 9, 2023

    What is a resilient food system and how can we accomplish it? In the spirit of "the future is served", this blog post recaps a real tasting experience organized by Swissnex in San Francisco and presents upcoming technology solutions around the future of food.

  • Photo by Sébastien Crettaz

    CES – The Most Influential Tech Event in the World

    January 18, 2023

    Recap from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

  • Cross-Atlantic Foresight for Academia

    December 16, 2022

    Three key insights from our workshop exploring solutions, trends, and innovations addressing sustainability challenges that our society is facing.

  • Photograph: Myleen Hollero

    Future of Work: Bridging Silos and Perspectives

    August 12, 2022

    With sudden lockdowns in March 2020 due to the global pandemic, the world was thrown into an involuntary experiment that impacted the way we work (and live). Technology became the default for interacting with each other. In recent months, cities and countries have reopened, but it is not just a return to how things were. The question of “what might come next?” now lingers over society.

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    Time and Space: A New Paradigm in Workplace Collaboration

    March 30, 2022

    Over the past two years, people’s mindsets around the relationship to the office have shifted. Yet the change – or the perception of the change – is not uniform from one organization to the next. Learn about the future of the workplace in our article Time and Space: A New Paradigm in Workplace Collaboration.

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    From Silicon Valley to Ticino: Storytelling Camp with Swissnex

    January 20, 2022

    Yannick Heiniger, deputy CEO of Swissnex in San Francisco, and Iris Schuler, deputy director of the Swiss Study Foundation, talk about their joint education project and how they successfully (and virtually) connected Swiss students with digital marketing experts in California.

  • Photograph: Nastya Dulhiier CC

    From Post-Truth and Conspiracy to Social Commerce and the Market: Foresight on Possible Futures

    November 19, 2021

    This article explores the world we live in, how it's been impacted by technological advance, and what future trends will continue to transform our future.

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    Demystifying Our Digital Age: 6 Facets of Digital Trust

    April 13, 2021

    Explore the different facets of digital trust emerging as one of the promising ways to understand the limitations of our systems and identify where promising opportunities for intervention lie.

  • The Transformation of Silicon Valley – Key Insights from 2020 to Tackle 2021

    December 23, 2020

    This article analyses the challenges, the opportunities, and the shift innovation hubs and tech companies have been facing in 2020, and how these may play out in 2021, and beyond.

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    Insights on UN75 and the Future of Multilateralism

    November 12, 2020

    Explore three key insights of our Geneva Talks on UN75: A Conversation on Tech and Governance with Brad Smith, President of Microsoft.

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    Not Business As Usual: A Sustainable Economy for All

    July 30, 2020

    Opportunities for a changed economy triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, explored.

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    Rethinking Collaboration in a (Post-) Pandemic World

    June 30, 2020

    Hear from UC Berkeley’s Cristina Banks, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces, and Swiss artist Marcel Zaes on how we can work together and adjust to our new reality.

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    Entrepreneurs, Tell Your Story!

    March 3, 2020

    The importance of storytelling: What Swiss entrepreneurs can learn from Silicon Valley’s most successful startups

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    We Live in a Hyperconnected World

    June 17, 2020

    Explore the driving factors behind the biodiversity crisis and its consequences impacting societal and human wellbeing.

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