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Chandran Nair, Founder & CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong

Chandran Nair, Founder & CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong

by Manuel Stagars | Interviews

This conversation took place in November 2017 with Chandran Nair, the Founder and CEO of the Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT) in Hong Kong, China. He is an outspoken critic of the Western economic model and has argued at numerous forums about the need for radical...
Eric Stryson, Managing Director, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong

Eric Stryson, Managing Director, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong

by Manuel Stagars | Interviews

This conversation took place in November 2017 with Eric Stryson, the Managing Director of the Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), a pan-Asian think tank in Hong Kong that is skeptical of the Western development model in Asia. http://www.global-inst.com/ Clips from...
Yimin Guan, Biotech Entrepreneur, Head of Biotech at the Shanghai Industrial Microtechnology Research Institute (SITRI), Shanghai, China

Yimin Guan, Biotech Entrepreneur, Head of Biotech at the Shanghai Industrial Microtechnology Research Institute (SITRI), Shanghai, China

by Manuel Stagars | Interviews

This conversation took place in November 2017 with Yimin Guan, Biotech Entrepreneur and Head of Biotech at the Shanghai Industrial Microtechnology Research Institute (SITRI). http://www.sitrigroup.com/technologies/bio-tech/ Clips from the interview...

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Recent Interviews

  • Bob Noddin, Insurance Industry Executive, President and CEO, AIG Japan Holdings, Tokyo, Japan
  • Takashi Kudo, Member of Digital Arts Collective teamLab, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Assistant Professor at the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  • Yasuhisa Hirata, Professor of Robotics, Smart Robots Design Lab at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  • Tadahiro Kawada, Developer and Manufacturer of Humanoid Robots, President, Kawada Technologies, Tokyo, Japan
  • Mark Kasuya, Cyborg/Robotics Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO, Meltin MMI, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yuko Harayama, Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
  • Chandran Nair, Founder & CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong
  • Eric Stryson, Managing Director, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong
  • Yimin Guan, Biotech Entrepreneur, Head of Biotech at the Shanghai Industrial Microtechnology Research Institute (SITRI), Shanghai, China
  • Richard Lemarchand, Game Designer, Associate Professor, Interactive Media & Games Division at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California
  • Peter Stone, Pioneer in Machine Learning, Multiagent Systems, and Robotics, Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas in Austin
  • Bryon Jacob, Open Data Entrepreneur and Startup Mentor, Co-Founder, data.world, Austin, Texas
  • Mark Halverson, Entrepreneur and Advocate of Moral and Ethical Boundaries in Technology, Founder and CEO, Precision Autonomy, Austin, Texas
  • Hall T. Martin, Technology Investor, Startup Mentor, Entrepreneur, Founder, Texas Entrepreneur Network in Austin, Texas
  • Byron Reese, Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Futurist, Publisher of Gigaom, Austin, Texas
  • Kyle Robertson, Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO, NarrativeDx, Austin, Texas
  • David Krakauer, Evolutionary Theorist, Mathematical Biologist, William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems and President at Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Geoffrey West, Theoretical Physicist, Distinguished Professor at Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Mirta Galesic, Psychologist with research focus in online communities and complex social phenomena, Professor in Human Social Dynamics at the Santa Fe Institute, , Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Heather Desurvire, User & Player Experience Designer for Games, Founder, User Behavioristics, Los Angeles, California
  • Nichol Bradford, Game Developer, Entrepreneur, Executive Director of the Transformative Technology Lab at Sofia University, Palo Alto, California
  • Don Tapscott, Author, Futurist, Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Founder, Blockchain Research Lab, Toronto, Canada
  • John Markoff, Author, Senior Writer covering Technology and Silicon Valley at the New York Times, San Francisco, California
  • R “Ray” Wang, Author, Technology Analyst, Founder, Constellation Research, Cupertino, California
  • Steve Wilson, Digital Identity Innovator, Technology Analyst at Constellation Research, Cupertino, California
  • Martin Ford, Author, Futurist, Software Developer/Entrepreneur, Sunnyvale, California
  • David Edgerton, Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Professor of Modern British History, King’s College London, UK
  • Lars Thomsen, Chief Futurist at Future Matters, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Lino Guzzella, President of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and Professor of Thermotronics, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Johann Schneider-Ammann, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Bern, Switzerland

Digital Transformation

Technology permeates everything we do, and its development and impact have accelerated exponentially in recent years. This leads to fascinating opportunities, but also known and unknown challenges for nation states, companies, and individuals.

Filmmaker Manuel Stagars portrays the journey into digital transformation in conversations with corporate decision makers, consultants, scientists, entrepreneurs, and others around the world.

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Recent Film Projects

The Blockchain And Us (2017)

Blockchain-and-Us
Interviews with software developers, cryptologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, consultants, VCs, authors, politicians, and futurists from the United States, Canada, Switzerland, the UK, and Australia. A conversation starter about how blockchain technology may benefit the economies of nations, change society, and what it means for each of us.


FinTech Made In Switzerland (2016)

FinTech-Made-in-Switzerland
The first documentary film about Swiss FinTech. Swiss bankers, politicians, investors and FinTech startups describe how the traditional bankers’ nation is coming to terms with technological change and plans to catch up in the digital future.

Latest Interviews

  • Bob Noddin, Insurance Industry Executive, President and CEO, AIG Japan Holdings, Tokyo, Japan
  • Takashi Kudo, Member of Digital Arts Collective teamLab, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Assistant Professor at the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  • Yasuhisa Hirata, Professor of Robotics, Smart Robots Design Lab at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
  • Tadahiro Kawada, Developer and Manufacturer of Humanoid Robots, President, Kawada Technologies, Tokyo, Japan
  • Mark Kasuya, Cyborg/Robotics Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO, Meltin MMI, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yuko Harayama, Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
  • Chandran Nair, Founder & CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong
  • Eric Stryson, Managing Director, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), Hong Kong
  • Yimin Guan, Biotech Entrepreneur, Head of Biotech at the Shanghai Industrial Microtechnology Research Institute (SITRI), Shanghai, China
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