Digitizing Climate Change: Technology, Society, and Rapid Adaptation

A self-described humanitarian anticipatory designer, in this talk Vinay Gupta will help us understand how previous rounds of digital transformation in investment, production, and marketing have left us with huge over-consumption of goods, and very little resulting happiness. Can a similar round of transformation, applied to consumption and waste management, rebalance the books? He will lay out a roadmap for 2050 civilisation planning which places a realistic circular economy at its core, built upon blockchain and regulation as intervention points for driving forward systems transformation. In the spirit of Buckminster Fuller, Vinay believes reinvention will require a convergence of resources, capabilities, and needs, facilitated by design. It will also require a truly global perspective.