CNBC Sanctuary in Davos: January 22, 2025

00:00:00
CNBC Meets: Zak Brown & Lando Norris
McLaren Racing CEO, Zak Brown and F1 driver Lando Norris join CNBC’s Tania Bryer as they reflect on a thrilling 2024 F1 Season which saw them win the Constructors’ World Championship title for the first time in 26 years. Hear how the team achieved this remarkable turnaround and their hopes and expectations for 2025.
00:34:28
Tech for Good: How can technology better serve humanity and future generations?
As technology reshapes every aspect of our lives, we must ensure it serves humanity - especially the most vulnerable to tech’s influences, our children.
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Chair Human Change
Frank McCourt, Chair Project Liberty
Jonathan Haidt, Professor at New York University and Author of The Anxious Generation
Moderator: Tania Bryer OBE
00:57:15
CNBC Catalyst Spotlight with Igor Tulchinsky, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Worldquant
Moderator: David Fergusson
01:13:15
INVESTING IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Programmed by CNBC Catalyst, the commercial arm of CNBC, sponsored by Nuveen
Join leading industry voices and experts as they dissect the investment implications of a transitioning to a more sustainable future.
Amy O’Brien, Head of Responsible Investing, Nuveen
Rich Nuzum, Executive Director, Investments and Global Chief Investment Strategist at Mercer
Michael Sheren, Fellow and Vice-Chair of the Banking Environment Initiative, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Moderator: Emma Crosby
01:41:40
Can Nvidia's AI dominance in chips be challenged?
SambaNova Systems is one of the plethora of startups looking to challenge the dominance of Nvidia in semiconductors and infrastructure required for artificial intelligence. SambaNova CEO Rodrigo Liang joins CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal to discuss the future of AI chips.
02:01:25
How Businesses are Approaching Generative AI
Cohere is a large language model start-up aimed at enterprises. While consumers are focused on chatbots like ChatGPT, Cohere is looking at AI for businesses. Aidan Gomez, the company’s CEO, discusses how companies are approaching AI and what comes next for developments such as AI agents.
02:17:08
Thomas Wolf, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Hugging Face
02:32:53
Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji, Co-Founder and SVP of Field Engineering Databricks
03:25:32
Sustainable Future: AI & Sustainability
AI is improving how companies measure and achieve their sustainability goals. It is, of course, ironic in the sustainability space, given the AI lives in data centers, and data centers require huge amounts of energy and water. In this panel we’ll look at all sides of the equation - how AI drives sustainability and is one of the biggest sustainability challenges.
KR Sridhar, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bloom Energy
Lila Tretikov, Head of AI Strategy & Partner, NEA
William Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO Planet Labs
Moderator: Diana Olick
04:07:35
CNBC Catalyst Fireside Chat with Tengku Muhammad Taufik, President and Group CEO, PETRONAS
Moderator: Emma Crosby
04:28:50
Sustainable Future: Innovating Through Change
This discussion focuses on the progress being made and the challenges still ahead to provide affordable, sustainable and secure energy solutions for communities across different regions through innovation and diversification of energy sources and clean technologies. We look at some of the success stories, including practical applications of AI to speed up the transition to clean energy sources and protect supply chains.
Amjad Beseisu, CEO, Enquest
Henrik Andersen, CEO, Vestas
Christoph Gebald, CEO, Climeworks
Vaishali Nigam Sinha, Co-founder, ReNew
Moderator: Diana Olick
05:28:41
IoT Powering the Digital Economy: Keeping on Course to Reach Net Zero.
Sponsored by Schneider Electric
Given the essential role the private sector plays to meet net zero, only one in six of the world’s largest companies are currently on track to meet their targets, according to a recent Accenture report in November 2024. How do you stay true to your targets when the world around you suddenly shifts? What initiatives, investments and innovations should companies employ to meet their goals?
Fireside chat:
Aamir Paul, President, North America Operations, Schneider Electric
Panel with:
Ilham Kadri, CEO at Syensqo
Katherine Garrett Cox CBE, CEO, GIB Asset Management and , Chair of CDP Worldwide.
Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director at UN Global Compact
Scott Jacobs, CEO, Generate Capital
Moderator: Steve Sedgwick
06:42:56
The Future of News - and Democracy
Programmed by CNBC Catalyst, the commercial arm of CNBC, powered by Stagwell
Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO, Stagwell
A.G Sulzberger, Chairman of The New York Times Company
Moderator: Emma Crosby

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why is the audience louder than the speakers? someone coughed at one point and it was twice the volume of the people on stage

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Davos pushes green climate policies yet everyone arrives by PRIVATE JET AND HELICOPTER, or limousine - how is that GREEN???