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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/7th-european-consumer-trend-confe
 rence-66">7th European Consumer Trend Conference</a>\nHome Speakers Progra
 mme Information Venue Fees The Return of Power: Who controls brands\, medi
 a\, people? Companies are losing control over their communications\, polit
 icians over their countries\, citizens over their lives. Until not so long
  ago\, money settled nearly all questions of power. But when the money run
 s out\, distribution conflicts resurface. The effectiveness of soft-power 
 instruments is fading and hard power is making a comeback: its tools are p
 illory\, protectionism and cyberwar\, instead of attraction\, negotiation 
 and persuasion. War instead of trade. A power struggle\, for advanced play
 ers only\, has begun\, and new technologies are constantly adding to the a
 rsenal of weapons: Google\, Twitter\, social shopping\, online propaganda.
  Where are the conflict areas? Who deploys what means? What strategies and
  counterstrategies are used? Who will be the winner and who the loser? We'
 ll be discussing possible answers at the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GD
 I). Speakers Daniel Domscheit-Berg Germany German journalist and activist 
 for the cause of transparency and freedom of information. Former spokesman
  of Wikileaks\, the online whistleblower platform that aims to provide the
  public with access to secret documents. Parag Khanna USA Global strategy 
 advisor and best-selling author. Khanna is founder and managing partner of
  FutureMap\, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. His latest
  book\, “Move: The Forces Uprooting Us”\, previews how climate change-
 driven migration will change the world map. David Bosshart Switzerland Dr.
  David Bosshart was CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for consu
 mption\, economic and social studies from 1999 to 2020. Since 2020 he has 
 been President of the G. and A. Duttweiler Foundation. Christopher «moot
 » Poole USA Founder of 4chan.org\, an image-based bulletin board\, where 
 many viral videos\, Internet phenomena\, and memes get [...]
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LOCATION:GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute\, Langhaldenstrasse 21\, 8803 R
 üschlikon\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:7th European Consumer Trend Conference
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/7th-european-con
 sumer-trend-conference-66">7th European Consumer Trend Conference</a>\nHom
 e Speakers Programme Information Venue Fees The Return of Power: Who contr
 ols brands\, media\, people? Companies are losing control over their commu
 nications\, politicians over their countries\, citizens over their lives. 
 Until not so long ago\, money settled nearly all questions of power. But w
 hen the money runs out\, distribution conflicts resurface. The effectivene
 ss of soft-power instruments is fading and hard power is making a comeback
 : its tools are pillory\, protectionism and cyberwar\, instead of attracti
 on\, negotiation and persuasion. War instead of trade. A power struggle\, 
 for advanced players only\, has begun\, and new technologies are constantl
 y adding to the arsenal of weapons: Google\, Twitter\, social shopping\, o
 nline propaganda. Where are the conflict areas? Who deploys what means? Wh
 at strategies and counterstrategies are used? Who will be the winner and w
 ho the loser? We'll be discussing possible answers at the Gottlieb Duttwei
 ler Institute (GDI). Speakers Daniel Domscheit-Berg Germany German journal
 ist and activist for the cause of transparency and freedom of information.
  Former spokesman of Wikileaks\, the online whistleblower platform that ai
 ms to provide the public with access to secret documents. Parag Khanna USA
  Global strategy advisor and best-selling author. Khanna is founder and ma
 naging partner of FutureMap\, a data and scenario based strategic advisory
  firm. His latest book\, “Move: The Forces Uprooting Us”\, previews ho
 w climate change-driven migration will change the world map. David Bosshar
 t Switzerland Dr. David Bosshart was CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler In
 stitute for consumption\, economic and social studies from 1999 to 2020. S
 ince 2020 he has been President of the G. and A. Duttweiler Foundation. Ch
 ristopher «moot» Poole USA Founder of 4chan.org\, an image-based bulleti
 n board\, where many viral videos\, Internet phenomena\, and memes get [..
 .]
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