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How do we turn today's technological breakthroughs into tomorrow's growth, jobs and opportunity? That was the question at the heart of the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions known as #SummerDavos, where 1,500 leaders from business, government and academia gathered in Dalian, China. This film captures the conversations, ideas and energy of the meeting, featuring insights from World Economic Forum Managing Directors on shared challenges - from AI to advanced manufacturing, clean energy to the investments needed to accelerate innovation at scale. Watch full sessions from the meeting on our website and YouTube channel: https://ow.ly/nKuc50ZmqSs https://ow.ly/BHAU50ZmqSr #AMNC26 #InnovatingAtScale

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"Don't let ambition become self-sacrifice” Astronaut Soichi Noguchi on what space taught him about ambition, limits, and readjusting to life on the ground - which he says was the hardest part. As an overachiever, he says, you push to do more than you can handle. Eventually something gives, be it your health, your relationships, or your daily life. His advice to the next generation: don't let that something be you. #AMNC26 #IdeasOnTheMove

"Without the ingredients, we would be nothing." Author and restaurateur Asma Khan says success on the food scene shouldn’t mean putting chefs on a pedestal, but instead recognizing the people who make every meal possible. Joining us in Dalian, China for #AMNC26, the founder of Darjeeling Express discussed how she wants her own journey to inspire hope in others - from starting as a Muslim immigrant in her forties to creating one of London's most celebrated restaurants. Today, she's calling for greater recognition of farmers, and emphasises the importance of the healthy soils and food systems which are vital for making nutritious, high-quality food accessible to everyone. #IdeasOnTheMove #FoodSystems

"I want robots to behave more like animals than manufacturing equipment." Designer Madeline Gannon - artist, researcher, and roboticist - joined us in Dalian for Ideas on the Move, and her answer to what drives her was one word: impatience. Not frustration. Urgency. The kind that makes you stop waiting for the future and go build it yourself. Her work sits at the intersection of robotics and imagination - taking tools designed for automation and making them curious, kind, and alive. Physical AI, she argues, doesn't have to be cold or threatening. With the technology we already have today, we can choose to do it differently. #AMNC26 #IdeasOnTheMove #Robotics

"The technology is there. What is lacking now is leadership." Andrew Forrest joined us in Dalian for Ideas on the Move with a message aimed at political leaders: the solutions to the climate transition already exist. What's missing isn't innovation - it's courage. Riding through Summer Davos on an electric golf cart, he made the point in real time: the efficient, scalable alternatives are already here. The barrier isn't technical, it's the will to implement and the policy to scale. His challenge to leaders: you can go down in history as the one who made this happen. #AMNC26 #IdeasOnTheMove Fortescue