The Future, This Week
This popular ongoing series features Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer, who meet once a week to put their own spin on news that is impacting the future of business. Sandra is the Director of Sydney Business Insights and Kai is the Leader of the Digital Disruption Research Group and together they discuss technology, business, the weird and the wonderful things that change the world.
If you have any news that you want us to discuss please send them to sbi@sydney.edu.au
Recent episodes

AI fluency in Australia with Kellie Nuttall
This week: a special on artificial intelligence in Australian organisations and AI fluency with Deloitte’s AI Lead, Dr Kellie Nuttall.
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Revisiting the Asian century with Kishore Mahbubani
Another delivery drone trial and food security futures
Buy now, pay later and the evolution of innovation
Facial recognition and public data
Stablecoins, not-so-stable cryptocurrency
The future of sand
The future of geopolitics
Hybrid office fashion
Unlearn music on The Future, This Week
Archive

AI fluency in Australia with Kellie Nuttall
This week: a special on artificial intelligence in Australian organisations and AI fluency with Deloitte’s AI Lead, Dr Kellie Nuttall.

Revisiting the Asian century with Kishore Mahbubani
This week: we revisit our discussion with Singaporean diplomat, academic and author, Kishore Mahbubani.

Another delivery drone trial and food security futures
This week: delivery drones - where are they, and why are they taking so long? Plus fake milk discussions and food security futures.






Buy now, pay later and the evolution of innovation
This week: the evolution (or revolution) in the BNPL disruption story.






Facial recognition and public data
This week: all things facial recognition and the implications of using public data.






Stablecoins, not-so-stable cryptocurrency
This week: as cryptocurrencies plummet, some stable coins are not so stable.






The future of sand
This week: the world is running out of sand. The most-exploited resource after water should be recognised as a strategic material and regulated like a mineral commodity


The future of geopolitics
This week: the future of geopolitics. From Australia’s place in Asia to the war in Europe, we discuss new ways of thinking, with Professor Marc Stears.