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How can technology tackle climate change or improve healthcare? What responsibility should tech companies take for how their solutions are used? And will the geopolitics of tech reshape our world order? These are just some of the issues we will explore in this series, bringing together diverse perspectives on how to make Tech Fit 4 Europe. Join Casper Klynge, Microsoft’s Vice President of European Government Affairs, in conversation with the people behind the policies that shape our use of technology.

The views, information, or opinions expressed during the series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Microsoft.

Transcripts available for all episodes. 

Dec 3, 2021

According to Azeem Azhar, we’re all living in the exponential age, a time defined by the rapidly compounding power of technology. Human society however, only adapts at a slower pace, he says. How do we make sense of this new world? How should our political institutions respond? And what role should tech...


Oct 8, 2021

Not one voice but a common song sung in different voices with different tunes is how Federica Mogherini describes finding the common ground at the highest EU level. In this episode, EU's former foreign policy chief talks European tech agenda, transatlantic relationship or education focused on diversity and...


Jul 29, 2021

One compares AI to fire or electricity, the other argues it has all the makings of a thriller. In this Data Science & Law Forum special, filmmaker Tonje Hessen Schei and computer scientist Eric Horvitz join Casper Klynge to discuss what needs to be done to ensure we all benefit from AI.

Tonje Hessen Schei is a...


Jun 18, 2021

In the 90s, when Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger first attended the Munich Security Conference, international crisis management was considered an exclusive government domain. But that has changed as the world became more interconnected. In this episode, Ambassador Ischinger discusses these changes and implications for...


May 14, 2021

Norway may not be part of the EU, but it is certainly part of Europe and tied together with the continent on values, trade, and cooperation on EU and global affairs. In this episode, Minister Nikolai Astrup discusses the importance of seeing beyond borders when it comes to shaping a better future...