voices / The Wider World

Former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, indigenous environmental activist Nemonte Nenquimo and McKinsey Global Institute chair Sven Smit unpack the cultural, economic, political and technological forces reforging the global landscape.

Artificial intelligence, preserving a sense of humanity and the power of representation were just a few of the topics covered by speakers including Chanel CEO Leena Nair.

From the Ukraine War to the climate crisis to the legacy of the pandemic, speakers including CNN’s Clarissa Ward, Mercy Corps’ Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Goldman Sachs’ Tim Ingrassia and Google X’s former chief business officer Mo Gawdat discussed the uncertainty gripping the world — and why there’s cause for hope.

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In the first session of BoF’s VOICES 2021 gathering, speakers including Vivienne Westwood and Janaya Future Khan addressed the climate crisis, stakeholder capitalism, what activism really means and more.

Session 1 of VOICES 2020 grappled with the immense challenges and opportunities in the wider world beyond the borders of the fashion industry, covering the pandemic, de-globalisation, the threat of big tech, the racial reckoning and what fundamentally makes us happy.

At VOICES, the curator and artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries argued that a softer ‘mondialité,’ where local and global identities coexist, could be the solution to growing nationalism, adding that artists must play a role in creating alternative futures.

Extinction Rebellion and the lead plaintiff in a group lawsuit against the US government kicked off the BoF VOICES conference with a deep dive on combating indifference to climate change.