Marbella II.
BUSINESS
May 28, Sunday
11:30 – 13:30
Budapest (CEST)

Economic Crisis: Catalyst for Planetary Awakening?

IEC Conference: 2023

We are living through a period of enormous economic, geopolitical and technological changes: inflation and a cost-of-living crisis; financial instability, volatile crypto-currencies and emerging Central Bank Digital Currencies; China and the BRICS nations’ historic challenge to the American-led economic and geopolitical order; an epochal shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy; an explosion of Artificial Intelligence and biotech; and profound demographic shifts as many societies age and shrink.

Will this volatile cocktail of pressures result in a financial crisis and economic collapse? Or will it usher in a new period of greater social equity, environmental responsibility and economic stability? Ultimately, this depends on how people all over the world respond. How can the Integral community help to turn a polycrisis into an opportunity for Planetary Awakening and regeneration?

WAKEFORD, Jeremy

Switzerland / South Africa

Jeremy’s mission is to apply integral theory to the discipline of economics to help accelerate sustainable development in practice. He holds a Master’s in Economics from Cambridge University and a PhD in Sustainable Development from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His career spans academia, think tanks, impact investing and a non-profit foundation, first in his native South Africa and more recently in Switzerland. In his leisure time, he enjoys rock climbing, hiking, skiing, swimming, wildlife safaris and other nature-based activities.