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Thirty minutes – that's how long we use a plastic bag for on average before we throw it away. It often ends up in the sea, together with 5 to 13 million tonnes of other plastic waste per year. Javier Goyeneche turns it into clothes. He explains his business model here and at the GDI Retail Summit.

Anne Lévy has probably one of the most difficult jobs in Switzerland at the moment. Lévy is Director-General of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). At the GDI conference "Rethinking Prevention: Stable Routines in Unstable Times" on 29 April 2021, Anne Lévy will take part in a panel discussion of scenarios for a new health ecosystem.

The next great scientific revolution is underway: discovering new methods to create enough food for the world’s population. In his book "Clean Meat", Shapiro chronicles the entrepreneurs and investors racing to commercialize the world’s first real animal products grown without animals.

A revolution has swept the world of nutrition, and the pressure on the entire system is increasing. One thing is clear: If we continue to focus only on our individual needs and ignore the big picture, we face the threat of collapse in the medium to long term. The GDI Food Trend Map summarizes current developments.

It is no secret that Amazon has been able to increase its profits and its claim to power during the Corona pandemic. But resistance has formed on the long-lost book front: Bookshop.org.

Everyone is talking about cellular agriculture, but it will be some time before meat, fish, eggs and dairy products from the lab end up on the plates of a broad majority. Our infographic shows the most important players working in this area.

Sales via the online platform Alibaba already account for one-sixth of China's retail volume. They are doing everything right, says founder Jack Ma’s biographer Duncan Clark. In a video and at the GDI Retail Summit Duncan Clark will present the trends shaping e-commerce in China.

Anne Lévy has probably one of the most difficult jobs in Switzerland at the moment. Lévy is Director-General of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). At the GDI conference "Rethinking Prevention: Stable Routines in Unstable Times" on 29 April 2021, Anne Lévy will take part in a panel discussion of scenarios for a new health ecosystem.

How will people meet up in the future? How will we foster good vibes, productivity and creativity? And how can meeting places be redesigned? The answers to these and other intriguing questions were provided by international thought leaders and entrepreneurs at the GDI Trend Day, which took place on 10 March 2021. The following is summary of what they had to say.

It sounds familiar to most of us: we make resolutions, and then fail due to simple obstacles. Why is that? Professor Wendy Wood will speak at the GDI about how we can utilise the power of habits.