Designing a Global Media Dealbook

Whose Reality Are We Really Living In

Media and social platforms play a powerful role in shaping how people understand the world, informing values, identities, and even influencing public policy. Yet some narratives may rise to prominence while others are silenced, creating a skewed picture of reality and excluding diverse voices. How can storytellers, platforms, and their backers work together to ensure the stories that shape society are truly inclusive and representative?

How Stories are a Force of Change

This session bridges economics, geopolitics, and the mechanics of narrative in examining how storytelling shapes markets, public trust, and social behavior. Drawing on George Soros’s reflexivity and Robert Shiller’s narrative economics, we explore how viral beliefs influence everything from capital flows to voting patterns. In a world shaped more by tropes and emotions, not just data, how can a full-spectrum of leaders, from those in government to entrepreneurs, recognize, harness, and respond to stories that fuel action?

Closing Remarks

App in Ten: From Idea to Reality

How fast can creativity become code? In this live showcase, Nad Christie, Head of Design at Lovable, takes the audience inside a real-time app creation challenge. Joined by a celebrity guest, he’ll turn an idea shared on stage into a fully functional app in just ten minutes. A dynamic session where imagination meets design, and Lovable proves that innovation now moves at the speed of thought.

AI and New Technologies: Redefining the Future of Media

The Next Chapter of Connection

As technology redefines how we see, share, and connect, what comes next for human interaction? Join Hussein Freijeh for a conversation on the evolution of social platforms and the role of augmented reality in reconnecting us to our surroundings, our communities, and ourselves.