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“Big Data. Big Intelligence. Big Opportunities” This was the message of futurist Gerd Leonard at the 22 May Luxembourg Business Compass conference organised by KPMG and Luxemburger Wort. Gerd, a former musician and internet entrepreneur turned futurist, gave his view on how Luxembourg could find its niche in a highly networked future: a future fuelled by exponential growth in technology. “If Luxembourg doesn’t become indispensable, it will be dispensed with. Big data means big opportunity and huge responsibility. An effective ecosystem will need to be created around this data and Luxembourg could become a super-node in this network.”
He warns, however, that Luxembourg will not be able to do this alone. ‘We’re in an era of hyper-collaboration. Openness fuels growth....
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