a peek around the corner - wtf conference 2010
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On Wall Street, people who can peek around the corner are very valuable. They can see into the future. Here I have laid down a bunch of trends that could unfold. The deck is designed to stimulate thought about what could be.TRANSCRIPT
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justin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
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Over almost a 80% fall since launch of Seacom…ESSAy landedWACS next year
bandwidth pricing coming downbandwidth pricing coming down
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Telkom TaxTelkom Tax
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Demand on networks crazyAT&T’s network is broken because of it(cells on wheels)
COWsCOWs
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Mobile will increasingly replace the need for printed tickets
QR Codes: Mobile TicketingQR Codes: Mobile Ticketing
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Augmented RealityAugmented Reality
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Facebook and Twitter are paragon examples
Cloud ComputingCloud Computing
onsite applications = old school
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The rise of behavioural financeThe rise of behavioural financejustin spratt – WTF – 20th of Oct
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Stratfor: “South Africa is at high risk of a cold war with Angola”
Logic is that Angola’s oil wealth is now tapped and it is significant
Also, Angola increasingly appears a Chinese proxy
Cold War with Angola?Cold War with Angola?
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Reinventing FireReinventing FireReinventing Fire
We know how to save half We know how to save half of our oil and gas and of our oil and gas and three-quarters of our three-quarters of our electricity at a cost that is a electricity at a cost that is a fraction of what we are fraction of what we are paying now.paying now.
Amory LovinsAmory LovinsRocky Mountain Institute co-founderRocky Mountain Institute co-founder
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Mass production of contentReporting done by botsEditorials will be the only paid for content
Media FarmsMedia Farms
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Media Farms: Demand MediaMedia Farms: Demand Media
Cheap food depends Cheap food depends on: on:
1.1. cheap oilcheap oil
2.2. plentiful waterplentiful water
3.3. constant weather constant weather pattern pattern
global warming aside, price of oil is will increase &
big food chain was built on $30 a
barrel of oil not $130
FoodFood
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Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
Voicemail is brokenVoicemail is broken
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Phone Numbers are DeadPhone Numbers are Dead
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Call Centre vs. Contact CentreCall Centre vs. Contact Centre
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“check-in” – earn points – become the “mayor”
Geo MarketingGeo Marketing
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geotagginggeotagging
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geotagginggeotagging
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France’s “Joie de Vivre” Index
Intended to provide a better measure of GDP (“well being”)
More countries looking at other measures of prosperity, such as the Triple Bottom Line (people, profits &planet)
Better measure than GDP?Better measure than GDP?
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Challenging “groupthink” on copyright laws
Believe copyright impinges on culture
Parties in 28 countries around the world
The Pirate PartyThe Pirate Party
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“Even if developed countries recover completely in 2010, emerging economies will account for 70 - 75% of the growth in global output ‘for the foreseeable future”
New York Times
Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
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“China’s growth as an economic superpower is increasingly correlated with that of Africa, on which it now relies for 25% of its oil imports, reports the” Financial Mail
Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
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Jobs of the FutureJobs of the Future
Search is increasingly giving us what we want,
not what we ask for
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Emerging EconomiesEmerging Economies
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