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As the world navigates an era defined by rapid technological breakthroughs, geopolitical flux, and climate urgency, the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 (AMNC26) arrives at a critical inflection point. Innovation is no longer scarce, if anything, it is abundant. The real challenge now lies in scaling these innovations and translating ideas into tangible, measurable outcomes that benefit societies and economies at large.
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00:07Welcome to Forum and World Meeting of the New Champions 2026
00:11The Dalian, China
00:12Memuka tirai pada hari ini
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00:25Kerana kita melihat di sebalik cabaran ini
00:27Bagaimana untuk berserta perniagaan
00:29Dan juga membuat dasar khususnya
00:31Untuk menempuh cabaran yang begitu besar
00:34Dari segi perbezaan geopolitik ini
00:35Kita bersama dengan orang yang cukup penting
00:37Sheikh Tanjib Islam, Head of Event Editorial
00:39Member of Executive Committee, World Forum
00:41Tanjib, terima kasih banyak untuk bersama kami
00:42My pleasure
00:43Now, first of all, before we
00:46Dig dive into the agenda of the Forum this year
00:49I want to ask about the
00:51MNC for the past
00:53Two decades, I would say
00:54So, it used to be, you know
00:56Building up, putting up spotlight
00:59Into emerging industries
01:00Also fast global economies
01:01So, nearly two decades after that
01:03And we have AI
01:05Now, that propel startup
01:08Into the global layer
01:10Instantly
01:10How do you define
01:12The new champion
01:13In the new age?
01:15No, thank you so much for having me
01:16And it's a great pleasure
01:17To be here
01:18It's a very interesting question
01:20Because I think
01:20When you look at the evolution
01:22Of the industries
01:24And the global economy
01:26Many companies that exist today
01:29Did not exist in the past 20 years
01:32Maybe they were not even conceived
01:34As an idea in the past 20 years
01:36So, from that context
01:37New Champions for us
01:39Is an accumulation of
01:40Many such companies
01:42Who are coming up in the ranks
01:44We have close to 250
01:46Global innovators and unicorns
01:48Who are coming to AMNC
01:50And there are many such
01:52Who have maybe just graduated
01:53Out of that
01:54So, the interesting part here
01:56Is the fact that
01:57We are seeing them
01:58Kind of converge
02:00With the more traditional industries
02:01And I think that's the more
02:02Interesting part
02:03From where we see
02:04And the vantage point
02:05That we have
02:06Of seeing how
02:07They are going to be
02:08Then influencing
02:08Next generation technologies
02:10As you indicated in your question
02:13But also
02:14How do they then interact
02:16With a lot of the current things
02:17That is happening
02:17So, the convergence of something
02:19Like an AI with health
02:20Is really going to redefine
02:22How biomanufacturing works
02:23So, these are some of the conversations
02:24That we are going to put a spotlight on
02:26With some of the key players
02:28On that front
02:28Of course, many countries
02:30Are capable of
02:31You know
02:33Generating innovative ideas
02:34And
02:35But turning those ideas
02:36Into
02:37A globally competitive industry
02:40Is another challenge
02:41In your point of view
02:42You know
02:44What separates economies
02:45That actually
02:46Successfully scale innovation
02:48From the one
02:49Actually struggles
02:50With scale innovation
02:52It's again
02:52A fantastic question
02:53From your end
02:54And I think it's
02:55The genesis of the meeting
02:56When we said
02:58Our theme
02:58In February this year
03:00Of innovation at scale
03:01One of the crucial things
03:03That we talked about
03:04From our perspective
03:05Was that
03:05It's not just innovation
03:07When it comes to technology
03:08It's innovation
03:09When it comes to
03:09Business process improvement
03:11It's innovation
03:12When it comes to
03:12Government policy
03:13We always hear
03:14The fact that
03:15Governments cannot
03:16Keep up with a lot
03:17Of the technology
03:18That is coming
03:18And that's real
03:20And what then
03:21Is needed
03:22So is it
03:22A new thinking
03:24When it comes to
03:25Policy making
03:26That needs to happen
03:26We hope
03:27That when we have
03:28Over the close to
03:3080 public figures
03:31Who are coming in
03:31From across the world
03:33That they are able
03:34To have these conversations
03:35They are able
03:35To have this dialogue
03:37With some of these innovators
03:39Who are actually
03:39On the ground
03:41So they are running
03:42A lot of this aspect
03:43Of it
03:43So for us
03:44The scaling part
03:45Comes in
03:46When these three things
03:47Can come together
03:49And at the forum
03:51It's at the genesis
03:52Of our multi-stakeholder
03:53Approach
03:54And that's something
03:55That we hope
03:56Will be in the proceedings
03:57Over the next three days
03:58Alright
03:58And also Sanjeeb
04:00Many business leaders
04:01Are facing difficulties
04:02In terms of
04:03Operating
04:04With the backdrop
04:05Of tariff
04:06Legible conditions
04:07And also
04:07Supply chains
04:09Instruction
04:09So how do you see
04:11The conversation
04:12Between the
04:14Business leaders
04:15Would be
04:16Especially at MNNC
04:17Because
04:18Are they really looking
04:19At the more collaborative
04:21Act that's
04:22Internationally
04:22Cross border
04:23Or an even more cautious
04:24Essence
04:25Look
04:26I think
04:26The world
04:28That we operate in
04:29Is the most complex
04:31Geoeconomic
04:32Scenario
04:32We have seen
04:33And this was
04:35Complex
04:35Even before
04:36What has happened
04:37In the Middle East
04:38In February
04:39At that point
04:40If you recall
04:42Global growth
04:43Was projected
04:43To be at about
04:443.3%
04:45Six days ago
04:46The World Bank
04:47Revised it
04:48To 2.5
04:49Which is the slowest
04:51That we have experienced
04:53Since COVID
04:55And the slowest
04:56Probably
04:56As an average
04:57Growth
04:58Over the last
04:59Two decades
05:00So the complexity
05:01Of the global economy
05:02Has not gone away
05:03If anything
05:04It has increased
05:04And that's something
05:06Which is
05:07Going to be something
05:08Which business leaders
05:08Will need to
05:10Navigate
05:11If I put it frankly
05:12Now
05:13From that context
05:14What we are hoping
05:15Is that business leaders
05:17And it kind of
05:17Builds on our theme
05:18Of Davos
05:19Of being in the
05:19Spirit of dialogue
05:20That they are able
05:21To kind of
05:22Have these conversations
05:23They are able
05:24To better understand
05:25Each other
05:25We as a
05:27As the World Economic Forum
05:28We are the
05:29International Organisation
05:29For public-private
05:30Partnership
05:31And in that context
05:33We want to
05:33Create this platform
05:35And the space
05:35Where leaders
05:36Are able to have
05:36That honest dialogue
05:37So
05:39Artificial intelligence
05:40Undoubtedly
05:41Undoubtedly
05:41Will become
05:42The main
05:43Topic
05:43And discussion
05:44As well
05:46How do you see
05:48The business leaders
05:50Talking about this
05:51One thing
05:52But
05:52What kind of
05:53The toughest
05:55Discussion
05:55Would be
05:56And the closed doors
05:57When it comes to AI
05:58Right here
05:59For Ebenncy
06:00I think here
06:01What we are seeing
06:02Is actually
06:03On two fronts
06:04One
06:05Which is
06:05You look at
06:06Artificial intelligence
06:07Of what's happening
06:08Already
06:09And there are
06:10Some knock-on
06:11Effects on that front
06:12So
06:12What we are seeing
06:13Already happening
06:14On artificial intelligence
06:15Is the infusion
06:16Within
06:18Normal businesses
06:19If I may put it
06:19Or traditional industries
06:20If I may put it that way
06:21What we are also seeing
06:23As a knock-on effect
06:23With that
06:24Is jobs
06:25Question marks
06:26On whether it
06:27Creates more jobs
06:27Creates less jobs
06:28Are there automation
06:30Happening
06:30Or augmentation
06:31Happening
06:32Are there things
06:33Where
06:33This is then
06:35Combining
06:35With
06:36As I was
06:37Highlighting earlier
06:37With other technologies
06:38Or other industries
06:39So I think
06:40A lot of the things
06:41That we will see
06:42Over the next
06:42Two or three days
06:43Here
06:43Is a combination
06:45Of these three things
06:46On jobs
06:48I encourage you
06:50To join a session
06:51That we have
06:51One on
06:52Next billion jobs
06:53Which look at
06:53The impact of
06:54Not just artificial intelligence
06:56But other technologies
06:57On emerging market jobs
06:58Which is meant
06:59To have
07:00Nearly a gap
07:01Of 400 million jobs
07:02Not being
07:04Accounted for
07:05Or if I may put it
07:07But additionally
07:08I think
07:09The serious conversations
07:10On this end
07:10Is also on physical AI
07:12It's on biomanufacturing
07:14So some of these
07:15Would be at the heart
07:16Of the discussion
07:17Over here
07:18For us
07:19I have to ask this question
07:20This is very important
07:21And crucial question
07:22Because many
07:24Large forums
07:25International
07:26Have been seen
07:28As the headliners
07:29Rather than
07:30Bringing any tangible
07:31Outcomes
07:32For MNC
07:34Especially
07:34Because last year
07:36Attended in Tianjin
07:37And two years ago
07:38In Dalyan
07:38As well
07:39So how do you
07:40How do you see
07:40The conversation
07:41That we had
07:43For MNC
07:44Actually
07:45Really bring
07:45A tangible
07:46Outcomes
07:46If you could
07:47Give some
07:48No absolutely
07:49I think
07:50There are
07:50Maybe the two
07:51Big ones
07:52That I will highlight
07:53And you will see
07:53It playing out
07:55Recently
07:55We released
07:56A report
07:58On the
07:59To start off
08:00For kickstart
08:01The MNC process
08:02On the energy
08:03Transition index
08:04This has traditionally
08:05Been released
08:06As a part
08:06Of the MNC process
08:09And there
08:10For example
08:11It highlights
08:12One of the key
08:12Findings
08:13Which is
08:13Financing alone
08:14Is not solving
08:16The energy
08:16Transition index
08:17There is enough
08:17Capital that is there
08:18What we are seeing
08:20Is that that capital
08:21Is not being deployed
08:22At the right scale
08:24If I may use it
08:24From our theme
08:26A lot of the
08:27Proceedings that we
08:27Will have
08:28Will kind of build
08:29On that
08:29So we are having
08:30A big big program
08:32When it comes
08:33To the energy
08:33Transition
08:35And again
08:35Some of this
08:36Is extremely
08:37Pertinent to the
08:38Emerging markets
08:39Because emerging markets
08:40Are the ones
08:40Who are left behind
08:41In many of these
08:42Conversations
08:43The second thing
08:44Which I will point out
08:45Towards you
08:45Is we released
08:47Something as part
08:48Of the Summer Davos
08:49Program
08:49Called the top 10
08:50Emerging technologies
08:51Report
08:52Since you highlighted
08:53Earlier on
08:54Are there others
08:55It's not just about
08:56AI
08:57The forward looking
08:58Aspect of it
08:58Is look at a lot
08:59Of the top 10
09:00Emerging technologies
09:01A lot of them
09:02Will not materialize
09:03Tomorrow
09:04What they may happen
09:05Is they will
09:06Materialize in
09:062027, 2028
09:08Maybe even 2035
09:09But are we
09:11As a society
09:11And our business
09:12Leaders
09:13And our policy makers
09:14Prepared for it
09:14When it does
09:15Because if they are
09:16Not
09:16What will happen
09:17Is we will go back
09:18To this exact same
09:19Conversation of
09:21Regulation cannot
09:22Follow the technology
09:23It cannot keep up
09:24And then you put
09:25Such strict guardrails
09:26That it actually
09:27Then maybe even
09:29Stops the idea
09:30Of this technology
09:31Is kind of coming in
09:31So those are
09:32Some of the two
09:32Major ones
09:33That I would
09:35Kind of
09:36Through you
09:37Point out
09:37To your audience
09:38It's very interesting
09:39In fact
09:39My final question
09:41I want to ask
09:42Because when delegates
09:43You know
09:43Leave
09:44Leave Dahlian
09:45Later
09:46After we finish
09:47MNC
09:47What is your hope
09:49What kind of
09:52Learnings
09:52That you bring
09:53Back home
09:53And implement
09:54In terms of
09:56Innovation
09:56In terms of
09:57Investments
09:57Or new ideas
09:59I think you
10:00Hitted the nail
10:02In the coffin
10:02I think
10:03New ideas
10:04Innovation
10:05That you highlighted
10:06For us
10:06At the core
10:07Of any forum
10:08Meeting
10:08Is four things
10:09One
10:10We need to
10:12Provide that
10:12Impartial platform
10:13That is
10:14The World Economic
10:15Forum
10:16So that they
10:16Can have
10:17These core
10:17Dialogues
10:18Number two
10:18Foresight
10:19I wouldn't
10:20Even just say
10:21Insight
10:21But foresight
10:22Simply because
10:23Of the fact
10:23That are there
10:24Things that we
10:25Are able to
10:25Generate ideas
10:26On
10:27That we
10:27Wouldn't have
10:28Otherwise done
10:29And the third
10:31Thing on that
10:31Front
10:31Additionally
10:32I would say
10:32Is how are
10:34You able to
10:34Then connect
10:35These dots
10:37Because if
10:37You don't
10:38Take a
10:38Systems
10:39By thinking
10:39On some
10:40Of these issues
10:40And a very
10:41Simple example
10:42That we saw
10:43From February
10:44When the
10:45Strait of
10:45Form
10:45Was closed
10:46It immediately
10:47Impacted food
10:48Prices
10:49So some
10:50Of these
10:51Aspects
10:51Require
10:52Systems
10:52Wide thinking
10:53So these
10:53Connecting the
10:55Dots on that
10:55Front is
10:55Extremely
10:56Important
10:56And the
10:57Fourth
10:57Which I
10:58Would say
10:58Which links
10:59Back to our
10:59Aspect of
11:00Dialogue
11:01Is are we
11:02Able to
11:03Absorb
11:03Divergent
11:04Views
11:04So that
11:05Is extremely
11:06Important
11:06In today's
11:07World
11:07Because many
11:09Constituents
11:10Will have
11:10Divergent
11:10And that's
11:11Fine
11:11It's
11:12What's
11:12Important
11:12Is that
11:13We are
11:13Able to
11:14Better
11:14Understand
11:14Each
11:15Other
11:15As we
11:16Leave
11:16Tanya
11:17Tajib
11:18Thank you
11:18So much
11:18For joining
11:19Us
11:19I hope
11:20The best
11:20For MNNC
11:21For the next
11:22Three days
11:22Or four years
11:23Thank you
11:23Thank you so much
11:24That is
11:24Apa yang kita
11:25Boleh tahu
11:26Sekat ini
11:26Dan juga
11:27Apa yang terkandung
11:27Dan serah pasti kami
11:28Pasukan
11:29Estrawani
11:29Di sini
11:30Yang membawakan
11:30Perkembangan terkini
11:31Tentang apa yang terkandung
11:32Dan pentingnya
11:33Diskusi ini
11:34Berlangsung
11:35Dalam tempoh
11:35Yang sukar
11:36Pada ketika ini
11:37Di sebalik
11:37Ketegangan geopolitik
11:38Dan juga
11:39Cabaran
11:40Rataian bekalan
11:41Dan juga
11:42Ekonomi dunia
11:43Secara
11:43Apnya
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