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Deep Pockets
Petra Söderling, the author of 'Governments and Innovation - the Economic Developer's Guide to Our Future', discusses the role governments play in creating new innovations, and innovation based industries. Intended audience: Economic Development and Foreign Direct Investment Professionals, Policy Makers, Civil Servants, CEOs, CFOs, R&D folks and tech enthusiasts. To subscribe to more free content go to https://petrasoderling.com/ Nothing in the show should be taken as investment advise.
Episodes
43 episodes
Engineering Empathy: On Purpose and Progress in Tech
What does it mean to belong in complex and cutting-edge tech fields? In this episode, we sit down with Juliette De La Rie, CEO of Colorful Matter, to explore how identity, intuition, and inclusion shape the future of deep tech. Juliett...
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Fusion Energy: The Next Frontier in Clean Power
We’ve spoken about the energy industry a few times in this podcast, most recently about innovation in our current nuclear energy power plants. These are the fission based plants. Today, we’re going to learn about the future of nuclear, that is ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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15:00
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Tech, Talent and Tolerance: How U.S. Companies Can Tap into Global Expertise
In his book The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida argues that creativity is the nourishment of new economic growth, and introduces the three T's; Technology as a platform, talent to do the creative process, and tolerance from the surr...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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Introduction to Season 5
It's March 2025. The U.S. administration is turning on its allies south, north and east, the EU is amplifying its defense capabilities, Ukraine is being let down, science is under attack, and tech bros keep demand more and more. I'm taking Deep...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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7:36
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Technology Adoption Should Be a Key Metric for US Science and Engineering Policy
Tanya Ramond, technology commercialization architect, authority in Deep Tech, and the founder and CEO of Sapienne Consulting, discusses her recent article on science and engineering policy. Why the adoption of technology, turning R&D into u...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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16:23
The Future of Transatlanctic Relations in DeepTech
Both the United States and the European Union held their big elections this year. The U.S. elected a new President, and changed the balance of power in the House and the Senate that govern 335 million Americans. The EU elected a new Parliament ...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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23:51
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Atomic Insights: Innovation in Nuclear Energy 2024
It’s clear we cannot keep using fossil fuels, and it’s clear that wind and solar alone can’t fulfill all of the increasing energy needs that we have. So something has to be done: We need Innovation. Today's guest is someone who knows ever...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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23:03
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When Scientists and Policy Makers Speak the Same Language
The impact of technology has become overwhelming in our societies and in our lives. Technology impacts our personal privacy, our personal safety, but also our national safety, political stability, and even financial well-being. If w...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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28:49
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It's a Love Fest; Quantum World Congress 2024
Since 2022, the world’s Quantum ecosystem has gathered in Washington DC to bring a quantum-ready future into focus. As you will hear from these interviews, Quantum World Congress is the world’s premier gathering for quantum technology leaders, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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33:16
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The Quantum Codebreaker: Governments vs. the Next Big Cyber Threat
Even though quantum computers are not in wide use yet, it is well known that they have the potential to break the encryption system that is in use in most modern computing systems. Across the globe, governments are beginning to prepare for the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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14:39
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How South Korea came to Master Displays
Take any device in your home with a screen; your phone, your computer, your TV, there’s a high likelihood that the display is built in South Korea, or by a South Korean company. At the very least whoever built it has licensed technology from So...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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28:06
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EU’s AI Act: What Where Who Why?
The EU's Artificial Intelligence Act came into force August 1, 2024. This is the most comprehensive legislation on the topic. What does it entail, who is affected, how to comply? Meeri Haataja, CEO and Co-Founder of Saidot is one of Europe’s le...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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26:12
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Why the Quantum Industry needs an Apollo program
Bob Sutor worked at IBM for nearly 40 years, creating the modern IT infrastructure and industry. His most recent area of expertise, quantum computing, turns out to be the most exciting of them all. In this episode, Bob tells us why we are now i...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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34:48
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The Art and Science of Recruiting Top Tech Talent
How does recruiting in AI differ from recruiting in biotech, or quantum? Who is currently hiring, startups, corporations, or the academia? Will deeptech founders ever use professional recruiting companies? Any differences between North America ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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22:26
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The International Year of Quantum 2025
Claudia Fracchiolla, Public Engagement at the American Physical Society takes us behind the scenes to how the idea to have 2025 nominated as the United Nations's International Year of Quantum happened, who was involved, and what happens next.&...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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24:58
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Introduction to Season 4
Season 1 was launched in October 2021 as I was writing by book Government and Innovation, the Economic Developer’s Guide to our Future. I wanted to have conversations with people in the crossroads of technology and government in order to better...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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2:27
How I recorded my audiobook with Studio Aguze
With this closing session of Season 3 - the book club - I'm talking to Chris Elliott from Studio Aguze. We had some fun moments recording my audiobook, and want to celebrate nonfiction authors by offering insight into the audiobook recording pr...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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14:02
On the Shoulders of Giants: 10 Quantum Pioneers of the Past
Brian Lenahan of the Quantum Strategy Institute talks about his two passions; the writing process and quantum. The latest book 'On the Shoulders of Giants: 10 Quantum Pioneers of the Past' talks about the people in distant and recent past...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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The Death of Death - Scientific Possibility of Physical Immortality
Within the next ten years, the anti-aging industry will be world's biggest industry. It will no longer be just about "looking younger" or "feeling younger". It will be, through science, about "solving the problem of the aging of the human body"...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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25:42
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Spectrum Wars - The Rise of 5G and Beyond
It may be a surprise that radio spectrum is a limited resource, becoming more and more limited as new uses and users are being added. Today’s guest Jennifer A. Manner knows everything about this subject as she literally wrote the book, ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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34:06
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Open: The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital.
Kimberly Clausing's book defends the global economic integration, and suggests ways for Americans to first of all, ride along and not become crushed by international realities, but also to create national policies within the U.S. to equip worke...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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25:36
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Wealthcare, Web3 and your Personal Health Data Economics
Wealthcare - Demystifying Web3 and the Rise of Personal Data Economies by Dr. Brigitte Piniewski introduces the imperative for individually specific health intelligence. As Web3 and AI advance new technical instruments, diverse stakeholders are...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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Beginner's Handbook for Doing Business with Government
For many private companies creating products in nascent technologies, government agencies are the first paying customers. How would a small business go about discovering and creating these contracts. Dan Roche’s book “The Total Beginner's Handb...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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Introduction to Season 3
Welcome back to Deep Pockets, the show that brings you insight and knowledge on the birth and dissemination of deep technologies, the role of different stakeholders, and what it takes to make a successful innovation-based economic plan. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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2:33
Debating Professor's Privilege
University spin-off team, or university drop-out founder? Today we discuss tech transfer from academia to markets and who owns inventions realized in companies and universities. Today's guest is the former president of Licensing Executives Soci...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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29:04