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Once a month “Today & Tomorrow talks about the world of tomorrow and how trends and technologies of today are going to influence the world to come. The podcast is open for expert guests from diplomacy, society and business, who will be invited to join the debates as everybody is from the audience. The podcast is hosted by Dieter Brockmeyer, cofounder of the Diplomatic World Institute and director of innovation and the Innovation Profiler Alexander Pinker.

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August 2, 2026Episode 2144 min

Episode 21: Cooling the Cloud with Serge Conesa

Serge Conesa can solve one of the world’s literally most burning issues. It is a highly ambitious promise:  A most significant cut in data centers energy and water consumption. Moreover he promises that the technology can be potentially used in any electronic device. With over 30 years in data communications and IT networking, Serge has built a reputation as a visionary technologist redefining sustainability in the digital age. From expanding global telecom infrastructure to shaping energy policy innovation, His career has consistently blended technology with impact. In 2016, Serge launched Immersion4. The company introduced DTM™ (Dynamic Thermal Management), a breakthrough in data center and electronic cooling technology. Recognized globally, Immersion4 earned the 2018 AEI Grand Prix Leonardo da Vinci, a Gold Medal at Geneva’s International Invention Exhibition, and two top honors at the ITU Telecom World 2019 Summit: Most Innovative Use of ICTs and Global SME Excellence. In 2020, Immersion4 received the Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label, placing it among the world’s most sustainable and profitable innovations. In 2025, Serge was awarded the Golden Excellence Award for Green-Tech Trailblazer by His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan in the UAE for his role in advancing sustainable energy and data sovereignty. In “Today & Tomorrow by Diplomatic World” he explains both technology and his vision with the commercial role out targeted for early 2027.

July 7, 2026Episode 20

Episode 20: AI and the Future of Universities with Vincenco Ligorio

Will academic education soon be obsolete because of AI? This is a hot topic stirring lots of controversy. We talked to Vincenco Ligorio, currently Dublin based Hibernia College’s  Strategic Development Director and also in charge of academic innovation. The college focuses on educating educators. He sees education in a vast transformation process. However he provides an quite optimistic outlook and provides a peep into his strategy teaching his own son.

May 12, 2026Episode 19

Episode 19: AI in the Courtroom with Jordi Nieva-Fenoll

He wrote a book on AI in the courtroom 8 years ago. It is still relevant today what is a rare event in today’s fast pacing of technology advancement. Jordi Nieva-Fenoll is professor of procedural law at the University of Barcelona. In this episode of Today & Tomorrow we talk with him about risk and opportunity of using AI in legal procedures, what legislators should be aware of either when using AI or regulating the use of it. Either has tremendous impact on our democracies.

April 2, 2026Episode 18

Episode 18: How Nations Become Brands with Haya Mvita

“Made in Germany” or “Habibi, come to Dubai” are known brandings of a nation. However, Nation Branding is often mistaken for marketing, but in reality it goes much deeper, says Haya Mvita, who leads this field at the Diplomatic World Institute in Brussels. It is about building long-term trust, not only in a country’s external relations, but also within the nation itself. Especially in times of global transformation, further accelerated by technological progress, nation branding is becoming increasingly important. In conversation with Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker, she explores the full spectrum of what this concept entails, including the role of AI and innovation as new soft- or smart power. She proposes the term Structural Power as new category instead. Potentially transformative and not without risk for International Relations are big tech-companies developing a kind of competitive sovereignty of their own.

January 29, 2026Episode 1739 min

Episode 17: When Data becomes Emotion and Art with Ferdi Alici

Ferdi Alici and his Ouchhh studio connect AI with art and create stunning installations reaching millions of people worldwide. His approach at the nexus of arts, technology and science is that project comes first and this determines what AI tolls are needed. This approach can serve as a blueprint on how to use AI without losing control and keep mankind on the creative driver’s seat. However, the Ouchhh process is complex since they do not use common tools like ChatGPT. They create their individual project tool boxes and compile specific data. Alici, considered an AI world star is very optimistic about our future and shows a path for the sustainable use of AI for the planet’s bright future

November 16, 2025Episode 1639 min

Episode 16: "What's space got to do with it" with Shelli Brunswick

What’s space got to do with it? Quiet a lot, from manufacturing new products and materials that ease our live on earth, to new models of leadership. The space industry is expanding its footprint more and more and it moves from being a heavily subsidized public space towards an flourishing business perspective. Shelli Brunswick knows it all from her long standing expertise as an executive of Space Foundation and now is setting up her own enterprise. Paperback book: https://a.co/d/6zmEJuu Kindle ebook: https://a.co/d/gUfHmPD (US) Shelli’s Website: https://shelli-brunswick.com/

November 5, 2025Episode 1537 min

Episode 15: Digital Accessibility and Transformation with Eve Logunova-Parker

Eve Logunova-Parker with her US startup Evenness is paving the AI drive way towards better digital accessibility for everyone. In this episode she shares her vision with the hosts of this podcast. She also is the 2025 Laureate of the Wholistic World Innovation Trophy – The TROPHY in short – that was announced in Barcelona the evening prior to the release of this episode. Congratulations to an outstanding project and a visionary entrepreneur!

September 24, 2025Episode 1428 min

Episode 14: Resilience in a changing world

In this episodes the hosts Dieter Brockmeyer and Alexander Pinker discuss the impact of advanced technologies and further accelerating rapid speed of innovations on our society. Even today, more and more people feel overwhelmed by these developments. This unease will increase with the potential to destabilize everything. How can we make us more resilient either individually but also out entire society. To solve this question becomes more and more vital to our future and it remains widely underestimated to this day. This is also the topic of Dieter’s new book soon to be published.

August 25, 2025Episode 1333 min

Episode 13: Mongolia an Innovation Hub with Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt

Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt has many roles. He is cofounder and chairman of the Mongolia Economic Forum, hosted two seasons of the popular TV format The Apprentice in Mongolia. More important the former Mongolian deputy finance minister and serial entrepreneur has a clear vision of his country’s prospering future: to establish it as the Asian Switzerland. “ARD Finance Group” holds a bank he defines as a peoples bank with more than 400,000 shareholders in a country with some 3.5 million inhabitants. The group is active in energy, real estate, asset management and DeFi, (decentralized finance) and the crypto universe. “This will shape the future of the global eco system”, he is convinced.

June 2, 2025Episode 1232 min

Episode 12: From Entertainment, to Diplomacy and Beyond with Wesely Ellul

Wesley Ellul is a Malta based global entrepreneur in the Web3 space, former actor and still produces a popular annual satiric stage show. For more than a year already her represents the Malta government on the global stage as special envoy for startup funding and investment. We talked about the strength of Silicon Valley, how to bring this spirit to Europe and to combine it with our local strength and why the European crypto regulation MICA does help. We also talked about the role of Malta and how he wants to bring “Convergence” to the market. Human creativity in the age of AI  will remain a key asset if it is not used in reproductive manner. Because that will be done by the machines. It was a bit windy when we did this interview with Wesley withdrawing from early morning family noise, doing the conversation to his already sunny terrace.