Igor Mikhalev is a Partner at EY-Parthenon focused on emerging technologies and digital strategy. He works with leading companies, financial institutions and public-sector organizations to imagine and shape new markets, ecosystems and business models. His work spans AI, digital assets, the future of money and disruptive strategy 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: The future is not something you predict. It is something you make. 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: We tend to think of the future as something that happens to us: something to predict, prepare for and adapt to. But what if the future can be made? Drawing on emerging technologies, ecosystems and real-world transformation, we will explore what remains uniquely human in an age of intelligent machines, and how leaders can turn this advantage into the ability to actively shape markets, industries and institutions that do not yet exist

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