# Rafael Laguna

Europe is in the throws of an accelerating, urgent mobilisation around “digital sovereignty” – which does not mean protectionism and does not mean autarky: instead, an industrial project - led by industry – to strengthen our assets and capabilities, reduce dependencies and improve resilience. Not “…

How innovative are our times really? Not very, according to Thomas Ramge and Rafael Laguna de la Vera. And they've got a point. Technology may have solved some fake problems ("one-click buying!"), but it hasn't done nearly enough to tackle big issues like climate change, cancer, dementia, or hunger…

Big breakthrough innovations are on the horizon, and they could be coming from an unlikely place. We’re talking about the sort of ideas that would reshape how we move, the medical treatments we receive, and how we adapt to the changing climate and generate new kinds of energy—and they could all ste…

In this week's episode, Antoine talks to Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Co-Founder, and Director of the federal agency SPRIND.  SPRIND is a German civil version of the US agency DARPA which focuses on helping local founders to achieve ambitious disrupting innovations.