[Galaxy Unpacked 2025] Galaxy Tech Discussion board ① Sustainability: Driving Innovation for a Sustainable Future

Samsung hosted the Galaxy Tech Discussion board on January 23 in San Jose, California. The panels offered an in-depth exploration of Samsung’s AI improvements and the challenges they tackle throughout 4 key areas — Sustainability, Well being AI, Galaxy AI and House AI. In the course of the Sustainability session, consultants explored how Samsung’s forward-thinking know-how and strategic collaborations are constructing a extra sustainable future.

Following Galaxy Unpacked 2025, Samsung Electronics held its Galaxy Tech Discussion board occasion on January 23 in San Jose, California. Tech leaders and consultants from around the globe mentioned the way forward for AI at Blanco, an City Venue, a three-story house situated within the coronary heart of Silicon Valley that blends historic structure with a contemporary white design.

▲ Blanco, an City Venue

The discussion board was organized into 4 periods — Sustainability, Well being AI, Galaxy AI and House AI — every addressing the transformative adjustments and challenges innovation will deliver to those areas. With round 100 media representatives and business professionals in attendance, the panels centered on the disruptive potential of AI and provided blueprints for future applied sciences throughout varied sectors.

Samsung Newsroom visited the primary Galaxy Tech Discussion board session, titled “How Cellular Know-how Can Speed up a Sustainable Future,” to study Samsung’s cellular improvements and partnerships which might be contributing to a brighter tomorrow.

Driving Cellular Innovation and Sustainability

Samsung is dedicated to accelerating a sustainable future for each individuals and the planet.

▲ (From left to proper) Tamara Gondo, Michael Stewart, Dr. Stuart Sandin, Daniel Araujo and Cassie Smith

Regardless of the quite a few advantages provided to fashionable society, the fast progress of the cellular business has additionally introduced important environmental challenges. To handle these challenges, Samsung has made the actualization of a sustainable future a cornerstone of the corporate’s imaginative and prescient for cellular gadgets.

▲ Daniel Araujo from Samsung Electronics

“We’ve made important progress in fostering sustainable practices all through our product lifecycle and that is solely doable by way of open collaboration with like-minded companions. And there’s much more to return,” mentioned Daniel Araujo, Head of Sustainability Administration Workplace, Cellular eXperience Enterprise at Samsung Electronics.

“Every gadget of the S25 collection will embody at the least 50% recycled cobalt, and for the primary time in Galaxy historical past, the battery of the S25 mannequin can be made with recycled cobalt sourced from beforehand used Galaxy smartphones,” he continued, highlighting Samsung’s developments in product circularity.

Leveraging Galaxy Digital camera Know-how To Restore Very important Marine Ecosystems

For the reason that launch of the Galaxy S22 collection in 2022, Samsung has integrated over 150 tonnes of discarded fishing nets — equal to the load of 15 million plastic water bottles — into Galaxy merchandise. Alongside the way in which, the corporate has acknowledged the essential menace ocean-bound plastic poses to coral reefs and has taken a number one position in restoration efforts by way of strategic partnerships.

Dr. Stuart Sandin, a professor on the Scripps Establishment of Oceanography, College of California San Diego mentioned coral reefs are house to 1 / 4 of all marine life, and over half a billion individuals rely on reefs for meals, earnings and safety from storms and erosion. He added that with greater than 50% of the world’s coral reefs already misplaced and ocean-bound plastic threatening the remaining marine ecosystems, new restoration strategies utilizing cellular know-how are gaining traction.

▲ Dr. Stuart Sandin from the College of California San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

“We partnered with Samsung due to our shared dedication to innovation and collaboration. Our optimistic and technology-forward method is contributing to new options for coral reef restoration,” mentioned Michael Stewart, co-founder of Seatrees — a nonprofit devoted to defending marine ecosystems. His announcement of the group’s partnership with Samsung was adopted by a trailer for an upcoming documentary concerning the collaborative efforts between the businesses.

▲ Michael Stewart from Seatrees

▲ Trailer for the documentary ‘Coral in Focus’

Araujo defined that to help Seatrees’ efforts, Samsung developed Ocean Mode¹ — a brand new digital camera setting that optimizes underwater pictures on the Galaxy S24 Extremely. He mentioned how the function will present worthwhile visible information that can be utilized to 3D map coral reefs to assist efforts for his or her restoration. The panelists acknowledged that cellular know-how is making environmental conservation extra accessible since high-quality information can now be collected with light-weight, user-friendly smartphones.

Empowering Younger Leaders By Know-how

“Past environmental efforts, Samsung has collaborated with the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP) to empower future generations in attaining the World Targets,” defined moderator Cassie Smith, Senior Supervisor of Company Sustainability and U.S. Public Affairs at Samsung Electronics America. The success of Samsung’s five-year partnership with the UNDP led to the launch of the Samsung World Targets app and Generation17 initiative.

▲ Cassie Smith from Samsung Electronics America

“Being a part of Generation17 gave me confidence, entry to assets and a worldwide platform, which opened up a world of potentialities that impressed me to develop my enterprise, Liberty Society, and its influence,” mentioned Tamara Gondo, CEO of Liberty Society — a social enterprise that funds upskilling for marginalized girls. “Taking part in world occasions reminiscent of Cellular World Congress and the United Nations Common Meeting gave me a seat on the decision-making desk.”

▲ Tamara Gondo, CEO of Liberty Society and a Generation17 Younger Chief

Araujo underscored Tamara’s remarks and confused the significance of younger leaders in attaining the World Targets, encouraging ongoing efforts and welcoming attendees to stay up for the brand new group of Younger Leaders later this 12 months.

The Sustainability session offered an in-depth exploration of how cellular know-how can tackle environmental and social challenges. Samsung’s unwavering dedication to innovation and sustainability is paving the way in which for significant change on a worldwide scale.

¹ Solely developed for this challenge and solely out there to Seatrees and its companions.