We clearly live in a golden age for innovation as, despite backward-looking concerns, funding and ideas feed off each other to support the next wave of productivity and products and services.

Comment from Bedy Yang, managing partner and head of ecosystems, 500vc, and Ee-Ling Lim, regional director for Asia-Pacific

Comment from Carol Strobel, operating partner, Redpoint eVentures, Brazil

Comment from Vanessa Colella, chief innovation officer, Citi, and David Kidder, co-founder and CEO, Bionic

Comment from Amy Burr, managing director, JetBlue Technology Ventures