openbusinesscouncil summit Archives - OpenBusinessCouncil Directory

Smart Cities Index IndexDNA Captures The Complex Relationship Between Citizens, Industry, Policymaking And Society

Hernaldo Turrillo — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:19:38 +0000

The First Ever Dynamic Smart City Index: citiesabc indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities Whitepaper Produced with citiesabc and openbusinesscouncil will be officially released at the openbusinesscouncil summit.

indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities is the name given to the smart city index developed by citiesabc in collaboration with the University of Durham. It captures the complex relationship between citizens, industry, policymaking and society.

The co-evolving core of the indexDNA framework as important to any smart city indexing activity

“Cities are estimated to generate 80% of all economic growth and produce approximately 72% of all greenhouse gas emissions, despite covering only 3% of the land (UN). Urban city regions account for more than 50% of the total global population and is expected to be around 70% by 2050 (United Nations). This unprecedented movement towards urbanisation is growing at an exponential rate and is projected to be as high as 90% in some countries – notably in Asia and Africa – by 2050 (UN). Governments have been reactive to this migration trend and are experimenting with emerging and established technologies to provide services and solutions to this new wave [of] urbanisation. Many cities are taking proactive steps to make their cities ‘digitised’ or ‘smarter’. Such initiatives are called ‘smart city’ initiatives and are primarily focused on using a collection of technologies to provide timely and effective services to citizens.” (Professor Kiran Fernandes)

Despite the proliferation of smart city indexes emerging in response to the growing challenges of urbanisation, none so far have managed to rise above a static approach. The indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview of a new, dynamic framework, based on the Quadruple Helix Innovation model.

The index is data-driven and gives a holistic view of a smart city on several dimensions like the economy, mobility, education, environment, governance and quality of life. indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities serves several purposes, from benchmarking cities to developing effective policies for transition to Society 5.0.

This report is a piece of academic literature which details the research and elaboration process behind the index, explaining how different metrics and data are applied to create an index which reflects real-time smart city development through advanced analytics. Diagrams are used to illustrate the multidirectional feedback systems that exist between key stakeholders, and the interactions between each layer of the indexDNA Framework for Smart Cities.

“We realised that smart city indexes operated within a static framework, making the results unreliable and in constant need of updates. Our approach is a dynamic one, identifying smart cities as human-centric and analysing the multidirectional feedback systems between the different pillars that make up a smart city. We are thrilled to have collaborated with the Centre for Innovation and Technology Management at the Durham University Business School, whose academic insights and deep research were crucial to creating our indexDNA. In doing this, we hope to set the blueprint for future smart city indexes and rankings,” said Dinis Guarda, one of the authors and CEO of citiesbc and openbusinesscouncil.

Authors

Professor Kiran Fernandes, Professor and Associate Dean, Durham University Business School

Provided the conceptual framework for the whitepaper, analysis of the data and drafted the report

Mr Dinis Guarda, CEO, Ztudium

Supplied the context, assisted with interpretation of the context, and helped draft the report

Mr William Hosie, Research Associate, Ztudium

Researched the conceptual framework for the whitepaper, assisted the analysis of the data, and drafted the report

Professor Jamal Ouenniche, Professor in Business Analytics, University of Edinburgh

Assisted with interpretation of the context and helped draft the report

Mr Hilton Supra, CBDO and Vice Chairman, Ztudium

Helped draft the report

Contributors

Professor Miguel Amaral

Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon, IST

Mr Robert Bell

CEO, Global Gateways Foundation

Dr Atanu Chaudhuri

Associate Professor in Technology Management, Durham University

Mr Antonio de S. Limongi França

Consultant and manager at LF1 Technological Innovation and Organisational Strategies

Mr David L. Kasten

CEO, Poolbeg Group

Professor Yipeng Liui

Director of the Centre for China Management and Global Business (CMGB), Reading University

Dr Nick Rousseau

CEO, Unconventional Connections Ltd

Professor Yu Xiong

Chair of Business Analytics and Associate Dean International, University of Surrey

The report encourages readers to understand the smart city concept as human-centric rather than technology-centric; technology is not the root source of a smart city’s intelligence, but rather an enabler for it. The report also emphasises the importance of using smart technologies to integrate cyberspace and physical space. Finally, the report intends for readers to view the co-evolving core of the indexDNA framework as important to any smart city indexing activity, as it shows the importance of the citizen as well as the citizen’s relationship to the smart service systems.

The report will be launched at the OBC summit on Tuesday 20 April at 8am GMT. The OBC summit is a 3-day virtual conference on systems and solutions for businesses and governments to boost sales and growth amidst the challenges and restructurings faced by organisations and cities because of COVID-19. The summit provides a unique platform for both businesses and governments to promote their ideas and gain exposure with a global outreach through openbusinesscouncil awards and digital certification.

Partners

blocksdna

Dinis Guarda

Durham University

Henley Business School (University of Reading)

idna

IST Tecnico Lisboa

Unconventional Connections

University of Edinburgh

University of Surrey

WSCF (World Smart Cities Forum)

About the organisers

openbusinesscouncil is a Leading Global Digital Business Directory Certification and Marketplace created by a team of global thought and business leaders with more than 20 years of working with governments, business networks, tech ecosystems and universities.

citiesabc.com is a platform for smarter cities and their creative industries – art, music and film NFT marketplace network. citiesabc offers tools to the organisations and the people of the cities.

World Smart Cities Forum is a non-profit organisation established to assist local governments and municipalities to solve current urban challenges by building and developing human-centric smart cities around the world.

The event will be streamed in the fast-growing Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast series https://www.youtube.com/c/DinisGuarda/videos

Click here for tickets.

For more information, visit: https://openbusinesscouncil.org/summit/

Hernaldo Turrillo

Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.

The post Smart Cities Index IndexDNA Captures The Complex Relationship Between Citizens, Industry, Policymaking And Society appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

120+ Speakers Including Former Nasa Astronaut Scott Parazynski, Bollywood Actor Javed Jaffrey Join Global Digital Transformation Openbusinesscouncil Citiesabc Summit Looking at Best Ways to Cope With Covid-19 Business Challenges

Hernaldo Turrillo — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:14:31 +0000

120+ Speakers Including Former Nasa Astronaut Scott Parazynski, Bollywood Actor Javed Jaffrey Join Global Digital Transformation Openbusinesscouncil Citiesabc Summit Looking at Best Ways to Cope With Covid-19 Business Challenges.

Global Industry leaders, thought leaders, Universities and government officials will speak during the 3-day openbusinesscouncil summit in partnership with WSCF World Smart Cities Forum and in collaboration with Ruh Global Impact on 20th, 21st and 22nd April 2021.

Speak At The Global Digital Transformation openbusinesscouncil Summit And Awards Conference

London, 14th April 2021

openbusinesscouncil summit offers businesses and governments solutions to the urgency to create awareness for digital transformation, 4IR Tech to empower businesses and SMEs.

The openbusinesscouncil Summit and Awards, in partnership with citiesabc and World Smart Cities Forum, is running an online event with the aim to strengthen businesses, startups, and government’s strategies post COVID-19.

The summit provides access to a unique audience and has indirect digital streaming in social media, that reaches over 10 million people.

The experts include, amongst others, high-profile personalities such as:

Javed Jaffrey – Bollywood film, TV Actor and Personality
Dr. Scott Edward Parazynski – Former Nasa Astronaut and CEO of Fluidity Technologies
Valeriya Ionan – Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine,
Jaewon Peter Chun – President at World Smart Cities Forum.
Ben Goertzel, Founder of SingularityNET, co-creator Sofia the Robot
Dimitrios Psarakis – Brussels Council former EU Parliament
Michael Stanley-Jones – United Nations Environment Programme
Surina Shukri, CEO of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC);
Professor Kiran Fernandes, Professor and Associate Dean Durham University
Jawad Sardar, Director SUM Global – Smart Cities Specialist, Advisor to UK and Governments globally

The openbusinesscouncil summit team offers a 3-days event, covering urgent issues trending and disruptive topics, such as the boom of 4IR and AI, DeFi, the always-widening possibilities of blockchain and AI, the impact of leading tech in Finance and Society, the rising importance of NFTs, etc, in more than 50 panels.

Dinis Guarda and Hilton Supra founders of the event say: “We all have the power as stakeholders and our destinies to use the tech of our time, digital literacy and simultaneously using 4IR technology as a direct consequence of the COVID-19 crisis to serve and empower businesses and professionals worldwide #obcsummit.”

The openbusinesscouncil digital summit will cover how COVID-19 is rapidly transforming Organisations. Businesses and Governments can only survive and ideally thrive, in an environment where new consumer behaviours can accelerate their digital transformation efforts.

openbusinesscouncil citiesabc summit will reflect and offer panels and masterclasses on:

Creating Smarter Digital Transformation Businesses in a Time of Covid-19 with 4IR, Big Data, IoT and Cybersecurity to Businesses and SMEs;
Challenges and Opportunities Digital HealthTech & Wellness Post Covid-19 and Digital Inclusion in Cities and AI
How can Tech4All, Tech4Good and AI4Good Support CSR and CDR;
Smart Cities and Digital Twins
The Future of Collaborative Innovation, Media, IP, Digital Platforms with 4IR & AI;
Finding our way Forward with UN SDGs, ESGs in the Post-Covid-19 World;
Redesigning Businesses After Covid – ESG – Sustainability – Finance and Digital Transformation Investment
Centralised Finance vs Decentralised Finance, Digital Assets – NFTs;
Scale-Ups and Venture Capital Accelerator Networks Aiding Growth to the Business Startup Ecosystem?
Fintech, GovTech, LegalTech and PropTech, & The WorkPlace of the Future
Blockchain, DeFi and CBDC – the Next Fintech Frontier
ESG, Carbon Footprint and Energy

About the organisers: openbusinesscouncil is a Leading Global Digital Business Directory Certification and Marketplace created by a team of global thought and business leaders with more than 20 years of working with governments, business networks, tech ecosystems and universities.

citiesabc.com is a platform for smarter cities and their creative industries – art, music and film NFT marketplace network. citiesabc offers tools to the organisations and the people of the cities.

The event will be streamed in the fast-growing Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast series https://www.youtube.com/c/DinisGuarda/videos

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openbusinesscouncil-summit-and-awards-tickets-136828817677

For more information https://openbusinesscouncil.org/summit/

Summit & Awards video: https://youtu.be/hb9hnc9NHu0

Media and Contact: Serafima Semkina

serafima.semkina@ztudium.com – +447771321078

__________________________________________________

Meet The Speakers At Openbusinesscouncil Summit and Awards

The biggest names to speak at the conference and their bios can be accessed below. Openbusinesscouncil ensured the highest quality of speakers, who come from top positions in their fields.

Ms. Valeriya Ionan, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation, Ukraine

Currently working as a Deputy Minister for Eurointegration in the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, she is in charge of the digital literacy national program (Diia. Digital Education), development and growth of SME with help of digital instruments (Diia.Business), new digital professions, online children protection, euro integration. Before working for the Ukrainian government, she was an entrepreneur. Valeriya graduated from the MBA program at Edinburgh Business School Eastern Europe in Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Negotiations and Human Resource Management.

Jaewon Peter Chun, President at World Smart Cities Forum

Jaewon is the President of World Smart Cities Forum (WSCF), which is a non-profit organization based in London, England. He also founded ARK-i Labs in New York City, which is a smart city curator and investment company. Besides, he also founded and have run XnTREE, a Tech accelerator in Level39 which is the largest open tech cluster in Europe, which is located in Canary-Wharf financial district in London. In 2018, he was appointed Master Planner, head of Korea’s smart city national pilot project, to create a master plan framework.

Jawad Sardar, Future Cities & Prosperity Specialist, DIT UK

Jawad is a smart cities specialist who works with national and local governments across the world to develop leading smart governance, mobility, urban planning and sustainability projects. Most recently overseeing the Prosperity Fund Global Future Cities Programme (GFCP) for the Department of International Trade (DIT) as their Future Cities & Prosperity specialist. Jawad also works with tech companies to help build smart cities applications and use cases for Ai, IoT, AR/VR, and data analytics in cities.

Neil Milliken, Global Head of Accessibility, Atos, AxChat, W3 consortium advisor

Neil is the Atos representative on the Business Disability Forum Technology Task Force and have successfully instigated the adoption of and implemented the Accessible Technology charter. His role is to help make the world a better place by delivering better technology for his customers and staff, embedding inclusive practice into the Business As Usual Processes of organisations with thousands of employees and turnovers numbering in billions. His clients include: BBC, Department of Health, Ministry of Justice, Insolvency Service, and NHS.

Scott Edward Parazynski – Physician | former NASA astronaut

Scott is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and seven spacewalks, Parazynski’s latest mission was STS-120 in October, 2007 – highlighted by a dramatic, unplanned EVA to repair a live solar array. arazynski said he wanted to build a company based on what he’d learned as an astronaut, from collaborating with colleagues around the world to training and designing things in virtual reality. In 2016, he founded Fluidity Technologies in Houston. The company’s first product, the FT Aviator, is a joystick used to fly DJI drones as smoothly as possible with just one hand.

Debra Ruh, Founder & CEO Ruh Global IMPACT

Debra has worked as a Global Inclusion Strategist since 2001. Before she became an entrepreneur she was an executive in the banking industry for many years. She created Ruh Global Communications to help clients reduce their compliance and brand risks associated with inclusion and create programs that act as a positive differentiator. The goal is to help our clients thrive in this space and empower them to be global problem solvers, champions of change, and transformational leaders of social change.

Joy Tan, SVP Public Affairs, Huawei

Joy leads a diverse team of communications and media affairs professionals to convey Huawei’s cutting-edge innovation and best practices as a global technology leader to U.S. audiences. Together with her team, she is committed to telling the unique story and rapid growth of Huawei, which has grown into a $122 billion multinational company, whose products and services are used across 170 countries from its inception over 30 years ago.

The inaugural summit reached 50,000+ live views 300,000+ post-live views with a global media outreach in social media and PR of over 10 million people!

The April 2021 summit and awards are expected to far exceed this with the addition of more key speakers and participants.

The event will be streamed in the fast-growing Dinis Guarda Youtube Podcast series:

https://www.youtube.com/c/DinisGuarda/videos

Tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/openbusinesscouncil-summit-and-awards-tickets-136828817677

For more information:

https://openbusinesscouncil.org/summit/

Summit & Awards video:

https://youtu.be/hb9hnc9NHu0

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post 120+ Speakers Including Former Nasa Astronaut Scott Parazynski, Bollywood Actor Javed Jaffrey Join Global Digital Transformation Openbusinesscouncil Citiesabc Summit Looking at Best Ways to Cope With Covid-19 Business Challenges appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

Digital Assets, NFTs, DeFi and The Future of Global Economy and Exchanges LIVE Event On Dinis Guarda YouTube Channel

Hernaldo Turrillo — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:38:05 +0000

· Dinis Guarda openbusinesscouncil summit – citiesabc Youtube will host a special LIVE event where seven experts in the crypto and blockchain space will share their insights on Digital Assets, NFTs, DeFi and The Future of Global Economy and Exchanges.

· In partnership with INX Limited, a blockchain-based platform for trading digital assets and BTCU Ultimatum, a next-gen blockchain based on Bitcoin fork.

· The event can be watched live on Dinis Guarda YouTube channel on Wednesday 24th at 1pm EDT / 5pm GMT.

Blockchain is as diversified and complex as the opportunities it presents to the global economy. The frontier between the physical and the digital economy are blurred, and solutions to tokenize every aspect of the world accelerate. The new DeFi and NFTs wave are taking full advantage of what blockchain can bring to the global economy. And there is a discussion to have to make sure we do so in the right way.

That is what this Dinis Guarda openbusinesscouncil summit – citiesabc Youtube special LIVE event aims to bring about.

Moderated by openbusinesscouncil and citiesabc CEO Dinis Guarda in partnership with INX Limited, a blockchain-based platform for trading digital assets and BTCU Ultimatum, a next-gen blockchain based on Bitcoin fork, it will gather top industry leaders and experts in innovative companies, including Douglas Borthwick – CMO INX Limited; Dr Guenther Dobrauz – Partner & Leader PwC Legal Switzerland; Hirander Misra – Chairman & CEO GMEX Group & SECDEX; Derek Mayne – MD co-Founder CrescoFin; Peter Kristensen – Co-CEO JP Fund Services and Eric Ma – CEO BTCU Ultimatum, to discuss all the opportunities, challenges and consequences of this global disruption.

The finance industry, the first being disrupted by digital assets, is taking one step closer to full decentalization with the latest innovations in DeFi. New platforms and solutions are changing the rules, the players and the access to financial services. But there is much to discuss, including regulatory compliance and building trust, to make sure that DeFi doesn’t end up in just another buzzword.

Likewise, DeFi has in NTFs the most transformative and powerful tool now. NFTs are shaping the creative industry and the global collectibles economy as a whole, and pushing multiple industries such as real estate, sports, fantasy football, gaming, internet ephemera, etc.

Non-fungible tokens – NFTs are scarce digital cryptographic assets. This means that NFTs are unique digital assets that run on blockchains. NFTs create digital scarcity for a given asset, which is particularly interesting for art pieces and collectives, where there was none before. This lack of digital scarcity in the creative industry is one of the main reasons people have slowly but surely been gravitating to NFTs as a possible solution. But NFTs are still in its infancy and we need to make sure that they are actually developed for what they expect to be for: creating a fairer industry.

The last pillar of this LIVE event is the role that exchanges will play in this tokenized economy. The future of the global economy is based on platforms and marketplaces and so exchanges will be the critical new system of financial, trading and business interconnectedness.

What: Dinis Guarda openbusinesscouncil summit – citiesabc Youtube special LIVE event

Speakers: Douglas Borthwick – CMO INX Limited; Dr Guenther Dobrauz – Partner & Leader PwC Legal Switzerland; Hirander Misra – Chairman & CEO GMEX Group & SECDEX; Derek Mayne – MD co-Founder CrescoFin; Peter Kristensen – Co-CEO JP Fund Services and Eric Ma – CEO BTCU Ultimatum

Where: Dinis Guarda YouTube channel

When: Wednesday 24th at 1pm EDT / 5pm GMT

The Experts

openbusinesscouncil and citiesabc CEO Dinis Guarda will be joined by top experts and leaders in the blockchain space, including:

Douglas Borthwick – CMO INX Limited – The First SEC Registered Security Token IPO.

Douglas Borthwick is the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Business Development at INX Limited trading platform company. A financial industry veteran with over 25 years of experience and a financial technology expert, Mr. Borthwick has worked with the likes of Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Latin American FX trading business Standard Chartered.

Dr Guenther Dobrauz – Partner & Leader PwC Legal Switzerland | Member of PwC’s Global Legal Leadership Team.

Guenther is a Partner with PwC in Zurich, Leader of PwC Legal Switzerland, a member of PwC’s Global Legal Leadership Team directing the firm’s global legal practice comprising 4000+ lawyers in 90+ countries and the firm’s Global LegalTech Leader.

Guenther is the author of ten books on innovation and the European, Swiss and Liechtenstein legal regulatory framework as well as of 100+ publications in international expert magazines and has to date been speaking at more than 200 conferences worldwide. He also founded the Disruption Disciples movement and hosts the online series Appetite for Disruption.

Hirander Misra – Chairman & CEO GMEX Group & SECDEX, Partner at Digital Partners Network.

Hirander Misra is the Chairman and CEO of GMEX Group (GMEX), offering innovative solutions for the creation & operation of electronic exchanges and post trade infrastructure in securities, FX, derivatives, commodities, crypto & digital tokenised assets. He is also part of the Mauritius Financial Services Commission task force on Digital Finance.

Derek Mayne – MD co-Founder CrescoFin;

Derek Mayne co-founded CrescoFin in 2019 and started the Cresco group of companies in 2011 with Cresco Capital Markets, a foreign exchange broker, adding Cresco Capital Management in 2014.

Known as Ice-Man in his early career as an engineer in offshore oil and gas production (as he specialized in sea ice, not G&T ice), he worked with Agip KCO in Kazakhstan and London and later founded Abai Resources Ltd to develop junior oil and gas in Kazakhstan. He has a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Calgary, where he also held an adjunct professorship.

Peter Kristensen – Co-CEO JP Fund Services – TradeMakers;

Peter Kristensen has an accumulated financial markets experience of over 35 years. Peter has an extensive career, starting off at a Danish Bank to Saxo Bank, where he became an expert in online trading. Peter is now the co-CEO of JP Funds and recently co-founded of investment platform trademakers along with Adam Hill.

Eric Ma – CEO BTCU Ultimatum, Former Community Manager CoinMarketCap

Eric Ma is the CEO of BTCU. Eric studied a major in Landscape architecture in the University of Winscouncil. In this position he got his project management capacities and foundations of working with teams and strategy. After this experience he worked in human resources and managed a big network of education in a major group out of Taiwan.

Between 2018-2019 Eric became Community Manager for CoinMarketCap – the world’s leading platform source for crypto market capitalizations, pricing and information. Eric later took the role as the CEO Bione, a world leading cryptocurrency exchange for global digital asset professionals and enthusiasts, was established in May 2018 in Singapore. In 2020, he was approached by BTCU to become the CEO of the company.

The lines between decentralised finance and centralised finance are as blurry as they have ever been as the economy goes completely digital, with marketplaces and exchanges tokenizing different sectors of the global economy. And we need to make sure that we grab all the opportunities that DeFi, NFTs and Digital Assets bring about, while ensuring that they are developed and deployed in an ethical way. That is why these conversations are critical now.

The Digital Assets, NFTs, DeFi and The Future of Global Economy and Exchanges LIVE event is due to go live on Dinis Guarda YouTube channel on Wednesday, 24th March at 1pm EDT / 5pm GMT .

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post Digital Assets, NFTs, DeFi and The Future of Global Economy and Exchanges LIVE Event On Dinis Guarda YouTube Channel appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

19 Panels & 77 Industry Leaders: openbusinesscouncil Summit Offers A Roadmap Of Solutions For The Challenges Of 4IR, Fintech, Blockchain

Hernaldo Turrillo — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:45:36 +0000

· Day 2 kicked off with a double session featuring government’s views on 4IR and frontier technologies with Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto, Tina Jabeen, CEO and Managing Director Startup Bangladesh Limited ICT Division and Oleksandr Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Ukraine, among others.
· Top Industry leaders and experts helped build a positive narrative about 4IR challenges and opportunities across 8 different panels
· The openbusinessconcouncil summit ended with a plea to ethical tech and highlighted the need for building solutions that are both accessible and inclusive for everyone.
· All the panels can be watched on Dinis Guarda Youtube Channel.

The openbusinesscouncil summit has come to an end after 2 days full of panels, experts and inspiring insights on the role of 4IR and frontier technologies in the world of tomorrow. In total, there were 19 panels, featuring 77 speakers, from which there were 4 ministers, 13 governmental representatives, and 25 top industry media influencers.

Day 2 followed up on the success of the first session, scaling things up as government representatives took the stage. The initial 2 panels put together 3 top government officials: Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto; Tina Jabeen, CEO and Managing Director Startup Bangladesh Limited ICT Division and Oleksandr Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Ukraine; and 2 heads of startup accelerators, Luisa Rubio Arribas, Head of Wayra X (Telefonica’s startup wing) and Kieu My (Kimiko) Doan, Vietnam Digital Transformational Leader. All 5 panellists, moderated by Visionary Tech Leader Eric van der Kleij, explored the needed collaborations between decision-makers and business ecosystems to thrive in a hypercompetitive and disruptive environment.

Some of the highlights of “The Global Governmental, Business and Startup Tech Landscape Post Covid – Challenges and Opportunities” panel are:

Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto: “We are now developing the new Moonshot Research and Development Program that aims to create disruptive innovations from Japan and promotes challenging R&D based on revolutionary concepts that are not simply the extension of existing technologies, i.e. moonshots. The Moonshot Research and Development (R&D) Program aims to solve various difficult issues in today’s society, such as the declining birthrate, ageing population, large‐scale natural disasters, global warming and many others. Japan will promote international R&D cooperation to solve these issues. By aggressively promoting challenging R&D rather than improving conventional technologies, the Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government and other relevant ministries will facilitate disruptive innovation through enhancing researchers’ trials and errors.”

Tina Jabeen, CEO and Managing Director Startup Bangladesh Limited ICT Division: “The Government of Bangladesh is working on an extremely ambitious program based on technology. Because technology is the way to go if we want to transform our society if we want to bring large scale impact and to achieve the 2030 SDGs. So with that in mind technology has been incorporated into all our national plans. We have two very interesting projects: the Bangladesh Hi-tech Park Authority, which is a government agency dedicated to establish, manage and operate all 39 and growing technology business parks throughout the country. The second one is fostering the Startup Bangladesh ecosystem. We know that startups are agile, flexible and bring innovation. That is why Startup Bangladesh was created in the beginning and that is what we are focusing on right now.

Across the 8 panels, speakers had the chance to explore solutions, challenges and opportunities in different sectors but all linked together by disruptive innovation. Overall, the tone was optimistic and panellists focused on creating a positive narrative based on the ethical development of technology.

Some of the panel highlights are:

Marc Buckley | ALOHAS Resilience Foundation, SDG Advocate, Expert for WEF, and Global Food Reformist I Berlin School for Sustainable Futures University of Applied Sciences Professor – about education: “We need to include future thinking and emerging technologies in education systems worldwide. We need to embrace tech to understand better how we can move forward ethically and sustainably. COVID-19 was a pivotal moment in recent education history and showed the gap in technology adoption in education. It was also an accelerator for tech adoption. We are all citizens of this global world and we need to go all together to make sure the future is better than the world right now. Neoliberalism has expired already.”

Jaewon Peter Chun | President World Smart City Forum about building smart cities: “When you build a smart city, you need to think about who is going to benefit from this new infrastructure and technologies. There are cities that don’t have many people living there but they are important transportation hubs or a touristic destination. So the question is what specific technologies, solutions do you need to implement for the needs of your city? These are the questions that not all the cities ask to themselves but are key to the effectiveness of smart city-related technologies.”

The event ran through to 6 pm GMT, being live-streamed from 5 different channels including YouTube, Facebook and Periscope, all 37+ speakers shared their insights about how 4IR and frontier tech is transforming the world as we know it in these times of COVID-19 uncertainties.

The 2-day event openbusinesscouncil summit came to an end with the ‘Future Governments & Cities: what Roads to Smart Sustainable, Accessibility + Inclusive society?’, a panel discussion key for the future implementation of technology, giving us a much needed ethical POV. The panel was moderated by Debra Ruh, CEO and Founder of Ruh Global IMPACT, Human Potential at Work (HPAW) Talk Show Host and Co-Host of AXSChat and it will feature Maya Zuckerman, COO Luman; Richard Streitz, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ruh Global IMPACT; Marco Robinson, Founder of NAKED technologies and Uriel Alvarado, Co-founder and CEO of Grupo BienAhora and BienFest.

Some highlights from the panel:

Maya Zuckerman | Luman’s COO said: “Innovation is fun, implementing that innovation is when things get complicated. Also, cities and nations have been built around transportation, cars, not humans, so completing that transition is a real challenge. Now we are getting there, but new challenges arise in terms of security, services, etc. That’s why innovation and public conversations are so important right now.”

The event was catalogued as a success and the statistics speak for themselves. The event, in general, reached these numbers:
· panels over 50k live viewers
· total digital outreach was over 2 million people;
· Generated over 600 articles and PR syndication multiple news assets such as Yahoo Finance, WSJ, MarketWatch etc.

Read here the openbusinesscouncil summit day 1 recap.

Dinis Guarda, founder of openbusinesscouncil.org and curator of the event said: “We all appreciate your great expertise and insights, and I truly believe we helped build a positive narrative around the challenges and opportunities of 4IR and frontier technologies.
Grateful to have great speakers and experts share their ideas on openbusinesscouncil.org/summit”.

The summit had a solid focus on businesses and governments’ digital transformation strategies, and it provided a road map of solutions, covering opportunities of how to work and collaborate as governments, businesses, cities, citizens and nations move forward with 4IR – Society 5.0. The summit provided an international business and brand exposure through our media partners.

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post 19 Panels & 77 Industry Leaders: openbusinesscouncil Summit Offers A Roadmap Of Solutions For The Challenges Of 4IR, Fintech, Blockchain appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

openbusinesscouncil Summit Day 1 Recap: Frontier Technologies and Digital Transformation Solutions Lead The Way

Hernaldo Turrillo — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:42:53 +0000

· Learn how Digital Transformation, 4IR and Society 5.0 can be achieved from top ministers including Minister of Technology of Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and top industry leaders like Eric van der Kleij, former UK Smart Nation Director; Michael Stanley Jones from United Nations and Ben Goertzel, AI mastermind and others

· The openbusinesscouncil Summit starts on December 9-10, offering two days full of meaningful panels. Watch now on Dinis Guarda Youtube Channel.

The openbusinesscouncil summit started at 8.30am GMT and ran through to 18.00am GMT. The first panel featured Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Communications of Malaysia, and along Dinis Guarda, CEO and Founder of ztudium, Thought Leader & Influencer and Sanjay Aggarwal, Chairman & CEO at Paramount Communications Limited looked for an answer to one of the most incipient challenges of the ending year: “How can Governments & Businesses manage the Challenges of COVID-19 – Digital transformation 4IR, AI, Blockchain, FinTech?”

Live streaming from 5 different channels including YouTube, Facebook and Periscope, all 40+ speakers shared their insights about how 4IR and frontier tech is transforming the world as we know it in these times of COVID-19 uncertainties.

Here are some of major highlights from the day:

Tony Horrell, Chairman and CEO at Cranium Ventures, at the panel ‘Global Regulatory Government and Business – Fintech Ecosystem’: “What we are seeing now in the payment space is the perfect storm. We have a highly complex environment but regulation is not touching the right points. Here in Malaysia, for example, we have many different regulatory bodies and financial players that don’t talk to each other. What we need to build is an interoperable and a holistic framework that takes into account crypto payments, digital payments, fiat payments, etc and all players involved.”

Dr. Kiran Fernandes, Professor and Associate Dean Durham University UK at the panel ‘4IR: How Cities & Businesses can transform their infrastructure & supply chain with Society 5.0 AI Blockchain Sustainability frameworks?’: “We need to create a system that works bringing together the so-called triple helix: academia, industry and government. That is the only way to reach what Society 5.0 is meant to provide .”

The star panel ‘Technology, Blockchain, AI, Automation. What is the future?’ was the brochure to a packed day full of insights and solutions. Gathering together Ai-Da the robot creator Aidan Meller and Sophia the robot creator Ben Goertzel along with tech thought leader David Siegel and data analytics professor Jamal Ouenniche, this fireside left us some of the most interesting takeaways of the day:

David Siegel, Tech Thought Leader and Founder of Cutting Through the Noise said: “Whenever there is a new technology, it is not about the technology itself, but about the people who made it and how they are going to use it in the future. And in recent years, especially after Bitcoin and blockchain went mainstream, technology developers and creators must first go to a lawyer to see if they can invent that technology or not.”

Likewise, Ben Goertzel | Founder of SingularityNET commented about the future of AI: “We need to create an AI that serves us. We need to democratically lead AI development while fostering creativity and imagination. Those two aspects are key for the future of AI, especially as we are approaching Singularity.”

“There are two major trends dominating our collective brain: first one is about centralization funneled by companies, databases, power, economy, etc. And the other is the advent of decentralization. A movement that is born on the internet and fostered by new technologies like blockchain.”

Day-2 will feature some of keynote speakers, including Eric van der Kleij, Cofounder EdenBase.com, creator of Level39.co, former adviser to U.K. Prime Minister – Technation.io, Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of Technology Japan and Tina Jabeen, CEO and Founder of Startup Bangladesh in the panel “The Global Business & Startup digital and Tech landscape – Challenges and Opportunities?”

Providing solutions to businesses will be a key theme along the summit and the panel “The Global Business & Startup digital and Tech landscape – Challenges and Opportunities?” proves that. This panel will count with the presence of Oleksandr Bornyakov, “Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Ukraine”; Tina Jabeen, CEO & Founder of Bangladesh Startup CEO Founder; Tran Van Tung, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology Vietnam and Andrés Saborido, Managing Director at Wayra.

At last but not least, the 2-day event openbusinesscouncil summit will end with the ‘Future Governments & Cities: what Roads to Smart Sustainable, Accessibility + Inclusive society?’, a panel discussion key for the future implementation of technology, giving us a much needed ethical POV. The panel will be moderated by Debra Ruh, CEO and Founder of Ruh Global IMPACT, Human Potential at Work (HPAW) Talk Show Host and Co-Host of AXSChat and it will feature Maya Zuckerman, COO Luman; Richard Streitz, Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ruh Global IMPACT; Marco Robinson, Founder of NAKED technologies and Uriel Alvarado, Co-founder and CEO of Grupo BienAhora and BienFest.

About openbusinesscouncil summit

The openbusinesscouncil summit is a leading 2-day global virtual event that aims to strengthen businesses, startups and governments’ with digital transformation strategies and how to deal with the economic challenges and technology disruption arising from COVID-19.

From December 9 – 10, the leading global virtual event provides access to a unique roster of 100+ leading global speakers from over 30 countries and a direct reach of 10.000 participants and an indirect reach of around 10 million people.

The summit has a solid focus on businesses and governments’ digital transformation strategies, and it will provide a road map of solutions, covering opportunities of how to work and collaborate as governments, businesses, cities, citizens and nations move forward with 4IR – Society 5.0. The summit will provide an international business and brand exposure through our media partners.

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post openbusinesscouncil Summit Day 1 Recap: Frontier Technologies and Digital Transformation Solutions Lead The Way appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

Openbusinesscouncil Summit Is Live! Focusing on the Impact of Covid-19 and the Challenges of 4IR, Society 5.0, AI, Blockchain and FinTech

Hernaldo Turrillo — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:32:53 +0000

Openbusinesscouncil Summit Is Live Focusing On the Impact of Covid-19 and the Challenges of 4IR, Society 5.0, AI, Blockchain and FinTech

· From building Smart Cities to the role of 4IR technologies like blockchain, AI, IoT on the industries of tomorrow, openbusinesscouncil Summit offers a 3-day digital event packed with insights and solutions for all the challenges of our society.

· The openbusinesscouncil Summit starts on December 9-11, offering two days full of meaningful panels. Watch now on Dinis Guarda Youtube Channel.

Digital Transformation and 4IR are an unstoppable force of change. Businesses, nations and industries need to adapt to what this digital revolution offers. But there are many challenges and questions that need to be addressed, especially in these difficult times of global COVID-19 pandemic.

The openbusinesscouncil summit starts off at 8.30am GMT and runs through to 18.00am GMT on both December 9 and 10. The first panel features Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Communications of Malaysia, and along Dinis Guarda, CEO and Founder of ztudium, Thought Leader & Influencer and Sanjay Aggarwal, Chairman & CEO at Paramount Communications Limited will look for an answer to “How can Governments & Businesses manage the Challenges of COVID-19 – Digital transformation 4IR, AI, Blockchain, FinTech?”

The first day will close with the panel “Technology, Blockchain, AI, Automation. What is the future?”, with the insights of Ben Goertzel, Founder of SingularityNET; Aidan Meller; Creator of Ai-Da robot and Dr. Jamal Ouenniche, Professor and Chair in Business Analytics at the University of Edinburgh Business School.

Day-2 will feature some of keynote speakers, including Eric van der Kleij
Cofounder EdenBase.com, creator of Level39.co, former adviser to U.K. Prime Minister – Technation.io, Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of Technology Japan and Cato Ochi, Special Advisor to the State Minister, Business and political Consultant in the panel “The Global Business & Startup digital and Tech landscape – Challenges and Opportunities?”

Providing solutions to businesses will be a key theme along the summit and the panel “The Global Business & Startup digital and Tech landscape – Challenges and Opportunities?” proves that. This panel will count with the presence of Oleksandr Bornyakov, “Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Ukraine”; Tina Jabeen, CEO & Founder of Bangladesh Startup CEO Founder; Tran Van Tung, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology Vietnam and Andrés Saborido, Managing Director at Wayra.

Join us on from December, 9 on Dinis Guarda YouTube channel.

About openbusinesscouncil summit

The three-day summit provides access to a unique audience of 100+ leading global speakers from over 30 countries and a direct reach of 10.000 participants and an indirect reach digital streaming in social media that reaches around 10 million people. The participants include potential partners and clients, leading global thought leaders, entrepreneurs, startup organisations, accelerators, investors, authors and governments.

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post Openbusinesscouncil Summit Is Live! Focusing on the Impact of Covid-19 and the Challenges of 4IR, Society 5.0, AI, Blockchain and FinTech appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

openbusinesscouncil Summit To Lead The Conversation About Smart Cities, Data Governance And 4IR Technologies On December 9, 10

Hernaldo Turrillo — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 10:39:45 +0000

Smart cities are all about people and digital twins – creating digital avatars of the city – property, infrastructure & connections which transcend geography with data + governance, emotional architecture serving people, businesses. All the challenges and opportunities will be discussed in the upcoming event openbusinesscouncil summit on 9-10 December.

“Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life.” — Aristotle

Cities are all about people’s lives. Big social groups of people living and collaborating together. Whether you are in Hong Kong, London, Shangai, New York, Singapore, Tokyo or Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Barcelona. These cities offer the best in the world. Likewise, they are becoming more and more efficient serving many millions of people because of the adoption of smart technologies which is transforming them into smart cities.

And there is a need to have an open conversation about how to best deploy these technologies to serve the people they are meant to help. Experts, decision-makers, business, industries and citizens need to be part of that conversation, and the best and most efficient way to have that direct feedback is through the digital. openbusinesscouncil summit aims precisely to make that conversation take place by bringing together top experts and government officials.

A smart city is all about people and digital twins – creating digital avatars of the city – property, infrastructure & connections which transcend geography with data + governance, emotional architecture serving people, businesses.

Smart cities – The Fourth Industrial Revolution – 4IR are here to stay. There is no turning back. Because of its ubiquitous reach, 4IR technologies raise all kinds of concerns, but offer also a lot of solutions and nations have to adapt and change. 4IR will enable our society and power smart cities with AI, Blockchain, IOT.

Smart cities and 4IR technologies are the heartbeat of the XXI century we are living & creating:

· Smart cities enable better organisation of society, citizens, innovation, technology and data.

· Smart cities are the center of all operations and challenges and opportunities – society.

What makes smart cities?

Smart Cities are the heart of the beating of the best in the world and in the interstice of all challenges, innovation and concerns of humanity.

A smart city is the next stage of cities – intelligent human centric – sustainable – empowered by the 4IR that provides enormous possibilities for human growth through art, culture, social, architectural, economic, political, environmental, and scientific flowering with the optimal mix of nature, technology, humanity, and arts.

All cities will become smart cities. Particularly when it comes to organisation of society, citizens, innovation, technology and data, smart cities are the center of all operations and challenges and opportunities.

Smart cities, like the city states in the past, embed the highest hopes of humanity through the promise of harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) innovative technologies to improve lives and bring social harmony.

However, smart cities represent & can incarnate the challenges, fears of a dystopian ecosystem of over ‘controlled lives’ if not planned properly.

We are however in early stage of smart cities deployments so is up to citizens, each of us, businesses and governments to prepare, create best decisions, directions.

Smart cities are making society unfold in some kind of panopticon system, governed by the emergence and disruption coming out of AI, IoT, Blockchain + automated devices with augmented tools & software inherent to digital transformation systems.

Smart cities require planning and special strategy and efforts from all areas of society and economy.

Smart cities requires the collaboration of many strategic partners, leaders, and special citizens, businesses and government.

Smart cities are the main stage where 4IR technologies special AI, blockchain, IoT can change and improve cities, businesses government infrastructure, buildings and citizens needs!

Smart Cities: Main Challenges

To truly deploy technologies that empower and improve the lives of their inhabitants, smart cities need to take into consideration the following:

· A strategy and social economic and legal frame from government approved by citizens.

· A collaboration between all players: lawmakers, government organisations, universities, schools, companies and businesses, all citizens major groups represented.

· Smart cities need helicopter view data + technology infrastructure sustainable alignment combining policies, governance, business economic supply chain with identity, culture and requirements.

· Using urban planning IOT sensors to aggregate best systems + data that will be manages & expanded by AI, blockchain tech to improve the city operations, health, wellness, education, business, governance ecosystem(s).

“A smart city is an intelligent town that provides enormous possibilities for human growth through art, culture, social, architectural, economic, political, environmental, and scientific flowering with the optimal mix of nature, technology, humanity, and arts.” ― Amit Ray, Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

Smart cities have to be about creating opportunities for citizens, businesses, governments based on ethic, sustainable use of digital transformation tools.

Using the best of all 4IR – AI Blockchain IOT emerging technologies with driven data , policies + R&D strategies that increase the quality of life & a truly optimised human nature sustainable empowering ecosystem.

About openbusinesscouncil Summit

The openbusinesscouncil summit is a cutting-edge global virtual event over two days that aims to strengthen businesses, startups and government’s strategies. Gathering access to a unique audience of 100+ leading global speakers from over 30 countries, the openbusinesscouncil summit offers action plans to deal with the challenges arising from COVID-19 given all the economic and technology disruptions. With businesses and startups facing uncertain times, forecasts of a recession with a drop in sales and limited funding, this summit will kick off by addressing today’s most pressing challenges and identify what’s next for industry and businesses.

The two-day summit, on December 9-10, will provide access to an unique audience of potential partners and clients which include leading global thought leaders, entrepreneurs, startup organisations, accelerators, investors, authors and governments.

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post openbusinesscouncil Summit To Lead The Conversation About Smart Cities, Data Governance And 4IR Technologies On December 9, 10 appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

openbusinesscouncil Summit Panel: The Future Of Capital Markets, Digital Assets And ESG With 4IR, Blockchain And Society 5.0

Hernaldo Turrillo — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:19:07 +0000

The Future Of Capital Markets, Digital Assets And ESG With 4IR, Blockchain And Society 5.0 At openbusinesscouncil Summit

I look forward to discussing these topics with the esteemed panellists when I moderate the hour long panel on Capital markets, Digital Assets and ESG with 4IR, Blockchain and Society 5.0 at 15:45 GMT on 9 December at the openbusinesscouncil Summit.

By Hirander Misra, Chairman of GMEX Group & SECDEX Group

The cutting edge global virtual event that aims to strengthen businesses, startups and government, with strategies and action plans, to deal with the challenges arising from COVID-19. The summit will explore how the impact of COVID-19 can be addressed by harnessing the 4th Industrial Revolution underpinned by AI and Blockchain to build better solutions for digital transformation, resulting in the emergence of Society 5.0. Wisdom will be shared through a showcase of 20 Governments and 100+ Global Industry Speakers from over 30 countries with a direct reach of 10.000 participants and an indirect reach digital streaming in social media that reaches around 10 million people on the 9, 10 and 11 December 2020.

Capital markets future Fintech

Capital markets will go from analogue to digital harnessing the true power of blockchain and digital assets. The key challenge is how organisations grapple with this change in a way that preserves traditional business but also creates new digital business opportunities. With this backdrop we see B2B and B2C business models converging, which is demonstrated both by the DBS Bank move into launching digital custody and a digital assets exchange in Singapore, as well as PayPal offering cryptocurrencies to its client base.

The real challenge is to optimise retail and wholesale activity in capital markets using the best facets of both centralised and decentralised technology and services. Banks are increasingly taking up digital assets, both on the wholesale and retail side, as well as developing digital custodial services with cryptocurrencies gaining the most traction and security tokens predicted to follow. Digital currencies and alternative forms of digital assets, with seamless smart contract driven cross border exchange between them and their exchange with goods and services, will result in less frictional cost and more efficiency. This presents opportunities to unlock the value of new asset classes in a way that democratises their access to the general public on equal terms to institutional investors.

Some of the topics we will discuss at the panel: Capital markets, Digital Assets and ESG with 4IR, Blockchain and Society 5.0 at 15:45 GMT on 9 December at the Open Business Council Summit

· What will be the key capital markets trends in 2021 leveraging future Fintech?

· How will capital markets go from analogue to digital harnessing the true power of blockchain and digital assets?

· Will there be a convergence of blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI), with smart contracts getting smarter?

· How will capital markets fragmentation be addressed in traditional finance and new digital finance given the need for traditional infrastructure and multiple blockchains to coexist?

· How will centralised and decentralised finance (DeFI) intersect?

· How is ESG is being utilised effectively in investment management leveraging Fintech?

· How will we move from the 4^th Industrial Revolution (4IR) to ‘Society 5.0’?

4IR and Society 5.0

The advent of new technologies, including Blockchain, AI, Internet of Things (IoT) and Quantum computing, is greater than ever before enabled by an increase in cloud computing. There will be greater convergence of these technologies (e.g. blockchain smart contracts driven by data and AI) to foster the 4IR and a transition to Society 5.0. This will lead to greater opportunities not just for governments and institutions, but also for the individual, fuelling an Internet of People (IoP) rather than merely an IoT.

New technologies, ensuring user control over their information and data, will give governments and their citizens’ ownership over the digital information they create and the economic value that derives from it. This will help achieve Society 5.0’s goals for the use of technology to lead to a better society aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Positive social impact will ensue in Infrastructure, Fintech (including blockchain), Healthcare, Logistics and AI.

Watch the full panel at openbusinesscouncil summit at 15:45 GMT on 9 December

Democratised social impact

Many old-world solutions are being passed off as game changing blockchain enabled digital asset plays. As those in the market who could really benefit get increasingly savvy, the hype that is being marketed by some will see the cold light of reality. This presents an opportunity for those that can truly harness the power of blockchain enabled digital assets to create tomorrow’s unicorns like the internet revolution did for some firms, but with a wider degree of democratisation beyond just corporate benefit.

This approach will not only be the Fintech future of financial markets, but will also be as positively disruptive as the internet was overall, but in a capital markets context which has wider social impact and financial inclusion.

Watch the full panel at openbusinesscouncil summit at 15:45 GMT on 9 December

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post openbusinesscouncil Summit Panel: The Future Of Capital Markets, Digital Assets And ESG With 4IR, Blockchain And Society 5.0 appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

Digital Transformation openbusinesscouncil Summit To Offer A Masterclass On 4IR Tech Solutions and The Future Of Blockchain And Crypto

Hernaldo Turrillo — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:10:30 +0000

Delve into the future of business and finance at the openbusinesscouncil Summit Masterclass Day. The masterclass will take place on day 3 of the openbusinesscouncil summit led by mentors Babak Behboudi, CEO of Synchronium, a blockchain ecosystem framework to accelerate innovation, and Dinis Guarda, Founder and CEO of openbusinesscouncil.org and ztudium on 4IR Tech solutions for businesses and the future of crypto and DeFi, along with other experts.

The 4IR is disrupting every sector and industry, and all the businesses within them. From AI to blockchain, the digital has become the new normal and with it comes many challenges: how to gather and use data smartly, boost productivity, improve legacy systems, deploy better cybersecurity systems… Dinis Guarda, a serial entrepreneur and author, will provide you with invaluable insights about how to embrace all that 4IR can offer, including blockchain, AI, IoT, Fintech solutions.

Likewise, the financial system is going through deep changes. Blockchain and Crypto are opening opportunities to create fairer and more transparent finance for all. But they also come with their challenges. Join serial entrepreneur and innovator Babak Behboudi and learn the latest trends in crypto, including the next big thing: DeFi.

This Masterclass will be the final brochure to 3 days of a global digital event. The three-day summit provides access to a unique audience of 100+ leading global speakers from over 30 countries and a direct reach of 10.000 participants and an indirect reach digital streaming in social media that reaches around 10 million people. The participants include potential partners and clients, leading global thought leaders, entrepreneurs, startup organisations, accelerators, investors, authors and governments.

Masterclass: 4IR: Blockchain, Fintech, AI by Dinis Guarda

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres, collectively referred to as cyber-physical systems. Over the past decade, a number of important technologies such as AI, Blockchain, Fintech, IoT evolved so quickly that they became the core drivers around which we govern our lives. How are the 4IR and its technologies impacting businesses and governments, and how should these prepare for its inherent opportunities but also challenges? And how to apply these new emergent technologies in your project/business/organization in a simple and effective way?

Dinis Guarda, founder of openbusinesscouncil.org citiesabc.com and leading personality on 4IR, AI, blockchain and smart cities, the curator of the event says: “With businesses and startups facing uncertain times, a recession, drop in sales, and limited funding, the openbusinesscouncil summit will address today’s most pressing challenges with digital transformation solutions and what’s next for industries, cities, governments and businesses.”

Masterclass: 4IR: Blockchain, Fintech, AI by Dinis Guarda

Masterclass: Cryptocurrencies, DeFi – Trading & Investment – by Babak Behboudi

One area in the cryptocurrency market attracting huge attention is DeFi or Decentralized finance. This refers to an experimental form of finance that does not rely on central financial intermediaries and instead utilizes blockchains. As DeFi apps are still in early stages, investors and traders face many unknowns: Is investing in DeFi safe? How do I make money with DeFi? When will DeFi go mainstream?

Synchronium CEO Babak Behboudi said about blockchain and crypto: “The main challenges I have seen are regarding regulation and culture. Regulators move very slowly when it comes to financing and new technologies as disruptive as this one. But even more challenging is corporate culture, companies are really reluctant to develop and implement new processes or new solutions if it modifies the ones they have in place. They fear risking breaking things that work, even if that means that their processes can be upgraded and improved greatly. And to change that, what we need to do is to change our mindset to this new technology first and then show them all they are missing by not adopting, or at least researching about it.”

Masterclass: Cryptocurrencies, DeFi – Trading & Investment – by Babak Behboudi

About openbusinesscouncil Summit

The openbusinesscouncil summit program includes leading speakers, VCs and entrepreneurs in Digital transformation, AI, Blockchain, COVID19 Impact, Smart Cities, Automation, Fintech, Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Corporate Innovation, and more.

The program offers keynote and panels with speakers, Ministers and representatives of European Union, Malaysia, Pakistan, Mauritius, Portugal, Scotland, UK, World Smart City Forum with global influencers and academics such as Debra Ruh, Yu Xiong, Antonio Santos, Efi Pylarinou, representatives from InvestHK, MDEC, UNESCO, Tencent, Siemens, SOSV, Hyundai, Deloitte, and many of the biggest VCs, Fintechs and the fastest-growing startups.

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post Digital Transformation openbusinesscouncil Summit To Offer A Masterclass On 4IR Tech Solutions and The Future Of Blockchain And Crypto appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.

Digital Transformation Openbusinesscouncil Summit Partners With Blockchain Ecosystem Framework Synchronium To Offer A Leading 4IR, AI, Blockchain Global Event

Hernaldo Turrillo — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:43:30 +0000

Digital Transformation Openbusinesscouncil Summit Partners With Blockchain Ecosystem Framework Synchronium To Offer A Leading 4IR, AI, Blockchain Global Event

Digital Transformation openbusinesscouncil summit partners with blockchain ecosystem framework Synchronium to offer a leading 4IR, AI, Blockchain global event, including 30+ speakers and governments officials like Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy of Japan; Som Parkash, Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Communications of Malaysia, among others.

openbussinesscouncil summit, created by the Leading Global Digital Business Directory openbusinesscouncil.org, announced a strategic partnership with Synchronium, a blockchain ecosystem framework to accelerate innovation, and SynchroBits Hybrid Exchange, the World’s First “Multipurpose Hybrid P2P Digital Assets Trading Platform” have announced a global strategic partnership that aims to provide digital transformation strategies and solutions to SMEs, businesses and startups worldwide.

Digital Transformation December Openbusinesscouncil Summit Focuses on the Impact of Covid-19 and the Challenges of 4IR, Society 5.0, AI, Blockchain and FinTech.

openbusinesscouncil summit showcases 20 Governments and 100+ Global Industry Speakers on the 9 & 10 December 2020, with a special masterclass taking place on December 11. It aims to reflect how to build better solutions in an environment impacted by Coronavirus.

The openbusinesscouncil summit is a leading 3-day global virtual event that aims to strengthen businesses, startups and governments’ with digital transformation strategies and how to deal with the economic challenges and technology disruption arising from COVID-19. Some of the governments confirmed are Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy of Japan; Som Parkash, Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry, Government of India; Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Communications of Malaysia.

The partnership between openbussinesscouncil summit by open business platform -part of ztudium group- and Synchronium will accelerate that global vision by deploying the potential of blockchain based platforms of openbusinesscouncil.org and Synchronium.

Synchronium has designed a progressive ecosystem framework to accelerate the future. This ecosystem contains both independent participation from freelancers, developers, and individual investors in addition to the participation and partnership of SMEs, startups and large enterprises around the world.

Synchronium’s ecosystem is based on 3 pillars. SynchroSphere platform startups provide the technological backbone to all Synchronium businesses; SynchroCenter hubs synchronize the global activities of their distributed teams around the world and InnovaNetwork develops their innovation centers and acetate the local and global startups. These 3 pillars make their business model a unique one, which is based on decentralization and global distribution.

In a recent interview for Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube series, Synchronium CEO Babak Behboudi said about blockchain adoption and businesses: “The main challenges I have seen are regarding regulation and culture. Regulators move very slowly when it comes to finance and new technologies as disruptive as this one. But even more challenging is corporate culture, companies are really reluctant to develop and implement new processes or new solutions if it modifies the ones they have in place. They fear risking breaking things that work, even if that means that their processes can be upgraded and improved greatly. And to change that, what we need to do is to change our mindset to this new technology first and then show them all they are missing by not adopting, or at least researching about it.”

On the other hand, Dinis Guarda, Founder & Chairman of openbusinesscouncil.org, part of ztudium group, commented about blockchain and digital transformation for businesses: “Blockchain is, by the end of the day, a decentralised and distributed database. What are then its strengths? A decentralised ledger of transactional data presents numerous operational benefits. These are for example the lower cost of ownership, its secure encryption and tamper-proof capabilities. It also provides reduced storage costs and operational efficiency accessible worldwide. The storage is distributed and not centralised. It also facilitates information sharing in a transparent way and it provides a platform for Big Data and Analytics projects that is decentralized. Finally, it integrates accounting into the transaction record itself. There is no doubt businesses will benefit greatly from blockchain.

About the openbusinesscouncil summit

From the 100+ speakers and organisations involved on other panels we highlight these personalities:

– Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy of Japan

– Som Parkash, Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry, Government of India

– Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Communications of Malaysia

· Tran Van Tung – Deputy Minister of Science & Tech Vietnam

· Oleksandr Bornyakov – Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Ukraine

· Eric van der Kleij – Cofounder EdenBase.com, creator of Level39.co, former UK Smart Nation Director and Advisor to UK Prime Minister

· Michael Stanley Jones – Programme Management Officer at United Nations

· Ben Goertzel – CEO Founder of SingularityNET, Chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society, the OpenCog

· Dr. Renganaden Padayachy – Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Republic of Mauritius

· Syed Junaid Imam – Member of Ministry Of IT & Telecom Government Of Pakistan,

· Jaewon Peter Chun – President at World Smart Cities Forum

· Jayne Chan – The Government of the Hong Kong SAR

· Khalid Saad – Board Member Bahrain Chapter Oqal Angel Investors

· Nameer Khan – Chairman and Founding Board Member MENA FinTech Association

· Edwin Diender – CDxO and Vice President, Government & Public Sector, Global Government Business Unit of Huawei Enterprise

· Dr. Ricardo Greenfield – EurA Director

The openbusinesscouncil summit openbusinesscouncil is a Leading Global Digital Business Directory Certification and Marketplace.

openbusinesscouncil has released the following videos and documentaries in the last few weeks.

Digital Transformation openbusinesscouncil.org/summit Impact of Covid19 Challenges 4IR Society 5.0 AI #obcsummit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkjMwlNVhf0&t=4s

About Synchronium

SYNCHRONIUM has designed a progressive ecosystem framework to accelerate the future. This ecosystem contains both independent participation from freelancers, developers, and individual investors in addition to the participation and partnership of SMEs, startups and large enterprises around the world.

As the global CEO, Babak Behboudi said: “Our key differencing advantage is our well-designed ecosystem since the beginning of our long and challenging way forward. We have designed an innovative ecosystem for technological and entrepreneurial innovations, startups, and cooperation that connects people, ideas, and innovations to maximize their collaborations in solving the problems, overcoming the challenges, and improving their performance.”

Hernaldo Turrillo

The post Digital Transformation Openbusinesscouncil Summit Partners With Blockchain Ecosystem Framework Synchronium To Offer A Leading 4IR, AI, Blockchain Global Event appeared first on OpenBusinessCouncil Directory.