Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Global Telecom Women’s Network (GTWN) agship publication, The Mobile Century: Life and Work in the Digital Era (TMC). This year, in recognition of the continuing evolution of the digital age, we decided to explore how digital technology in all of its forms is…
EDNA CONWAY Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain, Cisco We used to only imagine a world where connected “things” talk to, listen to, and observe all of us. For example, biometric data compiling real-time as we eat, sleep, and go about our lives in order to provide us with better…
SANDRINE MURCIA CEO and Co-Founder, Cosmian The latest, state-of-the-art cryptographic technologies are poised to become our next best friends to protect our personal data. While allowing the data economy to thrive without compromising our privacy. For about a year now, there has not been a single week without news of…
MARY PATTERSON CLARK Chief Product Officer and CMO, Synchronoss Consumers increasingly want the ability to access all aspects of their digital life anywhere and anytime. They also want the simple, easy-to-use experience now made ubiquitous by Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Net ix and Google (FAANG). These companies, which have grown up…
MICHELE MERRELL President, Merrell Consulting Group, North America President of GTWN For all the benefits of the fourth industrial revolution, the age of the Internet and big data, most of us are faced with an inability to adequately prevent eSecurity breaches that seem to occur on a daily basis, despite…
LAUREEN R COOK Executive TMT Adviser, Extelcon 2G/GSM gave us digital voice on a global scale, 3G gave us additional capacity with a taste of mobile data, and 4G brought a transformation in network topology from circuit switched to IP based, allowing basic commercial IoT applications to become a reality.…
DR LEA LAHNSTEIN Cross-Cutting Co-ordinator, Genomics England Clinical Interpretation Partnership The UK has sequenced 100,000 whole genomes in the National Health Service Collectively revolutionising medical practice and research, whole genome sequences are a resource that keeps on giving. Initially collected for patients and their clinical care, their digital nature makes…
KATE MCKENZIE CEO, Chorus Fixed and mobile network operators around the world are facing an ever- increasing demand by their customers for more data. This growth is largely due to a changing digital culture and a switch from voice to video, the growth in online video gaming, as well as…
LAURA KUSUMOTO Former Director Technology Innovation Enablement, Disney Parks & Resorts Not long ago, the sight of someone out in public speaking aloud – to no one in particular – aroused concerns that the person was delusional, talking to an imaginary friend or foe. Today it is common for phone…
KACIFIC Six years ago, a number of GTWN International Board Members including Bridget Cosgrave, Candace Johnson, Vicki MacLeod, Sallye Clark, and Walda Roseman came together with Women Executives in the Pacific Islands. amongst others Ellen Strickland, the then President of the Pacific Internet Society and Anne Matson from New Zealand,…
SES-IMAGOTAG Thierry Gadou, Chairman and CEO of SES-imagotag SES-imagotag is creating a digital future for retail thanks to the application of Cloud and IoT technologies. The global leader in electronic labelling and digital solutions for physical commerce has recently entered into a partnership with Microsoft with the objective of developing…
DR MICHELLE ZIMMERMAN Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, Renton Prep, Seattle USA CULTURE: WHAT IT CREATES There is something beautiful at the intersection of culture, tradition, creativity and humanity that some fear will be lost as AI becomes more prominent. There are parents and educators who are concerned about the rise…
DR VIVIAN CHAN Co-Founder and CEO, Sparrho Scientific discovery is central to our everyday lives; it engineered the crops used to make our morning breakfast and created the technology on which you’re reading this. Science, at its core, is simple: it’s about exploring the world and understanding how it works.…
