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.…

DR HEATHER E. HUDSON Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco and Af liate Professor and former Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Alaska Anchorage THE PROMISE OF 5G Fifth generation (5G) mobile wireless is being touted not only as the next stage…

JULIETTE NEU CEO and Co-Founder, Cingeto I am an anthropologist with a background in both applied cultural anthropology and anthropological archaeology and I work in the space, aerospace, and innovative tech sectors. On the face of it, anthropology and technology seem to be two disparate fields. Yet, when combined, anthropology…

CARLA CICO Member of the Board, Allegion The digital revolution has hit many companies hard and has forced them, regardless of the industry or the location, to make the changes necessary to learn not only how to survive in the new environment, riding the digital wave, but also to take…

VICTORIA HERNANDEZ Rising Tide Europe 3, Head of the Investment Committee There is a growing trend to believe that the future of cash is limited, with a number of developed countries stating their intention to become fully cashless within a few years. This seems like an inevitable consequence of digitalisation…

Media Duemila Among daily news about innovations in our non-stop collective creativity, two ground- breaking engineering concepts herald the new digital transformation.…

VICKI MACLEOD Secretary-General, GTWN Digital culture is the interface between human beings, societies and digital technology. It can be seen as the natural progression of human cultures as every aspect of society and economy is transformed and reinvented by the integration of a digital platform.…

VICKY SLEIGHT FRSA Chief Perfect Officer, Perfect Ltd & Senior Advisor Diversity & Inclusion It’s a fact that we are in the midst of a new industrial revolution and indeed a societal shift. Now more than ever, leaders are under increasing pressure to come up with innovative solutions to an…

LYNN ST.AMOUR Chair of the UN Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Advisory Group (IGF-MAG) A contribution of the World Economic Forum’s System Initiative on Digital Economy and Society, introduced by Lynn St Amour, Chair, UN Internet Governance Forum Multistakeholder Group and Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s System Initiative on Digital…