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With Concepcin Galdn (Dir. Social Innovation, IE University) & Lolita Taub (Investor, Portfolia).
Wed, Mar 14, 2018 @ 07:00 PM   FREE   SAP Next Gen Leonardo Center, 10 Hudson Yards
 
     
 
 
              

      
 
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Is technology taking away key elements of our humanity? Are we losing our empathic touch to the efficiency & reliability of algorithms? Many people struggle with these questions while, on the very contrary, technology has the potential to make as more humane than ever. Putting people at the center of technical advances, we can let machines do what we were never well equipped for. Thus freeing our time & energy to focus on creativity, compassion, & innovation; core human values. For example, the unprecedented technological progress we're experimenting is an invaluable tool to confront prevalent issues such as poverty, lack of access to health care & education or climate change. In this session, we will discuss the role of human core elements in the face of technology & examples of how technology is being used to enhance people skills rather than eliminate them.
After the workshop, Professor Galdn will be joined by IE alumna Lolita Taub in a fireside chat on the topic.

About The Speakers
Concepcin Galdn
Concepcin Galdn is IE University's Social Innovation Director/Academic Lead. At IE she has the mandate to promote Social Innovation academic content across Schools & Programs, encourage more research in Social Innovation & reach out to organizations & partners interested in Social Innovation. Concepcin is also President of the social Venture Puentes Global, which she co-founded in 2009. Shes a member of Ashoka Spain's Venture Board & of the board of Harvard Kennedy School Spain Alumni Network.

Concepcin is an Economist by Universidad Autnoma de Madrid. She holds a Master in Public Administration & International Development by Harvard Kennedy School. Concepcin holds a PhD in International Economy & Development by Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Her PhD research focuses on the use of technology in social entrepreneurship. She has published papers in peer-reviewed journals & chapters in books. She writes contributions for mass media regularly & is a speaker at international conferences.
Her past professional experience includes the foundation of an NGO, UN's Procurement Service, Santander Bank's Latin America Division & Liberia's Government under Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Nobel Peace Prize 2011.

Lolita Taub
Lolita Taub is a TEDx speaker & keynote, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, an artificial intelligence enthusiast, & an enterprise tech professional & investor at Portfolia.

She holds 9 years of enterprise B2B software-hardware-and-services sales experience at IBM, Cisco Systems, & in Silicon Valley. Lolita has been recognized for her work on Forbescom, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com, & Los Angeles Times, among other publications.

 
 
 
 
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