[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Think Tank For women in Business & Technology” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%235fbab0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”10px” responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_column_text]
Raising women’s socioeconomic status through the application of technology.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”25px” responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_custom_heading text=”October 28th Conference Announcement” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”20px” responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_column_text]After an incredibly well-received inaugural Think Tank session with close to 500 live attendees, we’re now preparing for our second round. As of this writing on 25th of September, we’ve had nearly 6,000 expressions of interest from professionals of diverse backgrounds rooting for and supporting the movement.
Our aim is to raise women’s socioeconomic status through the application of technology, which brings me directly to the theme of our second conference: [/vc_column_text][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”20px” responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”30px” responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOHMZxes5qA&feature=emb_title”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”3265″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”30″ responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_custom_heading text=”Growth vs Impact, Could a Female Perspective Save the Future of Our Economy?” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%235fbab0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”30″ responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_column_text]Some time ago I read a book entitled “The Price of Tomorrow”, by Jeff Booth, which resonated with me and I believe that it ties in well with my argument for having women in the forefront of decision making in business and technology. The book essentially argues that the nature of digital technology is deflationary, but our current economic systems have been built for a pre-digital era with an obsession with growth. In other words, we are living in an inflationary economy with deflationary technology. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598868334821{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”15″ responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_column_text]In my book, Career Fear, I also warned against challenges ahead resulting from the winner-take-all nature of the digital economy, and I referenced MIT professor Erick Brynjolfsson who has done great work and research in this area. The takeaway lesson from all this seems to be that our past few decades rate of growth is no longer sustainable which explains why we are now facing a crisis of job losses and an impending social breakdown. You may also be interested in reading my in-depth article on Covid19 and the Future of Business, Economy, and Democracy, where I talk about how Covid19 has accelerated a trend that had already started.
In particular, in that article, I mentioned the biggest threat posed to the middle classes as we are likely to see this entire portion of the society disappear should the digital economy grow at an increasing speed. If we think of the formation of the middle classes as the era of the great nap, we seem to be coming to the end of this era. 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full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3290″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”That’s where women comen in!” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”20″ responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_column_text]I’ve spoken to a number of Think Tank members from a variety of background who pointed out that the obsessive growth-driven approach to business and economy is very much male-oriented, and that in their experience they felt that female entrepreneurs tended to be more focused on impact. The overall impression I got was that in numerous cases, although female-led businesses made more money in the long run, the rate of growth was not always as explosive and astronomical as their male counterparts in the short run. Of course, But anecdotes are not enough and we are calling for contributors with sold data and insights into this hypothesis. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598868334821{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Call for Contributors” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%235fbab0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”20″ responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_column_text]So, given the current economic crisis that we are all facing, it seems apt to focus on this topic for our October conference. Whether you agree or disagree with this hypothesis, please share your thoughts and if you feel you have something interesting to add to the panel, please submit your proposal below. We aim to have 9 speakers in this round so we can have more time for interaction and Q&A and another announcement.
The way that these conferences work is collaborative and the content will evolve right up to the last week before the conference. Please bear in mind that anything I say here is just a suggestion to open a conversation, it’s not an assertion of absolute facts. We are thinking together and brainstorming to create a world that is more balanced as we bring in more female perspective to the table. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][wgl_spacing spacer_size=”40″ responsive_desktop=”true” responsive_tablet=”true” responsive_mobile=”true”][vc_single_image image=”3294″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Format” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]The format of the conference is that each guest has three minutes to make their case. This was very popular last time and viewers found it interesting and engaging. The speakers will then get a chance to answer questions and further engage with the audience. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Who should be on the panel?” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%235fbab0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]
We are open professionals with a strong background in any of the ten areas of focus of this movement, namely:
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We want you to answer the following question from the perspective of your industry and your experience, in three minutes:
- How do you see women being able to bring a new perspective and approach to your industry and what would the overall impact be on
the economy and society at large?
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Somi Arian” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Somi Arian is a tech philosopher, multi-award-winning filmmaker, author, entrepreneur, and a LinkedIn-Top-Voice in the UK. Somi is researching women’s socioeconomic position in society and why, historically, women have been held back in science, technology, and the business landscape and how to change this narrative. This is why she started this Think Tank.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3339″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Prof. Alessandra Cassar” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Alessandra Cassar is Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, where she directs the M.S. in International and Development Economics. She uses both field and laboratory experiments to study individual’s behaviour. Her work shows that women are as competitive as men, once the elements that matter to women are included in the analysis. She argues that to reach equality in labor markets we should change the system of incentives, not the women.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3308″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Christophe Georges” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Christophe Georges is the President and CEO of Bentley Americas. Christophe is leading the brand in the Americas, which remains Bentley’s largest market. The automotive veteran was appointed President & COO of Bentley Motors Inc. in 2007, after serving as the Regional Director Europe for Bentley Motors Limited, where he was responsible for a twenty-fold increase in sales.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3329″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Cobey Flynn” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Cobey Flynn is a multi-award-winning Innovation Marketer who has launched over 30 brands from incubator to national/global launch. She is the Global Vice President of United Mint Campus, where she replaced classrooms with Project Incubators — dynamic co-working spaces where students work on real industry projects. Mentoring innovators at multinationals and startups on new-to-world product strategies, Cobey finds that women in business do more with less.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3312″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Ramona Liberoff” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Ramona Liberoff is an Investor, Advisor and Founder based in Berlin. Ramona is currently working on solutions to critical, hard to fund SDGs in emerging markets. She believes that the Sustainable Development Goals is a list of what the world must do-and must fund-for a prosperous, equitable future.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3314″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Samar Shams” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Samar Shams is a Partner at Spencer West LLP with experience working in traditional and non-traditional law firms. Based in the United Kingdom Samar raises issues of indirect discrimination against women in immigration rules, in particular, to sponsoring migrant women workers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3315″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Kim Meltzer” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Kim Meltzer is an Esports Industry Speaker, Experiential Event Producer, Player Experience, and Travel & Hospitality Guru as well as an Esports Mom based in California. Having been in the Corporate entertainment and Esports industry for 25 years, Kim is in a unique place to discuss the impact of the digital economy on women.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3316″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Michael O’Toole” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Michael O’Toole is the founder and Managing Director of CareerDrive and served as a Tech MD at Morgan Stanley for 15 years. Michael’s focus has been leading mission-critical and large complex programs. Michael observes that women are sometimes given the advice to look at being webmasters or support staff but he believes there are much bigger opportunities for women.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3317″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rita Kakati-Shah” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Rita Kakati-Shah is an award-winning, gender, diversity, inclusion, and career strategist. Based in New York Rita is the Founder and CEO of Uma, an international platform that partners with organizations to attract, retain, and develop women and minorities in the workforce. Rita believes that increasing women’s influence is better for the global economy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3318″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sarah Hammond” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Sarah Hammond is a Business Owner/President, Director, Co-Owner, and Investor. Sarah is also a Speaker based in Texas. Being a CEO in a male-dominated industry, Sarah will give us an insight into how she worked through the challenges and shifts in the business world.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Panel – Part 2″ font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3319″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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Joti Balani is Founder and Managing Director of Freshriver.ai, a leading Enterprise Conversational AI & Data science consultancy. She has developed Conversational AI & Data Science frameworks and executed them at Enterprises including Lowe’s, Citigroup, American Red Cross, Google and Verizon to name a few over the last few years. She also leads strategy & design at Open Voice Network (Linux foundation funded) and Women in Voice/NJ chapter, both global non-profits looking to build the next generation of emotionally intelligent talent, design and user trust in the Conversational AI space.
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Christine MacKay” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f1a5ae” google_fonts=”font_family:Bowlby%20One%20SC%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Christine Mackay is a Founder of Animation Studios in Eton & Dundee. Christine is a woman working in animation, which is a male-dominated industry. Her team of very talented creatives is the majority female including at the senior level. Christine observes that women have the ambition to gain leadership roles in animation but the culture preempts progress in this industry.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1598827599246{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1586360962025{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”3326″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]
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Joshua Meredith, J.D. is the Direct of Career Advising and Technology at Yeshiva University. He also teaches Ethics at Yeshiva, Georgetown University, and Muhlenberg College, in addition to being the Chair of Hoya Hacks, the Georgetown University Hackathon. He maintains an interest in technology education and helping woman achieve equality.
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