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SAVE THE DATE! Our very first event in 2025! 🚀 As the digital world rapidly advances, how can Geneva remain competitive on the global stage? Should the city prioritise technical skills in coding and data science, or should it focus on strengthening its expertise in digital ethics, policy, and regulatory knowledge? Join us for the 2nd Annual Innovation Debate, hosted by the Center for Innovation & Partnerships, in collaboration with Giga and Geneva Innovation Movement Association. Leading experts will engage in a lively discussion and share their perspectives on Geneva’s digital future. Event details: 🗓️ Wednesday, January 8 2025, at 17:00 CET 📍 Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland 👉 Learn more and click here to register: https://lnkd.in/eAAcK5VA #InnovationDebate #DigitalTransformation #Geneva

Heading to the 2024 #BuildingBridges24 Action Days this week? Don’t miss the chance to hear from Giga’s Irene Kaggwa, highlighting ways in which connectivity challenges and the digital divide can be addressed through investments in the digital infrastructure. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e2QcNVC4 #ConnectEverySchool

Happening this week! Our Giga co-lead, christopher fabian will be speaking at #BuildingBridges2024 this Thursday, 12 December at 3.30 PM CET in Geneva. Together with #web3 and #blockchain industry leaders, we will discuss the transformative potential of blockchain, including its cutting-edge applications, challenges, and future trends, highlighting real-world use cases. Speakers on the panel: Sheraz Ahmed (STORM Partners), Milko Hensel (Maerki Baumann & Co. AG), Paul Bureau (DELUBAC & CIE), Aliya Das Gupta (Sygnum Bank) and Felix Simon (Incore). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e2QcNVC4 #TechForGood #ConnectEverySchool

✨ November was a month full of activities for the #EMAI programme! On the 28th, we had the pleasure of hosting colleagues from Giga, one of our Associated Partners ➡️ "Giga is a UNICEF-ITU initiative to connect every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity and choice." Together, the EMAI programme and Giga strive to foster innovation and develop AI-driven solutions that tackle critical global challenges, particularly in enhancing connectivity and access to quality education worldwide. During the event, we engaged in discussions about the research opportunities Giga offers to EMAI students. A special thanks to the speakers for their inspiring presentations: ✅ Introduction to Giga - Naroa Zurutuza ✅ Human-In-The-Loop Construction of Decision Tree Classifiers with Parallel Coordinates - Prof. Vladimir Estivill-Castro, PhD ✅ Large-scale School Mapping using AI and Satellite Images - Isabelle T. ✅ AI in remote sensing: the EO-NeRF example - Roger Marí ✅ Combinatorial Optimization in Technology Planning - Ivan Dotu We look forward to seeing future developments! Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona | EnginyEria UPF | Radboud University | University of Ljubljana | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science | Sapienza Università di Roma #connectivity #collaboration #partnerships #associatedpartners #research #masterthesis #thesis #AI #ErasmusMundus #internationaled  #Engineering #ComputerScience #datascience #robotics #EUprojects #cybersecurity #decisionmaking #EuropeanCommission #highereducation #internationalisation #ArtificialIntelligence #EU #EuropeanUnion #ErasmusPlus #EUFunded #Highered

🚀 What happens when humans and robots debate the future of Geneva? 💫 Find out at the 2nd Annual Innovation Debate! 🌟 Our most popular event is here, and it’s bigger and bolder than ever! 🗓️ 8th January 2025 @ 17:00 | 📍 Campus Biotech, Geneva, in collaboration with the Center for Innovation & Partnerships and Giga. This year, we’re pushing the boundaries of innovation—literally! Meet 🤖 Nadine, the remarkable social robot from Miralab (University of Geneva), who will join top industry leaders in debating the motion: "Geneva’s strength in the next decade will be enhanced by fostering technological expertise, coding, and data science skills rather than prioritizing digital ethics, policy, and regulatory knowledge." 👀 Curious about what the high-profile panel and a robot think about the future of Geneva’s workforce? The insights might surprise you! 👥 Why Attend? 🔹Hear from senior managers from across public, private and international organizations 🔹Participate in a live audience vote and Q&A session. 🔹Network with Geneva’s innovation community over a relaxed apéro. 📌 The Debate is organized as following: 🎤 Prof. Dr. Tina Ambos (UNIGE) - Welcome & moderation of the event 🎤 Alex Wong (ITU - Giga) - Introduction of Giga 🎤 Lisa Meng (UNICEF - Giga) - Presentation of the Motion 🎤 Deborah Mattatia (KollectiveLabs) - Speaking for the Motion 🎤 Alexandre Robert-Tissot(ART Computer) - Speaking for the Motion 🎤 Carmen Hett (UNHCR) - Speaking against the Motion 🎤 Sebastian Buckup (WEF) - Speaking against the Motion 🎤 Discussant: Prof. Dr. Diego Kuonen (UNIGE) 🤖 With input from Nadine, Social Robot Miralab (UNIGE) 🎟️ Free Registration Required – Secure your spot now! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dK8NFSbg 💡 Let’s shape Geneva’s digital future together! Share your thoughts below: Should Geneva prioritize technical skills or digital ethics in the next decade? Comment your perspective! 👇 #GenevaInnovationMovement #InnovationDebate #AI #DigitalTransformation #InnovationLeadership Katherine Tatarinov Iris Dieleman Ane Casajús-Burutaran Lisa Canova ANTONIA LOMER (安杜林) Adriana De Oro (she/her) Nan Buzard Susanna Swann Michael Moller Corinne Momal-Vanian Elina Viitaniemi Yannick Heiniger Corinne Avakian Aildrene Israel Tan Vivien Gyuris Charlotte Arribe

Connecting every school to the Internet is a monumental challenge that until recently no one had dared to tackle—in part because not all countries can even pin down the locations of all their schools. But a new joint initiative from the International Telecommunication Union and UNICEF seeks to fill that gap. Dubbed Giga, the Geneva-based program has undertaken an ambitious mission to map and link up 6 million schools worldwide that are still offline by 2030. Read the IEEE Spectrum’s feature story on Giga — its mission, innovative work and tools to connect schools: https://lnkd.in/gAfxD4nU #ConnectEverySchool

💡Be part of the 2nd Annual “Innovation Debate”, moderated by GSEM Professor Tina Ambos and featuring industry leaders. The debate will take place on 8 January, 2025, at Campus Biotech and will explore whether Geneva should prioritize technical skills like coding and data science or focus on strengthening its expertise in digital ethics, policy, and regulatory knowledge. > For more information and to register: https://lnkd.in/eAAcK5VA #GSEM #GenevaAdvantage #Management #Innovation Université de Genève Giga Geneva Innovation Movement Association Campus Biotech

✨ Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. This week at Tech Spirit Barcelona, Giga’s CTO, Naroa Zurutuza, will deliver a keynote at the ‘Technology for Good’ session and share how we develop innovative open-source connectivity solutions for school and empower children with the access to information and opportunities they deserve. 🗓️ Thursday, 12 December 2024, 09:30 AM 📍 Llotja de Mar, Barcelona Thanks Tech Barcelona for inviting us! Find out more and register here: https://lnkd.in/dgfKktQz #TSB24 #InBarcelonaWeTech #ConnectEverySchool

The Giga Technology Centre in Barcelona recently hosted the second Government Technology Exchange Programme (GTEP), a four-day focus on the tools and services developed by Giga to facilitate school connectivity. The event gathers technical delegations from countries engaged with Giga to accelerate the challenging process of bringing online learning to their schools, often located in rural, remote and underserved areas. The latest GTEP gathered government delegates from Brazil, Honduras, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda and a representative from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean (OECS). Special guest Uruguay also attended, and shared its experiences with Ceibal, a groundbreaking initiative and digital technology in education. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gbMESB3Q #GigaGovtTechExchange #GTEP2 #OpenSource #Tech #ConnectEverySchool

🎙 Excited to announce 5 more speakers for Tech Spirit Barcelona 2024: 🫰 Ben Marrel, CEO & Co-Founder at Breega, will bring his view on international investment in Spanish startups. 🏫 Naroa Zurutuza, Technology Lead at Giga, an initiative by UNICEF & International Telecommunication Union aimed at bringing connectivity to all the schools worldwide. 📺 Quim Domènech, SVP of Content at DAZN, joins us to talk about sport as entertainment & business 👃 Camila Tomas, VP of Innovation & Technology at Puig, will showcase ScentXP, the first olfactive startup. 🧠 Josep M. (Pep) Martorell Rodon, Associate Director of Barcelona Supercomputing Center, is joining a panel to shed some light on truths and myths about #AI. ✍ REGISTER NOW AT https://lnkd.in/dgfKktQz #TSB24 - Ignite the spirit of tomorrow - Find more details about the program and speakers at techspirit.barcelona