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Dr. Jamal Ouenniche, Professor & Chair in Business Analytics, University of Edinburgh Business School is the guest speaker in this new interview series for citiesabc. Asked by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda, Dr. Jamal Ouenniche discuss from an academic point of view the role of academia and education in today’s business analytics, data and AI machine learning models and how important it is to create links, build relationships and utilize prominent researches in data and business analytics to thrive and drive business and innovation. And all of that in a convoluted world dominated by a global pandemic and the prospect of an economic recession. 

INTERVIEW STRUCTURE

1. Profile overview: Academic and Professional career
2. Education, PhD and research focus
3. Role in Edinburgh University
4. How does Dr Jamal Ouenniche see business data, AI, machine learning, technology and education
5. The role of Data, smart cities in the present global technological developments
6. How do you see AI, Blockchain, 5G tech and AI working together
7. The role of Edinburgh University and research in innovation and digital transformation
8. The circumstances of COVID-19 and the effects in the world education, economy and tech economies
9. How business data ownership and research can be optimized to avoid a data arms race
10. Highlight some of the case studies of usages of business data for good and best practices

Dr. Jamal Ouenniche Biography

Dr Ouenniche is Professor and Chair in Business Analytics at the University of Edinburgh Business School (UK), Member of the Business School Executive Board, Head of the Management Science and Business Economics group, and Director of the MSc in Business Analytics. He holds BSc. in Mathematics and MSc. in Operational Research from the University of Montreal (Canada), and PhD in Operations Management from Laval University (Quebec, Canada).

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Emmanuel Daniel, serial entrepreneur, financial expert and founder of The Asian Banker joins Dinis Guarda in this new series interview for citiesabc. As the COVID-19 crisis deepens in the West, both experts discuss potential economic consequences for nations, cities and companies, the impact on the financial industry and how the economic prominence can shift from West to East once the dust settles.

As the founder of The Asian Banker, one of the most prominents consultancies in financial services research, benchmarking and intelligence, Emmanuel Daniel is savvy in financial industry synergies, and he expects financial services to play a key role in dealing with this coronavirus crisis. Likewise, he shows some concerns about how well prepared the industry was to face a crisis like this, especially regarding digitisation and adoption of new technologies. “The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that the world banking has failed. With the advent of FinTech and emerging technologies, they have had no excuse to move their operations to the digital,” he said in the interview.

INTERVIEW STRUCTURE
1. Profile, professional background
2. Creating The Asian Banker
3. How do you see innovation in financial industry and banking
4. FinTech challenges and opportunities
5. Global economic crisis
6. World economy and finance in coronavirus times
7. Predictions and look at the future

About Emmanuel Daniel

Emmanuel Daniel is an entrepreneur, train enthusiast and writer. He is the founder of The Asian Banker in 1996, one of the most respected intelligence platforms in the financial services industry that now operates across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He is also the founder of Wealth and Society, a London-based programme focused on impact investment and philanthropy and Bankquality.com, the world’s first site for capturing consumer feedback on financial services.

He won the Citibank Excellence in Business Journalism for Asia in 1999 for his work on the internet in banking. “The Asian Banker Summit” won the best finance conference from the Asian Conference and Summit Awards in 2012.

EMMANUEL DANIEL WEBSITE: https://www.emmanueldaniel.com/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/emmanueldaniel
THE ASIAN BANKER: http://www.theasianbanker.com/
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-...
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From his role as Director of Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at University of East London, Professor Darryl Newport is an experienced academic whose main areas of focus are sustainable materials, circular economy, green economy and everything in between. In this new series interview for citiesabc, host Dinis Guarda and Prof. Darryl Newport go through major economic challenges, including those affecting city development and COVID-19. And he provides sustainable solutions for all of them.

Interview Structure

1. Profile and education background
2. Academic career
3. About The Sustainable Research Institute and the University of East London
4. Green economy. Challenges and opportunities
5. Cities and smart city projects
6. Green infrastructure
7. Sustainability and circular economy solutions
8. Case studies and research projects
9. A look into the future

Professor Darryl Newport Biography

Professor Darryl Newport is Director of the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) and leader on a number of key research projects. During this current tenure I have united a number of research centres under the SRI Umbrella, including the Manufactured Aggregate Research Centre (MARC), Environmental Research Group and the Resource Efficiency Research Centre. I currently manage research staff with research interests aligned to SRI research ethos. The SRI currently supervises a number of PhD students. Darryl currently is Director of Studies for three students and sits on two additional supervisory teams.

Darryl's research focuses on sustainable use of materials, resource efficiency and the circular economy. These areas of research are particularly important for the development of our future cities and provide considerable opportunity for innovative material and process development.

In the recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), the SRI in partnership with UEL’s Architecture research team, submitted to UoA 16. This was a  successful partnership and a very creditable showing for our first submission.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrylnew...

ResearchGate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...

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Mamadou Toure was born and raised in Cameroon in a not wealthy family. His school had over 100 students per class. From that humble background he became one of the world leaders changing Africa and pushing a genuine focus on the very African concept of Ubuntu “I am because we are.” An idea that can be seen in all his projects of social, economic and financial empowerment and impact. He understood from the beginning the importance of leadership, structure change, technology as a tool to change and impact and build social balance. His leadership has been shaping Africa and the young leaders with Africa 2.0 and many other projects. Mamadou has been working with the World Bank and his experience reinforced the importance of co-creation balance with technology and leadership.

Interview questions focus

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. Career
3. Your company and focus
4. About Africa 2.0 foundation
5. Vision behind Ubuntu: Goals and focus
6. Covid-19: how can you look at this as a way to redesign our society
7. Future vision

Mamadou Toure Biography

Inspired by the wisdom of his ancestors, Mamadou Kwidjim Toure believes that co-creating a better world is possible when diversity is nurtured and access to opportunities is evenly distributed. This philosophy was the driving force behind establishing Africa 2.0, a non-for-profit pan African civil society organization with the aim to create a sustainable vision for the transformation of Africa.

Named one of the top 10 Most Influential Men in Africa by Forbes Magazine in 2014, Mamadou founded the Ubuntu Group in 2015 and built on his global network and investment savviness to launch socio-economic projects throughout the continent of Africa. His recent venture, Ubuntu Tribe, a platform promoting shared economy through digitization of gold and other mineral ressources as a means for financial inclusion and wealth redistribution received in 2019 a distinction as finalist at the African Bankers Awards. In 2020, he was listed among the top 30 most influential in the world in blockchain technology.

Over the past 20 years, Mamadou worked in instituons such as KPMG, BNP Paribas Investment Banking, IFC (World Bank Group) and finally General Electric as Managing Director in charge of Investments and Project Finance for Subsaharan Africa. He has worked on infrastructure, mining, agriculture technology projects exceeding a combined value of US$ 30 billion, thus creating opportunities and hope for many people in Africa. He has been at the forefront of international high finance and remains a strong proponent for digital economy as an engine for emancipation and shared wealth creation.

Mamadou holds MSc in Finance and completed education programs at Harvard Kennedy School on « Public-Private Partnership » in 2010, and « Global Leadership and Public Policy for 21st Century » as World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2018.

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Ben Goertzel is a leading world recognised artificial intelligence researcher, thinker, software engineer and serial entrepreneur. Ben is the founder and CEO of SingularityNET, the Chairman of OpenCog Foundation, the Chairman of Artificial General Intelligence Society, the Chief Scientist of Mozi Health and Vice Chairman Humanity+ and his work, writing and ideas are influencing the way we perceive AI, technology and blockchain.
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Ben Goertzel Interview focus questions:

1. An introduction from Ben - background, overview, education...
2. The way you look at AI, AGI, open AI?
3. Career highlights?
4. Your companies and focus
5. What is your main focus as a doer?
6. Can you show an example of of open AI
7. You have a focus on open AI and Artificial General Intelligence? Can you elaborate on this?
8. You are a thinker, philosopher and as we look at evolution how do you see Singularity, special when it comes to the 2 visions of humanity the light side and the dark side?
9. What are Ben Goals and focus as a thinker and a doer?
10. With Covid-19 how can you look at this as a way to redesign our society
11. As a science fiction reader, writer and enthusiastic what is your vision of the Future you would like to create?
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Ben Goertzel Bio:

Ben Goertzel is a leading world recognised authority in artificial intelligence research, inventor and serial entrepreneur. Ben is a deep thinker and also a man of action as the founder and CEO of SingularityNET, the Chairman of OpenCog Foundation, the Chairman of Artificial General Intelligence Society, the Chief Scientist of Mozi Health and Vice Chairman Humanity+

Goertzel is the chief scientist and chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC; chairman of the OpenCog Foundation; and advisor to Singularity University. He was Director of Research of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (formerly the Singularity Institute).

Goertzel is the son of Ted Goertzel, a former professor of sociology at Rutgers University.[2] He left high school after the tenth grade to attend Bard College at Simon's Rock, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Quantitative Studies.[3]
Views on AI

Ben Goertzel's focus these days is the SingularityNET project, which brings AI and blockchain together to create a decentralized open market for AIs. It's a medium for the creation and emergence of AGI, a way to roll out superior AI-as-a-service to every vertical market, and a way to enable everyone in the world to contribute to and benefit from AI.

Ben's passions are numerous, including AGI, life extension biology, philosophy of mind, psi, consciousness, complex systems, improvisational music, experimental fiction, theoretical physics and metaphysics.

References and sources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bengoertzel/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qfB8...
https://singularitynet.io/
https://singularitynet.io/team/

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Jorge Sebastiao is a technology thought leader, influencer and ICT expert in the area of cybersecurity with more than 35 years of experience in technology systems. In this new interview for citiesabc, carried out by Dinis Guarda, cybersecurity is a central theme as every digital system exposes new - and unexpected, risks. That is especially worrisome in Smart Cities projects, as Jorge Sebastiao points out. From that perspective, both experts speak about technology adoption in the Middle East and in the World, the Covid-19 pandemic and the development of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI or the roll-out of 5G.

Structure
1. Biography, education,
2. Professional career as ICT expert, CTO, Huawei until now
3. Challenges and opportunities working in different cultures and countries. 4. Middle East experience
5. Evolution of technology and its impact
6. Cybersecurity: threats, solutions and emerging technologies
Smart Cities
7. Covid-19 pandemic: how technology can help us fight the crisis back

Jorge is a seasoned ICT Expert in areas of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud Computing & managed services focused on business value. He brings experience, creativity, structure and innovation to the solutions he architects through ICT infrastructure.

With over 30 years of ICT experience, covering C level on Cloud Computing, AI, Blockchain, Cyber Security, Physical Security, Managed Services, managed security services, business continuity and disaster recovery, as well as governance, risk management, compliance, auditing, certification. Served sectors include aviation, transportation, oil & gas, banking, financial, telecom, government, defense, healthcare, and education. Jorge created the process A6 of security: Assess, Architect, Apply, Administer, Awareness & Agility. He architects practical & business focused Cloud and Security solutions using standards and industry best practices.

He has been the speaker at numerous international conferences with topics including: ICS Security, ICT Security, Business Continuity, ICT Architecture (TOGAF), Wireless Security, Regulatory Compliance, Physical Security, Biometrics and Smart Cards, Ethical Hacking, ISO27001, ISO27002 (ISMS), ISO2000 (ITIL), ISO13335 (Risk Management), ISO22301 (BCMS), CobIT, Basel II, EMV-2, PCI-compliance, SOX, Info warfare, Fraud, Identity Theft, SAP-Security, CISSP, Forensics & Incidence Response.

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JORGE SEBASTIAO TWITTER: https://twitter.com/4jorge

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Brittany Kaiser, Co-Founder at Own Your Data Foundation, #OwnYourData campaign, and DATA (the Digital Asset Trade Association) and citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda are two experts concerned about digital identity and data privacy. And in this latest series interviews for citiesabc, both digital savvys speak in-depth about the challenges of today's digitization on people’s identity and how data has become the “gold” of our times. Brittany Kaiser worked at Cambridge Analytica during the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal and has since then focused on helping governments, businesses and people (through her own initiatives) to create a more transparent and fair use of private data.

Brittany Kaiser is an American former business development director for Cambridge Analytica which collapsed after details of its misuse of Facebook data were revealed to have potentially impacted voting in the UK Brexit referendum and the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Kaiser testified about her involvement in the work of Cambridge Analytica before the UK Parliament and in private before the Mueller Investigation.

She defines herself as it follows: “I am an international law, diplomacy and data-driven campaigning professional with significant global experience. My work involves developing successful strategies for politicians, governments, and corporations to achieve their goals using cutting edge technology. Currently focused on legislative reform for digital assets such as personal data and tokens on the blockchain.”

Her latest initiatives are the Own Your Data Foundation, a non-profit foundation that is implementing programs that democratize digital intelligence education and create measurable social impact. She is also the Co-Founder of the Digital Asset Trade Association (DATA), a non-profit lobbying firm advancing legislative reform protecting the rights of individuals to control their own digital assets.

She can be found here:

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ownyourdata/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/OwnYourDataNow
WIKIPEDIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittan...

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Professor Kiran J. Fernandes, Dean for Internationalisation at Durham University Business School and Vice-chair of UK National Commission for UNESCO - among others, joins Dinis Guarda in this interview for citiesabc interview series. Both experts talk extendedly about  major challenges worldwide including the Covid-19 pandemic, industry 2.0 and the role of technology in the industries and the economy, now and its impact in the future. As an academic in complex systems, Professor Kiran J. Fernandes believes today’s problems aren’t linear, and as such, there aren’t simple solutions.

Here are the topics the two expert go through in the interview:
1. Biography, academic background
2. Geopolitical and cultural challenges worldwide
3. Complex system perspective to provide solutions to today’s problems
4. Cities and connectivities. Trade corridors
5. Durham University career and ongoing research projects
6. Work with UNESCO

Professor Kiran Jude Fernandes is the Chair of the Operations Management Group and a Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute. He is also a Fellow of the interdisciplinary York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis (YCCSA). He holds a PhD in Operations Management and Systems from the University of Warwick; a Masters (MS) from the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU) and a Bachelors of Engineering (Hons) degree in Production from Waltech. Prior to his current role, Professor Fernandes worked as the Pro-Dean for Research and Head of the Operations Management Group at The University of York. He started his academic career as an EPSRC Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. He worked as a sub-systems engineer at NASA - John C. Stennis Space Centre working for the Late Tom Cobb (Product Director for the Space Shuttle Main Engine Program). Working at NASA also allowed him to complete a professional program from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Dinis Guarda Interviews Edwin Diender, CDTO and Vice President, Global Government Business Unit, Huawei Enterprise - Profile, Education, Digital Platforms, Smart Cities and Digital Twins the Major Challenges our Society is Facing

Edwin Diender, CDTO and Vice President, Global Government Business Unit, Huawei Enterprise joins Dinis Guarda in this new series interview for citiesabc. Diender defines himself as a forward thinker and a business strategist whose professional experience has always been linked to digital transformation and sustainable business models. Both experts speak widely about major challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing digital and technology revolution on Smart Cities. For Diender, technology is actually helping us go through this pandemic and all the challenges we, as humanity, face. Because, as Diender says, “technology helps us do better what we already do best.”

Here are the topics the two expert go through in the interview:
1. Profile overview and career
2. Education
3. Your role in Huawei
4. How do you see digital transformation
5. The role of smart cities in the present global technological developments
6. How you see 5G tech and AI working together
7. The role of Huawei in innovation and digital transformation
8. The circumstances of Covid19 and the effects in the world economy and tech companies
9. how the social distance will change work circumstances and how companies like Huawei can help
10. Highlight some of the case studies of Huawei in the Coronavirus global scenario

Edwin Diender is adept on a range of subjects, from big data to safe and smart cities, to enterprise solutions. Not a salesman, not a technologist. A Tech strategist, accustomed to larger concepts. He has been globally involved in several (government) initiatives and programs; scaling from small up to medium and large roll-outs across the value chain. Mr. Diender is experienced in bringing to-market concepts and solutions for Smart City/Safe City and eGovernment, including Collaboration-enabled Business Process (CEBP), Big (Video) Data Analytics, and the Economics of Smart Cities.

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Dinis Guarda interviews ESG Sustainability Advisor, Activist, WEF Expert and Resilient Futurist Marc Buckley in this new interview series for citiesabc. In their dialogue, sustainability, environment and the role of technology collides as the answers to make the world a better place for future generations. In this context, cities are key to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, since they are the main scenario where human interactions take place. Marc believes that it is in cities that this change should occur: “We need to create a resilient infrastructure through emerging technologies to be prepared for the future.”

Marc has been involved in Climate Activism for a long time and he was one of the first to be trained by Al Gore. As a Climate Speaker he has made getting through the Climate Crisis towards Resilient Desirable Futures his life's work. He is an Advocate for the SDG's, UN Advisor as a Resilient Futurist, Social Innovation, Climate Change, Agriculture, Food, and Beverage Expert Network member of the World Economic Forum, Global Food Reformist, and Sustainable Futurist, Marc is on a mission to empower billions of global citizens to live an adaptive lifestyle of health and sustainability within planetary boundaries.

His aim is to reform the agriculture, food and beverage industry with impactful projects and moonshot companies. For example, he teaches and speaks worldwide on climate change and food reform. Marc has also taught entrepreneurs how to build and grow resilient, sustainable, and profitable businesses.

MARC BUCKLEY LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/buckleymarc/
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