Thousand Voices

Thousand Voices

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Thousand Voices episodes

  • Episode #36: Revolutionizing Fashion: From Waste to Wonder - Alina Bassi

    Embark on a journey alongside Alina Bassi, the co-founder of Kleiderly, a Berlin-based startup dedicated to textile recycling. This innovative company has developed a pioneering method for transforming textiles into a robust plastic alternative. Transitioning from a chemical engineer to a noteworthy entrepreneur, Alina is not only recognized as an Obama Leader, a TEDx speaker, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree but is also an alumna of the Thousand Faces Female Founders Program. Recently acknowledged with the Thousand Faces Awards 2023, Alina shares valuable insights into sustainability, sheds light on the unique challenges faced by women of color, and unveils the cutting-edge technology driving Kleiderly's mission to curb carbon emissions in the fashion industry. Join us for a swift exploration of conscious entrepreneurship and innovative sustainability guided by the experiences and vision of Alina Bassi.


    Learn more about - https://www.kleiderly.com/


    Learn more about Alina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alinabassi/

     

    More about Thousand Faces Accelerator Program and Funding platform: ⁠https://thousandfaces.art/

    36 min
  • Episode #35: Harmonising Minds: A Musical Approach to Employee Wellness

    Xann Schwinn, the founder and CEO of Biiah is a trailblazing force in the realm of employee wellness. As a finalist of the Thousand Faces Female Founders program, Xann's journey is just the beginning of an extraordinary story.

    Biiah's innovative approach harnesses the healing power of music to support mental health. Through a unique blend of hybrid programming and cutting-edge mobile technology, they are reshaping how we view well-being in the workplace.

    Join us as we explore Xann's personal journey and the origins of Biiah. Discover how her passion for music and well-being led to the creation of this groundbreaking platform, with a mission to bring harmony and solace to individuals and employees through the enchanting medium of music.

    Whether you're an entrepreneur, a well-being enthusiast, or someone seeking fresh perspectives on mental health, this episode offers an inspiring look at how music can transform lives and create a harmonious space within companies.


    Learn more about Biiah: https://biiah.com/


    Learn more about Xann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xann-schwinn/


    More about Thousand Faces Accelerator Program and Funding platform: ⁠https://thousandfaces.art/


    41 min
  • Episode #34: Unlocking Health Data: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation

    Dr Suhina Singh is a physician, chronic disease warrior and former pharma medical director that has experienced the challenges of health data fragmentation first hand. Born in South africa and based in singapore, she has not only lost a family member to cancer but suffers from autoimmune conditions herself. Suhina is determined to help address these health data challenges through Jonda Health, a health tech company she co-founded and leads. The company aims to unlock the power of health data to improve health outcomes and advance medicine with privacy and security by default, through its secure AI health data harmonization and management solution.

    Having grown up during apartheid South Africa and studied medicine in Afrikaans (a language she could barely speak), Suhina is always up for a challenge and prides herself in being resilient in the toughest of times. Her curious nature, has led to over 15 years of experience in different roles ranging from clinical practice, medical advisory and operations to data-driven marketing and digital innovation.

    Suhina was one of the top 30 participants of the Thousand Faces Female Founders Accelerator Program, and was among the top 6 finalist of the Thousand Faces Awards in 2023.


    More about Jonda Health: https://linktr.ee/jonda.health


    More about Suhina : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-suhina-singh/


    More about Thousand Faces Accelerator Program and Funding platform: https://thousandfaces.art/

    33 min
  • Episode #34: Unlocking Health Data: A Journey of Resilience and Innovation
    Dr Suhina Singh is a physician, chronic disease warrior and former pharma medical director that has experienced the challenges of health data fragmentation first hand. Born in South africa and based in singapore, she has not only lost a family member to cancer but suffers from autoimmune conditions herself. Suhina is determined to help address these health data challenges through Jonda Health, a health tech company she co-founded and leads. The company aims to unlock the power of health data to improve health outcomes and advance medicine with privacy and security by default, through its secure AI health data harmonization and management solution.
    40 min
  • Episode #33: Catching Drops of Hope: A Kenyan Visionary's Quest for Clean Water
    Beth Koigi is the CEO and founder of Majik Water, a Kenyan social enterprise whose vision is to increase access to clean drinking water in arid and semi arid regions through the air to water.

    She is a member of the African Union High-Level Panel on Emerging Technologies, an associate fellow of the Royal commonwealth society nordic-baltic hub, and a fellow of the Young Water Solutions from Zurich.

    She is passionate about safe water access across Africa, mostly involved in Water Management and Climate action advocacy. Prior to Majik Water, she created her own water filtration company.

    beth won first place in the Thousand Faces Female Founders Awards 2023 out of +200 candidates.

    She has a master's degree in Project planning and management from the University of Nairobi
    40 min
  • Episode #32: Catalyzing Change: A Visionary Entrepreneur’s Impact on Refugees and Women Developers in Lebanon
    In this episode, we talk about one of the most difficult issues of our world: how to create more fair professional opportunities for immigrants and minorities?

    Laura Jardine Paterson is the founder of CONCAT, a company on a mission to code a more inclusive tech sector, one that encourages more marginalized talents to find long-term, sustainable employment. CONCAT is the first web design and development company to be led solely by marginalized communities and women. CONCAT works with international corporates looking for high-quality yet affordable websites.
    Laura has a bachelor’s in fine Art from Edinburgh is trained at WPP, a global advertising company, and has volunteered for various NGOs in Lebanon where she is based now. She is also an advocate and activist for promoting more women in tech.

    Laura was one of the winners of the Thousand Faces Female Founders Awards 2023.
    40 min
  • Episode #31: Paving the way up into the AI world as an award-winning researcher and professor - Flora Salim
    Professor Flora Salim from sydney Australia, is an award winning researcher, and respected professor.

    She is a Professor in the School of Computing Technologies, the co-Deputy Director of RMIT Centre for Information Discovery and Data Analytics, and an Associate Investigator of ARC Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision Making and Society.

    She is the inaugural CISCO Chair of Digital Transport, School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney. She serves as a member of various boards of very highly recognized institutions such as the Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts.

    Her research sits in the cross-cutting areas of ubiquitous computing, machine learning, and data science, with specific interests on time-series and spatio-temporal data; representation learning of spatio-temporal and mobility behaviours; and data-efficient learning with multimodal sensor data.

    She received the Women in AI Awards 2022 Australia New Zealand in the Defence and Intelligence category.
    31 min
  • Episode #30: AI in Sport: What to learn from data in sport participation - Rochelle Eime
    Rochelle Eim is Professor of Sport Science, and a behavioural epidemiologist researcher focusing on community sport participation. She is the Director of PASI (the Physical Activity and Sport Insights) research team at Federation University and Victoria University. Rochelle has a bachelors of applied science in human movement and sport sciences, and a phd in philosophy of sports injury epidemiology.

    She is the winner of the AI for sport award of the Women in AIawards 2022 Australi/NZ.
    27 min
  • Episode #29: How this human right activist won an AI Awards in law - Ramona Vijeyarasa
    Ramona Vijeyarasa is a lecturer, author, and human rights activist. She is the Chief Investigator behind the Gender Legislative Index. She is also a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and the Juris Doctor Program Head at the University of Technology Sydney.

    Her international human rights activism has included, advancing anti-trafficking victim reintegration networks in Vietnam and Ukraine, filing briefs before the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court of Moldova, and the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and managing multi-country programs to advance women’s reproductive rights and freedom from violence.

    Ramona was the 2020 Women’s Leadership Institute Australia Research Fellow. She was the winner of the Women in AI Law Awards, and the 2nd Runner-up for the Innovator of the Year for the Women in AI AWARDS 2022 Australia NZ.
    44 min
  • Episode #28: From Georgia to Australia, a journey into AI and Cybersecurity - Elena Sitnikova
    Originally from Georgia, Elena Sitnikova is an award-winning academic and researcher, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Networking, at the College of Science and Engineering, at Flinders University.

    Elena is a global leader in Critical Infrastructure protection and cybersecurity. She is recognized as a national contributor to Australia’s ongoing defence. Her contribution to the field is demonstrated through multiple competitive grants she has received from industry, State and Federal Government partners in Australia.

    For her educational achievements she has been awarded the internationally recognised Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and an Australian Award for University Teaching.
    She is also the winner of the AI in cybersecurity for the Women in AI awards 2022 australi and NZ.
    45 min

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Thousand Voices is a podcast from Thousand Eyes On Me that aims to bring you the most inspiring stories of brilliant women and minorities, revealing their aspirations and how and why they are changing…