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Sally Eaves is the CEO and Founder of Aspirational Futures, a Professor in Emergent Technologies and a Global Strategic Advisor on Digital Transformation specializing in the application of advanced technologies, notably blockchain and AI for both business and social impact. A highly experienced CTO, international keynote speaker and author, Sally was also an inaugural recipient of the Emergent Technology and Social Impact Award, recently presented at the United Nations. In episode 3, Sally shared her insights on how to bridge the gap between talk and action in making an impact in education through adopting frontier technology. In her experience, people from different positions must come together and collaborate on ideas. Frontier technology is only one piece of the puzzle. Collectively, infrastructure problems such as limitations in accessing the internet and mobile technology must be addressed in tandem. Inclusive education at an early age is another vital component. For instance, Sally worked on a project in India that addresses the problem of domestic literacy. By repurposing old mobile technology, children in low literacy households are able to improve their reading abilities despite the fact that many parents in India have low levels of literacy skills. Another example is StorySign, a mobile application that enables children with deafness to learn sign language and have access to books. Powered by AI, it scans text from children’s books. Then an avatar will retell the story through sign language, making it engaging and easy for children to learn. Tune in to this episode, to hear about her project with the United Nations and other key factors of impact.

We are thrilled to have Curtis S. Chin as our guest for episode 2 of the GoImpact Chats podcast. He is a Milken Institute Asia Fellow and former U.S. Ambassador to the Asian Development Bank with an impressive career spanning private, not-for-profit and public sectors. In this podcast, he shared his insights on how to bring positive change to developing countries in Asia and what to expect of it.

Charles d’Haussy is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at ConsenSys, a leading global blockchain company that focuses on building an ecosystem of enterprise solutions and user-centric products using blockchain technologies, primarily Ethereum and Quorum. Prior to joining ConsenSys, he was the Head of FinTech at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for Foreign Direct Investment. In this episode, we chat with Charles on how blockchain is beyond cryptocurrencies and how it helps accelerate sustainable development. We touch on real applications contributing to climate actions, luxury sector’s philanthropic giving and how Tech For Good is indeed possible. 

We spoke to Microsoft's Claude Lorenson to find out more about hybrid cloud development challenges and how Azure Stack addresses them. 

Jane Clayton at Microsoft and Jeff Krenek at HPE spoke to us about their joint Azure Stack Innovation Centers and why hybrid cloud adoption is so important for many of their customers.

Mike Harding at Hewlett Packard Enterprise talks about some of the joint solutions between HPE and Microsoft on the storage side.

We spoke to Bageshri Kundu and Don Randall at Hewlett Packard Enterprise to find out which industries are adopting Azure Stack and how it's creating a quick route to hybrid cloud for them. 

Sungard Availability Services recently published a study that found 70% of UK employees do not think that their employer is equipping them with the tools and training needed for future business challenges. Kathy Schneider, CMO at Sungard AS spoke to us about the "digital disconnect".

Sungard Availability Services recently published a study that found 70% of UK employees do not think that their employer is equipping them with the tools and training needed for future business challenges. Kathy Schneider, CMO at Sungard AS spoke to us about the "digital disconnect".

There are a variety of scenarios for end user computing in today's enterprise - in most businesses today there a three models that co-exist but often the reality can be a grey area. Awingu CMO Arnaud Marlière spoke to us about the challenges business face in delivering a productive IT landscape for their workers.

There are a variety of scenarios for end user computing in today's enterprise - in most businesses today there a three models that co-exist but often the reality can be a grey area. Awingu CMO Arnaud Marlière spoke to us about the challenges business face in delivering a productive IT landscape for their workers.

There are a variety of scenarios for end user computing in today's enterprise - in most businesses today there a three models that co-exist but often the reality can be a grey area. Awingu CMO Arnaud Marlière spoke to us about the challenges business face in delivering a productive IT landscape for their workers.

Monitoring your apps can give you the power to ensure flawless customer experiences. We recently spoke to the team at AppDynamics to find out how they're helping businesses visualize their critical customer journeys

In a federal setting, the cybersecurity stakes couldn't be higher. There are a wide array of regulations and procedures that govern federal IT practices, making modernisation difficult. So how do they adopt the latest digital technologies and stay protected against cyber risk? We spoke to Jeff Eagle, Vice President & General Manager for Federal at United Data Technologies to discuss security-focused best practices for protecting federal IT.

Telcos have gone through a huge transformation in the last 10-15 years, from fixed to mobile, making massive infrastructure investments as well as adapting to evolving business models - not to mention increased competition. So what does a solid plan look like for telcos? We spoke to Chalapathi Rao, CTO from Tata Communication Services

Cloud providers often don't provide the security capabilities many users assume would be provided by default: Full traffic visibility. We spoke to Nubeva CMO Steve Perkins to find out why this visibility is needed to enable companies to control their security in a more traditional manner while letting them enjoy the power and flexibility of cloud platforms.

We spoke to Julie Barbieri, General Manager of Infrastructure at NTT ICT, one of Australia's leading IT service providers to discuss the trend towards hybrid IT, compossable infrastructure and why enterprises are still loyal to on premises IT

With the rise of digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, it is only a matter of time until such “voice operating systems” become an integrated part of our everyday routine. Chatbots and automated voice operators are already a regular, often frustrating feature in many customer service experiences. While many fear AI will replace humans, as it stands, customer service software company Zendesk is seeing the opposite. We spoke to them to find out how AI could augment and improve customer experience on both sides

We recently spoke to Haraldur Hallgrimsson, the head of Business Development from National Department of Energy in Iceland to find out why an increasing amount of overseas customers decide to source their IT from – what analysts keep saying – is the optimal location for IT in the world.

We recently spoke to Haraldur Hallgrimsson, the head of Business Development from National Department of Energy in Iceland to find out why an increasing amount of overseas customers decide to source their IT from – what analysts keep saying – is the optimal location for IT in the world.