Technological Impact - Workshop (Evolution of the Internet and Digitisation)

Frances Valintine CNZM is a leading technologist and educator focused on the technologies shaping the world and impacting how we live, work and connect. She has led and founded multiple institutes of higher education and is currently the Chair of academyEX Group, an Australian and New Zealand postgraduate institute focused on qualifications and programmes for working professionals. Frances is also on the Board of the University of Silicon Valley; she is a recipient of the Flying Kiwi Award and an inductee to the New Zealand Hitech Hall of Fame. She was also recognised by the CIO Awards for her lifetime contribution to technology. In 2014, her organisation, The Mind Lab, won the Best Start-Up in Asia-Pacific award, as judged by Sir Richard Branson and Steve Wozniak. She has a Master's degree from the University of Melbourne and is an alumnus of the Singularity University.

SESSION Abstract: How did we get here? Our world has been shaped by technology and digitalisation. In just three short decades, we moved from being slow adopters of the Internet to supercharged adopters of artificial intelligence. The speed of adoption and change has moved at a dizzying pace, and it is hard to imagine what the world will look like in 2030. Frances will decipher the world of technological disruption and paint a path of the journey ahead, as AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics and Data change the building blocks of the future.