Gulfood in Dubai: Food in the Metaverse – Driving Customer Engagement
"Of the entire amazing week at Gulfood in #dubai, this panel discussion was by far the most inspirational and relevant for ChefPassport", Matteo Ressa, founder of Chef Passport.
- Wassim Merheby (Verofax)
- Christian Chalfoun (ColossalBit & Kaloscope )
- Kirck Allen (Kaloscope )
- Kaniz Samir (LK Cab Coffee )
- Saqr Mashhor Ereiqat (Crypto Oasis Sentio )
- Harold Dickenson (Kanousei)
- Ralph Simon (Mobilium )
Hot new interviews on the vital subjects of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing Strategies and Diversity
Professor Mohanbir Sawhney
Prof. Sawhney is a globally recognized scholar, teacher, consultant and speaker in business innovation, modern marketing and Artificial Intelligence applications in business.
Prof. Sawhney has written seven management books as well as dozens of influential articles in leading academic journals and managerial publications. His most recent book, The Sentient Enterprise: The Evolution of Business Decision Making, was published in October 2017 and was on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. He has also written a book of poetry called Love, Longing and Loneliness in 2014. His research has been published in leading journals like California Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Management Science, Marketing Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. He is a contributor to Forbes and his articles have been published in Fortune, Financial Times, CIO Magazine and TheHill.com.
Prof. Sawhney is a pioneer in online executive education. He has created 8 successful SPOCs (Small Online Private Courses), including Digital Marketing Strategies, Product Strategy, AI Applications for Growth, Influencer Marketing Strategy, and the Kellogg Chief Product Officer Program. He has also co-authored simulation games like DigiStrat (2021), CloudStrat (2020) and PhotoWars. He has authored over 30 case studies. In 2021, he was ranked as 23rd in the list of top academic case writers in the world. He has won several awards for his teaching and research, including the 2006 Sidney Levy Award for Teaching Excellence at the Kellogg School, the 2005 runner-up for Best Paper in Journal of Interactive Marketing, the 2001 Accenture Award for the best paper published in California Management Review in 2000 and the Outstanding Professor of the Year at Kellogg in 1998. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 2011. In 2016, he received the Thought Leadership Award from NASSCOM, India’s consortium for the IT and BPO industry.
Janet Stovall
Janet Stovall is one of the world’s leading experts and advisors of effective Diversity and how to enhance your business with it’s effective implementation.
Digital Body Language – either you know it or you can't cope in the modern world
In this virtual session, Erica will supercharge your life with collectively understood rules that foster connection, build trust and drive innovation – “Digital Body Language” – what you need to know & use in today’s complex digital world of email, text & fast communications. Erica is one of the world’s top experts in the usage of digital communications & behavioural culture, and how and what works best for you in today’s fast-paced Digital Comms world.
Do Your Remote Employees Feel Included in Meetings?
Read this article in the Harvard Business Review by Erica Dhawan.
DEW2021: Fireside Chat with Raised in Space
“Raising the Value of Content”
Special interview with Shara Senderoff & Zach Katz, founders of the important & excellent digital content & management company known as Raised in Space Enterprises. Shara and Zach are very leading thinkers in digital, video games & music tech & innovation. They are right at the leading edge of what’s coming next in the digital entertainment cosmos – knowledgeable, perceptive & outstanding in all they do and drive for their terrific company.
Featuring:
Shara Senderoff, President & Partner, Raised in Space
Zach Katz, CEO & Partner, Raised in Space
Moderator: Ralph Simon, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Mobilium Global Limited
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with Ralph Simon
Barcelona, Spain. Mobilium Global Chief Executive Ralph Simon hanging out with Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella. Satya is a great individual, executive & computer boffin – before becoming Microsoft CEO he was Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s cloud & enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms.
Bangladeshi economist & Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus
Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon reconnecting with the great global thinker & pioneer of micro-credit & micro-finance, the Bangladeshi economist & civil society leader, Muhammad Yunus. Dr Yunus & his Grameen Bank's genius showed how the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, he received the USA Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 & the USA Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. He is constantly involved in addressing & solving social problems around the world. Yunus is, indeed, unique.
Digital futurist Jaron Lanier in Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada. Jaron Lanier, the eminent futurist who coined the term “Virtual Reality” and Mobilium Global Chief Executive Ralph Simon, reconnecting at the TED Conference in Vancouver. Lanier caused a stir at TED when he spoke of Facebook and Google. He said: "I can’t call these things social networks anymore. I call them behaviour modification empires. We cannot have a society in which, if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen is if it’s financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them”.
Snapchat Co-Founder & CEO Evan Spiegel
Snapchat/SNAP co-founder/CEO Evan Spiegel & Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon - having a snappy chat at the important DLD conference, where Evan gave a compelling talk about where SNAP was headed in 2020 and beyond.
Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman – Universal Music group