Date: Dec 14, 2021
Topic: Leaving no displaced persons behind in a digital world
Presentation talk on the nexus between digitalisation, forced displacement and the digital divide. Sharing visions for a better future with leadership, digital and change. How Techfugees and international community are unlocking opportunities by empowering inclusion of displaced persons to participate in the digital economy with responsible digital innovations.
Speakers:
- Raj Burman – Raj is the CEO of Techfugees, a global impact organization empowering inclusion and dignity for those displaced with responsible digital innovations. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship with over three decades of international experience scaling high-growth ventures across the private, public, and non-profit sectors, working at the intersection of ICT, digital innovation, and entrepreneurship. As an investor, he has successfully established several disruptive digital tech start-ups including several venture philanthropy initiatives. Prior, he led the UK business acceleration digital tech scale-up program for EIT Digital, an independent body of the European Commission and was Head of SME for GS1 the global standards body for industry supply chains supporting small & medium business ventures.