CALENDAR OF UPCOMING & PREVIOUS EVENTS

Aug
22
Sat
Speaking at WITSA Women Leaders in Technology Virtual Meeting on August 22, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Aug 22 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Speaking at WITSA Women Leaders in Technology Virtual Meeting on August 22, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform

Emma Arakelyan is invited to speak at the (virtual) inaugural “Women Leaders in Technology Forum” to be held Saturday, August 22nd from 9am-11am EDT. The purpose of the forum is intended to encourage and inspire women who are either presently working in, or are interested in employment within, the ICT industry.

Emma will join the panel to discuss “How STEM education supports the trend of global digitalization” at 9:45am-10:20am EDT.

Moderator: Ms. Nichole Chan, Former Minister of NCC Taiwan
Ms. Emma Arakelyan – CEO and Founder, Orion Worldwide Innovations, LLC; Formerly Partner at Ernst & Young and Managing Director at Accenture
Ms. Mary Lou Papazian – Chief Executive Officer at TUMO, Center for Creative Technologies
Ms. Carolina Rossini – Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Portulans Institute

The Moderator and the panelists will explore topics surrounding “Education” and “Policies impacting the ICT industry” that would inspire women to develop and adapt themselves in this changing world.

Sep
8
Tue
Emma Arakelyan Interviewed by Carolina A. Rossini of NRI on September 8th, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform
Sep 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Emma Arakelyan Interviewed by Carolina A. Rossini of NRI on September 8th, 2020 @ Virtual - Digital conferencing platform

Emma Arakelyan will be interviewed by Carolina Rossini of Network Readiness Index (NRI) on September 8th, 2020.

Carolina leads Portulans Institute, the publishing house for the Network Readiness Index (NRI). Over the last two decades, the NRI has established itself as one of the most comprehensive assessments of digital readiness, this year covering over 135 developing and developed economies and representing over 95 percent of global GDP. Many economies utilize the NRI to design their digital strategies, connecting Technology with People, Governance, and Impact.

For the 2020 NRI – launch planned for late October 2020 – NRI is working on content (written and multimedia) based on interviews with Ministers, C level executives, and thought leaders.  The interview with Mrs. Arakelyan will be one the interviews to enrich the discussion around the following topics:

  • Does every organization need to be digitally transformed to stay competitive/survive? Similarly, how COVID has affected the need for digital transformation
  • What leadership/culture is needed to ensure digital transformation does not exacerbate the global digital divide?
  • What is the role of reskilling, upskilling, lifelong learning in becoming a future-ready firm/government/society? How urgently should firm leaders across industries be reskilling themselves and their staff? How does a crisis – like COVID – impact the need for reskilling?
  • How can we make sure that digital transformation remains human-centric and ethical while also providing firms/governments/economies with a competitive advantage?