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DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/the-way-forward-preparing-for-an-
 uncertain-future-through-digitization-and-leadership-151">The Way Forward:
  Preparing for an Uncertain Future through Digitization and Leadership</a>
 \nHome Speakers Information Partners Documentation In the past few months 
 we have collectively learned how super fragile our world is. Our communiti
 es and organizations have rarely been more challenged navigating through t
 his crisis\, the real impacts of which no one can predict right now. How d
 o we face this pandemic? How do we make decisions for the future and act w
 ith assurance in this uncertainty? Peter Staar\, Manager Scalable Knowledg
 e Ingestion at IBM Research - Zurich\, will explain how leveraging AI enab
 les to extract critical knowledge about COVID-19 from all available scient
 ific publications. He will we show how innovation can be accelerated treme
 ndously. Ulrich Schimpel\, Federal CTO at IBM Switzerland\, discusses stra
 tegies how organizations can make the most of digital technologies to incr
 ease operational resilience and flexibility. The current crisis is a criti
 cal turning point for digital transformation\, as many companies need to d
 rive adoption not because they can but because they must to survive. Karin
  Vey\, Psychologist and Executive Innovation Consultant\, Think Lab IBM Re
 search\, focuses on resilience as a key leadership competency in uncertain
  times. Resilience is the ability to handle challenges\, recover from setb
 acks\, bounce back smarter and stronger\, thrive in the face of stressors 
 and maintain performance. Speakers Ulrich Schimpel Switzerland Federal CTO
 \, IBM Switzerland. Dr. Ulrich Schimpel has over 15 years of industry expe
 rtise in government\, supply chain\, and smart grid. He held several techn
 ical and management positions at IBM Research\, IBM Switzerland and IBM Eu
 rope. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and the IBM CTO Euro
 pe Team. His background is in Business and Computer Science where he holds
  an MSc and PhD degree as well as an Executive MBA (HSG). Karin Vey Switze
 rland Executive Innovation Consultant and trend expert at the [...]
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SUMMARY:The Way Forward: Preparing for an Uncertain Future through Digitiza
 tion and Leadership
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://gdi.ch/event/the-way-forward-
 preparing-for-an-uncertain-future-through-digitization-and-leadership-151"
 >The Way Forward: Preparing for an Uncertain Future through Digitization a
 nd Leadership</a>\nHome Speakers Information Partners Documentation In the
  past few months we have collectively learned how super fragile our world 
 is. Our communities and organizations have rarely been more challenged nav
 igating through this crisis\, the real impacts of which no one can predict
  right now. How do we face this pandemic? How do we make decisions for the
  future and act with assurance in this uncertainty? Peter Staar\, Manager 
 Scalable Knowledge Ingestion at IBM Research - Zurich\, will explain how l
 everaging AI enables to extract critical knowledge about COVID-19 from all
  available scientific publications. He will we show how innovation can be 
 accelerated tremendously. Ulrich Schimpel\, Federal CTO at IBM Switzerland
 \, discusses strategies how organizations can make the most of digital tec
 hnologies to increase operational resilience and flexibility. The current 
 crisis is a critical turning point for digital transformation\, as many co
 mpanies need to drive adoption not because they can but because they must 
 to survive. Karin Vey\, Psychologist and Executive Innovation Consultant\,
  Think Lab IBM Research\, focuses on resilience as a key leadership compet
 ency in uncertain times. Resilience is the ability to handle challenges\, 
 recover from setbacks\, bounce back smarter and stronger\, thrive in the f
 ace of stressors and maintain performance. Speakers Ulrich Schimpel Switze
 rland Federal CTO\, IBM Switzerland. Dr. Ulrich Schimpel has over 15 years
  of industry expertise in government\, supply chain\, and smart grid. He h
 eld several technical and management positions at IBM Research\, IBM Switz
 erland and IBM Europe. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and
  the IBM CTO Europe Team. His background is in Business and Computer Scien
 ce where he holds an MSc and PhD degree as well as an Executive MBA (HSG).
  Karin Vey Switzerland Executive Innovation Consultant and trend expert at
  the [...]
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