The Alternate Future Summit 2023

Schedule

Opening Ceremony

13 October 2023

Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:30 AM

Welcome to the Alternate Future Summit 2023

What is ALT+F and Why?
10:00 AM

Cross-Sectional Panel "We're already… Where?"
10:15 AM

Alt Talks

13 October 2023

Stuart Mackenzie
11:00 AM

Alt talk: "Europe's Vision and the technologies shaping it"

An exclusive opportunity to explore Europe's investment focus. Uncovering the strategies driving innovation and growth in the EIT portfolio.

Carlos Courelas
11:20 AM

Alt talk: "Rethinking the longevity paradigm"

Discover the intricate tapestry of work's future. Carlos unravel the threads of progress and provide insights into the projections of future that are redefining the workplace and our roles within it. Get ready to explore the past, present, and future of work in a rapidly changing landscape.

Wim Focquet
11:40 AM

Alt talk: "Future of Human Learning"

With Wim, we explore the transformative potential of emerging learning technologies and their profound impact on how we acquire knowledge and skills for life long learning

Takhmina Lolakova
12:00 PM

Alt talk: "From London to Lisbon: Uncovering Europe's Prominent Startup Scenes"

We will get the latest trends in Ecosystem development, emerging new verticals, and benchmarks against leading startup hubs in Europe. Takhmina from DEEP Ecosystems presents information and insights on developing cities as talent ecosystems.

Lunch + Coffee Break

Alt Talks

13 October 2023

Panel
01:30 PM

"Urban or Nomad? Remote work environments in sustainable communities"

A panel to discuss the new remote and digital working trends, and how they will be shaping future urban planning. Bringing on one side, the leaders from Remote work companies and startups who are observing these trends, and on other the Urban city planners who build future cities. What will the cities of future look like? How will people work in foreseeable future?

Connor Casner
02:00 PM

Alt talk: "Future Workers and their needs in a Globally Remote Organization"

Connor has been scaling operations for startups with the best interest of the company and their employees in mind since 2018. Regardless of the chaos, he has provided value through the implementation of systems and platforms that make scaling possible, simple, sustainable and manageable while maintaining a thriving culture. He will share how digital-first multi-national companies have come to thrive in a rapidly changing environment working with cutting edge tech at a multinational gaming company.

David Brannon
02:15 PM

Alt talk: "Industry Talent Pools through Common Pool Resource Lens"

It is no secret that the hospitality industry had been the hardest hit during the past years of pandemic. The years of stress has made many people change their hospitality careers. We hear David Brannon on how talent in this industry is moving in the hospitality ecosystems.

Ana Wadovski
02:30 PM

Alt talk "Impact Beyond Returns: Embracing the Paradigm Shift in Investing"

Public good projects: If everything is measured in short term returns and ROI, it reduces our long term vision and declines interest in sustainable investments. As culture, we can see shortsightedness in the environmental problems humanity has created around us. A new look about ESG investments with Ana Wadowski around the European vision on impact investment.

Interactive Break
02:45 PM
Panel
03:00 PM

"Action Learning with Emerging Technologies"

A panel to discuss the new learning and teaching trends, and how they will be shaping education as an industry. Bringing on one side, the leaders from universities and educators who are observing these trends on AI/AR /VR and video conferencing, and on other side the edtech startups who are working on developing such tools. What will the a future classroom look like? Lifelong learning trends in schools, universities, and beyond.

Daniel Laya
03:30 PM

Alt talk: "Need new skills fast? You need to be Inspirable"

2023 is the European year of skills, World Economic Forum has given its list of future skills in demand. Daniel proposes an innovative approach to acquire them combining the power of your intentions, your tribe and your subconscious. A talk from the author of the book Inspirable.

Rodrigo de Alvarenga
03:45 PM

Alt talk: "Corporate Start-up Programme: Learning by Doing"

Awarded the 10th Edition of the Aster Prize, ranked by Thinkers360 as #1 in the Top 50 Thought Leaders & Influencers You Should Work With in 2023 - LATAM, and among the Top 50 Thought Leaders in Open Innovation, Startups & Entrepreneurship rankings.Rodrigo will talk about venture building, digital transformation & impact measurement, from his experience as the Head of Corporate Venture (CVC & CVB) at The Bakery LATAM.

Othalia Doe-Bruce
04:00 PM

Alt talk: "Building a Better Future: Blockchain's Societal Transformation"

Author of the book “Crypto-Finance and Mechanisms of Exchange”, a speaker, and an award-winner Othalia Doe-Bruce will talk about blockchain ecosystems and communities.

Laura Moreno Alcaraz
04:15 PM

Alt talk: "The most important decision making process"

The roles of future professionals are always conditioned by the professional choices that a person makes, since the skill for which someone is willing to pay them will be their job.

Networking

13 October 2023

Community Networks
04:30 PM

Let's experiment with a few rounds of speed networking where we make random connections and introductions between people while using an app that makes it fun while creating a network graph at end to visualize the community.

Merch Market and open networking
04:45 PM

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