extraordinary latin american millennial - innovations.ning.com - #digitalcooperation families need2024-03-28T09:05:48Zhttp://innovations.ning.com/forum/topics/extraoridnary-latin-american-millennial?commentId=6537428%3AComment%3A3507&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAGENDA
Portuguese PDF Versio…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:33272014-12-01T23:12:44.431Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">AGENDA</h1>
</div>
<div class="colSize0 col-xs-12 div-content col-md-0 outpadding richText"><div class="intro"><div class="boxContent"><div><div><a href="http://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=39237986" target="_blank"><img src="http://services.iadb.org/wmsfiles/images/0x0/pdf-20698.png"></img> Portuguese PDF Version</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/agenda,9837.html#"><img src="http://services.iadb.org/wmsfiles/images/0x0/pdf-20698.png"></img> PDF Version…</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">AGENDA</h1>
</div>
<div class="colSize0 col-xs-12 div-content col-md-0 outpadding richText"><div class="intro"><div class="boxContent"><div><div><a href="http://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=39237986" target="_blank"><img src="http://services.iadb.org/wmsfiles/images/0x0/pdf-20698.png"/>Portuguese PDF Version</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/agenda,9837.html#"><img src="http://services.iadb.org/wmsfiles/images/0x0/pdf-20698.png"/>PDF Version</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="colSize0 col-xs-12 div-content col-md-0 outpadding tabsagenda richText"><div class="intro"><div class="boxContent"><div id="divCon"><h1>DECEMBER 2, 2014</h1>
<h2>Register <a href="http://www.iadb.org/ds/register">here</a></h2>
<h1>8:30 AM</h1>
<h2>Doors Open</h2>
<h1>9:00 – 10:00 AM</h1>
<h2>Welcome Remarks</h2>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=27"><strong>Luis A. Moreno</strong></a>, President, Inter-American Development Bank</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=29"><strong>Richard C. Blum</strong></a>, Chairman, Blum Capital Partners & Founder and Trustee, Blum Center for Developing Economies</p>
<h1>10:00 – 10:10 AM</h1>
<h2>Keynote</h2>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong>Madeleine K. Albright</strong>, 64th U.S. Secretary of State, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group & Chair, Albright Capital Management</p>
<h1>10:10 – 10:30 AM</h1>
<h2><em>A short chat about why science is important for innovation</em></h2>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong>Rajiv Shah</strong>, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development</p>
<p><strong>Carlos Belmonte</strong>, Director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception Research Unit and Full Professor of Human Physiology in the Medical School, University Miguel Hernandez</p>
<h1>10:30 – 10:50 AM</h1>
<h2><em>3D Printing</em>: Technology for development</h2>
<p>Could 3D printing have as transformational an effect on developing economies as the mobile phone? William Hoyle, Chief Executive of Techfortrade, a UK based charity that has been involved in examining the potential for 3D printing as a development tool, will assess the opportunities for this technology to enable community action against enduring poverty.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=53"><strong>William Hoyle</strong></a>, Chief Executive, Techfortrade</p>
<h1>10:50 – 11:10 AM</h1>
<h2><em>City Labs</em>: On the edge of fiction and reality, art gives the potential to imagine a better world</h2>
<p>Mexico City is striving to creatively respond to today’s most pressing issues by harnessing community’s imagination as a tool for social transformation. Gabriella Gomez-Mont will share her experience creating the Department of Fictions and Futures for Mexico City, which explores immediate solutions for today and the next 100 years of this city’s (and others’) life.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=12">Gabriella Gomez-Mont</a></strong>, Director, “Laboratorio para la Ciudad”, Mexico City</p>
<h1>11:10 – 11:40 AM</h1>
<h2>Break</h2>
<h1>11:40 AM – 12:10 PM</h1>
<h2><em>Social Innovation</em>: Games for social change</h2>
<p>A meeting point for citizens, developers, researchers, educators, artists, coders and do-gooders! Learning is happening all the time, not just in a formal space. Eric Gordon explains how communities undertake long-range strategic planning through games and Reina Cabezas talks about how she used gamification to develop a new kind of school.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=11">Eric Gordon</a></strong>, PhD, Director of the Engagement Game Lab, Emerson College in Boston</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=13">Reina Cabezas</a></strong>, Entrepreneur and Teacher—Teacherpreneur—Education for Change, Epic Middle School</p>
<h1>12:10 – 12:30 PM</h1>
<h2><em>Transportation</em>: Easy Taxi, a startup present in 30 countries</h2>
<p>A company born out of frustration when Tallis Gomes decided to do something for society and created the biggest mobile service application in history; leading the company in 32 countries, 165 cities and 4 continents. </p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=35"><strong>Tallis Gomes</strong></a>, CEO & Founder, Easy Taxi</p>
<h1>12:30 – 12:50 PM</h1>
<h2><em>A Short Chat about Open Innovation</em>: Startups + Corporations = “The Right Match”</h2>
<p>Like different generations, the two sides misunderstand each other. Corporations are seen as old, bureaucratic and risk-adverse. Startups are disruptive, irresponsible and inexperienced. Neither usually sees the good in the other. Pablo Larguia explains the importance of connecting these two through open innovation to shape up the future of Latin-America and the Caribbean.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=54"><strong>Pablo Larguia</strong></a>, Founder and CEO, Red Innova</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=55">Manav Subodh</a></strong>, Global Manager, Corporate Affairs, Intel; Co-Founder, 1M1B</p>
<h1>12:50 – 2:00 PM</h1>
<h2>Lunch</h2>
<h1>2:00 – 2:20 PM</h1>
<h2><em>Road safety:</em> An innovation that celebrates 75 years</h2>
<p>The world has changed immensely since 3M installed the first fully reflective traffic sign in 1939. Mark Gates will present how this ground breaking innovation is still saving lives. Over the years, their close collaboration and feedback with customers has helped them to continue to improve their products, services and—most importantly—road safety<span>.</span></p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=31">Mark Gates</a></strong>, Global Business Director, 3M Traffic Safety and Security Division</p>
<h1>2:20 – 2:40 PM</h1>
<h2><em>A short chat about millennial</em>: The millennial takeover</h2>
<p>Not just kids anymore, millennials are a dominant emerging demographic force, and we have to change how we engage with them. Silvina Moschini, known more widely in the media by her Twitter name @Miss_Internet, shares her vision on the potential of such generation and how we can better reach into this influential demographic.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=28"><strong>Silvina Moschini</strong></a>, Founder and CEO, Yandiki; Creative Talent in the Cloud</p>
<h1>2:40 – 3:00 PM</h1>
<h2><em>Entrepreneurship</em>: Yes, you can!</h2>
<p>Is the Silicon Valley mindset applicable for entrepreneurs outside of California? Bedy Yang believes it is. She tells us how she helped catalyze the startup’s ecosystem in Brazil with her company, Brazil Innovators.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=30">Bedy Yang</a></strong>, Managing Partner, 500 Startups</p>
<h1>3:00 – 3:20 PM</h1>
<h2><em>The sharing economy</em>: Hop in, let’s speak in any language!</h2>
<p>Sharing Economy has gained traction in Latin America. Juan Nicolás Pinzón presents Alloo and Clog, two apps, one which allows people to share their cars with others and the other to translate conversations in 27 different languages.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=20"><strong>Juan Nicolás Pinzón</strong></a>, CEO & Founder, Alloo and Clog</p>
<h1>3:20 – 3:50 PM</h1>
<h2>Break</h2>
<h1>3:50 – 4:10 PM </h1>
<h2><em>Women</em>: Connecting women game changers around the world</h2>
<p>Women are in a unique position to become pioneers, catalyst and game changers at the frontier of their industry. Susan Fonseca explains the importance of connecting innovators and inviting different players to design technology-driven solutions to address the world’s greatest challenges.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=26">Susan Fonseca Volz</a>,</strong> Founder and CEO, Women@TheFrontier and Founder member, Singularity University</p>
<h1>4:10 – 4:30 PM</h1>
<h2><em>Design</em>: An unconventional place to co-create high quality public services</h2>
<p>Have you ever imagined a place to think about innovative Google-style public services? Germano Guimarães explains how he created a new place to co-create and think of high quality public services. Inspired by the most innovative offices in the world like Google, IDEO, and Facebook, Germano launches its space to support the creation of a new generation of innovative public services.</p>
<div class="featuring">FEATURING:</div>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/demand-solutions-speakers,9841.html?ID=19">Germano Guimarães</a></strong>, Co-Founder and Director, Instituto Tellus</p>
<h1>Venture Night (4:30 – 8:00 PM)</h1>
<h1>4:35 – 5:00 PM</h1>
<h2>Mingling and Warm-up</h2>
<p>The day will close with the exciting Venture Night which is the culmination of an intense <a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/startup-english,9926.html">competition</a> among innovative and disruptive startups established by young entrepreneurs from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. From among all of the applicants, 16 startups have been selected to present their projects to you, the Demand Solutions audience, made up of other entrepreneurs, investors, executives, journalists, industry references, university students and prospective customers. Each pitch will also be evaluated by a panel of <a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/events/demand-solutions/2014/startup-english,9926.html#JUDGES">expert judges</a> who will provide feedback to the startups. Prizes will be awarded!</p>
<h1>5:00 – 6:30 PM</h1>
<h2>Startup Pitches</h2>
<h1>6:35 – 7:30 PM</h1>
<h2>Venture Night Awards</h2>
<h1>7:35 – 8:00 PM</h1>
<h2>Cocktail & Networking</h2>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div> RONALDO TENÓRIO FREITAS
htt…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:33232014-12-01T04:00:18.822Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">RONALDO TENÓRIO FREITAS</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.handtalk.me/" target="_blank">http://www.handtalk.me/</a></p>
<p>Ronaldo Tenório Freitas was born in Maceió, in the Brazilian state of Alagoas and his specialty is strategic communications.</p>
<p>Today, around the world, there are more than 200 million people with hearing loss problems. Between deaf people and those who can hear there is a huge…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">RONALDO TENÓRIO FREITAS</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.handtalk.me/" target="_blank">http://www.handtalk.me/</a></p>
<p>Ronaldo Tenório Freitas was born in Maceió, in the Brazilian state of Alagoas and his specialty is strategic communications.</p>
<p>Today, around the world, there are more than 200 million people with hearing loss problems. Between deaf people and those who can hear there is a huge communication barrier, as they communicate with each other in different languages even though they live in the same country. In 2008, as a university student, Tenório came up with an idea for a tool to overcome that barrier and improve communication between those who can hear and those who cannot. But at the time he lacked resources and technology to bring the idea to fruition. So it was set aside for a few years.</p>
<p>In 2012, Tenório, Carlos Wanderlan Thadeu and Thadeu Luz teamed up to develop the idea with a platform for automatic translation of sign language. It works with Hugo, a friendly 3D interpreter that made it possible for the translations to be accessible with a variety of tools.</p>
<p>In 2013, the app for smartphones and tablets, which automatically converts sign language, was finally launched. The app lets people write, speak and even take photographs (<a href="http://www.handtalk.me/app" target="_blank">www.handtalk.me/app</a>). In a matter of months the app was a huge success, and so far more than 20 million translations have been done. Besides that app, Hand Talk (<a href="http://www.handtalk.me" target="_blank">www.handtalk.me</a>) features a tool for accessing any web site in sign language ( <a href="http://www.handtalk.me/sites">www.handtalk.me/sites</a> ). Special projects are also designed to take this new accessibility to companies (<a href="http://www.handtalk.me/plus" target="_blank">www.handtalk.me/plus</a>).</p>
<p>The solutions have helped more than 10 million people in just 12 months and in Brazil alone.</p>
<p>Hand Talk was chosen as the most innovative project in Brazil at Rio Info in 2012. It has received similar honors on a larger scale: for all of Latin America in 2014 by the company Qualcomm Ventures, and as the best social app in the world, by the United Nations, at WSA-Mobile in 2013 in Abu Dhabi.</p> AMANDA RAHRA
www.enoisconte…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:35112014-12-01T03:56:55.302Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">AMANDA RAHRA</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.enoisconteudo.com.br/" target="_blank">www.enoisconteudo.com.br</a></p>
<p>Major in Journalism and is post graduated in Communication Management.</p>
<p>While doing voluntary work at an NGO in São Paulo with her business partner Nina Weingrill, where they taught a communication workshop for youth at risk, they found out that journalism beyond giving youth back the…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">AMANDA RAHRA</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.enoisconteudo.com.br/" target="_blank">www.enoisconteudo.com.br</a></p>
<p>Major in Journalism and is post graduated in Communication Management.</p>
<p>While doing voluntary work at an NGO in São Paulo with her business partner Nina Weingrill, where they taught a communication workshop for youth at risk, they found out that journalism beyond giving youth back the pleasure of learning was also an opportunity to help Brazilians learn about themselves.</p>
<p>Challenging mainstream media in the country they decided to hack the teaching and practicing of communication and created, in 2012, a company called Énois Inteligência Jovem (youth intelligence). After one year working -not for youth or teaching to youth- but working with them, they have developed the first online platform to teach journalism to the low-income youth.</p>
<p>They noticed the impact of their work, when they watched youth from Capão Redondo – one of the most violent regions of the city – turn into a professional group that published local journalism, relevant to their community. Those same students improved their grades in writing and in all other subjects in school.</p>
<p>Enois Inteligencia Jovem currently reaches 40,000 youth with a publication –produced by youth for youth- that is distributed every 3 months in 6 states in partnership with 23 NGOs.</p> IGNACIO PUIG
www.acamica.co…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:32622014-12-01T03:51:53.827Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">IGNACIO PUIG</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acamica.com/" target="_blank">www.acamica.com</a></p>
<p>Industrial engineer, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) and the University of Pennsylvania. Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum since 2013</p>
<p>Puig was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After working in investment banking in New York and as a business consultant, and aware of the social reality…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">IGNACIO PUIG</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.acamica.com/" target="_blank">www.acamica.com</a></p>
<p>Industrial engineer, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA) and the University of Pennsylvania. Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum since 2013</p>
<p>Puig was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After working in investment banking in New York and as a business consultant, and aware of the social reality in his country and the world as a whole, Puig embarked on a personal search that led him to understand that everyone is seeking the same thing: happiness.</p>
<p>In this spirit he set off on an entrepreneurial path that would bring together his passion for technology, business and social impact. While taking part in an event for entrepreneurs he met his now partner Gonzalo Orsi, which was the first step leading to their current project: making education fun and available to everyone. Along with Juan Badino and the successful entrepreneur Tomás Escobar, in 2013 Puig founded Acamica. This is an online academy and community which, through the use of technology, allows anyone to learn the skills that are most in demand to confront the future, and to do it from scratch and swiftly. The skills are using technology, design and entrepreneurship. Through its own platform and content developed exclusively for the Internet, Acamica seeks to address estimates that 65% of today’s school children will end up doing jobs that have not even been invented yet and that by the end of the decade 65 million jobs will be vacant and the education system is not preparing us adequately to meet this challenge. As of today, more than 65,000 students around the world are learning and changing their lives through Acamica, with the aid of strategic partners such as the Buenos Aires city hall.</p>
<p>Besides Acamica, Puig and some friends created a library to give young people access to culture and education and keep them off the streets. He is a regular speaker at events on innovation and entrepreneurship.</p> CARLOS EDMAR PEREIRA
www.li…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:32612014-12-01T03:48:29.288Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">CARLOS EDMAR PEREIRA</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.livox.com.br/" target="_blank">www.livox.com.br</a></p>
<p>Computers Analyst. CEO of AEC a company,Focused in creating innovative solutions for people with disabilities.</p>
<p>Millions of people with disabilities can't speak. Most of them will never learn how to read, how to write or complex concepts, like Math. In Brazil alone, 15 million people can't speak.…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">CARLOS EDMAR PEREIRA</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.livox.com.br/" target="_blank">www.livox.com.br</a></p>
<p>Computers Analyst. CEO of AEC a company,Focused in creating innovative solutions for people with disabilities.</p>
<p>Millions of people with disabilities can't speak. Most of them will never learn how to read, how to write or complex concepts, like Math. In Brazil alone, 15 million people can't speak. People with disabilities are the group with the highest risk of school exclusion.</p>
<p>Carlos is a father of a 7-years-old girl named Clara. Due to a medical mistake during his wife's labor, Clara has Cerebral Palsy. Carlos is very passionate about empowering people with disabilities and help them in creating a more equitable society.</p>
<p>Since his daughter's birth, Carlos looked for alternatives to help her. That is why he is changing the world by helping people with disabilities to be socially included by Livox, an app created by Carlos that is the evolution of alternative communication for people with disabilities. Livox adjusts itself according to the user's disability.</p>
<p>Livox enables them to do much more than just speaking - through a tablet. Livox has already reached 10,000 people with disabilities in Brazil and are now ready to take it to Spanish and English spoken markets.</p> BRENDA PEÑA GUTIÉRREZ
www.d…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:34412014-12-01T03:44:45.944Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">BRENDA PEÑA GUTIÉRREZ</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.duhem.co/" target="_blank">www.duhem.co</a></p>
<p>Peña is co-founder and commercial director of DUHEM, Peru’s first online store for responsible, healthy and eco-friendly consumption. She has a degree in business administration from the University of the Pacific (Peru’s top business school), and has also studied business at the University of St. Gallen in…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">BRENDA PEÑA GUTIÉRREZ</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.duhem.co/" target="_blank">www.duhem.co</a></p>
<p>Peña is co-founder and commercial director of DUHEM, Peru’s first online store for responsible, healthy and eco-friendly consumption. She has a degree in business administration from the University of the Pacific (Peru’s top business school), and has also studied business at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.</p>
<p>In 2012 she led one of 10 teams chosen by Wayra Peru (an incubator of tech businesses, run by Spain’s Telefónica group) to receive seed money and consulting from various experts in the eco-system of startups. It was with this prize that, along with her three partners, she launched DUHEM, the original idea for which came in a university classroom.</p>
<p>With more than a year of experience in the Peruvian market, DUHEM has consolidated its position as an online hub that brings together a varied supply of healthy, responsible and eco-friendly products. At DUHEM shoppers can find organic food, accessories that contribute to the development of the production chain of small-scale artisans, even clothing for children, proceeds from which contribute directly to an operation for children born with cleft lip. DUHEM has become a must-stop site for consumers who want to go beyond products that are simply attractive and of good quality and demand ones that are socially responsible. DUHEM has also had an impact on the development of small business owners by offering them the possibility to upgrade their commercial transactions and consulting on how to manage their businesses.</p>
<p>In recent years Peña has served as an adviser to various socially and technologically oriented projects along with the entrepreneurship center at the University of the Pacific. And in addition to her work at DUHEM, she is the commercial director of her family´s textile company, which illustrates her entrepreneurial spirit and passion for the business world.</p> IGNACIO OLIVERI
www.viperme…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:33222014-12-01T03:40:58.559Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">IGNACIO OLIVERI</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.vipermed.uy/" target="_blank">www.vipermed.uy</a></p>
<p>Degree in Systems at ORT University. The idea behind ViperMed arose after Oliveri fractured his leg and was temporarily disabled. During rehab, he observed how the education he received was key in the recovery process. He also saw that many times a patient does not receive this instruction because of…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">IGNACIO OLIVERI</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.vipermed.uy/" target="_blank">www.vipermed.uy</a></p>
<p>Degree in Systems at ORT University. The idea behind ViperMed arose after Oliveri fractured his leg and was temporarily disabled. During rehab, he observed how the education he received was key in the recovery process. He also saw that many times a patient does not receive this instruction because of conditions that may exist at a given time in countries’ health care systems. Enduring this dilemma helped him empathize with more than 85 million people in Latin America and 10% of the world population who also suffer from this problem.</p>
<p>ViperMed is a tele-education platform that lets patients and care-givers receive education from the world’s top medical institutions so people can take better care of themselves. The solution has yielded a positive impact on the therapeutic and financial bottom line of health care systems by improving people’s quality of life and cutting costs stemming from misuse of services, transport to hospitals and recurring medical conditions.</p>
<p>Now ViperMed is involved in projects with private and government institutions and foundations, which estimate that more than 100,000 patients have benefited from the program in such disparate areas as maternity, infant and adult disability, diabetes, obesity, breast cancer and liver transplants.</p>
<p>Ignacio was Awarded by the MIT TR35 award as one of the young entrepreneurs under 35 in 2013, also recognized by MIT with the award for social innovation. He took courses at Stanford University, Columbia University and Singularity University.</p> MIGUEL MORA
www.takeahand.3…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:35102014-12-01T03:34:04.693Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">MIGUEL MORA</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.takeahand.3dcorrect.com/" target="_blank">www.takeahand.3dcorrect.com</a></p>
<p>Degree in Industrial Design from the University of the Andes, in Venezuela</p>
<p>Co-founder of the ergonomics laboratory at that university and RedParaCrecer ( <a href="http://www.redparacrecer.org/">www.redparacrecer.org</a> ), as well as other startups of nationwide scope.</p>
<p>A…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">MIGUEL MORA</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.takeahand.3dcorrect.com/" target="_blank">www.takeahand.3dcorrect.com</a></p>
<p>Degree in Industrial Design from the University of the Andes, in Venezuela</p>
<p>Co-founder of the ergonomics laboratory at that university and RedParaCrecer ( <a href="http://www.redparacrecer.org/">www.redparacrecer.org</a> ), as well as other startups of nationwide scope.</p>
<p>A specialist in 3DPrinting (since 2010) and 3D Biomodelling. Focused on achievement and making a contribution to society through his work. Founder and Product Development Manager of TakeaHand.</p>
<p>TakeaHand was created with the idea of achieving a world in which everyone has the hands that they need, regardless of their physical, biological, economic or social conditions, keeping in mind that everyone’s needs and conditions are different.</p>
<p>With the challenge of meeting this need from the perspective of designers, the company set out to find unconventional solutions in the design of personalized and affordable prosthetic devices for hands, using new technologies, 3D printing and crowdfunding through a cloud platform.</p>
<p>Right now two prototypes are being tested as the company assesses progress in the Minimum Viable Product – the bare essentials for it to be valuable before delivering it to final users.</p> DANIEL ANTONIO MONROY GÓMEZ…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:35092014-12-01T03:30:06.403Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">DANIEL ANTONIO MONROY GÓMEZ</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dplatam.com/">www.dplatam.com</a></p>
<p>Graphic design, digital television production and advertising.</p>
<p>After working for several companies for nearly 10 years, Monroy decided to create his own business. The goal was to develop independent projects that would have a positive impact using technology and digital media as a conduit for reaching…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">DANIEL ANTONIO MONROY GÓMEZ</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dplatam.com/">www.dplatam.com</a></p>
<p>Graphic design, digital television production and advertising.</p>
<p>After working for several companies for nearly 10 years, Monroy decided to create his own business. The goal was to develop independent projects that would have a positive impact using technology and digital media as a conduit for reaching everyone. Initially the plan was to be a digital partner of clients in Guatemala. Thus, the name “Digital Partners”.</p>
<p>It was not until just two years ago that he shifted course and moved to truly realize his goal, which was to design a game for mobile phones called “Mayan Pitz”, meant to preserve cultural heritage that is being lost in Guatemala. The tool for doing this was to be a Mayan Indian game played with a ball. While working to provide digital services such as Web development, Facebook applications and digital creativity, which the company continues to do, the team set aside time to develop the Mayan game project.</p>
<p>Once this project was completed, Monroy realized that there is great potential in the use of entertainment to promote culture and education and transmit messages via games in a creative way. So far the project has reached some 18,000 people around the world. The company continues to work to improve it and reach even more people. Digital Partners seeks to be a creative technology company that builds independent and innovative products and digital solutions for brands, companies, educators and governments. It aims to do so by using entertainment as a cannel for communication that connects with people and leaves positive messages for future changes in the new generations using technology.</p> MAYER MIZRACHI
www.criptext…tag:innovations.ning.com,2014-12-01:6537428:Comment:35082014-12-01T00:20:26.139Zchris macraehttp://innovations.ning.com/profile/s0neqm9lsoui
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">MAYER MIZRACHI</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.criptext.com/">www.criptext.com</a></p>
<p>Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance, American University 2010, Master of Science of Finance, American University 2012.</p>
<p>The idea for Criptext came as we saw a dire need for secure communications in the political atmosphere in Panama. As my team and I were developing an app for a presidential…</p>
<div class="colSize0 templatePageTitles"><h1 class="removeMarginBottom">MAYER MIZRACHI</h1>
</div>
<p></p>
<p><a href="http://www.criptext.com/">www.criptext.com</a></p>
<p>Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance, American University 2010, Master of Science of Finance, American University 2012.</p>
<p>The idea for Criptext came as we saw a dire need for secure communications in the political atmosphere in Panama. As my team and I were developing an app for a presidential candidate in Panama in 2013, we saw firsthand how a screenshot to one of his messages was leaked to the press and taken out of context. We realized then the lack of a platform that protected the privacy and security could be developed into an enterprise. We built first a secure messaging platform for business and launched it in May 2014 and by September 2014 we developed a secure email platform that would complement the business communication platform that we had created.</p>
<p>In the 3 months of operations Criptext has over 1000 paying users focused exclusively on Government entities in Latin America. By the Fall 2014 the goal is to broaden Criptext market to include large corporations in the financial services industry.</p>