xFAB Women Day 3 and Day 4: Convergence (Future Ecosystems and The Future of Money)

​Day 3 - Convergence & Strategy

• ​Emerging technologies tend to converge leading to new solutions or products

• ​Due to this convergence companies can have a more disruptive character in the market-place

• ​What kind of strategies are these companies following?
  - We will touch on immersive technologies
  - Metaverse and the world of AR, VR, MR and XR
  - Will Facebook survive?

• ​Web 3.0 - What does it mean and how can we prepare businesses and design decision-making processes for this new (virtual) reality?

​By Kamales Lardi

​Kamales is a bold and strategic thinker in digital and business transformation. She combines over 21 years of deep cross-industry experience with the latest digital and technology solutions. Kamales is listed in the “Top 10 Global Influencers & Thought Leaders in Digital Transformation” (Thinkers360) and Top 50 Women in Tech Influencers 2021 (The Awards Magazine).

Kamales is a Teaching Fellow and Chairperson of the MBA Advisory Board at Durham University Business School, and she was recently appointed Chair of the FORBES Business Council Women Executives. She is a dynamic and influential speaker and presents regularly at corporate and industry conferences.

Day 3 - Platforms and Ecosystems

• ​What are digital platforms and why are they important?

• ​The rise of platform ecosystems.
  - Elaborating on examples (Apple, Amazon, Alibaba, WeChat, etc.)
  - New business models as consequences.

• ​Digital platforms and reach. How to manage scale?

• ​The focus on dispersion and relation with equality

​By Tariq Qureishy

​Tariq is currently the Co-Founder/CEO of Xponential, a Future Readiness & Foresight Ecosystem which enables & executes transformational methodology and concepts to create 'exponential organizations' for the future.

He is also the Founder/CEO of MAD Talks Group in 2016, an integrated digital media and visual storytelling platform, focused on the future of leadership, innovation & 10x thinking.

Day 4 - Global Outlook of Economies and Money

• ​The basics: financial household of a company. The stuff that they teach you at MBAs. We do that as well and add a layer on top: Banking 5.0 , Fintech, virtual banks, ExO economies, DAO’s, start-ups, Overview of developments in the financial sector.

• ​Creation of an all-digital bank. Decentralized solutions, mobile transactions. A virtual tour around the world. AI & Robo advisors, Cashless society.

• ​Is there a future for decentralized economies?

• ​DAOs and the shift of economies. 5. Exponential technologies and its deflationary effects.

​Day 4 - Roundtable - The Future of Money

A panel of experts from several financial institutes will discuss the future of finance through the lens of future leadership. How to navigate your company during these changes.