Talking about digitization in terms of the future makes little sense. The virtualization of work, commerce or leisure has been developing before our eyes. The pandemic has accelerated these processes more if possible. Precisely because digitization has been going on for a long time, and because it permeates all spheres of life, the decisions we make today will define the world of tomorrow.
Analyze the moment in which we are, see which of the possible futures we want to build and how we can contribute to its development. Those are the goals of the Retina SQL event. Surviving the Quantum Leap [sobreviviendo al salto cuántico] which is held this Thursday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and that can be followed live from the EL PAÍS website.
The foresight exercise proposed by the event consists of four parts. In the first, the future challenges in a key country will be analyzed; in the second, from the point of view of the technologies that, presumably, will shape it the most; and in the third, all these challenges will be addressed from a business point of view.
A last block, by way of conclusion, will offer the audience dialogues between experts in various subjects with the aim of complementing, enriching and / or questioning everything that has been previously commented.
In the first part of the debate, entitled History (and prehistory) of the future, the paleontologist Juan Luis Arsuaga and Diego Rubio, director of the National Office for Prospective and Strategy of the Presidency of the Government, will participate, a key organism in the development of the national strategy Spain 2050.
In the second table, dedicated to technology, four top-level speakers in their respective fields will participate. The political scientist Virginia Eubanks will speak about big data and automation, the neurobiologist Rafael Yuste will speak about neurosciences, Elena Gil Lizasoain will launch the keys on the internet of things (IoT) and Lorena Jaume-Palasí on algorithms and artificial intelligence.
The table focused on the future challenges of the companies will be in charge of Joaquín Abril-Martorell, CDO of Cepsa; Clara Jiménez, Accenture’s director of innovation; Ventura Miguel Gómez, CTO of Pagonext and Teresa Riesgo, Secretary General of Innovation.
After an intervention by Marian Salzman, from Philip Morris International, the so-called Improbable Dialogues will start, which will be structured around three themes. The part of citizenship and common good will be covered by the architect Alejandro Aravena; the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez; and the political scientist Victor Lapuente. The session on identity will feature the writer, philosopher and activist Elizabeth Duval and Joan Tardà, member of the ERC National Council. The cultural section will be in charge of the artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, the musician Niño de Elche and Ángeles González-Sinde, scriptwriter and president of the Board of Trustees of the Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
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