Heather Schlegel

Heather Schlegel

Futurist

Strategic futurist and collaborative leader to identify, research and evangelize the trends that will change humanity by encouraging companies to learn and take advantage of new trends, creating great products while opening new opportunities for their lines of business. His areas of expertise include Financial Innovation, Future of Transactions, Bitcoin, Future of Shopping, Mobile Medicine, and the impact of changing demographics. His latest project is a future of money TV series exploring the positive forces in the evolution of money, funded through Kickstarter in October 2013 where he raised $ 73,000.

For more than 12 years he has helped create innovative products in Silicon Valley and has more than 50 product launches to his name. Heather is currently Head of Product Development at DebtMarket, a financial startup in Los Angeles. His research projects include technology in financial markets: loans, virtual currencies / substitutes and transactions; long-term product adoption for innovative technologies. She is primarily known by her nickname, Heathervescent, where she explores the intersection of technology, culture, and identity. Heather is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Future Forecasting Technology at the University of Houston, where the first futures program was started through NASA in the 1960s. She has focused her studies on cutting edge technology in financial markets, psotive wildcards, and the long-term adoption of paradigm-shifting technology.

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Lecciones aprendidas para las aulas del futuro 

Lecciones aprendidas para las aulas del futuro 

Herramientas como las habilidades blandas, la capacidad de comunicación, el uso de la tecnología o el pensamiento crítico son parte del camino hacia un futuro líquido en educación.

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IoT is advancing at full speed, what do we do about cybersecurity?

IoT is advancing at full speed, what do we do about cybersecurity?

The positive aspects of this technology are many and varied, but there are also some risks that would be wise to keep in check.

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Ignacio Cirac: “Quantum computing will be present in our lives in 10 or 15 years”.

Ignacio Cirac: “Quantum computing will be present in our lives in 10 or 15 years”.

Primer #FutureTalks de 2023, con Ignacio Cirac, uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en computación cuántica, que nos explica la importancia de esta tecnología para el futuro de la computación.

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