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[DJAC Video] How To Innovate at a Big Company

How To Innovate at a Big Company
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
Innovation is not only limited to startups. It can be applied to big companies. By treating their business units as a collection of startups, Amazon, Google and Facebook are innovating at breakneck speeds, bringing products to market as fast as startups and taking advantage of their economies of scale. In this session, we hear from business leaders of these companies to discuss how we can democratize innovation at all big companies.

Moderator
Ashraf Karim

Speakers
Asif Makhani
Samir Rayani
Munira Rahemtulla

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[DJAC Video] How to Repeatedly Reinvent Yourself: Developing a Mindset of Lifelong Learning and Voracious Curiosity

How to Repeatedly Reinvent Yourself: Developing a Mindset of Lifelong Learning and Voracious Curiosity
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
Do you have a “fixed” or a “growth” mindset when it comes to learning? Lifelong learning is now recognized by educators, governing bodies, and employers in all fields as one of the most valuable traits a person can possess. Those with fixed mindsets believe in the limited capacity of their basic abilities and intelligence. Those with growth mindsets believe their true potential is unknowable, and thus persistently develop their innate talents and push their boundaries. So how do we cultivate a growth mindset if it doesn’t come naturally?

Moderator
Aliza Lalani

Speakers
Samina Hooda
Shirin Sharif
Zain Gulamali
Adil Kabani

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[DJAC Video] Take Control of Your Finances and Build Wealth

Take Control of Your Finances and Build Wealth
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
Learn how the most financially successful individuals optimize their savings hierarchies and plan early for retirement, take full advantage of employee benefits, offload debt, budget and monitor spending, diversify their venture’s exposure within their total asset base, reduce the volatility of their cash flow, keep a rainy day fund in reserve, choose a suitable asset allocation for their investment portfolio, and value the tradeoff between time and money. The road to building wealth is paved with goals – discover how close you are to your destination.

Moderator
Forest Fielder – UBS

Speakers
Shanif Dhanani
Nabyl Charania

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[DJAC Video] Workshop: How to use Social Media to Build Your Professional Brand

Workshop: How to use Social Media to Build Your Professional Brand
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
How can we use social media platforms and global connectivity to increase our professional presence, to identify and target our network, and to create completely novel career opportunities? Learn how to take advantage of the viral connectivity of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as well as professional platforms such as LinkedIn, AngelList and SERMO, to build authority around your personal brand. Learn how to target your audience outside of crowded industry-centric groups, how to keep your image consistent across all outlets, how to engage regularly with diversified multi-media content, how to study and collaborate with influencers, and how to create upfront value for the highest success rates of engagement.

Speaker
Nureen Gulamali

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[DJAC Video] Technology in the 21st Century

Technology in the 21st Century
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
Throughout the 20th century, technology and economics drove a dominant logic: bigger is better. Around the world, the goal was to create economies of scale by building big corporations. In the 21st century, a wave of AI-propelled technologies are empowering innovators to effectively compete against economies of scale. In this session, we went behind the scenes to see how developer platforms, computer vision and sensor fusion are reshaping existing industries and creating new ones altogether like self-driving cars and robotics.

Speakers
Samir Pradhan
Aziz Gilani

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[DJAC Video] 3 Puzzle Pieces That Inform Your Direction and Competitive Advantage

3 Puzzle Pieces That Inform Your Direction and Competitive Advantage
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
Your competitive advantage is formed by the interplay of three different, ever-changing forces: your assets, your aspirations/values, and the market realities, i.e., the supply and demand for what you offer the marketplace relative to the competition. In this session, we discuss how the best direction has you pursuing worthy aspirations, using your assets, while navigating the market realities.

Moderator
Shan Ali Moledina

Speakers
Shaherose Charania
Rob Cole

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[DJAC Video] Silicon Valley is a Mindset, Not a Location

Silicon Valley is a Mindset, Not a Location
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
What makes entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley so special is their ability to take on big challenges, fail fast and persevere to new heights. The key ingredient in this is continuing to learn and grow with the help of your network. In this session, we explore how tech luminaries are using these traits to prove that Silicon Valley is not only a location, but also a mindset that’s driving startup success in New York, Boston, Austin and Los Angeles, and how it can be expanded to the rest of the country.

Moderator
Karim Bhalwani

Speakers
Saba Karim
Michelle Noorali
Arif Virani
Faizal Kassamali

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[DJAC Video] Healthcare in the 21st Century

Healthcare in the 21st Century
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
Healthcare is shifting from analog to digital. Medicine, for so long centered around the knowledge in the human brains of doctors, radiologists, and other experts. It is now turning into a data science problem. The whole focus of healthcare is shifting from treating conditions after they arise to keeping people healthy and stopping illness before symptoms appear. In this session, we discuss how some of the most forward-thinking healthcare organizations are providing personalized healthcare with the help of AI and Data Science.

Moderator
Zohray Talib

Speakers
Ameya Kulkarni
Saleem Sayani

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[DJAC Video] Finance in the 21st Century

Finance in the 21st Century
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held September 2018.

Program Overview
The 20th century was all about big banks providing financial services to a few. The 21st century is all about FinTech upstarts unbundling traditional financial services and providing access to everyone, including more than 40% of the global population that is unbanked. In this session, we talk about how these companies use traditional banks as platforms, AI software to learn patterns and goals, and offer the kind of direction that used to come from human financial advisors and loan officers.

Moderator
Aly Alibhai

Speakers
Asif Ramji

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[DJAC Video] AKDN Roundtable: Global Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange Session II

AKDN Roundtable: Global Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange Session II
Session was held at the Diamond Jubilee Alliances Conference held on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018.

Program Overview
How can you contribute your knowledge and skills to the global community? In this roundtable session, you have the opportunity to learn about real-life problems that the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is currently working to resolve. We discuss creative and innovative ways to contribute to the global knowledge society and understand the future of AKDN.

Moderator
Faheem Noorali

Speakers
Aleem Walji

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