{"id":25589,"date":"2019-09-17T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comunicagenia.com\/blog\/world-experts-in-civic-technology-meet-in-malaga-to-discuss-global-challenges\/"},"modified":"2019-09-17T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:00:12","slug":"world-experts-in-civic-technology-meet-in-malaga-to-discuss-global-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comunicagenia.com\/en\/blog\/world-experts-in-civic-technology-meet-in-malaga-to-discuss-global-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"World experts in civic technology meet in Malaga to discuss global challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yesterday the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">XIII edition of Expodera Live<\/span><\/strong> was presented in Malaga (Teatro Echegaray). A program that aims to bring together 250 experts and world leaders who are focused on offering a comprehensive vision of how the social use of technology can help achieve the global challenges that today&#8217;s society demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event, which runs until noon today, has as its central theme <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u201cCivic technology in the face of global challenges\u201d<\/span><\/strong>. And, in addition, this edition has speakers such as the coordinator of the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">World Information Society Summit<\/span> (WSIS), Gitanjali Sah; the president of the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Wikimedia Foundation<\/span>, Mar\u00eda Sefidari; <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Blockchain<\/span>&#8216;s head of research, Garrick Hileman; or the co-founder of the Public Digital Innovation Space of the Government of Taiwan, Shuyang Lin, among others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mayor of Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, assured that \u201cthey are proud to contribute to the development of this Congress, which is already an international benchmark.\u201d Furthermore, he added that <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u201cthe capacity for innovation between civil society and companies can provide answers to the great challenges\u201d<\/span><\/strong>, clarifying that these projects are the pillars to sustain \u201cthe social innovation ecosystem of the present and the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The key topics to be discussed among experts, through conferences and interviews, focus on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, three-dimensional (3D) printing or quantum supercomputing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, the president of the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Cibevoluntarios Foundation<\/span>, Yolanda Rueda, made reference to the High Commissioner for the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Agenda 2030<\/span>, stating that this event <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u201cis an opportunity \u201cmagnificent for sharing international projects, which aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\u201d<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The WSIS Coordinator also wanted to address a few words to the public, focusing on the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)<\/span> to guide sustainable development. Sah clarified that \u201crural connectivity in the villages has allowed economic growth,\u201d but despite this he reported that half of the population still does not have access to the Internet, and therefore, he assured that we must <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u201ccollaborate, coordinate and cooperate\u201d<\/span><\/strong> to materialize the set objectives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group of speakers makes this edition of Empodera Live a must-see event to discover the new advances in social innovation. Furthermore, the novelty this year is that they have added <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">civic verses<\/span>, that is, through tweets a poetic summary of each session is made. It is also <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">broadcast live<\/span> for all those who cannot attend, through the website www.empoderaLIVE.org, thanks to the collaboration of <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Agoranews<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Empodera Live is organized by the Cibervoluntarios Foundation with the support of the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Ministry of Labor, Migration and Social Security<\/span>, the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">M\u00e1laga City Council<\/span>, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">UNITAR<\/span>), and the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Cifal M\u00e1laga Association<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fundaci\u00f3n Cibervoluntarios<\/strong><\/span> is a non-profit entity made up of social entrepreneurs who have come together with the aim of promoting the use and knowledge of new technologies, as a means to alleviate social gaps, generate social innovation and promote citizen empowerment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday the XIII edition of Expodera Live was presented in Malaga (Teatro Echegaray). 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