Singularity Summit Spain 2024
Esade – Academic Sponsor
Esade–Singularity: Leading business transformation into the future
The first collaborative partnership between Esade and Singularity (2017-2019) led to the creation of high-impact initiatives, such as Journey to Business Transformation, a joint program which enabled participants to explore the transformative impact of cutting-edge technologies, providing them a strategic vision to transform business in the digital age.
Redefining innovation in the information age
Esade, Singularity Summit Spain 2024 Academic Sponsor
Singularity Summit Spain 2024 will be held in Madrid this year on November 12th and 13th at Fundación Pablo VI. Esade will participate in this event as the summit’s Academic Sponsor, featuring a talk by Ivan Bofarull, Esade’s Chief Innovation Officer, entitled “Building disruption-friendly companies.”
By participating in this event, Esade aims to strengthen its position in the business transformation field and further its recognition as a reference for innovation. At the same time, it will help redefine business innovation in today’s information age.
Singularity Summit Spain is the meeting point for those seeking to understand and lead during this era of exponential technologies. In this edition, key figures such as Peter Diamandis from Singularity, Shuonan Chen, IOVC partner and expert in exponential technology, Jim Stolze, founder of Aigency, and Steve Cadigan, former HR Director at LinkedIn, will share their views on the future of technology and its impact on worldwide business.
Esade will take part, though not just as an academic leader but also as the driver of a business revolution that incorporates technology such as AI, data analytics, and machine learning.
This event is organized by Singularity Spain, an official Singularity global partner. Singularity is the world’s leading global innovation and learning community founded by Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil in collaboration with NASA, Google, and other leading Silicon Valley tech firms.
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![Iván Bofarull]()
Esade Chief Innovation Officer
“Disruption is the new norm, and company’s shouldn’t run away from it but, rather, understand and take advantage of it to evolve and strengthen their competitiveness.”
Training data revolution leaders
We incorporate technology into the educational experience we provide future business leaders and executives who want to understand and make the most of all the potential that new technologies offer the business world.
We are preparing our students for them to learn about and make the most of all the potential that AI, data analytics, and machine learning afford to manage complex technological projects, help the world advance, and contribute to companies’ and society’s sustainable growth.
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We undertake research and generate knowledge
We promote multidisciplinarity through our various knowledge units and actively carry out research and develop new technological capacities for education. Our research centers serve to identify the necessary skills and competencies needed to train future professionals who can apply vanguard technologies.
We promote social debate
We organize numerous activities and events which promote technology beyond our campuses. Thanks to initiatives such as Singularity Summit Spain, Mobile World Congress, and ESG Summit Europe, we create the necessary spaces for debate to lead the digital revolution and the technological transformation of talent among individuals, startups, and large firms.
Schedule
Tuesday, November 12th
12:00 pm - 12:25 pm: Building disruption-friendly companies
Ivan Bofarull, Chief Innovation Officer (Esade)
Building disruption-friendly companies,” a talk by Ivan Bofarull, Esade’s Chief Innovation Officer: Bofarull will discuss the different strategies companies can adopt in order to increase their ability to transform themselves in an era constantly undergoing technological disruption. According to Bofarull, “Organizations have to adopt an innovative and transformative focus which enables them to take advantage of disruptions to evolve and strengthen their competitiveness.
