Catalyze Magazine Summer 2021
With Ideagens extensive member network and influential platform, Catalyze Magazine serves as an aggregate for all the content, events, articles, and collaboration that we do. It is a quarterly magazine where you will find transcriptions from Ideagen events from this quarter, articles, and information surrounding how we are completing our mission. With this magazine, we want to highlight the nature of cross-sector collaboration and how we infuse it into our daily mission on a global scale. This edition of Catalyze Magazines highlights the Global Leadership Summit and the Cloud, AI, and Innovation Summit.
With Ideagens extensive member network and influential platform, Catalyze Magazine serves as an aggregate for all the content, events, articles, and collaboration that we do. It is a quarterly magazine where you will find transcriptions from Ideagen events from this quarter, articles, and information surrounding how we are completing our mission. With this magazine, we want to highlight the nature of cross-sector collaboration and how we infuse it into our daily mission on a global scale. This edition of Catalyze Magazines highlights the Global Leadership Summit and the Cloud, AI, and Innovation Summit.
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B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Senior Director of<br />
Programs at<br />
The Ion<br />
Dr. CHRISTINE<br />
GALIB<br />
Ideagen Houston-<br />
Galveston Region<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
President of<br />
WorkingNation<br />
Jane Oates<br />
Ideagen DC<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Sr. Manager, AI<br />
Programs & Strategic<br />
Partnerships at<br />
Microsoft<br />
Dina Grimstead<br />
Ideagen Seattle<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
National Disability<br />
Policy & Diversity &<br />
Inclusion Expert.<br />
Actor & Executive<br />
Producer<br />
Steven Tingus<br />
Ideagen Los Angeles<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Vice President of<br />
Strategic Alliances,<br />
North America,<br />
Hitachi Solutions<br />
Sharan<br />
Hildebrand<br />
Ideagen Chicago<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
US President of<br />
United Way<br />
Worldwide<br />
Suzanne<br />
McCormick<br />
Ideagen Tampa<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Former US<br />
Ambassador to<br />
Qatar<br />
Patrick Theros<br />
Ideagen Qatar<br />
Country Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Associate Director<br />
of Admission at<br />
Phillips Exeter<br />
Academy<br />
Kathy Cheng<br />
Ideagen China<br />
Country Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Vice President at<br />
NASDAQ<br />
David Wicks<br />
Ideagen New York<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Co-Founder and<br />
Co-General<br />
Partner of<br />
AdAstral<br />
Maurizio<br />
Vecchione<br />
Ideagen Los Angeles<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Senior VP for<br />
Public Affairs &<br />
Communications,<br />
and Chief of Staff<br />
to the President at<br />
the University of<br />
Miami<br />
Rudy Fernandez<br />
Ideagen Miami<br />
City Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Director of<br />
Product<br />
Incubation at<br />
Microsoft<br />
Dr. Sidhant<br />
Gupta<br />
Ideagen India<br />
Country Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
President of ACS<br />
Athens<br />
Peggy Pelonis<br />
Ideagen Athens<br />
Country Chair
CATALYZE.<br />
B Y I D E A G E N <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
University<br />
Partnerships-<br />
Director at<br />
<strong>Summer</strong><br />
Discovery<br />
Esteban Olivares<br />
Ideagen DC &<br />
Baltimore<br />
City Chair
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Cloud technologies, AI, and Innovation. In order to achieve the<br />
UN Global goals, innovation is essential to develop and harness<br />
technology for global good. At this summit topics included<br />
Artificial Intelligence for Good, Cloud for Good, Disruption of<br />
Aging and more.<br />
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Joseph Coughlin<br />
AARP board member and the<br />
Founder and Director of the MIT AgeLab
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NEW!<br />
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Read insights on global leadership and how these leaders<br />
are addressing some of the most vexing issues of today,<br />
highlighting their leadership qualities and capabilities,<br />
and bringing awareness to the UN Global Goals<br />
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"What we're trying to do is not necessarily predict<br />
the future or be right. We're trying to understand<br />
how we can challenge our assumptions from today,<br />
the status quo, and how it might not play out in the<br />
future." Lt. Col Jake Sotiriadis<br />
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I D E A G E N ' S<br />
14<br />
C I T Y<br />
& C O U N T R Y C H A I R S<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
Dina Grimstead<br />
Sr. Manager, AI Programs & Strategic<br />
partnerships at Microsoft<br />
Chicago, IL<br />
Sharan Hildebrand<br />
Vice President of Strategic Alliances,<br />
North America, Hitachi Solutions<br />
New York City, NY<br />
David Wicks<br />
Vice President, NASDAQ<br />
Washington, DC<br />
Jane Oates<br />
President, Working Nation<br />
Tampa, FL<br />
Suzanne McCormick<br />
US President, United Way Worldwide<br />
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I D E A G E N ' S<br />
14<br />
C I T Y<br />
& C O U N T R Y C H A I R S<br />
Houston, TX<br />
Dr. Christine Galib<br />
Senior Director of Programs,<br />
The Ion<br />
Los Angeles, CA<br />
Steven James Tingus<br />
National Disability Policy & Diversity &<br />
Inclusion Expert. Actor & Executive<br />
Producer<br />
Washington, DC & Baltimore, MD<br />
Esteban Olivares<br />
Director of Educational Development & University<br />
Partnerships, <strong>Summer</strong> Discovery<br />
Miami, FL<br />
Rudy Fernandez<br />
Senior Vice President for Public Affairs &<br />
Communications, and Chief of Staff to the President at<br />
the University of Miami<br />
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I D E A G E N ' S<br />
14<br />
C I T Y<br />
& C O U N T R Y C H A I R S<br />
Los Angeles, CA<br />
Maurizio Vecchione<br />
Co-founder and Co-General partner,<br />
AdAstral<br />
Greece<br />
Dr. Peggy Pelonis<br />
President, ACS Athens<br />
Qatar<br />
Patrick Theros<br />
Former Ambassador to Qatar<br />
General Partner, Theros & Theros, LLP<br />
China<br />
Kathy Cheng<br />
Associate Director of Admission at<br />
Phillips Exeter Academy<br />
India<br />
Dr. Sidhant Gupta<br />
Director of Product Incubation, Microsoft<br />
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Editor's Note<br />
Dear Friends and Colleagues,<br />
As we emerge from the global pandemic, Ideagen continues to<br />
maximize our efforts and commitments to convene the world's greatest<br />
minds from the world's leading companies, NGO's, and the public<br />
sector to address the world's most vexing issues. In 2020, Ideagen TV<br />
content reached over 90 Million People and in <strong>2021</strong> we are on target<br />
to reach well over 100 Million People across the planet with inspiring<br />
interviews and custom programming to create awareness and<br />
partnerships to achieve the Global Goals.<br />
<strong>2021</strong> is already shaping up to be epic, we are excited to convene and<br />
prepare for the release of the Acceleration Summit Series in July and 17<br />
Days of Sustainability in October, which are 17 Days with hundreds of<br />
speakers all to further global sustainability and ultimatly change the<br />
world!<br />
Sincerely,<br />
GEORGE SIFAKIS<br />
GEORGE SIFAKIS<br />
Editor-in-Chief & CEO<br />
-Ideagen<br />
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COOPER HENDERSON<br />
Publication Editor<br />
JOHN MULBERGER<br />
Publication Editor<br />
DANIEL KERNS<br />
Publication Co-Editor<br />
Pictured Top to Bottom<br />
Kate Johnson, Microsoft<br />
Dr. Rhonda Medows, Providence<br />
George Sifakis with Robert Reiss
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