Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013 Women in the Digital Future #womendigital #girlsdigital Cheryl D. Miller ZenDigital.EU
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Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Women in the Digital Future#womendigital #girlsdigital
Cheryl D. MillerZenDigital.EU
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
1. Fools will predict the future2. 50 Billion Souls3. William Gibson: The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
1. Sharing vs. Accumulating2. Open vs. Closed3. Free/Empowered vs. Owned/Enslaved
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Sharing vs. Accumulating
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
“We need to be worried... Risk has already increased dramatically.” - Maarten Van Aalst, Co-Author
“Global warming is increasing the risk of disaster ...The risk will become greater as the future gets hotter."- Michael Oppenheimer, Co-AuthorIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, November 2011
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
(c) Rex Features The Guardian
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
“The door is closing. I am very worried – if we don't change direction now on how we use energy, we will end up beyond what scientists tell us is the minimum [for safety]. The door will be closed forever.”
-Fatih Birol, Chief Economist, International Energy Agency
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Club of Rome “Limits to Growth” Report 1972
Material/physical growth is no longer possible!
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Unlimited Growth:
• Empathy
• Compassion
• Love
• Wisdom
• Harmony
• Knowledge(c) GapingVoid
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Women have a profound, positive
contribution to make!
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
2. Open vs. Closed+data, privacy+information+knowledge+wisdom...
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
2. Free/Empowered vs. Owned/Enslaved
“The greatest measure of a society is how well it treats its weakest members” - ?? / CDM +empowerment: through knowledge & skills+sustainability: 100% of society engaged Imagine, Design & Create the Future!
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Key Areas:BiotechNanotechICT4HealthICT for Good
Manipulating the planetManipulating ourselves
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Challenge
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Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
1in 5 girls want to work in Tech
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3 in 10 MST Students are Women
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1 in 4 Degrees in CS are Women
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24% of IT Workers are Women
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1 of 5 in ICT are Women
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Opportunity
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Economically
“[F]rom the 1970s until today, the fact that more women entered the work force was a big driver of GDP growth. In a snapshot, the number of women participating in the work force went from about 41% to 56% over a 40-year period. If they didn't join the work force, that would have been a 25% hit to GDP.-Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co.WSJ CEO Council Interview, 21 November 2011
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Morally“[C]ompanies with more women on their boards of directors and in senior positions tended to have more active corporate philanthropy efforts, and to give more money, than those with fewer women at high levels..”-Harvard Study, July 2011
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Socially
Women involuntarily imitate other peoples’ emotional expressions more than men—a behavior thought to reflect increased activity of “mirror neurons,” cells in the brain that activate both when someone performs an action and when he or she sees someone else perform that same action.-Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Study, 1995
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Health, Wellbeing, Everything!
“Evidence shows that with equal access to education, training and means, women can raise the living standards of their families and inject new life into the local economy...
“Women also play a key role in guaranteeing food security for the entire household. In the hands of women, food is far more likely to reach the mouths of needy children...”-World Food Programme, October 2010
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So what do we do?
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Cheryl D. Miller - Zen Digital Europe - 16 April 2013
Restore Balance
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The best indicator of the future is the past.
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Power of knowledgePower of technology
Power of FUN!
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Contact:Cheryl D. MillerFounder & Executive DirectorZen Digital EuropeEmail: [email protected]
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