In a world where health challenges are becoming increasingly complex and urgent, technological innovation alone is not enough. For an idea to become a real solution that improves lives, something else is needed: strategic collaboration. In this context, events that connect entrepreneurs, hospitals, corporations, and investment funds are taking on a leading role in shaping
The Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem has long been established as one of the most attractive in Europe and is among the most promising worldwide. Paired with longstanding deep cultural ties to Latin America, Spain offers a gateway to Europe for Spanish-speaking countries in the Global South, the Caribbean, and North America. This year, Spain placed fourth
Open Web Collective, an accelerator for Web3 and blockchain, announces its next batch is opening. The accelerator believes that the future of the web is open and is looking for founders who share this vision. The startups on-boarded for Batch 4 will be guided to refine their products, validate business ideas, and implement tokenomics and
The past two years have been a tough time to be a kid. If you walked through a city park anywhere in the world in the latter months of 2020 and early 2021 you most likely saw this evidenced by the heartbreaking scene of playground equipment wrapped in caution tape, with advisory signs posted about
One of the largest cloud industry conferences, Cloud Summit, announced Thursday that it will postpone the event due to concerns over the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. The summit was scheduled for May 12-14 at the Miami Beach Convention Center and will be postponed until early 2021, according to the organizers, Ingram Micro Cloud. In its 11th
In September 2015 all nations adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a target in 2030. At the same time, questions remain. How can we ensure government and business devise ways to achieve the SDGs with a good outcome for the planet and human mankind? What is the role of public-private partnerships? This topic
This month developers and entrepreneurs in the city of Medellín have a new space to learn about Java. On May 30th JAVA Design Patterns, an event discussing the technology and its design, will be held in Ruta N. The 2 hour event is organized by Talos Digital. Java 8 is the most recent version of
Innovation competition Dream Big Challenge, founded by professional basketball player Pau Gasol, hosted its first event in Latin America this past week. The event was held in Medellin, Colombia in Selina. Dream Big Challenge was started last year by the NBA start with the aim of providing young people with an opportunity to develop their
According to a report titled Latino-Owned Businesses: Shining a Light on National Trends, one in four new businesses in the US are Latino-owned and contribute more than $700 billion in sales to the U.S. economy every year. However, Latinos, along with other minorities, still face many hurdles in the business world. But thanks to organizations like
In mid-December of 2018, the Medellin-based Latin American Leadership Academy (LALA) hosted its fourth week-long bootcamp at the University Pontifica Bolivariana. Thirty students between the ages of 14 and 19 from across Latin America were hand-selected to participate in lectures, workshops, and breakout sessions. The bootcamp culminated in the presentation of group projects that each