Annalisa Nash Fernandez

As technology yields unprecedented across borders, privacy and security policies designed for a few markets are ultimately applied globally, in many different cultural contexts. But security is not culture-neutral. Decode geo-cultural dimensions of trust and communication, and how they frame perception of privacy and security on multicultural teams and in the digital arena, enabling effective global policy creation, application, and dissemination. Gain unique insight into how data science is rooted in social science, and how mathematical computation, data interpretation, and numerical processing are processed through a cultural lens. Explore case studies of digital sovereignty, tech diplomacy, data localization and colonialism, and social credit systems. Because as globalization makes our borders invisible, digital boundaries reinstate them.

Attack bias via culture, not color. Examine all kinds of bias-- from availability bias to zero-risk bias --as they are rooted in our mental programming. Biases start out with good intentions. They are a kind of shorthand to navigate the world, and frame it by our cultural perspective. In practice, it can derail into racial, gender, and other harmful biases. We will explore the science of how inclusion sets the stage for better business outcomes, and learn how cultural differences present challenges but provide the opportunity for innovation and global excellence.

Break out of your cultural comfort zone. Technology is connecting us more than ever, but we still face linguistic and cultural barriers. In a globalized world, teamwork, collaboration, and business growth mean communicating across real and perceived borders. In this dynamic presentation, learn how cultural differences present challenges but provide the opportunity for innovation and global excellence. Explore communication styles across world regions, decode cultural perceptions of time, see your own culture through a foreign “lens,” and understand cultural expectations for client meetings and employee feedback. Multidisciplinary content draws on business case studies, research in applicable fields of psychology and sociology, culture related events in the news, and the latest academic theories on intercultural dynamics. You’ll takeaway how to effectively penetrate foreign markets and build relationships across cultures without knowing the local language.