Finance and Investments - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/finance-and-investments/ people who drive cultural, social, and economic impact Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:16:58 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.7 https://www.impactmania.com/im/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-impactmania-favicon-32x32.jpg Finance and Investments - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/finance-and-investments/ 32 32 impactmania at panel, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge https://www.impactmania.com/im/speaking-at-the-centre-for-geopolitics-university-of-cambridge/ Mon, 18 May 2026 11:11:54 +0000 http://linkedin-7462097629141782528 A handful of US corporations whose financial capacity exceeds that of sovereign states, exercise without assuming the corresponding responsibilities of statehood: no accountability to populations, no obligation to universal service, and no democratic mandate.

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]]> Paksy Plackis-Cheng speaking on data security and monetization https://www.impactmania.com/im/speaking-on-data-security-and-monetization/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:54:59 +0000 http://linkedin-7394357042871803905 Guess what, we can tackle all of these challenges by stacking proven tech solutions and partnering across sectors and industries. At its core, the one overarching challenge: we need more people willing to move beyond the tried (but no longer true) approaches to convening, collaborating, and accelerating, with new technologies (Made in Germany!) 😁

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]]> AI Keynote in Estonia https://www.impactmania.com/im/estonia-is-again-ahead-of-the-curve/ Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:42:19 +0000 http://linkedin-7391031964272844800 Paksy demonstrated AI's power by using an to create a web landing page in minutes for her keynote (w/ lifelike audience photos) incl. a call-to-action. One prompt and a few minutes to build a new site w/ original content and visuals. Impressive, only caveat: the photo of me was of a male of course 🤓

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]]> impactmania on digital security panel, Brazil https://www.impactmania.com/im/23-million-people-and-impactmania-get-to-meet-the-best-folks/ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:02:13 +0000 http://linkedin-7384181801092591616 Impactmania thanks Claudia Jacy Barenco Abbas. A week of connecting with thousands of participants at the Horasis Global Summit, led by the formidable Frank-Jürgen Richter. Paksy Plackis-Cheng had a great exchange about the most underrated topic but criticality to our society: cybersecurity. The panel led by Prof. Claudia Abbas, with panel members Dr. Chantal Spleiss, Antony Cobiak, CPC-F CPC-A, Marcia Netto.

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]]> Did you catch impactmania’s hour-long conversation on The Executives? https://www.impactmania.com/im/did-you-catch-my-hour-long-conversation-on-w-majid-mahmood/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:03:09 +0000 http://linkedin-7216034068834979840 The most alarming learning? impactmania's tests showed that AI often favors the least experienced candidates over top (educated and experienced) people. It's clear that and plays a big role in this and how the machine learns over time. Achieving equity requires more than just unbiased AI.

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]]> Thomas Bird on Impact Investments https://www.impactmania.com/im/thomas-bird-impact-investments/ Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:00:35 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/thomas-bird-impact-investments/ After featuring a number of social entrepreneurs and a few impact funds, we speak with Tom Bird, an entrepreneur and investor in early impact firms since 1988. impactmania spoke with Tom about impact investments and how he evaluates social enterprises.

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