How Can We Leverage The Power Of The Crowd To Build Tomorrow’s Economy and Find Breakthroughs?
With each day, more technologies enable the practice of crowdsourcing to become more sophisticated and viable. From Airbnb for stays to BlaBlaCar and Careem in transportation, crowdsourcing and sharing economy companies have shifted behaviors in the marketplace for good. We are now in a prime position to lead the change in applying crowd principles to breakthrough opportunities to expand its reach and foster sustainable growth.
The theme of Day 4 at CSW Europe 2016 in Brussels was Energy & Sustainability. Crowdsourcing Week’s CEO Epi Ludvik Nekaj opened the day and set the scene for a day’s presentations and discussions on crowdsourcing in the energy sector. For reasons explained...
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Today’s theme was Smart Cities, Sharing Economy and Mobility. These three aspects of the crowd economy naturally come together in the process of seeking solutions to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges that require a holistic approach with 360 degree vision. Epi Ludvik...
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What an amazing day! Here are some key contributions from several of the more than 25 presenters and panelists who spoke on topics within the day’s themes of Crowdsourcing, Co-creation and Crowd Innovation, #CSWEurope16. After a welcome by Crowdsourcing Week’s founder...
Four days of quickfire presentations and stimulating panel discussions about the crowd economy and its impact on established markets began last night with a reception at BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels for speakers, VIPs and guests. Maris Sefcovic, VP EU European...
... they just know how to ‘reduce risk’ with human and business sense. Entrepreneurs are often celebrated as risk takers; people who have the courage to achieve goals with resources outside of their control. But let me share a little secret with you: Most...
What did you want to be when you grew up? This is perhaps rather an outmoded question, isn’t it, more suited to a “jobs for life” culture? What occupations can people choose that aren’t going to disappear over the next 25 years or so. If Uber has its way automated...
Crowdsourcing Week founder and CEO Epi Ludvik Nekaj is one of a number of worldwide contributory authors of a new book, "Crowdfunding for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation." Reading this book will provide insight on the changes taking place in crowdfunding,...
The UK’s Sunday Times recently reported on blockchain newcomer Zcash rivalling virtual currency Bitcoin with its advantage of complete anonymity. Related blockchain reputation and security issues are items we have recently covered at Crowdsourcing Week with articles...
“Desert wastelands absorb enough solar energy in six hours to power the world for a year.” I was amazed when I read this in Peter Fisk’s book Gamechangers about disruptive brands and businesses. Other commentators don’t sound as positive about solar energy as a...
Big data is a market currently estimated to be worth around $40bn and projected to reach $66.8bn by 2021, according to Ben Rossi in Information Age. And up to October 2016 there have been 22,800 questions posted on Quora related to big data. Some less...
In July 2016 US President Barack Obama announced plans to bring more solar energy to American homes, with a focus on a 10-times increase on the alternative energy for low- and moderate-income households. "Today we're offering even more families and communities the...
CSW’s Summit in Bangalore on September 10 was the first Crowdsourcing Week event held in India, co-hosted by the Digital Empowerment Foundation. The day’s presentations will be available soon and we will update this article with a link. In the meantime what follows is...
Crowdsourcing Week, in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation, is delighted to bring its first summit to India on September 10 in Bangalore. It will focus on crowdfunding and collaborative approaches that define a sharing economy and local and...
In partnership with Digital Empowerment Foundation, Crowdsourcing Week Summit Bangalore will bring crowdsourcing and the crowd economy to centre stage in our first event held in India. Indian and international speakers, including Osama Manzar, Founder and Director of...
CSW Summit Johannesburg on 24 June 2016 was Crowdsourcing Week’s first event in Africa. It was held on Day Two of the InnoLive 2016 conference presented by Innocentrix. The day’s presentations can be accessed here, and here is a brief recap on some of the event’s...
The crowd economy is set to take Africa by storm, and CSW Summit Johannesburg on the second day of Innolive 2016 on June 24 will focus on collaborative innovation with the overall theme of “The Sharing Economy – Unlocking Africa’s Potential.” Local and international...
CSW Summit Tehran on May 20 was Iran’s first crowdsourcing/crowd economy conference. The event was attended by over 250 delegates at the National Library of Iran who enjoyed inspirational panel sessions and presentations featuring a lineup of Iranian and international...
We are very excited to be coming in June for our first event in Africa. Crowdsourcing Week is a global platform uniting thought leadership on the crowd economy and crowdsourcing. In collaboration with Innocentrix, an innovation business and technology service company,...
Crowdsourcing is a global practice, and we are excited to bring Iran’s first action-packed crowdsourcing summit to Tehran and showcase leading edge innovations in the crowd economy to an audience hungry for encouragement and opportunities in the business of sharing....
The end of economic sanctions on Iran ended restrictions on Iranian trade, shipping and insurance. The International Monetary Fund estimates Iran’s GDP could grow by as much as 5% in 2016/17 from a standing start. And within this is an astonishing pent up demand from...
For many of us, it's possible when we think of 'Crowdsourcing' what comes to mind is the Kickstarter of an exciting cause or product that we recently contributed financially to (often to support a friend whose involved in it) after seeing it promoted on social media....
Today’s theme at Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 was Crowdsourcing and Crowd Innovation. CSW founder Epi Ludvik Nekaj reminded us of the prediction made by American ‘futurist’ Ray Kurzwell. He believes the advancements made in the next 100 years will match those of the...
This year our global conference is in London, a truly iconic, vibrant, global city. And one that’s creaking at some of the seams of its infrastructure. This morning my tube was delayed on its journey to ease over-crowding at its end destination. The roads are...
The historic setting of the Regent Street Cinema in London witnessed the first day of Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016, a conference dealing with massive changes in how we do business. First sessions of the morning looked at the wide picture of the changing times we are...