• Technology with Purpose: Priming the Humanitarian Pump

  • Mar 20 2018
  • Length: 53 mins
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Technology with Purpose: Priming the Humanitarian Pump

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  • The buzz: “In a sea of human beings, it is difficult, at times even impossible, to see the human as being” (Aysha Taryam). Humanitarian challenge: help refugees find meaningful work and businesses find skilled workers. Sustainable solutions: Deloitte collaborated with the Refugee Studies Centre (University of Oxford) on a research report Talent Displaced: the economic lives of Syrian refugees in Europe and with SAP to develop and pilot the FuturesHub technology platform. SAP’s Engaging for Refugees program offered refugees internship opportunities in software development, design, programming. The experts speak. Jacques Buith, Deloitte: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been” (W. Gretzky). Dan Lahl, SAP: “The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is…to be indifferent to them…essence of inhumanity” (G.B. Shaw). Miguel Castro, SAP: “Save the cheerleader, save the world” (Heroes, Season 1). Join us for Technology with Purpose: Priming the Humanitarian Pump.
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