By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

Costa Rica will become the Latin American center for excellence to discuss and analyze the Megatrends that have moved beyond hype and are now a really and how they provide dynamic business opportunities in LATAM.

The event will have nearly 700 professionals and representatives from more than 300 companies, which will maximize networking opportunities on November 4-5, at the Costa Rica Convention Center*, in the province of Heredia.

Disrupting technologies are transforming the services and manufacturing sectors and converging. They are reaching a tipping point between remaining relevant or shining above the crowd to drive sustainable growth, all the while reinventing the way we live and work.

In the context of the Megaminds in Megatrends Forum, the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency, will present the leading Minds driving these transformations including leading global speakers as:

- Mario Vargas Valles, Director Sales Intelligent Cloud - Americas Global Black Belt Team of Microsoft.

- Daniel Ciriano, Medical Affairs Competency Building & Talent Development Lead of Pharma International – Hoffmann-La Roche.

- Florian  Klein, Founder & Director form Deloitte Center.

- Randy Schiestl,  Global Technology from Boston Scientific.

- Walter Greenleaf, Medical Applications of VR/AR - Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. from Stanford University.

Nate Williams, Director, Economic Graph. from LinkedIn.

Among the topics to be addressed are:

- The application of augmented reality and virtual reality on surgery simulation and 3D medical visualization.

- Internet of Things as the digital "senses" for insight gathering.

- Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to drive client life cycle.

- Cyber security's challenges in new business.

- The jobs of tomorrow.

- The use of blockchain in the fintech industry.

- The 5G and the interconnectivity of the ecosystem.


The registration cost is US$ 450 per person. There are still sponsorship options for companies that wish to participate in the exhibition hall.

More information on the Forum may be reached at MegaMindsCR site here.*





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