Stephen Ibaraki

Stephen K. Ibaraki has been a teacher,^[1] an industry analyst,^[2] writer^[3][4][5] and consultant^[6] in the IT industry, and the former president of the Canadian Information Processing Society.^[7]

Currently, Ibaraki is a venture capitalist,^[8][9][10] entrepreneur,^{[9][11][12][13][14]} futurist^[9][12][14] and speaker.^[15] He is also the founder of the UN ITU AI for Good Global Summit,^[12][16][17] and a vicechair of the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health, founding chair of the Financial Services Roundtable Tech Advisory Council,^[18] and founding chair of the International Federation for Information Processing Global Industry Council.^[19] Ibaraki serves as an Advisor for the Business Development Committee of the IEEE Computer Society.^[20] He is the co-founder for the Technology Advisory Board at Yintech Investment Holdings Limited.^{[21][22][23][24]}

In 2018, he was invited to be a founding member of IPSoft's AI Pioneers Steering Committee^[25] and he was also invited to join the Science and Technology Council for the ARCH Mission Foundation.^[26] Aside from taking on these new roles, he was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Yonder25 Conference as well as the Reshaping National Security forum which was hosted by Shanghai Institute for International Studies; and the UNICRI Centre for AI and Robotics.^[27][28]

Ibaraki has been the recipient of a Microsoft MVP award for 13 years in a row since 2006^[29][30]

In December 2018, Ibaraki was invited by YPO to share his insights about business and investments with respect to the Fourth Industrial Revolution at YPO Edge 2019.^[31]

References

1. Downey, Geoffrey (16 July 2001). "Teachers make the grade for IT heroism". ITbusiness.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
2. Khanna, Poonam (20 December 2005). "Computing Canada's IT Leadership Awards: Lifetime Achievement". ITbusiness.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
3. Ibaraki, Stephen. "IT skills shortage can be addressed". itbusiness.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
4. Ibaraki, Stephen. "The community should unite for security". itbusiness.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
5. Ibaraki, Stephen. "The Business of IT Crafting a Business Plan". technet.microsoft.com. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
6. Sloftstra, Martin (26 November 2007). "Social networks: What does Facebook mean for business?". CBC News. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
7. "'Six degrees of separation' not far off: study". CTV.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
8. "Success stories - ITU Telecom World 2018 - Durban, South Africa". telecomworld.itu.int. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
9. Sahota, Neil. "A.I. May Have Written This Article. But Is That Such a Bad Thing?". Forbes. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
10. "Kelowna born innovation entrepreneur honoured by UN - Kelowna Capital News". Kelowna Capital News. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
11. "Entrepreneur Urges Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Benefit of All in Second Committee, Economic and Social Council Joint Meeting | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
12. "Roger Penrose to Speak on "AI and Your Future" at UN CTSD in Geneva Tomorrow - IFIP News". www.ifipnews.org. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
13. "Entrepreneur Urges Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Benefit of All in Second Committee, Economic and Social Council Joint Meeting | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
14. Hub, IISD's SDG Knowledge. "Second Committee Considers Role of AI in Advancing SDGs | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD". Retrieved 24 October 2018.
15. "Announcing Trending Topics and Five New Speakers for the 2019 YPO EDGE". YPO. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
16. "The Future of Everything – Sustainable Development in the Age of Rapid Technological Change – IFIP TC9 ICT and Society". ifiptc9.org. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
17. Sahota, Neil. "What If AI Can Make Us More Human in the Age of Robotic Automation?". Forbes. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
18. "IFIP Showcased at FSR FIF 2017 - IFIP News". www.ifipnews.org. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
19. "IFIP AI Expert Stephen Ibaraki Chairs United Nations AI Briefing - Core Sector Communique". corecommunique.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
20. "Professional & Educational Activities Board Roster • IEEE Computer Society". www.computer.org. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
21. "人工智能助力金融服务升级-新华网". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
22. 中国金融信息网. "迎接AI新时代 银科控股举办智慧金融科技论坛". 中国金融信息网. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
23. "中国有望成为人工智能时代最大受益者——银科控股智慧金融科技论坛在沪举办- 科报集萃- 新闻频道". www.stdaily.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
24. "新闻详情页". xhpfmapi.zhongguowangshi.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
25. "AI Pioneers Forum- AI Pioneers Circle". IPsoft. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
26. "TeamBU". Arch Mission. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
27. "IFIP News" (PDF).
28. "Stephen Ibaraki". ITU. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
29. "Stephen Ibaraki". mvp.microsoft.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
30. "REDDS Capital | Stephen Ibaraki receives Most Valuable Professional Award". Retrieved 1 November 2019.
31. "Announcing Trending Topics and Five New Speakers for the 2019 YPO EDGE". YPO. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.

External links

• REDDS Capital Official Website
• Stephen Ibaraki CIPS Fellow Profile
• Stephen Ibaraki ITU Profile