Sylvia Jervis

Sylvia Jervis, an award-winning futurist, digital economy consultant, and host, was voted as the thought leader to digitize the UK. She is committed to transforming the most groundbreaking innovative achievements into reality and is currently writing a magnificent book on the same topic. In the next decade, these powerful and purpose-oriented technological advancements will refresh the world's understanding. Xiwei has won over 18 domestic and international awards, and recently received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the awards ceremony held in the House of Lords, and was nominated by the public as the Outstanding Woman of the Year. She is recognized as one of the top digital influencers in the UK and one of the top 30 technological women in Europe. The founder of the TED Global Conference claimed that Xiwei has an extraordinary ability to extract critical information from chaos; The President of the World Economic Forum praised her as an unparalleled media leader, while the former UK Minister of Digital referred to her as a truly charismatic expert. As is well known, Xiwei is a former founder and host of the online video series Digital Futures, which has over 11 million views worldwide. In the program, Xiwei had insightful conversations and discussions with industry pioneers and new founders on emerging technologies. In addition, she also created the Trailblazers program - showcasing the next batch of digital pioneers - with an average of over 200000 views per episode, explaining to the audience some of the most complex technological concepts that will fundamentally change departments, industries, and our daily lives. She believes that technology makes life better, and digitization is the catalyst and driving force for creating meaning and value. Xiwei is an advisor to two national committees, consulting on the future of work, diversity, and digital skills. She once worked as a digital media supervisor at the world's third largest telephone company, gaining first-hand industry information. As a former business journalist, her coverage not only covers major hot topics today, but also predicts what will become future news headlines. Xiwei understands the next generation of emerging technologies and portrays their impact on businesses, governments, and citizens through speeches and videos. Her performance on stage was in line with the theme, full of passion, and very persuasive.