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Joan Milton Cwaik
Born (1990-06-19) June 19, 1990 (age 34)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
EducationAustral University
Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE)
Buenos Aires University
Occupation(s)Technology communicator, entrepreneur, essayist, proffesor, speaker and technologist
Known forLatin American Marketing Manager of Maytronics Ltd. Professor at San Andrés University
Notable workAuthor of "7R: Seven technological revolutions that will transform our lives" "The Human Dilemma: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Tech" and Post-tech: skills to recover what is human)

Joan Milton Cwaik (born June 19, 1990 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian technology communicator, entrepreneur, essayist, speaker and technologist. In 2020 he published his first book 7R: Las siete revoluciones tecnológicas que transformarán nuestra vida (7R: The seven tech revolutions that will change our life').[1][2] In 2021 he released his second book, El Dilema Humano: Del Homo Sapiens al Homo Tech (The Human Dilemma: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Tech).[3] In 2024 his third book was released. It is called Postecnológicos: Habilidades para recuperar lo humano (Post-tech: skills to recover what is human).[4]

Career

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Joan Cwaik was born in 1990 and had a BA in Media and Entertainment Management at Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE),[5] where between 2016 and 2020 he was professor,[6] did research and has coordinated its Technologic Communication Center.[7][8] In 2013 he obtained a postgraduate degree in Multimedia Convergence at Buenos Aires University.[9][2] He has an MBA from the IAE Business School of the Austral University from Argentina.[10][5]

In 2013 he was part of the communication team of the Net Party, a political party that proposes an online form of liquid democracy, founded by the entrepreneur Santiago Siri.[11] He is also part of the NGO Bitcoin Argentina, which promotes the blockchain and bitcoin technology in that country.[12][13]

Since 2016, Cwaik was the Communications and Marketing Manager for Latin America at Maytronics Ltd., an Israeli company which develops robotic pool cleaners.[14][15] In that position he coordinates the production and staging of the Aquadance, the aquatic acrobatic contest of the TV show Showmatch hosted by Marcelo Tinelli.[16] In 2018 he was promoted and became Maytronics's Global Creativity and Customer Engagement Director.[17]

In 2016 the President of Argentina Mauricio Macri called him ‘groundbreaker’ and ‘alarmist’ when he said that in the near future new technologies will replace traditional jobs. He affirmed so during an encounter of the J-6, the version for youngsters of the G-6 Group, which unites the main Argentine business entities such as the Argentine Industrial Union, the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the Argentine Construction Chamber, the Argentine Chamber of Commerce, and the Argentine Rural Society.[18][19]

As speaker and lecturer, between 2016 and 2018 he has participated in a festival about technology called Campus Party Argentina, Red Innova Buenos Aires, eMerge Americas (Miami), Sinergia Latin America (Mexico), The World of Ideas, PechaKucha Night Buenos Aires and TEDx, the local edition of the TED talks.[20] In 2015 he was appointed Ambassador of Social Media Day Argentina, an event on social networks and digital communications.[21]

During the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, he was part of the Argentine delegation and one of the speakers of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance (G20 YEA), a summit that has brought together young entrepreneurs and political leaders from all over the world.[22][23][24][25]

In 2020 Penguin Random House published his first book '7R: Las siete revoluciones tecnológicas que transformarán nuestra vida' ('7R: The seven tech revolutions that will change our life').[26][19] The book was declared 'National Interest' by the Argentinean Parliament.[27]

Also in 2020, he became part of the so-called Assembly of the Future, a counsel organised by Perfil Publishing for journalist advice.[28]

In 2021 he released his second book, El Dilema Humano: Del Homo Sapiens al Homo Tech (The Human Dilemma: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Tech)[29] about how technology will change humanity in a post-pandemic world.[30][31] The book was declared an interest by Buenos Aires City Legislature.[32]

Since 2023 Cwaik is coordinator and professor of the Emerging Technologies Program of University of San Andrés.[33][34]

In 2024 he published his third book, Postecnológicos: Habilidades para recuperar lo humano (Post-tech: skills to recover what is human), which analyzes how human beings can improve their relationship with technology in a highly modernized world.[35][15] This book was also declared an interest by Buenos Aires City Legislature.[36]

As a technology expert, he collaborates in different media, such as the newspapers Infobae, Clarín, La Nación,[21] Perfil[37] and Uruguay's El Observador,[38] the C5N TV channel,[39] the FM Milenium[40] and FM Rock & Pop[22] radios and the news agency Télam.[41]

Awards and honours

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In 2015 the Apertura magazine and Red Innova chose him as one of the forty most influential and innovative entrepreneurs in Argentina.[42]

Cwaik was considered in 2017 by Forbes magazine one of the young people under 30 years of greatest impact in Argentina for his work in exponential and disruptive technologies.[43][44]

In 2019 he was recognised by the National Institute of Youth of Argentina and the International Youth Organism as one of the most distinguished young men of that year.[45][46][47]

In 2020 he was chosen as one of the 120 Spanish-speaking "Future Leaders" by an IA and machine-learning technology developed by the communication agency Llorente y Cuenca.[48][49][50]

Bibliography

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  • 7R: Las siete revoluciones tecnológicas que transformarán nuestra vida (2020)
  • El Dilema Humano: Del Homo Sapiens al Homo Tech (2021)
  • Postecnológicos: Habilidades para recuperar lo humano (2024)[51]

References

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  1. ^ "Joan Cwaik: las siete revoluciones tecnológicas que transformarán nuestra vida". Filo News (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. ^ a b Clarín.com. "Joan Cwaik, el millennial que se transformó en gurú tech". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  3. ^ "Warren Buffett vs. Satoshi Nakamoto". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. ^ "Crecimiento tecnológico vertiginoso y profundo". www.cronista.com (in Spanish). 2024-04-08. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  5. ^ a b "Joan Cwaik: "Las capacidades humanas son irremplazables"". Noticias magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  6. ^ "Apps y videojuegos: en busca de un modelo de negocio". CNN (in European Spanish). 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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  8. ^ "8 technological innovations that will change our future". Busy. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Joan Cwaik: "El que esté libre de tecnología que tire el primer Smartphone"". Perfil (in Spanish). 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  10. ^ "Joan Cwaik – UNO Magazine". Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  11. ^ "El Partido de la Red desde adentro: Internet al poder". Info Technology (in Spanish). 21 October 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Can Bitcoin Still Thrive in Argentina Without Price Controls?". Vice. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Mining for Argentina's financial future". The Long And Short. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  14. ^ ""El marketing será casi hipodérmico y hablará a través de aparatos"". EL PAIS. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  15. ^ a b "De chico le metía galletitas a la computadora, ahora es un gurú tech y revela las claves del empleo del futuro". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 2024-04-13. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  16. ^ Otero, Nieves. "El Aquadance del "Bailando", en números: ¿cómo se arma la mayor puesta en escena de la televisión argentina?". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  17. ^ "Joan Cwaik asumió como Director Global de Creatividad y Estrategia Social de Maytronics". DossierNet (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  18. ^ "El día que Macri me tildó de alarmista". Infobae (in Spanish). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Book presented: 7R the seven technological revolutions". AVI Latinoamérica. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  20. ^ "La innovación disruptiva será el tema de una conferencia". UNL Noticias (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional del Litoral. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Joan Cwaik - eMerge Americas 2016". eMerge Americas 2016. eMerge Americas. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Joan Cwaik fue seleccionado como disertante del G20 YEA". LATAM Noticias (in Spanish). 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Qué es la "brecha de realidad" y cuáles son sus consecuencias". LA NACION (in Spanish). 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  24. ^ "G20 YEA Summit Wrap-Up: Futurpreneur Delegates Peter Francis and Dallas Price". Futurpreneur Canada. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  25. ^ "Los jóvenes del G20 discutirán sobre criptomonedas y negocios del futuro". infobae (in European Spanish). 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  26. ^ "Las siete revoluciones tecnológicas que transformarán nuestra vida". Infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  27. ^ "Proyecto de Resolución". www.diputados.gov.ar. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  28. ^ "Se creó la Asamblea del Futuro con brillantes jóvenes profesionales". www.perfil.com. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  29. ^ "Los próximos humanos". Perfil (in Spanish). 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  30. ^ ""EL DILEMA HUMANO": SOCIEDAD & TECNOLOGIAS - LANZAMIENTO". www.partedelshow.com.ar. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  31. ^ ""El dilema humano": El libro que debate sobre la humanidad y la tecnología post pandemia". Marcela Fittipaldi Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  32. ^ "Reconocimiento al libro de Joan Cwaik". www.adnciudad.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  33. ^ "Joan Cwaik". UdeSA (in Spanish). 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  34. ^ "Joan Cwaik: "La carrera con la inteligencia artificial de hoy es similar a la conquista espacial en la década del 60"". infobae (in European Spanish). 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  35. ^ ""Postecnológicos: conservar lo humano ante el tsunami digital". Diario El Dia de La Plata (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  36. ^ "Joan Cwaik: "La tecnología nos desafía a recuperar lo más esencial de nuestra humanidad"". Perfil (in Spanish). 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  37. ^ "El dilema humano - Joan Cwaik". Galerna (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  38. ^ "La muerte del autor en la era digital". El Observador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-28.
  39. ^ "¿Quién es el hombre que se esconde detrás del aquadance?". Pronto Magazine (in Spanish). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  40. ^ "Radio #B90". Melina Masnatta (in Spanish). 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  41. ^ "La virtualización de la economía". Télam (in Spanish). 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  42. ^ "La innovación disruptiva será el tema de una conferencia". www.unl.edu.ar. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  43. ^ "Generación 3i: Jóvenes de alto impacto". Forbes (in Spanish). 17 November 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  44. ^ "Para este "influencer de Bitcoin", los millennials son los inversores clave". Infotechnology.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  45. ^ "Informe Jóvenes Destacados INJUVE 2019". Scribd. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  46. ^ "INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL - CAPITULO 5. Reinventando nuestro lugar en el mundo físico". inteligenciaartificial.lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  47. ^ ""Postecnológicos", el nuevo libro de Joan Cwaik". Diario de Cultura (in Spanish). 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  48. ^ Lloret, Rodrigo (2020-10-02). "Tres integrantes de la Asamblea del Futuro fueron destacados como 'Future Leaders'". Perfil.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  49. ^ "Llorente descubre a los jóvenes líderes comunicacionales con inteligencia artificial". Revista Imagen (in Spanish). 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  50. ^ "Los 120 Líderes de Future Leaders | Future Leaders" (in European Spanish). 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  51. ^ ""Uno no lo puede saber todo", Joan Cwaik y la importancia de valorar las capacidades humanas en un mundo de avances tecnológicos". infobae (in European Spanish). 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
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