The capital of Tenerife resumes the pulse of activities with the celebration of meetings that are already a classic on the city’s agenda. That is the case of Technological Santa Cruz which yesterday held its eleventh edition at the Guimerá Theater. With tickets sold out, an afternoon of conferences began, including issues such as the scientific dissemination, the use of networks to misinform, entrepreneurship or the secrets of the metaverse.
Yesterday’s was an afternoon in which the anesthesiologist David Callejo invited to always disclose from a scientific point of view questions such as what vaginal farts are or if food changes the taste of semen, in which Pau García-Milá encouraged attendees to undertake even if they were not sure if they were going to be successful because, he said, that is the secret of entrepreneurship. In his case, at the age of 17 he sold his first company to Telefónica. He also discussed disinformation with a deep fake of the Ukrainian president included, that is, a manipulated video of Zelenski, or in which the presenter Lorena Castell talked about how to make a name for herself on social networks, in her case on Instagram. But also for Yaiza Rubio, Chief Metaverse Officer of Telefónica, that is, the company’s first director in the metaverse, to recognize that she herself is still learning what a virtual reality is in which an avatar of our own personality lives. .
The mayor of the capital, José Manuel Bermúdez, was in charge of welcoming all the participants “to the capital of digital transformation in the Canary Islands”. “Santa Cruz reinforces its commitment to research, innovation, and technology-based companies. In short, for diversifying our economy, generating wealth and employment in activities associated with the knowledge industry”, explained the municipal councilor.
For his part, the delegate councilor of the Development Society, Alfonso Cabello, stressed that “we have achieved that the percentage of women who participate or present some of the activities reaches 62.5%, so we are facing an important milestone with which we intend to make visible the role of women in the ICT sector”.
The person in charge of business development at Tomaticket, Lorena Heredia; the businessman and communicator, Pau Garcia-Milà; the popular hip-hop artist, El Chojín; the doctor and health promoter, David Callejo; the radio and television presenter, Lorena Castell; the Chief Metaverse Office of Telefónica, Yaiza Rubio; and Newtral’s CTO, Rubén Míguez, were the speakers at this edition.
The afternoon also had space for a table of influencers Canarians, moderated by the communication specialist Airam Abella, and in which the artist Borja Jiménez, known as Bejo, participated; the popular Ceci Wallace; the cabin crew, Cathaysa González, known as Catha23; and Laura Ramírez, known on social media as DePetitsMoments. Also, the event was presented by the popular streamer Maria Soldier, also known as Mery Soldier.
