Dr Kris Rampersad

Systems Change Leader, Futurist, Analyst MultiMedia Multilateral MultiSector Relations, policy strategy ethics, Educator, Writer Researcher Education, Gender, Media Culture SDG across LAC SIDS North-South Collaborations

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

About

Strategic Futurist of Global-Local Knowledge Ecosystems, Cultural Intelligence & Social Capital Innovator, Change Leadership, Identifying Missing Links for Inclusive AI promoting North-South colaborations. Salzburg Global Fellow. Independent Expert EU EIT Culture & Creativity. Woman Techmakers' & WorldPulse Ambassador, UNESCO Heritage Expert, National Geographic Educator. Internationally recognised systems reform thinker, strategist & innovator operating at intersections of AI & development, integrating heritage, gender, media, education, energy, governance & sustainable development. 20-plus years’ in leadership roles place her among a relatively small cadre of global experts connecting grassroots knowledge with international policy frameworks, a rare & difficult-to-replicate skills & experience combo born of decades of experience across UN, UNESCO, Commonwealth, OAS-InterAmericann, EU-ACP, Caribbean, Latin American & civil society agencies. Global Strategist, Author, Journalist, Latin American & Caribbean-based global thought-leader with expert knowledge of emerging media-new media & Information Technology, AI & Data Science, Global South, SIDS, North-South issues. Pioneer innovative frameworks to connect Knowledge Ecosystems, Cultural Intelligence with socio-economic development, Social Capital with institutional resilience, Heritage with innovation & future readiness, Media, Gender equality with governance transformation, AI & emerging tech with human-centred development Negotiating, analysing developmental hiccups, building successful creative & strategic information & education, awareness, engagement campaigns, identifying gaps, silos across sectors, connecting needs of communities to institutional & global policy goals & targets. Lead global think tank processes matching budgets to policies, evaluating transformation of public-private, NGO, Media & Academic sectors, technical reviews, analyses & assessments global to local levels. Successfully led intersectoral engagement across social to industrial sectors as petroleum & clean energy, trade, tourism, agriculture, culture & education for international, intraregional, national & local public, private, NGO & intergovernmental arenas. Award-winning journalist, developed AuthenTHINK Intel AI AnalyEthics, invented world’s newest creative genre, MultiMedia MicroEpic Former President UNESCO Education Commission, VP UNESCO Programme & External Relations Commission, VP UNESCO InterGovernmental ICH Consultative Committee, VP Commonwealth Journalists’ Association. More at https://krisrampersad.com/

Experience

  • AI Big Data policy strategy & ethics adviser & consultant Digital Content Innovator & Creation at Freelance
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • AuthenThink Sustainabler Certified Cyborg - AI Big Data Policy Analytics Ethics Education at Freelance
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    MultiSector Leadership Training, Strategy & Policy Development across sectors in AI, Use of New Media & InfoTech Sectors, Understanding & Managing Change, Risk, Curriculum & Course packages designed and tailored specifically to industry, sector, locale, ages from preschool to policy making. Mesh Traditions & Technologies, Education & Entertainment. Certificates available!

  • Leaves of Life (40 yrs 7 mos)
    • Building Inclusive societies
      Aug 2012 - Present · 14 yrs

      Bridging Gaps in Sustainable Development to connect marginalised and mainstream socieites, build resilient communities through exploration, entertainment, education and empowerment. Joinn Us or Let us Create one tailored for you. May Events: May 13 2018: Erin View Hall Dundas Mississauga from 1 pm Heritage and Creative Industries May 20 2018 : Windies Restaurant exploration of creative industries and diversification potential through heritage of food and sports to build resilient societies promote equity alleviate poverty stimulate economies

    • Lifelong Learning Literary Literacy Development, Heritage Travel & Tourism and Knowledge Economy
      Jan 1986 - Present · 40 yrs 7 mos

      Activities associated with growing a knowledge society and economy promotion of literary and oral cultures and development through enhanced literacy. Have included tributes to Nobel Laureates Sir Vidia Naipaul and Derek Walcott Includes LiTTScapes, LiTTours, LiTTributes staged in London, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago to enhance connections with diaspora and synergies components of the literary oral and performance arts with various dimensions of culture and heritage art architecture cuisine drama music among them

  • GLoCal Knowledge Pot/Leaves of Life (Self-employed · 23 yrs 5 mos)
    • Innovator Multimedia MultiCultural MultiStakholder Models Modules Materials 4 Education Advocacy
      Mar 2003 - Present · 23 yrs 5 mos

    • Innovator Creator New Literary Genre The Multimedia Micro Epic
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos

      Dr Kris Rampersad developed the Multimedia Micro Epic - a new literary genre that blends the classical long form epic with multimedia tools and techniques for short form new/social media. She is applying the technique to a range of exposition forms through documentary, children's fables and fantasy, fiction and non fiction. Dr Kris Rampersad is an innovator, educator and sustainable development consultant/facilitator utilising multimedia tools and techniques for eco-cultural and gender sensitive education, outreach, advocacy and multistakeholder engagement to advance intercultural understanding, North-South dialogue, appreciation of the value of small island developing states and the developing world in global development. Uniting the tools of intercultural intergenerational engagement, she is creating new models, modules and materials for formal informal and non formal engagements across sustainable development arenas for cultural heritage, education, gender equality, inclusive cities, agriculture and food security, climate change risk management, energy, environmental conservation, civic empowerment . Her edutainment initiatives blend academia and pop culture. She has conceptualised, designed, strategised, planned, and implement numerous global interfaces, and interchanges on novel platforms for development across UN, Commonwealth, European Union, InterAmerican and Caribbean regions Read more at http://krisrampersad.com/

  • UNESCO/NatGeo Educator curriculum course design development delivery culture gender sensitive at Self-employed
    Dec 2003 - Present · 22 yrs 8 mos

    Award winning journalist sustainable development vision strategy policy research planning multimedia outreach, education & facilitation. Prepping for the post pandemic planet. Futuring foresighting to bridge development gaps across formal - nonformal sectors. From preschool to policy making. Culture & gender sensitive knowledge education research Information communications outreach through multimedia arts & culture Integrated Inclusive Interconnnected Intergenerational InterInstitutional content development, editor strategist consultant course & curriculum design & delivery. Integrated Inclusive Intersectoral InterInstitutional Intergenerational. www.krisrampersad.com