Spring ACT Founder Rhiana Spring was invited to give a speech at Google in Zürich to share her entrepreneurial journey. Of course, she talked about Sophia, the world’s first chatbot to empower survivors of domestic violence, and how she’s leading our team of volunteers to make it a reality. She introduced our projects and teams and talked about the challenges and successes of her journey so far. Rhiana presented alongside the other fabulous, creative entrepreneurs Iwona Fluda, Fungai Mettler and Dr. Taro Hosoe. Thank you, Google, for inviting us to such an inspiring workshop during the Shine Fest!
The inspiring speakers
”I measure success by every individual that our organisation can help.
Fungai Mettler
Fungai Mettler is a multi-passionate social impact driven professional with expertise in social business innovation, corporate responsibility, storytelling & podcasting. Fungai is the Social Business Innovation Lead for EEMEA at MSD as well as the Co-Founder and Director of SwiZim Trust. With her organisation, Fungai implements projects in the areas of poverty alleviation, health and education to vulnerable and underprivileged people in Zimbabwe, empowering and connecting people in need so that they can improve the standard of their life and their communities.
”One day, I decided to follow my passion and left finance for coffee.
Dr. Taro Hosoe
Dr. Taro Hosoe is a climate physicist, natural catastrophe expert and a former Vice President of Credit Suisse. In March 2020, Taro decided to take the leap and follow his passion for coffee and therewith co-founded Hosoe Caffè. Hosoe Caffè roasts specialty coffee for ethical consumers and ethical coffee for specialty consumers.
”With us, not even the sky is the limit.
Iwona Fluda
Iowna Fluda is an independent marketing consultant and Founder of Creative Switzerland. Creative Switzerland helps people who are searching for unique experiences while travelling through beautiful mountainous Switzerland to co-create special moments. Creative Switzerland’s partners give them an opportunity to discover their creative potential – one workshop at a time – and to explore a Switzerland they would have never thought exists.
”The power to change the world lies in your very own hands. Use them.
Rhiana Spring
Rhiana Spring is an award-winning international human rights expert and entrepreneur. With the United Nations, the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and diverse NGOs and legal teams, Rhiana has defended the most vulnerable individuals and spearheaded multinational human rights projects across Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe. She has been part of teams monitoring and protecting human rights across 18 countries. Currently, Rhiana serves as a Legal Policy Officer to the African Union’s Peace and Security Department in Ethiopia and is the Founder of Spring ACT.
There’s more…
Indeed there is more: Rhiana has been invited back! She will be introducing SpringACT to the women’s network of big tech companies in Zürich, including Google, Facebook, and Ebay, next month. Subscribe to SpringACT’s newsletters to find out more and hear how it goes.
