Biography
Obaid Amjad is Vice-Dean for Research and Faculty Development at EU Business School in Barcelona, and an academic collaborator at ESADE’s Institute for Social Innovation. His research focuses on the ethical, regulatory, and societal implications of digital platforms, including data extractivism, platform power, and public policy responses.dobetter.
He holds a PhD from ESADE and has previously worked as a strategy consultant at IBM Canada. His teaching and research activities cover geopolitics, the platform economy, cultural anthropology, and the governance of digital technologies.
His profile is especially relevant for sessions on AI governance, platform regulation, data ethics, digital policy, and the broader societal and political challenges created by large-scale data and AI systems.
Session
- AI For TomorrowSpeaker
Fireside 6 - What's Left to Teach When AI Already Knows the Answer?
Tuesday 22 September, 18:40 – 18:55Auditorium StageBusiness education was built on transferring knowledge to people who did not have it. That premise is gone. In fifteen minutes, EU Business School takes on what a degree is actually worth now, which skills survive contact with AI, and whether institutions selling multi-year programmes can move fast enough to stay honest with the students paying for them.
With Angelo Antinoro, Katrina Logie