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Who is Esther O'Callaghan OBE?
Esther O'Callaghan OBE is the Founder of hundo.xyz an innovative new learning platform on a social mission to end global youth unemployment. Esther is an accomplished, international speaker, and passionate advocate of the future of learning and work.
Esther O’Callaghan is also known to occasionally produce & DJ, as well as being a qualified Level 2 British Triathlon Federation Coach and endurance triathlete.
What can you expect from a conference with Esther O'Callaghan OBE?
An inspiring and engaging speaker, Esther O’Callaghan discusses the future of learning and work with a focus on how Government, business, educators and policy makers need to rapidly rethink skills, learning and hiring in the fourth industrial revolution.
Her thought-provoking talks focus on how frontier tech innovation, the Metaverse and web3 can be used for positive societal impact and to ensure the critical, growing skills gap is closed for young people worldwide.
Esther is regularly asked to speak at major international events including; SXSW, Athens Democracy Forum, UNESCO LearningPlanet and SLUSH - world’s leading startup event. Prior speaking engagements also include Taylor Wessing; Enter the Metaverse and the Richmond Finance & IT Directors Forum and Zeno Group.
An expert contributor to papers including the UK House of Lords ‘Skills For Every Young Person’ Select Committee report (2021) and the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies; Metaverse Delphi (2022), Esther has most recently been featured in Tech Exec and Elite Business magazine.
Esther O'Callaghan OBE’s career and contribution to society:
From Manchester to the Metaverse, Esther’s career spans being the first female DJ/producer to own a specialist vinyl store to building hundo.xyz the first web3 blockchain learning platform for GenZ.
Esther O’Callaghan is part of the first all-female De-Fi delegation to the European Parliament, and has 20+ years of experience across UK Govt, Local Authority, NDPBs, CSR, ESG, ED&I, the arts, culture, music, and third sectors.
After dedicating her career to tackling youth unemployment, resulting in hundreds of thousands of children and young people supported nationally and worldwide, she co-founded hundo.xyz - on a mission to enable one billion learners worldwide to have access to the one billion frontier tech roles needed globally by 2030 through a new digital skills profile and access to rapid agile learning.
Esther is also GTA Metaverse Lead for Global Tech Advocates, an Associated Organisation for the Coldplay Music of the Spheres tour comprising a 25k strong global network of industry-leading experts, commentators and tech entrepreneurs shaping the Future of Work and a Board Member at GTA Future of Work.
Awards and recognitions:
Esther O’Callaghan was awarded Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Services to the Voluntary Sector in the 2007/08 New Years Honours List.
Freeman of the City of London by City of London Corporation (2019), and named Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate alias Wireworkers (2019).
She was included in the SIA Global Power List 150 by Staffing Industry Analysts (2018) Clarins Most Dynamic Woman of the Year & Barclays Women of The Year Alumni (2005; 2018)
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