SOTE 60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
August 20 & 21, 2018 | Mon & Tue
Chairman of the Board
Lausanne Catalyst for Orality
President & CEO The Seed Company
Samuel E. Chiang is President and Chief Executive Officer of Seed Company in Arlington, Texas. Previously, Samuel served as Executive Director of the International Orality Network, COO of Trans World Radio, and served as East Asia Area Director with Partners International. Born in Taiwan and raised in Canada, Samuel graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor Degree in Commerce. After 4 years with Ernst and Young, he enrolled in and graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary, where he went to serve on staff. He was later ordained at People’s Church, Toronto. Samuel has wide-ranging experience with the global Church, having traveled to over 80 countries and ministered in almost 40 of those countries. He has written on China, Asia and orality, and published extensively. Samuel and his wife Robbi have been married for 30 years and have three adult children.
Living Out Theology in the Marketplace
[ 4 SESSIONS ]
From Guttenberg to Zuckerberg our patterns have been disrupted and amplified by digital social media. Artificial intelligence and cognitive neural networks are accelerating learnings and curations. With knowledge redefined, access redistributed, and authority renegotiated, multiple worldviews are thrusted upon us. The platform revolution has changed the workspace, companies, cities, economies. Scrum Masters are in between waterfall and agile worlds in the marketplace. Do we enter the marketplace with pleated pants or straight jeans, or as exiles?
August 20, 2018 | 7:00 - 9:00pm
Living Out Theology in the Marketplace, Session 1:
Writing on the Wall
Platform companies bring the world to us. Our values are a slice of the larger picture of values and truths. Contextualising faith in multi-worldview systems demands a robust theological perspective. How do we engage both the physical and virtual market place?
FOR PUBLIC
August 21, 2018 | 11:00am - 12:00pm
Living Out Theology in the Marketplace, Session 2:
Learning Curation
Digitization has redefined knowledge, redistributed access, and renegotiated authority. Every institution and industry is undergoing rapid change. Framing faith in a non-linear system requires agility. How do we engage transitions with empathy?
FOR PUBLIC
August 21, 2018 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Living Out Theology in the Marketplace, Session 3:
Embracing Artificial Intelligence
Big data, artificial intelligence, and cognitive neuroscience are outpacing the fastest sprints mankind can offer. Built-in biases, habit breaking and forming hacks are in place. Assessing faith propositions invite deep theological reflection. How do we engage in large and small decisions?
FOR PUBLIC
August 21, 2018 | 7:00 - 9:00pm
Living Out Theology in the Marketplace, Session 4:
Visualizing Stories
Movie franchises are re-narrating the age old stories of good and evil, power and fear, and of control and possibly even repointing the moral compass. These worldview-based stories are conversation launchers. Presenting faith stories is grounded in relationships. How do we enter into opportunistic dialogues?
FOR PUBLIC
