Roozbeh Aliabadi

Roozbeh, was born in Tehran, Iran, of mixed Persian and Azeri roots and immigrated[15] to Pittsburgh, United States at the age of fourteen with his family. He graduated from University of Pittsburgh with Masters in Political and International Affairs focusing on international political economy and Bachelors in Finance and Economics. Roozbeh is fluent in English and Persian.

According to a report by CNN "Roozbeh Aliabadi can efficiently navigate you virtually blindfolded through the entire bazaar, including the stall where he worked in the summers."[16] While at University of Pittsburgh, Roozbeh helped establish American Middle East Institute and served on the Planning Committee for Madeleine K. Albright visit to the Institute,[17] a non-profit organization, focused on building business, educational and cultural ties between the United States and the Middle East. He also served as a President of Iranian-American Student Association at University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.

In 2010, after spending 6 years[18] at Alpern Rosenthal (BDO), Roozbeh co-founded Global Growth Advisors,[19] a specialty strategic advisory firm based in New York City and currently spends most of his time traveling between North America, Asia, and the Middle East. In the past, he also served on the Board of World Affairs Council and served on the Advisory Board of Center for Iranian Music at the College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University.[20]

He frequently advises Iranian political and economic establishments on matters of trade and economic policy. In 2013 he advised presidential campaigns in Iran. Mr. Aliabadi was also instrumental in extending invitations to Senator Maria Cantwell and Kelly Ayotte, chairwoman and ranking member of Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security of United States Senate to visit Iran in November 2014 AirShow for Civil Aviation Operations, Safety and Security matters, and "the invitation will have nothing to do with the political atmosphere surrounding Tehran and Washington, as the two senators are solely expected to understand the environment in the Iranian aviation sector."[21] In 2015 he was appointed as senior advisor to Director of Strategic Initiatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute of Political and International Studies in Tehran - Iran.[22]

In recent years, Aliabadi has been focusing on: How can talent be developed and deployed to secure that more than 7 billion people can fulfill their potential? He believes that technology and globalization are vastly changing work. However, education and training practices, having remained mostly static and underinvested in for decades, are largely inadequate for these new markets. Additionally, a current gender bias is introducing further inefficiency and inequality. Aliabadi believes we must, therefore, rethink the way skill is developed and deployed. This will require breaking down old silos between education systems and labor markets, more flexible approaches to management, new forms of public-private collaboration, and new norms and values.[23] Aliabadi has been named by University of Pittsburgh as a Global Thinker, where he has been highlighted among powerful individuals who come together behind a common vision and set out to change the world and who have truly made a world of impact.[24]

• The Decay of Intelligence as We Know It [25]
• Artificial Intelligence in a Post-COVID World [26]
• More AI Books, Not AI Toys: Teaching Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Children Starts at Home [27]
• Education 4.0: Providing AI Education for All [28]
• AI education in a remote world: What’s different? [29]
• Post-COVID world… More Robots? [30]
• Teaching Artificial Intelligence During COViD-19 Lockdown [31]
• What Google and Alexa Can’t Do for Our Children [32]
• To Build a More Equal, Inclusive and Sustainable World We Must Teach AI in Every Classroom [33]
• AI Revolution Needs More People Not Less - It Starts in Every Classroom [34]
• The Best Way to Learn AI for Children is to Solve Real Problems [35]
• Learning Artificial Intelligence is About Developing All Types of Intelligence [36]
• Your Little Toddler is Part of the Real AI Generation[37]
• The AI Investment Every Parent Should Make [38]
• Are you OBOR-ready?[39]
• Iran and Trump World Order[40]
• West Asia's New Alliance[41]
• Iran and Russia: The emergence of a new connectivity alliance[42]
• Iran and the next U.S. president[43]
• Sino-Iranian strategic partnership: Shaping the future of Middle East[44]
• Nuclear Negotiations; A Prelude to Middle East Peace[45]
• Misinterpretation of Ayatollah Khamenei's remarks on nuclear negotiations[46]
• Iran's Water Supply Challenge[47]
• Middle East's Future Health Crisis[48]
• Russia reminds West of its Middle East leverage[49]
• Iran's Chabahar: An amalgamation of opportunities[50]
• The First Foreign Investors in Iran's Equity Market[51]
• The Real Target of GOP Letter is not Iran, It's Obama[52]
• Iran's Indispensable Role in Middle East[53]
• Mr. Netanyahu's Blank Shot Strategy[54]
• Saudi Succession and the Question of Oil[55]
• US Mid-term Election & Obama's Legacy[56]
• Politics and Economics of the Oil Marke t[57]
• Iran's Nuclear Deal & the Future of the Middle East[58]
• Fast, Fledgling and Future-defining... Chinese moviegoers and their impact on the country's movie industry[59]
• Selective Openings: How Sanctions Relief Will Impact Iran's Civil Aviation Industry[60]
• It's All About FOOTBALL![61]
• Iran's Choice for UN Ambassador[62]
• Don't Expect Too Much Too Soon from Hassan Rouhani[63]
• From Mozart to Rouhani[64]
• Vladimir Putin & Nobel Peace Prize 2014[65]
• Putin's Version of “House of Cards”[66]
• A Note on Ukraine / Putin...[67]
• And the Oscar goes to...[68]
• Assessing Risk in Saudi Arabia - New Realities in Wake of the Arab Spring[69]
• How The Great Depression Inspired Iran into the Cloud[70]
• Global Economy - Preparing for Cloudy Weather[71]
• Saudi-Iranian Relations - & Rowhani's Presidency[72]
• Rowhani & Challenges Ahead[73]
• Iran - The New Art Market Frontier[74]
• Joseph Kabila - in Perspective[75]
• DRC - Why the Democratic Republic of Congo Matters...[76]
• Tanzania - Gateway to East and Southeast Africa[77]
• Cloud Computing - The Advent of Mass Entrepreneurship[78]
• The Zimbabwean Economy - The Prospects for Stock Market Automation[79]
• Solving the Iranian puzzle through trade[80]
• Democracy via Technology[81]
• Our moment in Iran: Exporting democracy through technology[82]
• Afghanistan's Future - Focusing on internal stability and preserving national unity[83]
• Iran in 2015 - Great Expectations and Great Responsibilities[84]

Mr. Aliabadi's recent public speaking includes:

• Emerging Markets Growth after COViD-19 with BBC [85]
• Democratizing Artificial Intelligence Education (AAAI Conference) [86]
• AI: Make Humans Smarter and More Insightful [87]
• China's Economic Diplomacy and Influence in Iran [88]
• Bringing Artificial Intelligence Education to the youth around the world [89]
• Discussing Iran's strategic geography for the Eurasian Silk Road with BBC [90]
• Iran Economic Outlook after US existing JCPOA [91]
• Skills You Will Need to Survive the Age of Automation [92]
• Who the US and China have trade disputes with? [93]
• 2018 Global Trends for Eastern Multinationals[94]
• Future of Education & Jobs[95]
• Artificial Intelligence and Future of Higher Education[96]
• Eastern Multinationals: Discussion with Chinese Executives on Globalization and Interconnected World[97]
• Are you One Belt - One Road Ready?: Future of Education in the New World Order[98]
• A Central Asian Silk Road: How Integration Can Enhance Security and Stability[99]
• US - Iran Relations, Opportunities and Challenges[100]
• The Emerging World in Trump Era[101]

Mr. Aliabadi's recent book reviews includes:

• Leonardo da Vinci: Book Review [102]
• How much do we really read? [103]
• Everybody Lies：Book Review [104]
• Evicted： Book Review [105]
• Chemistry：Book Review [106]
• Born A Crime: Book Review [107]

Mr. Aliabadi has a Politics and Current Affairs Podcast (among the top 30 Geopolitical Podcasts to follow in 2021),[108] where he discusses newsworthy events around the world on his Podcast known as RoozCast. RoozCast is available on:

• Spotify [109]
• Radio Public [110]
• Apple iTunes [111]
• Pocket Cast [112]
• Google Podcast [113]
• Podchaser [114]
• Podchaser [115]
• Breaker [116]

Roozbeh is committed to realist [117] political thought and beliefs in building pragmatic ties between communities in business, educational and cultural spheres, whether in the United States or Iran. Roozbeh also publishes his personal blog known as rooznote.com In an interview with AI Times Journal, Mr. Aliabadi discusses the issue of digital divide and the future of the workforce. He is passionate about bringing Artificial Intelligence Education for every child regardless of their geography. He has been the Co-founder of ReadyAI, an AI education company that promotes AI education around the world. [118]