The National Geographic Society and EPAM Systems have announced a multi-year partnership designating EPAM as the Society's preferred digital transformation partner. The collaboration focuses on modernizing the nonprofit's infrastructure with innovative technologies, creating immersive digital and physical experiences to inspire global audiences, and advancing conservation through scalable storytelling and education.
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The partnership leverages EPAM's capabilities in AI transformation engineering, cloud, strategy, experience design, and data science to enhance the Society's reach and effectiveness. By integrating advanced digital tools with National Geographic's renowned storytelling, the collaboration creates distinctive, meaningful experiences that deepen public connection to nature and conservation.
"The Society recognizes the transformative power of combining our legacy of storytelling with innovative technology to shape our understanding of the world," said Jason Southern, chief technology & information officer at the National Geographic Society. "By creating powerful narratives using dramatic imagery and immersive experiences, technology allows us to bring stunning visuals to a global audience in ways we never thought possible. With EPAM as our partner, we are cultivating empathy and inspiring curiosity in the Explorers of today and tomorrow, ensuring that our mission to protect the planet resonates deeper than ever before, and we are proud to be partnering with a company that shares our vision to achieve this goal."
"We're committed to supporting the National Geographic Society's digital transformation strategy and implementation through this first-of-its-kind partnership, creating AI-native experiences that are distinctive, meaningful and deeply engaging," said Elaina Shekhter, SVP, chief marketing & strategy officer at EPAM. "Through our multiyear collaboration, we're furthering the Society's legacy by bridging physical and digital content to illuminate the wonder of our world and strengthen how audiences connect with nature."
The initiative aligns technological innovation with historic exploration to equip young leaders, educators, and global audiences with tools and inspiration for a sustainable future. It also enables EPAM to incorporate insights from National Geographic's storytelling approach into solutions for its broader client base.
About the National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society is a global nonprofit organization that uses the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. Since 1888, National Geographic has pushed the boundaries of exploration, investing in bold people and transformative ideas, providing more than 15,000 grants for work across all seven continents, reaching 3 million students each year through education offerings, and engaging audiences around the globe through signature experiences, stories and content. To learn more, visit www.nationalgeographic.org or follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
About EPAM Systems
EPAM Systems, Inc. (EPAM) is the leader in AI transformation engineering services and an integrated consulting company. Since 1993, we have used our software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients' transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum's integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients' time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments.
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