Techonomy 13

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Techonomy 13

Nov 11, 2013 Marana, AZ

The Revolution Business

A new society is coming into being. People around the world are building it using the rapidly-evolving tools of technology. Productivity is increasing and social progress is accelerating as business deploys the Internet and information technology to change the way we work and live.

Techonomy’s 2013 conference will focus on business – how it is changing and how it must change. Business, both technology’s engine and its proving ground, is revolutionizing the world.

But it’s not easy. How can any business adapt to the flood of data, the mobility of customers, the radical interconnection of the planet, and the increasing efficiency of every process? How will society function, and what will its institutions look like, once these efficiencies become embedded into the processes of modern life?

Leaders must think more like technologists. The health of companies, governments and institutions depends on the degree to which we understand and embrace the changes wrought by tech. Only by its strategic embrace can we steer society towards progress, not peril. Keeping up with the pace of change is a daunting challenge, and revolutions can quickly take wrong turns.

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Techonomy 13

November 11, 2013 - November 13, 2013

Marana, AZ

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The Revolution Business

Techonomy’s 2013 conference will focus on business – how it is changing and how it must change. Business, both technology’s engine and its proving ground, is revolutionizing the world.

Our program is interactive and multidisciplinary so leaders in each sector can learn from those in others. Our conversation will span from art to infrastructure, from culture to science and from behavior to business, since all are transformed by innovation. Techonomy’s ultimate goal is to help us more rapidly find pathways to a fairer, friendlier, more productive world.

TE13 aims to broaden your knowledge, provoke your emotions, and help make you more effective.

Join us as we explore the revolutionary power of tech.

Speakers

Pam Alexander

Maria Amundson

Global Chair, Technology Sector, Edelman

Ryan Anderson

Director of Future Technology, Herman Miller, Inc.

Samir Arora

Chairman and CEO, Glam Media, Inc.

Paula Batson

Vice President, Public Relations and Communications, YouNow, Inc.

Brooks Bell

Founder and CEO, Brooks Bell, Inc.

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Business + Innovation

Betting Big on Civic Innovation

November 12, 2013

Civic researcher and strategist Kate Krontiris discusses the current and future relationship of technology and the election process. Read the full transcript below. (Transcript by Realtime Transcriptions.) Krontiris: Thank you. Good morning, everybody. So by a show of hands, how many of you voted in the last presidential election? Okay. What about a mayoral election maybe? A few less. What about, like, local city council or special ballot measure? Okay, this room is unique. We’re going to come back to this in a minute, but I want to try and convince you this morning of sort of two main arguments. The first is that the next wave of civic innovation is going to require civic entrepreneurs to tackle really unsexy, highly complicated, largely behind-the-scenes challenges that will not be fixed by developing an app that solves a purely informational or technical problem. Think fixing American elections. And the second argument that I want to make is that what this burgeoning sector needs is risk capital. In other words, risk-taking people and organizations who believe in the quality of a civic and public life and want to help fix some of these deeper public problems that we confronted. So we figured out how to use technology to order Chinese food, to go on a date, to buy clothes, to share the experience immediately across a variety of different social platforms, and those things are fine. They drive economic activity, they save consumers time, and they seem to give a lot of people pleasure. But the digital leaders...

Business + Innovation