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Techonomy 2018 was a probing, wide-ranging conversation about the tech-inflected issues that affect business and our world. This year’s theme was Harnessing Tech for Responsible Growth, and as always we addressed many of the issues facing leaders today.
Techonomy 18
Techonomy 2018 was a probing, wide-ranging conversation about the tech-inflected issues that affect business and our world. This year’s theme was Harnessing Tech for Responsible Growth, and as always we addressed many of the issues facing leaders today.
Techonomy 2018: Harnessing Tech for Responsible Growth
November 11 – 13
The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, California
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Government + Policy
Jennifer Pahlka on Coding a Better Government
November 19, 2018
Description: Jennifer Pahlka has brought together tech-savvy volunteers from across the nation to help reinvent government services. Is our antiquated government services infrastructure a national disadvantage? How fast can we fix it? How can business help?
Government + Policy
Jennifer Pahlka on Coding a Better Government
Business + Innovation
Open Data Opens Opportunity
Business + Innovation
Andrew Nash on Identity is the Steam Engine of the Digital Economy
Finance + Crypto
Cory Johnson on Moving Money Across Borders with Cryptocurrency
Business + Innovation
John Chambers on Leadership in a Startup World
Business + Innovation
Why Business Must Get to Public Blockchains
Business + Innovation
How Insurance Enables Innovation
Finance + Crypto
How Digital Transformation Can Create Societal Wealth
Business + Innovation
The Future of Real Estate
Business + Innovation
A New Approach to Industrialism
Business + Innovation
Commerce in the Face of Amazon
Government + Policy
Who’s Afraid of the Digital Planet?
Business + Innovation
Elizabeth Shuler on Why Workers Need A Place at the Futurism Table
Business + Innovation
“Human + Machine” Meets “AI Superpowers”
Business + Innovation
Daniel Dines on Will Software Robots Make Work More Creative?
Business + Innovation
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Inside Global Giants
Business + Innovation
From the Front Line of Modern Management
Business + Innovation
Tony Prophet on Why Business Must Embrace Equality
Business + Innovation
Emily Chang on Breaking up the Boys’ Club
Ethics + Responsibility
Saving Journalism From Fake News
Ethics + Responsibility
Designing for Humans
Media + Marketing
Consumer-Centric Media is a Whole New World
Business + Innovation
Now Even Transportation Policy is About Inclusion and Fairness
Climate + Sustainability
Cyberpunk Couture: AI and the Future of Fashion
Business + Innovation
Rodney Brooks on Practical Applications for Robotics, Without Fear
Ethics + Responsibility
IQ2 Debate: Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Soul
Business + Innovation
How Culture Keeps Companies Competitive
Business + Innovation
Mary Lou Jepsen on Seeing Inside the Body, Communicating with the Brain
Business + Innovation
Tony Marx on How Libraries Can Serve Everyone
Business + Innovation
John Melo on What’s Good For You, Good For the Planet, and Good For Business
Climate + Sustainability
Carl Ganter on Designing Water’s Future
Ethics + Responsibility
Short Presentation: Jonathan Kreindler
Ethics + Responsibility
Christina Sass on The Global Talent Opportunity
Business + Innovation
Short Presentation: Arthur Shectman
Business + Innovation
Michele Romanow on Launching Clearbanc
Health + Science
Daniel Kraft on Exponential Medicine for Global Health
Government + Policy
Short Presentation: Katharine Brandes
Business + Innovation
Tim Berners-Lee on Re-Engineering the Web Around People
Government + Policy
Catherine Steiner-Adair on The Big Disconnect: Schools and Smartphones
Government + Policy
Town Hall: Tech Transformation and Last Week’s Election
Business + Innovation
Sanjay Mehrotra on Memory, Artificial Intelligence, and Modern Computing
Ethics + Responsibility
Justin Rosenstein on Is Universal Cooperation a Pipe Dream?
Business + Innovation
Tech and Nonprofit Collaboration in a Networked Era
Business + Innovation
How the U.S. Can Stay Ahead in Tech
Government + Policy
Can Facebook Recover?
Business + Innovation
Ethics and Responsibility in Modern Technology
Health + Science
Could We Finally Get the Healthcare System We Need?
Government + Policy
Jennifer Pahlka on Coding a Better Government
November 19, 2018
Description: Jennifer Pahlka has brought together tech-savvy volunteers from across the nation to help reinvent government services. Is our antiquated government services infrastructure a national disadvantage? How fast can we fix it? How can business help?
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Government + Policy
Jennifer Pahlka on Coding a Better Government
Business + Innovation
Open Data Opens Opportunity
Business + Innovation
Andrew Nash on Identity is the Steam Engine of the Digital Economy
Finance + Crypto
Cory Johnson on Moving Money Across Borders with Cryptocurrency
Business + Innovation
John Chambers on Leadership in a Startup World
Business + Innovation
Why Business Must Get to Public Blockchains
Business + Innovation
How Insurance Enables Innovation
Finance + Crypto
How Digital Transformation Can Create Societal Wealth
Business + Innovation
The Future of Real Estate
Business + Innovation
A New Approach to Industrialism
Business + Innovation
Commerce in the Face of Amazon
Government + Policy
Who’s Afraid of the Digital Planet?
Business + Innovation
Elizabeth Shuler on Why Workers Need A Place at the Futurism Table
Business + Innovation
“Human + Machine” Meets “AI Superpowers”
Business + Innovation
Daniel Dines on Will Software Robots Make Work More Creative?
Business + Innovation
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Inside Global Giants
Business + Innovation
From the Front Line of Modern Management
Business + Innovation
Tony Prophet on Why Business Must Embrace Equality
Business + Innovation
Emily Chang on Breaking up the Boys’ Club
Ethics + Responsibility
Saving Journalism From Fake News
Ethics + Responsibility
Designing for Humans
Media + Marketing
Consumer-Centric Media is a Whole New World
Business + Innovation
Now Even Transportation Policy is About Inclusion and Fairness
Climate + Sustainability
Cyberpunk Couture: AI and the Future of Fashion
Business + Innovation
Rodney Brooks on Practical Applications for Robotics, Without Fear
Ethics + Responsibility
IQ2 Debate: Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Soul
Business + Innovation
How Culture Keeps Companies Competitive
Business + Innovation
Mary Lou Jepsen on Seeing Inside the Body, Communicating with the Brain
Business + Innovation
Tony Marx on How Libraries Can Serve Everyone
Business + Innovation
John Melo on What’s Good For You, Good For the Planet, and Good For Business
Climate + Sustainability
Carl Ganter on Designing Water’s Future
Ethics + Responsibility
Short Presentation: Jonathan Kreindler
Ethics + Responsibility
Christina Sass on The Global Talent Opportunity
Business + Innovation
Short Presentation: Arthur Shectman
Business + Innovation
Michele Romanow on Launching Clearbanc
Health + Science
Daniel Kraft on Exponential Medicine for Global Health
Government + Policy
Short Presentation: Katharine Brandes
Business + Innovation
Tim Berners-Lee on Re-Engineering the Web Around People
Government + Policy
Catherine Steiner-Adair on The Big Disconnect: Schools and Smartphones
Government + Policy
Town Hall: Tech Transformation and Last Week’s Election
Business + Innovation
Sanjay Mehrotra on Memory, Artificial Intelligence, and Modern Computing
Ethics + Responsibility
Justin Rosenstein on Is Universal Cooperation a Pipe Dream?
Business + Innovation
Tech and Nonprofit Collaboration in a Networked Era
Business + Innovation
How the U.S. Can Stay Ahead in Tech
Government + Policy
Can Facebook Recover?
Business + Innovation
Ethics and Responsibility in Modern Technology
Health + Science
Could We Finally Get the Healthcare System We Need?
The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
Agenda
10:00 - 12:00 pm
Morning Activities
including: Surfing, Coastal Bike Ride, and Golf. Requires advance sign-up.
2:00 - 5:50 pm
Afternoon Sessions
Josh Kampel
CEO, Worth Media Group
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Re-Engineering the Web Around People
Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor of the Web, inrupt
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Is Universal Cooperation a Pipe Dream?
Justin Rosenstein
Co-Founder, Asana
Josh Constine
Editor-At-Large, TechCrunch
Saving Journalism From Fake News
Manoush Zomorodi
Co-Founder, Stable Genius Productions
Dan Costa
Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief, Worth Media Group
Will Software Robots Make Work More Creative?
Daniel Dines
CEO, UiPath
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Exponential Medicine for Global Health
Daniel Kraft
Faculty Chair, Medicine & Neuroscience, Singularity University
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Inside Global Giants
Melinda Richter
Global Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS, J&J
Sue Siegel
Chief Innovation Officer, GE
Josh Kampel
CEO, Worth Media Group
How the U.S. Can Stay Ahead in Tech
Josh Kampel
CEO, Worth Media Group
Town Hall: Tech Transformation and Last Week’s Election
Rich Benjamin
Author & Social Analyst
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
6:00 pm
Reception
7:00 pm
Dinner
8:30 pm
Evening Event
IQ2 Debate: Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Soul
Leslie Berlin
Historian, Silicon Valley Archives and Author, Stanford University
Noam Cohen
Journalist/Author
Joshua McKenty
Vice President, Pivotal
John Donvan
Host & Moderator, Intelligence Squared
6:30 - 8:30 am
Morning Activities
Breakfast Sessions
Zero Gap: “Now What? A Conversation About the Post-#MeToo Workplace”
Sarah Gerber
Co-Founder and CEO, Zero Gap
Johnson & Johnson 7-Minute Workout
Morning Sessions
Leadership in a Startup World
John Chambers
Founder and CEO, JC2 Ventures
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
How Digital Transformation Can Create Societal Wealth
Robert Goldstein
Chief Operating Officer, BlackRock
Cory Johnson
Chief Market Strategist, Ripple
“Human + Machine” Meets “AI Superpowers”
Paul Daugherty
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Accenture
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
From the Front Line of Modern Management
Jeremy King
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Walmart
Maynard Webb
Founder, Webb Investment Network
Memory, Artificial Intelligence, and Modern Computing
Sanjay Mehrotra
President and CEO, Micron Technology
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Ethics and Responsibility in Modern Technology
Paula Goldman
Global Lead, Tech and Society Solutions Lab, Omidyar Network
Terah Lyons
Founding Executive Director, Partnership on AI
Catherine Cheney
West Coast Correspondent, Devex
Coding a Better Government
Jennifer Pahlka
Founder and Executive Director, Code for America
Dan Costa
Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief, Worth Media Group
Open Data for a Better Customer Experience
Abdul Razack
Head of Cloud Technology and Architecture, SAP
Ashley Still
Vice President and General Manager, Adobe
Diane Brady
Founder, dB Omnimedia
Identity is the Steam Engine of the Digital Economy
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Tech and Nonprofit Collaboration in a Networked Era
Heather Johnson
VP, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson
Enrica Porcari
Chief Information Officer and Director of Technology, World Food Programme
Catherine Cheney
West Coast Correspondent, Devex
1:30 - 6:10 pm
Afternoon Sessions
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
The Future of Real Estate
Michelle Chen
Former Chief Product Officer, Ofo
Adena Hefets
Co-Founder and COO, Divvy Homes
Jake Seid
Managing Director, Stone Bridge Ventures
Tools For A Modern Organization (Workshop)
Mike Arauz
Founding Member, August
Mark Raheja
Founding Team, August Public
Consumer-Centric Media is a Whole New World
Stephano Kim
Executive Vice President, Strategy, Turner
Michele Romanow
Co-Founder, Clearbanc
Vadim Tsemekhman
Director of Product, Walmart
Brian Wieser
Senior Analyst, Pivotal
Dave Morgan
Chief Executive Officer, Simulmedia, Inc.
PLENARY SESSIONS
Breaking up the Boys’ Club
Emily Chang
Anchor and Executive Producer of “Bloomberg Technology”, Bloomberg Television
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
How Culture Keeps Companies Competitive
Troy Fenner
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Roku
Susan Robinson
Principal, Cultural Change & Inclusiveness, EY
Pat Wadors
Chief Talent Office and Chief Human Resources Officer, ServiceNow
Now Even Transportation Policy is About Inclusion and Fairness
Ken Washington
SVP, and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Medtronic
Dan Costa
Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief, Worth Media Group
A New Approach to Industrialism
David Millstone
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Standard Industries
David Winter
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Standard Industries
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Launching Clearbanc
Michele Romanow
Co-Founder, Clearbanc
Commerce in the Face of Amazon
Michael Krakaris
Co-Founder, Deliverr
Josh Kampel
CEO, Worth Media Group
Could We Finally Get the Healthcare System We Need?
ck Andrade
Director of Product Management, HealthSuite, Philips
Brian Kalis
Managing Director, Digital Health and Innovation, Accenture
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Moving Money Across Borders with Cryptocurrency
Cory Johnson
Chief Market Strategist, Ripple
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Who’s Afraid of the Digital Planet?
Shumeet Banerji
Founder, Condorcet
Michael Froman
Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth, Mastercard
Bhaskar Chakravorti
Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
6:15 pm
Reception
7:15 pm
Dinner
8:30 pm
Musical Performance/Interview
Alex will perform and record a new YouTube performance with the help of the Techonomy participants.
6:30 - 8:30 am
Morning Activities
Johnson & Johnson 7-Minute Workout
Leadership & Disruption Breakfast Town Hall hosted in partnership with Ascent Leadership Networks
Lowinn Kibbey
Global Head of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, Johnson & Johnson
Amit Kumar
CEO and Co-founder, Bitponics
Amit Mukherjee
Founder, Ishan Advisors
Sung Park
President, Archimedes
Kevin Steinberg
Founder & CEO, Ascent Leadership Networks
Tech for Responsible Growth Breakfast
Location: Miramar II
Aarti Borkar
Vice President, IBM Watson Talent, IBM
Christina Sass
Co-Founder and President, Andela
Arthur Shectman
Co-Founder & President, Ultra Testing
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
9:00 - 12:30 pm
Morning Sessions
How Insurance Enables Innovation
Jean-Marc Pailhol
Head of Group Market Management and Distribution, Allianz Group
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Seeing Inside the Body, Communicating with the Brain
Mary Lou Jepsen
Founder and CEO, Openwater
Why Workers Need A Place at the Futurism Table
Elizabeth Shuler
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Designing Water’s Future
J. Carl Ganter
Managing Director, Circle of Blue
The Global Talent Opportunity
Christina Sass
Co-Founder and President, Andela
Fusion - A Series of Short Presentations
Katharine Brandes
Chief Marketing Officer, Riveted Labs
Arthur Shectman
Co-Founder & President, Ultra Testing
Designing for Humans
Susan Dybbs
Vice President of Product and Design, Collective Health
Christina Janzer
Director of Research, Slack
Bryan Mason
Chief Operating Officer, VSCO
Cyberpunk Couture: AI and the Future of Fashion
Joshua Mudgett
Creative Director and CEO, J//MUJET
Sophia Stuart
Ghostwriter and Technology Commentator
Practical Applications for Robotics, Without Fear
Rodney Brooks
Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus), MIT
Sophia Stuart
Ghostwriter and Technology Commentator
Can Facebook Recover?
Wael Ghonim
Internet Activist and Author
Sanjana Hattotuwa
Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation
Roger McNamee
Managing Director, Elevation Partners
Brian Wieser
Senior Analyst, Pivotal
David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
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Presenting Partners
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