Techonomy 19

Sunrise Yoga

Breakfast Open

ConnectHER Breakfast: A Women's Roundtable

Breakfast Session: Communicating in Times of Crisis

Andrew Whitehouse

Founder & Chairman, Copperfield Advisory

Morning Sessions

What Marketers Need to Understand About the World

Global big pictures R us. It has given Sorrell an edge for decades. Now he’s starting a new ad and marketing network with fundamentally new premises.

Sir Martin Sorrell

Executive Chairman, S4 Capital

Drew Ianni

Founder and Chairman, CDX, CDX (Event Co-Chair)

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Security in a Connected World and Operating Everywhere: An Industry Veteran's Perspective

Chen has long led businesses in China and worldwide even as he’s remade Blackberry and, earlier, Sybase. Blackberry, no longer a phone company, is now deploying security and other software many places as the internet of things explodes (like our automobiles).

John Chen

Special Advisor, Silver Lake

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

The Business of Compassionate Leadership

With 645 million users globally, LinkedIn is the interstitial tissue of global business. It has also avoided accusations of bias, social distortion, and other depredations. Could Weiner’s deep belief in compassionate leadership as a value be a reason?

Jeff Weiner

Chief Executive Officer, LinkedIn Corporation

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Building a New Consumer Internet

Few have had a larger role creating today’s consumer internet. With her incubator Lumi Labs, Mayer is rethinking email, calendars, and more products designed for the consumer.

Marissa Mayer

CEO, Yahoo!

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Why AI Has to be Humble

As autonomous systems, AI, and the internet of things surround us, GE Research works to insure its design is grounded in fundamental human values like trust.

Colin Parris

Chief Technology Officer, GE

What’s the Future: New Ways to Govern Tech

Tim O’Reilly is the ultimate insider, but is not content with Silicon Valley as it is. He sees the potential for tech to remake the world, if we remake tech.

Tim O’Reilly

Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Building Peace and Keeping People in Charge

How can people retain meaningful control over the use of force in an autonomous age? Marta Kosmyna’s job is convincing tech companies in Silicon Valley to care.

Marta Kosmyna

Silicon Valley Lead, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

Dan Costa

Editorial Director, Worth Media Group

Driving Into the Future

Waymo’s chief product officer on how autonomous vehicles will change cities and our lives, and what that could mean for the environment.

Dan Chu

Chief Product Officer, Waymo

Dan Costa

Editorial Director, Worth Media Group

"Alexa- How Will Voice Tech Change Society in its Next Phase?"

A short talk about why and how we should be thinking about voice technology.

Mark Webster

Founder, Sayspring

What Business Needs to Learn from Psychology

After a career in the hospitality industry, most recently at Airbnb, Chip Conley now runs an academy for mid-life wisdom. What do we all need to learn?

Chip Conley

Hospitality Entrepreneur, Modern Elder

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Lunch Break

Afternoon Sessions

How Advanced Tech Can Help the World Prepare and Respond to Extreme Weather

Extreme weather is becoming more intense and dangerous. Now more than ever we must ensure that timely, reliable weather data is available around the world. Technology offers new opportunities to help people and businesses access this data to better prepare for and respond. Meanwhile, improvements in how we manage agriculture can lead to more sustainable food production.

Cameron Clayton

General Manager, Watson Media and Weather, IBM

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

How Women Entrepreneurs are Changing Agriculture

Wu spent years studying women agricultural entrepreneurs. Reforming agriculture may be our biggest opportunity and challenge at a time of global warming.

Amy Wu

Founder & Chief Content Director, Farms to Incubators

Stopping Food Waste and Transforming Communities

Entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe built a rapidly-growing national network to save leftover food and get it to those in need.

Jasmine Crowe

CEO, Goodr

Steven Gray

Head of Content, Tech Communications Director, Meta

Turning Tech Towards Humanity

Konstantinos Karachalios oversees the standards group at IEEE, which is deeply engaged in what went wrong with tech and making it right. The engineers of the world can make that happen.

Konstantinos Karachalios

Managing Director, IEEE Standards Association, IEEE

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Fighting Back Against Persuasive Tech

The ad-driven systems of the internet giants are contributing to social decay, Tristan Harris believes. His work at the Center for Humane Technology aims to enlist the people who develop our products into an army for human values.

Tristan Harris

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Center for Humane Technology

Casey Newton

Journalist, The Verge

Diversity & Inclusion: A Strategic Advantage

Sharawn Connors, VP of Diversity and Inclusion at Micron, discusses pushing for progress in the workplace, her approach to building an inclusive culture, and why D&I is a core strategic advantage. In conversation with attorney and diversity strategist Bari Williams.

Sharawn Connors

VP, Diversity and Inclusion, Micron

Bärí Williams

Diversity Strategist, Bärí A Williams

New Chips to Power the Cloud

Renee James was president of Intel, but now is up against it, in an ambitious new semiconductor startup. What matters is the cloud, and Ampere builds chips to run it.

Renee James

CEO, Ampere Computing

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Privacy, Data, and the Future of Targeted Marketing

How can personal data power the internet without it undermining our privacy and causing people to lose control? Anneka and her team work to set up laws and best practices to protect consumers, and now, are also focused on political campaigns.

Anneka Gupta

President & Head of Products and Platforms, LiveRamp

Dan Costa

Editorial Director, Worth Media Group

How Do We Know Our Technology is Safe?

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has funded a large new effort at CR to assess and monitor the tools of digital life, just as in the past for cars and washing machines. The goal: shift power back to the hands of consumers.

Craig Newmark

Founder, craigslist

Marta Tellado

President + CEO, Consumer Reports

Sarah Frier

Reporter, Bloomberg

How a Collabortive Nonprofit Became One of the Web’s Largest Site

Longtime human rights activist Katherine Maher runs the largest website that’s not a company. It got that way through uniquely leveraging community collaboration, at global scale. What can companies learn from Wikipedia?

Katherine Maher

Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Why China Builds the Cars of the Future

Few know the Chinese auto industry like Dunne. At this time of great uncertainty, how will competition on technologized vehicles evolve? Will China dominate autonomy and electrics? How soon will cars drive themselves?

Michael Dunne

Host, Driving with Dunne podcast and CEO, ZoZo Go

What Silicon Valley Means to Diplomats

The digital sphere may be dominated by large companies, but we must safeguard democratic values and social institutions, says Denmark’s formal ambassador to Silicon Valley. He works to help industry and governments work together.

Casper Klynge

Denmark’s Tech Ambassador

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Dinner among the redwoods at Mountain Terrace

Skylar Grey - Live Performance

Sunrise Yoga

Breakfast Open

Breakfast Session: What Have We Learned about the Internet, Big Tech, and New Paradigms for Governance?

Jean-Claude Goldenstein

Founder & CEO, CREOpoint

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Breakfast Session: Accelerating Corporate Digital Transformation

Bastiaan De Goei

Head of AXA Next, AXA

Drew Ianni

Founder and Chairman, CDX, CDX (Event Co-Chair)

John Suh

Vice President and Founding Director of CRADLE Innovation Unit, Hyundai Motor Company

Morning Sessions

Why India Is Becoming a Tech Powerhouse

Desai started India’s largest tech-oriented law firm. What’s the view from South Asia? Will the balance swing from China? How big is India’s promise?

Nishith Desai

Founder, Nishith Desai Associates

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Betting on Super Evolution

Innovation Endeavors is a VC firm that funds companies that seek solutions to social problems, even global ones. One theme: super evolution--the idea that startups can now harness rapid prototyping and vast pools of data to develop radical new business models quickly and at scale.

Matt Barnard

CEO, Plenty

Dror Berman

Founding Partner, Innovation Endeavors

Drew Ianni

Founder and Chairman, CDX, CDX (Event Co-Chair)

Will Regulation Kill the Internet?

Human progress doesn't improve because someone passes a law, Kessler believes. Siilcon Valley drives progress better without government agency interference. In contrast to some other speakers, he says we shouldn't apply antitrust law to tech companies.

Andrew Kessler

Writer

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Cracking the Code on Tech Adoption

A small minority of companies have cracked the code on tech adoption, according to new Accenture research. Learn what’s enabling these leaders to grow revenue at double the rate of tech laggards and why they are poised to extend their advantage over the next five years.

Adam Burden

Senior Managing Partner, Accenture

Will Geo-Engineering Become Necessary?

With the earth warming and California burning, it's hard to know what measures will really work in order to stay within the Paris Accords guidelines for only a 1.5 degree increase in global temperatures. Some believe that we'll have no choice but to consciously manipulate the climate. Long is an expert.

Jane Long

Associate Director for Energy & Environment, Lawrence Livermore National Lab (retired)

Proteomics: Health Data Beyond Genomics

An entirely new science of human health is emerging, after decades of painstaking development. SomaLogic, where Smythe is CEO, can figure out amazing things about you and your health.

Roy Smythe

CEO, SomaLogic Inc.

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

Colon Cancer: Stop the Killing

Last year long time Techonomist Brooks Bell was diagnosed and successfully treated for colon cancer. But the entrepreneur was shocked a disease that often strikes younger people is treated as a disease of the old. Now she campaigns for a new approach to examination and treatment.

Brooks Bell

Founder and CEO, Brooks Bell, Inc.

How Innovation Will Change Healthcare

New technologies are emerging that can help address everything from opiate addiction to in home elder care (robots are promising there). How will this suite of new tools change hospitals and the health care system? Where should we expect the fastest change?

Julia Hoffman

Head of Behavioral Health, Livongo Health

Michelle Stansbury

Vice President, Innovation, Houston Methodist

Aaron Strout

Chief Marketing Officer, W2O Group

Innovating at Health's Largest Company

J&J’s scale is astonishing, as are its ambitions to alter the landscape of global healthcare. How does it change a company to focus on truly global social goals?

Joaquin Duato

Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, Johnson & Johnson

Josh Kampel

CEO, Worth Media Group

Neurotechnology and Human 2.0

We can augment the human brain and gain competitive advantage, based on what we know now. What will that mean, and when can we all get the upgrade? How does it play out in an unequal world?

Amy Kruse

Chief Scientific Officer, PlatypusNeuro

David Kirkpatrick

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy

A Political Veteran Investing for Social Progress

David Plouffe ran President Barack Obama’s first election campaign, and later served as his senior advisor. He’ll help us understand the new presidential campaign and the impact of the impeachment hearings underway. He headed up policy and programs for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Where is this hugely ambitious effort headed?

David Plouffe

President, Policy & Advocacy at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; Senior Advisor & Campaign Manager to President Obama

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