Archives April 2022

Academic

Speaker Mitchell expertise is highly sought after. He has held as many as six simultaneous appointments at top universities. Currently, he is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School, Labor, and Worklife Program. Where he studies the effects of technology on future employment and work. Additionally, he is Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering. Where he teaches about the latest exponential technologies; technology convergence and industry disruption; risks and regulation; and the new rules of innovation.

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Journalism is a field that is always changing and growing, where information spreads like flames and stories change all the time. There has never been a greater need for new ways to gather, analyze, and report the news. Even though standard ways of being a writer are still important, new technologies have given journalists a lot of new possibilities. Because of these new options, writers can now find out about stories in ways that were impossible before.

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Our keynote speaker Jenny has been a forerunner in tech revolutions for 20 years. The innovation speaker and specialist leads Fortune 500 executives through the jungle of emerging technologies that are transforming our world today and those igniting remarkable change in the next five years. The charismatic keynote speaker Jenny illuminates how historic levels of innovation are reshaping today’s customers, products and business models.

Powerhouse keynoter, futurist, and professor Jenny pushes Fortune 500s ahead of the curve through the 10+ tech that will dominate the next 10 years. A triple-threat of next-level content, “edu-taining” performances, and razor-sharp insights, electrifies audiences around the big changes—and bold moves— necessary to future-proof their businesses.

An in-demand speaker, she has wowed crowds at Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Amazon, TEDx, The United Nations, E*TRADE, Bissell, Best Buy, Cisco, and more. A top-rated faculty member at Rutgers Business School for Exec. Ed, CK tackles the tough topics: from Tech Megatrends, IoT, AI, and Robotics, to Next-Gen Marketing, High-Tech Health, Automation, and The Reskilling Revolution. Additionally, she has lectured at Stanford, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, St. Peter’s, and USF. Deeply connecting across myriad generations from Boomers to Zoomers works with business leaders in IT, marketing, sales, HR, innovation, R&D, supply chain, and leadership. A passionate advocate for closing the opportunity divide, through her pro bono program—aptly named impaCKt! She works to give a leading edge to underserved groups.

William R. Azure is the senior innovation editor for Wired, the influential trends magazine that covers the technologies and businesses building the future. He is also a public speaker and consultant.

In charge of analysing and identifying emerging trends and technological shifts that will affect both consumers and businesses, Jeremy is an expert speaker in a multitude of subjects from AI, health and cyber security, to automation, web3 and the metaverse.

At Wired, Jeremy is tasked with evaluating products and technology at the cutting edge of innovation, from wearables to supercars, architecture to autonomous cars.

His expansive knowledge of the product world and forecasting design and tech trends has seen him be commissioned for consultancy services to some of the world’s largest consumer brands on industrial design and user experience.

Jeremy also appears on the BBC and Sky News representing the title and has been writing about technology and design for more than 10 years. He is also currently the technology expert for Telegraph Luxury, Boat International, Robb Report magazine and is editor of Wired’s luxury sister publication, Wired Desired.

Before Wired, Jeremy was a digital editor at the Financial Times, and prior to that was technology editor at Esquire magazine.