Conference News: What I learned this week – October 19, 2018
Future Reality: Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Conference & Expo (SVVR) began as a small meet up for VR enthusiasts and eventually grew into a massive conference designed to highlight AR/VR/MR technologies. They recently announced that they will not host a 2018 or 2019 Conference & Expo but that it will return in 2020. Watch here for more details.
Entrepreneurship Year Round : The Harvard Entrepreneurship Club has announced that instead of holding one annual conference in 2019, they will instead be hosting a monthly speaker series highlighting a seasoned business founder sharing their secrets for success as well as incorporating a pitch competition for students involving local investors. The conference had traditionally taken place in March and featured a day-long agenda of keynotes and breakout sessions. The club leaders said that there is a possibility that they will again host the conference but wanted to try a new format in 2019 based on members’ feedback.
Speaking Opportunity: MarTech Conferences are designed to help marketing leaders “discover, learn, and connect with others passionate about the challenges of modern marketing.” The conference organizers are currently seeking speaker proposals for the West Coast event which will be in San Jose, CA on 3-5 April 2019. If you have a case study example of how you were able to navigate the complexities, technologies, and organizational challenges faced by the modern marketer, then submit your idea via this online form by 15 November. Keep in mind that the agenda includes both 45 minute and 20-minute sessions.
Lunchtime Learning: When the Bloomberg Global Business Forum was created in 2017, its goal was to bring together politicians and the world’s most prominent business leaders to tackle weighty issues such as how to “construct a new multilateral economic order to solve the challenges that led to the unraveling of so many twentieth-century assumptions and institutions.” This year’s gathering, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, took place in New York City on September 26th alongside the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Get a glimpse of the topics covered and speakers who took the dais as video of the sessions are now available for your viewing pleasure. Featured speakers include UK Prime Minister Theresa May, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, Baidu’s CEO Robin Li and, of course, Michael Bloomberg.
Coming Up Next Week: What do Shaq, Richard Branson, and the mayor of Dallas have in common? All will be featured at Money20/20, which runs 21-24 October in Las Vegas and brings the fintech ecosystem together around a common goal: to create a simpler and more inclusive financial system. Fast Company’s Innovation Festival gets underway 22 October in New York and promises “bold talks” and a “bustling festival hub” for 10,000 attendees hailing from diverse backgrounds and industries. Digitally-minded professionals from across the world will meet at Crowdsourcing Week Global (24-28 October; Washington, DC) to hear from experts using crowdsourcing, open innovation, and crowdfunding to advance business goals and organizational missions alike. Looking to accelerate your business with AI? Then head to VentureBeat Summit on 22 October in Mill Valley, CA where 180 senior executives will meet to learn from peers on AI and machine learning breakthroughs. Later in the week CMOs flock to Orlando, where the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Masters of Marketing Annual Conference is held 24-27 October.
And last but not least, catch Speaker Strategies’ very own Amy Scarlino when she addresses The Professional Speechwriters Association World Conference on 23 October in Washington DC!