Conference News: What I learned this week – August 9, 2019
Motoring into Detroit: Forbes has started to share its speaker lineup for its Under 30 Summit, which will include Steve Case, Serena Williams and the CEOs of Waymo, Allbirds, and ThirdLove (to name a few). Earlier this year, Forbes announced that the conference, which is scheduled for 27 – 30 October, will be moving to Detroit at least through 2021. The event had been in Boston for the past several years and Philadelphia before that. Forbes notes that the move “recognizes the important role entrepreneurs and innovators are playing in reinventing and reimagining the Motor City.” More details on the lineup may be found here.
Podcast to Presentation: The team behind the TWIML AI Podcast (a.k.a. This Week in Machine Learning & AI) will be hosting their first conference from 1 – 2 October at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. This new event, called TWIMLcon: AI Platforms, has its roots in a series of interviews on the topic of AI Platforms published back in the fall of 2018. The conference will focus on “the platforms, tools, technologies, and practices necessary to enable and scale machine learning and AI in the enterprise.” Visit the conference site here for more info on the topics that will be covered.
Speaking Opportunity: ContentTECH Summit will take over San Diego from 20 – 22 April in 2020. The conference brings together anyone working at the convergence of content, technology and strategy including VPs, senior directors and directors in marketing, digital marketing, marketing innovation, marketing technology, demand generation, marketing operations, customer advocacy, customer experience, and e-commerce as well as chief marketing officers, chief digital officers, chief technology officers chief customer officers, and more. The conference organizers are looking for sessions on how to effectively use new technologies and processes to better create, manage, deliver and scale enterprise content while providing customers with better digital experiences. If you have a topic and speaker to suggest, fill out their online CFP form before the 13 September deadline.
Lunchtime Learning: WIRED Smarter is a one-day business conference dedicated to innovation and inspiration in the retail, money and information security. It will return to London 30 October with a few already announced speakers! They include the Head of AI and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum and the CEO & Co-Founder of digital bank, Monzo. For a better idea of what to expect at the 2019 gathering, check out the session videos from last year.
Coming Up Next Week: The GRC Conference (12-14 August; Ft. Lauderdale) promises a meeting place where “governance and risk management align for impact,” and the agenda also offers attendees professional credits. At Digital Summit Minneapolis, digital marketers will be treated to talks from Facebook, Target, The Mayo Clinic, and other household brands when the event gets underway 14 August. And at The Money Show, which runs 15-17 August in SF, America’s savviest investors and traders will break out into focused content tracks that include Women on Wealth and the Income & Growth Summit.