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At our events to-date, the moderators for the sessions have always been journalists. Unsurprisingly, people whose job is to ask good questions ask good questions.
At TRANSFORM we’re continuing that, but we’re also adding some very esteemed university professors as moderators.
Here are some of the folks moderating conversations with the speakers at TRANSFORM:
Wharton School — Professor Gad Allon (also Director of the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology)
NYU Stern — Professor Melissa Schilling (also Director of Technology & Innovation at the Fubon Center for Technology)
NYU Stern — Professor Ari Ginsberg (also Director of the Management of Technology M.S. Program at Tandon School of Engineering)
NYU Stern — Associate Professor J.P. Eggers (also Director of the Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA Program)
NYU Stern — Professor Natalia Levina
Bloomberg — Opinion Columnist, Shira Ovide
The Economist — U.S. Business Editor, Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Forbes — Associate Editor, Alex Konrad
Fast Company — Senior Editors, Marcus Baram and Amy Farley
Digiday — President & Editor in Chief Brian Morrissey
Our hope is that you leave TRANSFORM informed, inspired, and better connected. A big part of that is ensuring that we have really good speakers and have good conversations with them on stage.
Many corporations still use fax machines, handwriting, and siloed databases spread across countries and contractors. Now they’re looking to blockchain to help streamline their operations.
Booking meetings with our Intelligence Analysts is something we’re trying for the first time at TRANSFORM next week.
And it’s very popular — 60% of their time has already been booked.
If you’re attending and have the networking app, just search for “CB Insights.” The analysts will come up and you can book time and a table in the lounge.
And of course, you can book meetings with other attendees.
We’re already at 372 meetings scheduled and things usually really get going the day or two prior, so I think we’ll hit our goal of 1000 meetings at TRANSFORM.
What’s the scoop?
Scoops are a tough business model.
Business and financial journalism look drastically different than they did 25+ years ago thanks to a lot of factors — but mainly the internet.
Quality financial journalism is arguably more important than ever before, but it’s facing new threats in the digital age.
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber discusses how financial journalism has evolved, how news is now commoditized (which we explore here), and what lies ahead.
Read all about it in The Blurb below.
It’s (genetically altered) twins!
A Chinese scientist has reportedly created the first genetically edited babies using CRISPR technology. The pair of twins were born with a genetic mutation that reportedly makes it harder for HIV to infect their cells.
Connected car tech goes far beyond a simple internet connection. From AR dashboards to truck platooning to layered cybersecurity, we take a look at 10 innovative technologies that are transforming auto tech.
If you want to talk about AI hype vs. reality and its applications in healthcare, retail, financial services, etc, talk to Deepa at TRANSFORM.
She’ll also be presenting our latest thinking and data-driven intel on where AI is going next.
Ghosts of bankruptcies past
The holiday season is upon us, which means everyone is shopping like crazy.
Many retailers are still trying to avoid falling victim to the retail apocalypse, facing struggling physical storefronts, huge debt, and inefficient operations.
We’ve compiled a list of 57 retailers that have filed for bankruptcy since 2015. See them all here.
A growing space
A new wave of innovation is hitting the women’s fertility space, bringing about tech-enabled solutions for period tracking, at-home hormone tests, and much more.
From connected devices to mobile platforms to diagnostics tests, we take a look at how startups are bringing more personalization, convenience, and accessibility to the space.
If you want to talk about luxury subscriptions, luxury streetwear, and how to access China’s massive luxury market, you should book a meeting with Thomas at TRANSFORM.
He’ll also be presenting our research on the luxury trends to watch.
Show me the money
After the dot-com crash, Trilogy, which had been one of the hottest companies for young coders in the 1990s, faded from the spotlight and owner Joe Liemandt dropped off the Forbes 400.
For a while, it looked like Liemandt had totally burned out.
He was actually building a new software empire that built up a workforce of offshore developers that could do cheap work as contractors.
Forbes digs into how Liemandt transformed his company and regained his fortune. Check it out in The Blurb.
The Industry Standard
CB Insights data is the most trusted by those in the industry and the media. A few recent hits.
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