Yes. The world is changing radically and technologies are defining the pace. No, it won’t all pass by. It will shift industries, it will alter business models, it has changed us as individuals and it will question the world’s power equilibrium. In times of change, fear is not wise advice. Look at the creativity ignited by emergent technologies.
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Most of us focus on Today: on the meetings we will be having, the e-mails we will respond to, the price offers we need to send out while deadlines are breathing down or neck. And we should. Today is what pays our bills. We also think a lot about Tomorrow, about our future value and how our company will survive disruption. Tomorrow is what keeps us awake at night. But let’s face it, most of us don’t think (much) beyond that.
The truly great ones, the giants, those that dictate the market are the ones who dare to envision The Day After Tomorrow. Because that is where ENORMOUS amounts of LONG TERM VALUE lie. The ideas, concepts, notions or inspiration that focus on The Day After Tomorrow are the ones that change entire companies, industries and even the world. Our Day After Tomorrow Tour will introduce you to these pioneers and demonstrate you how they managed to move beyond Today and Tomorrow.
Our journey is not just about inspiration. It is an experience, a shift in perspective and an accelerator of change. It is how you will survive. At the speed the market is moving and business models are evolving, the Distant Future will be here a lot sooner than you thought. That’s why we want to help you embed Day After Tomorrow vision into your DNA.
The Tour will bring you one step closer to the Day After Tomorrow by putting you in touch with some of Silicon Valley’s leading companies, most promising start-ups and world-class universities. You’ll learn how autonomous technology will shape our futures. You’ll get first-hand insight from leaders at Uber and Udacity. See biosensor product demos at NeuroSky & learn from Daniel Kraft what the future of Health looks like. Professor Pieter Abbeel, head of Artifical Intelligence at Berkeley University and cofounder of Gradescope will make sure you can explain AI yourself after a visit to his lab.
Are you ready? We are!
Peter & Steven
Arrival in San Francisco & welcome by Peter and Steven
Peter is a serial entrepreneur, Forbes contributor, LinkedIn Influencer, best-selling author and one of the most sought-after thought leaders on organizing for the Day After Tomorrow, radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital on society and business. He has given numerous keynote speeches around the world, among which those for Google Think Performance, Nimbus Ninety, Gartner, NEXT Berlin, Tedx, PayPal, MasterCard, Microsoft, CIO City, SAS, Accenture and Apple. He lectures at renowned business schools like the London Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.
More about PeterSteven is an expert in customer focus in a digital world and in how our customers will behave in the Day After Tomorrow. He is a popular speaker at home and abroad. In his keynote presentations, Steven takes his audience on a journey to the world of modern customer relationships in a clever, enthusiastic and inspiring way. So far, he gave more than 750 keynote presentations, reaching more than 200.000 people in over 30 countries around the world and received several best speaker awards.
He's also the author of multiple international bestselling books including ‘The Conversation Manager’, ‘When Digital Becomes Human’, ‘Customers the Day after Tomorrow’ and ‘The Offer You Can’t Refuse’.
Steven is also one of the leading moderators of the nexxworks community: Mission CX. It's a one-year journey consisting of 10 live Digital Monthly Sessions with international speakers and company cases about customer experience and 24/7 access to a community platform to connect with peers. Discover the full program here!
More about StevenPeter Hinssen & Steven Van Belleghem will be your guides on this exciting exploration. Their insights into the Day After Tomorrow will help stimulate discussion and provide food for thought. Throughout the Tour, they will be your catfish, during this session they kick-off the journey!
How better touch base on American sole than with the local powerfood? Super Duper Burger is our personal favourite place to connect & to make sure all formalities leave the room.
Planet Labs, Carbon 3D, Autodesk & Oak Labs
Tom is responsible for the company’s business operations. Previously, he was a managing General Partner of Broken Arrow Capital and the CEO of Rackable Systems (now SGI). He was also Interim CEO at Cygnus Solutions, which was acquired by RedHat.
He has over 25 years of experience managing enterprises at the executive level and advising technology companies. Tom received an MBA, BS, and AB from Stanford University.
Founded in 2010 by a team of ex-NASA scientists, Planet is driven by a mission to image the entire Earth every day, and make global change visible, accessible, and actionable.
Discover their story, their past & future & see how it translates into a demo product. Fan of satellites? This visit might be one to look forward for you!
Presentation on Carbon 3D's next generation 3D printing technology.
The M1 is a powerful new tool for design & manufacturing. For the first time, it’s possible to 3D print isotropic parts with mechanical properties and surface finish like injection-molded plastics. No other additive technology delivers the synthesis of fit, form, and function needed to bridge the gap between prototyping and manufacturing.
After the presentation you'll be able to enjoy lunch, connect with Carbon 3D's employees. During this session you'll be invited to join a smaller group to go see the M1 in action!
Andrew Hessel is a futurist and catalyst in biological technologies, helping industry, academics, and authorities better understand the rapid changes happening in life science. He is a Distinguished Researcher with Autodesk Inc. in their SF-based Life Sciences group, which is creating software tools for molecular and living systems. He is also the co-founder of Humane Genomics, which is developing virus-based therapies for cancer, starting with dogs.
More about AndrewMickey McManus is a pioneer in the field of collaborative innovation, pervasive computing, human-centered design and education. He holds ten patents in the areas of connected products, vehicles, and services.
Mickey co-authored Trillions: Thriving in the Emerging Information Ecology (Wiley 2012). The book is a field guide to the future, where computing will cease to be confined to any particular "box," but instead be freely accessible in the ambient environment. John C. Abell, former New York Bureau Chief of Wired and founding editor of Reuter.com noted that, “With Trillions authors Lucas, Ballay and McManus belly up to the bar alongside futurists Alvin Toffler, Kevin Kelly and Arthur C. Clark, offering a vision so compellingly argued you’ll only be surprised if it doesn’t happen.” David Brin, physicist, futurist, and author of Earth, The Postman, and The Transparent Society said, “Trillions is bold, unabashed, ingenious, and absolutely fizzing with insights about the new-modern process of blending design, high-tech, and commerce.”
Trillions was awarded the Axiom Gold Award in 2013 for best business book about technology and the 2013 Carnegie Science Award in the Science Communicator category.
During Mickey’s tenure as CEO at MAYA the company won numerous Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) awards for product innovation, was selected multiple times as a top 20 “best small company to work for” in America by Fortune, Inc, and Entrepreneur magazines and spun-out, launched, or incubated five new MAYA organizations.
Pier 9 is one of our global technology centers. Here, customers and partners come together to push the boundaries of design and digital manufacturing to reimagine the way we make things.
Healey Cypher is co-founder and CEO of Oak Labs. His passion is to elegantly infuse technology into physical retail. Oak Labs believes the future of retail will be software defined - they are working to create the first connected store platform and have launches with brands like Ralph Lauren, Rebecca Minkoff, Levi’s, The Home Depot, and many more still to be announced. OAK is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
More about HealeyFounded in 2015 by Healey Cypher, Michael Franklin, Darren Endo and Flynn Joffray, Oak Labs was developed to beautifully embed technology into brick-and-mortar stores and bring the best of online into the physical world. Created with seasoned veterans in retail, e-commerce, technology, finance, manufacturing and design experience at Google, eBay, PayPal, Blackstone, Gap and Microsoft, Oak Labs’ infuses the best technologies into the physical world with a simple philosophy: in-store experience and human interactions come first; tech comes second. The OAK Mirror, the first iteration of the company’s immersive retail experience, was launched with Ralph Lauren in November 2015 and is currently being rolled-out in retail locations around the globe. The company received an initial funding round of $4.1 million led by Wing Venture Capital.
Pieter is responsible for operations and product development. In 2015, he was selected as one of Forbes 30 under 30 for Law & Policy.
He studied law in Ghent and Stanford and gained experience as a technology lawyer in the Brussels office of the law firm DLA Piper, where he represented businesses, government as well as pro bono clients.
More about PieterEspetus Churrascaria is a Brazilian steakhouse. This restaurant began in 2003, as an homage to the Brazilian cowboys who would cook each night by roasting meat over an open flame. Today, this form of dining has evolved to a totally unique culinary experience.
Jeremiah Owyang, Brady Forrest, Brian Frank, Savannah Peterson, Nearpod & Olivia.ai, Frank Dellaert, Coinbase
Founder of Crowd Companies, an innovation council which connects big brands to leaders, startups, and communities in the Collaborative Economy.
More about JeremiahJoin Crowd Company founder, Jeremiah Owyang as he leads you on a tour of the new business models needed to compete in today’s digital world. From the Collaborative Economy like Airbnb, Uber, and LendingClub, to the Autonomous World where self driving cars replace human workers. These two megatrends have impacts to every industry, and require business model shift. Get ready to change.
Brady Forrest cofounded Ignite, a talk series which has been held thousands of times around the world including SXSW, Google, the Gates Foundation and the White House. He is the cofounder of Highway1, a Bay Area hardware accelerator that has funded over 75 hardware startups, and is a Kauffman Fellow. He co-authored O'Reilly's The Hardware Startup. He’s worked with 500 Startups and Khosla Ventures, and chaired many O’Reilly Media technology conferences including Where 2.0, Web 2.0 Expo, Fluent and Android Open. Brady also spent 10 years in software at Microsoft (MSN Music and MSN Search) and in the Supply Chain industry. Brady is on the Board of CAST, a non-profit that buys buildings for artists in SF and Oakland. Most years, you can find him at Burning Man.
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The world is connecting. There will be 75B devices online by 2020. Wifi/LTE/4G growing everyday; that's 2.8B people online & 2.1B smart phones right now with 5.6hrs/day ave usage. Devices & cloud services are unique to the individual & business; Tech & Fashion are starting to blend. Voice, touch, virtual/augmented reality have all made major advances. The variety of devices will grow as prototyping & low volume production becomes possible for anyone; Manufacturing, components, distribution prices will continue to drop. Yet there is consolidation and companies are still failing. New companies will have to contend with ever tightening ecosystems. How will your company handle the new hardware world?
Brian Frank is a a successful entrepreneur and product leader, now serving as the General Partner of Food for Thought Worldwide (FTW) Ventures.
As you may or may not know, the Food sector is one of the least ‘modernised’ industries, and has not yet gone through the technical revolution that has come to every other major industry. And 13%-20% of the world’s GDP is tied up in food, from farming to consumer goods. Its also the 3rd highest spend of US household income just behind housing & transportation, which have already undergone massive reinvention with technology. Brian Frank has founded FTW Ventures to foster disruptive innovations for the 'new' food industry - one that feeds us all better food. Over the last several years, he’s brought exciting digital technologies (software + hardware) & advanced scientific practices (biotech) into this underserved sector. He will take us through some of the most exciting areas in FoodTech that are helping the world to eat better
As you may or may not know, the Food sector is one of the least ‘modernised’ industries, and has not yet gone through the technical revolution that has come to every other major industry. And 13%-20% of the world’s GDP is tied up in food, from farming to consumer goods. Its also the 3rd highest spend of US household income just behind housing & transportation, which have already undergone massive reinvention with technology. Brian Frank has founded FTW Ventures to foster disruptive innovations for the 'new' food industry - one that feeds us all better food. Over the last several years, he’s brought exciting digital technologies (software + hardware) & advanced scientific practices (biotech) into this underserved sector. He will take us through some of the most exciting areas in FoodTech that are helping the world to eat better
In technology, we often focus on the future of output. We look at hardware, software, input and output as the indicators of our progressive innovation. But what about the people? Advances in technology are also bringing communities together, through collaboration and connection. In this talk, Savannah will talk about the role of the individual, the team, and the community at large in our innovation future.
At Runway, my time is split between two functions: managing the Michelson Runway education technology accelerator and working with global corporations to expand their external innovation capabilities and startup networks through M&A and BD opportunities.
Nearpod is an award-winning platform, used by thousands of schools across the country, transforming classroom engagement. At Nearpod, we strive to empower educators to create learning experiences that engage and inspire millions of students around the world.Olivia is an AI-powered financial assistant app that helps you stretch your paycheck and better spend your hard-earned money.Olivia is revolutionizing the way people manage their money. By applying Artificial Intelligence and Behavioral Economics to personal finance, they want to change managing money from hard and boring to fun and effortless.
Frank Dellaert is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also affiliated with the RIM@GT center and is well known for contributions to Robotics and Computer Vision.
More about FrankFrank Dellaert is currently on leave from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a Technical Project Lead at Facebook's Building 8. Before that, he was Chief Scientist at Skydio, a startup founded by MIT grads to create intuitive interfaces for micro-aerial vehicles. When not on leave, he is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing and Director of the Robotics PhD program at Georgia Tech. His research interests lie in the overlap of Robotics and Computer vision, and he is particularly interested in graphical model techniques to solve large-scale problems in mapping and 3D reconstruction.
Sam Rosenblum is Director of Business Development at Coinbase, which was founded in 2012. Coinbase is a platform where merchants, consumers and traders can transact with digital currency. In January 2015, Coinbase completed Series C to a total of 106M.enblum is Director of Business Development at Coinbase, which was founded in 2012. Coinbase is a platform where merchants, consumers and traders can transact with digital currency. In January 2015, Coinbase completed Series C to a total of 106M.
More about SamFounded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. We're based in San Francisco, California.
EatWith chef - Kellan Hori, will cook up a wonderful experience for you! After four years in the kitchen and many extraordinary events, Kellan has become more than a chef, he's cooking up experiences. From small intimate dinner parties, cooking lessons, and family meals to large corporate bar-b-ques, beer dinners, and holiday soirées, the Kitchen has it covered. Kellan and crew are not just cooks and servers, they're hosts, cocktail gurus, and burgeoning sommeliers. With a focus always on the food, Kellan's Kitchen also pays great attention to hosting, vibe, comfort and the vision of the host. Everyone must walk out with a smile, full belly, and sometimes a nice buzz.
Pieter Abbeel, Uber HQ, Fyusion
Pieter Abbeel received a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven (Belgium) and received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2008.
He joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in Fall 2008, with an appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. He has won various awards, including best paper awards at ICML and ICRA, the Sloan Fellowship, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program (AFOSR-YIP) award, the Okawa Foundation award, and the 2011's TR35.
More about PieterProgramming robots remains notoriously difficult. Equipping robots with the ability to learn would by-pass the need for what often ends up being time-consuming task specific programming. In this talk I will describe the ideas behind two promising types of robot learning: Apprenticeship learning, in which robots learn from human demonstrations. Reinforcement learning, in which robots learn through their own trial and error. I will highlight capabilities enabled by these approaches, such as autonomous helicopter aerobatics, knot-tying, cloth manipulation, basic suturing, and locomotion. I will also discuss some of our latest work in deep reinforcement learning, which I believe has the potential to significantly advance robotics in the foreseeable future.
Discover Uber's world: managing big data, setting up high scale data organizations, real world applications of machine learning and challenges to success.
Stephen got his undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley, then started his PhD at Stanford, and is currently on extended leave from the PhD program to co-found Fyusion. Based in San Francisco, Fyusion is on a mission to fundamentally change the definition of photography. The company's breakthrough technology generates deeply immersive "surround view" images that fuse the capabilities of a traditional photo, a panorama, motion capture and 3D to create a more complete, captivating photography experience. Fyusion was co-founded by a team of leading PhD experts in computer vision, robotics and machine learning. Fyusion has released its first commercial application, Fyuse, on iOS and Android.
More about StephenFyusion’s vision is to combine the power of computer vision and machine learning to make images as intelligent as they are beautiful. Their technology gives deep super powers to images, making 3D photography more valuable than 2D imaging, and our goal is to make it similarly pervasive.
Lily started in September 2013 in the basement of a UC Berkeley robotics lab, where Henry and Antoine built the first prototype using a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. In Spring of 2014, leading investors Shana Fisher and SV Angel supported the Lily vision and showed them the yellow brick road. Along the way, Robb gave Lily a heart, Rowland gave Lily courage, and Nghia gave Lily a brain. Their mission was to release human creativity by inventing tools that allow for effortless expression. They believed that great products are built with a clear purpose.
The design of the Ling Ling, a signature feature of Hakkasan brand, reflects the oldschool decadence of Chinoiserie, punctuated by latticed “cages” for semi-private dining. The Ling Ling can host groups of 60 for a seated dinner or 70 guests for a reception.
Udacity, Andreessen Horowitz, zSpace, Neurosky, Daniel Kraft
Anke is the Digital Marketing Nanodegree lead at Udacity, where she is responsible for the digital marketing and analytics curriculum. Anke is also an Adjunct Professor at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and the co-founder of Favrit, a local bookmarking platform, that will extend into a local native advertising platform.
More about AnkeVish Makhijani is CEO of Udacity, based in Silicon Valley. He oversees all company operations to democratize education around the world. He has been instrumental in the development of Udacity's Nanodegree program.
More about VishUdacity is democratizing education to make it affordable and accessible for people around the world to get the jobs they want to improve their lives. Based in Silicon Valley, Udacity provides online education to millions of students. Its Nanodegree program, a credential built and backed by industry, is designed to give individuals the skills they need to "be in demand" for the global workforce. The company offers Nanodegree programs across a range of subjects including machine learning, web and mobile development and data analytics, with dozens more in development. Vish & Anke will share the story of Udacity's mission. Anke will share her personal development story & how it has impacted her professional & educational development. You'll learn how Udacity works together with industry partners like Facebook & Google to deliver highly relevant degrees. The company will also present their newest proposition which entails students to gain real life experience via freelance & paid jobs. Without a doubt you'll return with reflections on your own education, development & future.
Vijay Satyanand Pande is an Trinidadian-American biomedical scientist and professor of chemistry, structural biology, and computer science at Stanford University. Pande is the director of the biophysics program and is best known for orchestrating the distributed computing disease research project known as Folding@home.His research is focused on distributed computing and computer-modelling of microbiology.His research focuses on improving computer simulations regarding drug-binding, protein design, and synthetic bio-mimetic polymers.Pande became the ninth general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz in November 2015.
More about VijayAndreessen Horowitz backs bold entrepreneurs who move fast, think big, and are committed to building the next major franchises in technology. Founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the firm provides entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights in innovation, executive and technical talent, market intelligence, policy and regulatory affairs, business development, and marketing and brand-building.
Gigster is a smart software development service, combining top developers and designers with artificial intelligence.
Capriza is a provider of mobility solutions for corporations and enterprises.Capriza enables you to extend any enterprise web applications to your mobile device with no coding. Just use the point-click Capriza Designer and you'll have an enterprise mobile app in minutes.As you navigate a website, Capriza automatically creates a mobile app that emulates your workflow. Take an action, highlight the content you want, and in minutes, you've got mobile access to the information you need.No coding required, just a desire to get stuff done.
Vijay Satyanand Pande is an Trinidadian-American biomedical scientist and professor of chemistry, structural biology, and computer science at Stanford University. Pande is the director of the biophysics program and is best known for orchestrating the distributed computing disease research project known as Folding@home.His research is focused on distributed computing and computer-modelling of microbiology.His research focuses on improving computer simulations regarding drug-binding, protein design, and synthetic bio-mimetic polymers.Pande became the ninth general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz in November 2015.
More about VijayInteractive discussion about biotech with Stanford biomedical scientist Vijay Pande.
We help employers and health plans tackle chronic disease in the most engaging, effective, and scalable way possible.Chronic disease now kills more people than infectious disease. That’s a big shift. And a big deal. In fact, three out of four Americans will die prematurely from a condition that is mostly related to lifestyle, to habit, or to circumstance. These are conditions that a pill or procedure can’t easily fix. We’re on a mission to design highly engaging, effective, and scalable ways to inspire lasting behavior change in anyone at risk for chronic disease.
21 has developed an embeddable bitcoin mining chip. They built an embeddable mining chip that can be integrated into any internet-connected device, thereby enabling a continuous stream of digital currency for use in a wide variety of applications.
David brings 20 years of experience in start-up companies, working with technologies ranging from GSM infrastructure to laptops, printers, PDAs and smartphones, in both consumer and commercial product spaces. He has managed product development teams through the full range of the product life cycle, from initial concept to volume production. David has extensive experience working with suppliers and manufacturing partners worldwide, with a particular emphasis in Asia. He has held various positions in product development organizations such as pen-based computer companies GO & EO, Hewlett Packard, and Handspring.
More about DavidzSpace integrates into users’ normal lives with desktop virtual reality and allows them to move in and out of zSpace back to the real world. This experience is enabled by a combination of polarized eyewear with high definition stereopsis, integrated head tracking with full motion parallax, and a precision interactive stylus.
As Chief Executive Officer of NeuroSky, Inc., Stanley Yang leads the strategic vision and management of the company. NeuroSky, Inc. is at the forefront of body and mind monitoring and analysis. Its body and mind wearable biosensor technologies and interpretive algorithms are at the core of innovative health and wellness wearable products. NeuroSky, Inc. makes it possible for consumers to easily capture critical biodata, and effectively understand and manage their health.
More about StanleyNeuroSky technologies enables insightful and easy-to-understand health and wellness biometrics for mobile solutions. The NeuroSky MindWave is exercise equipment for children's minds. It safely monitors electrical EEG brainwave impulses from the forehead, which pass through mathematical algorithms determining mental states. Ten neuroscience apps, featuring BrainCubed mental scoring, are bundled, including intelligence, mental fitness and game applications. NeuroSky technology is found in more EEG devices than any company. NeuroSky MindWave headset is their first product available for the consumer market.
Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. Dr. Kraft has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation.
More about DanielDaniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. Dr. Kraft has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation. Daniel is the Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience for Singularity University and is Founding Executive Director for Exponential Medicine, a program which explores convergent, exponentially developing technologies and their potential in biomedicine and healthcare. His various TEDTalks have over 1 Million Views. Daniel was recently named a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute’s Healthcare Innovator Fellows.Following undergraduate degrees at Brown University and medical school at Stanford, Dr. Kraft was board certified in the Harvard combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency program at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. He went on to complete Stanford fellowships in hematology/oncology & bone marrow transplantation, and extensive research in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. He has multiple scientific publications (Nature and Science) and medical device, immunology and stem cell related patents through faculty positions with Stanford University School of Medicine and as clinical faculty for the pediatric bone marrow transplantation service at University of California San Francisco.Dr. Kraft is the inventor of the MarrowMiner, an FDA approved device for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow, and founded RegenMed Systems, a company developing technologies to enable adult stem cell based regenerative therapies. He serves as an advisor to the X-Prize, Nokia, Qualcomm Life, and a variety of healthcare startups.Daniel is an avid pilot and has served in the Massachusetts and California Air National Guard as an officer and flight surgeon with an F-16 fighter Squadron. He has conducted research on aerospace medicine published with NASA, and was a finalist for astronaut selection.
Google & and departure
Peter Light - Google X - Makani project
Makani is working to make clean energy accessible for everyone. We’re developing energy kites, a new type of wind turbine that can access stronger and steadier winds at higher altitudes to generate more energy with less materials.Joshua Muxen - Business Partner L&D
Younes Boutini will be the group's host.