Join 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 shifts. Get ready to change.

Gigster is a smart software development service, combining top developers and designers with artificial intelligence.

Their mission is to become the world’s engineering department, building custom project teams with top talent from the biggest tech companies.

Backed by Andreessen Horowitz, one of the biggest VC's founded by Marc Andreessen, they are on a road to conquer the world.

With its forward-looking vision and extensive experience in understanding the digital economy, the role and mission of L'Atelier  is to assist its clients in formulating the right strategy to address and take advantage of current and future change. Today L’Atelier’s three main areas of expertise are Prospective Research, Business Transformation Consulting Services and Business Acceleration Programmes. 

Reason Future Tech Escape Room gamifies technology exploration and enhances teamwork through a carefully crafted Sci-Fi experience. Players are locked in a room, and they have to solve a series of puzzles to escape within a set time limit.

We start off the day with a visit to BAIR (Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research) Lab where we'll get introduced into the workings of Artificial Intelligence by Pieter Abbeel.

Pieter is a friend of the house by now but his story evolves each time and remains extremely relevant. Expect to see some of the most recent breakthroughs in AI. This is a session you’ll someday tell your grandkids about!  

JUST is an innovative food company with the credo that everybody deserves to eat well. They perform research in the plant kingdom to try and make our food tastier and healthier. Besides the eating well aspect, JUST is very concerned with the sustainability of the food industry at the moment, and is figuring out a way to solve it. They have amazed the world with their revolutionary products such as the plant-based omelet and the healthy cookie dough and won't stop until they've established a global fair, honest and just food system. 

Dave Jackson is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Avametric where he oversees the engineering and science teams. Dave was inspired to create Avametric when he was unable to find correctly sized clothes. Discussing this problem with friends, it became clear that many types of garments had no consistent sizing between brands or styles - it was impossible to know how anything would fit.

This problem affects everyone when shopping online. Avametric technology enables brands to deliver accurate 3D renderings of their apparel & accessories. The texture, shape and form of the clothes map to customizable digital body models and can be experienced in content for web, mobile and AR/VR.

The definition of biomimicry goes as follows: "the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modelled on biological entities and processes." In short it means you get the inspiration for innovation from nature. Since nature has been perfecting itself over millions of years. Yeshua and Tamsin gave our participants a taste of the power of biomimicry and the influence it can have on businesses. 

B8ta designs retail stores for discovering, trying and buying the latest tech products. it has developed a business model based on in-store physical experiences to revive the retail industry and show that physical shops are not dead yet. It showcases high tech or sometimes high end products from big and small companies to whom physical store space is often out of reach and offers an experience to the customers. It lately launched its new concept called 'Built by B8ta' in which it helps brands to open their own stores. 

Turo is a car rental marketplace where car owners in the US and Canada provide travelers with the perfect vehicle for their next adventure. Across the country or across town, travelers choose from a unique selection of nearby cars, while car owners earn extra money and help fuel the adventures of travelers from around the world. A pioneer of the sharing economy and travel industry, Turo is a safe, supportive community where the car you rent is part of a story, not a fleet. Whether it’s an F-150 truck to help out on moving day, a Tesla for a luxurious weekend away, or a classic VW bus for a picture-perfect road trip, travelers rent the car and own the adventure. Discover Turo at https://turo.com, the App Store, and Google Play.