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The 1st Rule of ARIA: A11y Without Doing A11y
2018 New Music Meeting
The $40 Trillion Dollar Market Everyone Ignores
4+ Billion AMP Pages: The Future of the Mobile Web
#NSFW: Feminist Artists on Sex & Digital Identity
#Resist Tech & What Influences Congress
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Action Intelligence: Is the Intangible, Tangible?
Active AI: Immersive Experiences in Health
Active AI: Immersive Experiences in Health
Presented by:
Booz Allen Hamilton
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
Agents of Mass Construction
Agents & Talent Buyers Peer Meeting
Age of Ageless: Cultivate a Life of Reinvention
Agile Activism: Big Change Starts at City Hall
AI Creativity in Art, Neuroscience, and the Law
AI in Health Care: Is It Worth the Investment?
Mar 9, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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AI: Ready to Disrupt Experience Design?
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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AI: Transforming Luxury, Fashion and Beauty
AI Will Help Feed a Growing Planet
Mar 13, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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AI x Radical Inclusion
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Alexis Du Mond Puchek (frog): Mentor
Algae, Not Animals: The Plant-Based Revolution
All These Worlds Are Yours
Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
The Ally Toolkit: Engaging Equity Skeptics
American Enough
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Am I Allowed to Like Anything?
Amplifying Youth Voices to Redesign Opportunity
Amy Lombardi (TuneCore): Mentor
Andy Beam (Island Records): Mentor
Angular: Hands-On Application Development
Animation Meet Up
Mar 10, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Anyone Can Pick a Winner: Smart Data in Sports
A/R Jordan: Activating the Power of Community
Art Attack: Data as the New Creative Director
Artist Development in 2018 - Do It Yourself?
The Art of Inclusivity in a Politically Divided US
Asians and the Music Biz: 2018 Edition
Audio Circuit Design Workshop
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 5:30pm CT
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Augmented Minds – VR That Pushes Perceptual Limits
Avoiding Privacy/Security Legal Snafus in VR/AR
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Back-End to the Future: A/B Testing What Counts
Battling Brand Maturity With Innovation
Beauty as a Force for Change
Beauty as a Force for Change
Presented by:
Natura
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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The Beauty Retail Experience with AR & AI Technology
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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The Best is Yet to Come, Digital Renaissance
Best SCRUM Ever Meet Up
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
Better Healthcare Through Patient-Centered Design Meet Up
A Better World: Next-Gen Tech for Social Good
Beyond Ads: Become Entertainment
Beyond Brand Impressions: Assessing VR's True ROI
Beyond Chance: The New, Secret Economy of Music
Beyond Electronic Medical Records: The Value of AI
Beyond the Game: Data-Driven Fan Engagement
Mar 9, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Beyond Transparency: Leveraging Diversity Data
The Biggest Threats to Your Brain and Health
Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Binding Emotion & Memory: Science, Story & Scent
Blacks on the Blockchain
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
Blockchain and Civil Liberties
Blockchain and the Future of Global Governance
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Music
Blockchain Development, Simplified
Blockchain for Refugees: Economic Passports
Blockchain Meets Reality
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
Blockchain Opportunities in Mobility and Logistics
Blockchain Pilots and Learnings
Blurring Boundaries: Athlete, Brand & Consumer
Body Computing, Security & Human Safety
Bootstrap Meet Up
Mar 10, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
Bots, Trolls, Warriors & The Path Ahead
Bracing for a New Age of Longevity
Branded Cities: Can We Avoid an Urban Dystopia?
Branding Bootcamp: PR Marine Corps Style
Brand Storytelling
Brand Storytelling
Presented by:
WWD
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Brave New World: The Future of Theatre & Tech
Breadcrumbs & Badges: Hacking Workplace Violence
Mar 12, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Bring Back the Brand Expertise!
Bring Back the Brand Expertise!
Presented by:
Accenture
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
Bringing VR/AR to People Through Immersive News
Building a 21st Century Entertainment Brand
Mar 11, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
Building a Brand Music Strategy
Building the Creative Career You're Meant to Have
Built to Scale: Why “Pause” for a Design System?
“Business as Usual” While Revamping Decade of Code
Bytes & Barolo: How Tech is Transforming Wine
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CANCELED: Maribel Wadsworth (USA Today): Mentor
The Case for Innovation in U.S. Housing
Cashless Economy Meet Up
Cashless Economy Meet Up
Presented by:
Institute of International Finance
Casting Your Indie Film
Cenk Sidar (Sidar Global Ventures): Mentor
Changing Minds: Behavioral Science for Designers
Changing the World Through Food
Changing the World with Open, Long-Range IoT
Chatbots & Pixiedust: Extraordinary Service Sells
Childhood Trauma’s Footprint on Health
Choice Architects: Design for Humanity’s Best Self
Chop Not Slop Workshop
CHUCK: 38 Years in the Making
Cinematic Virtual Reality Meet Up
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Cities as Incubators for Successful Aging
Citizen Journalists & Activists Meet Up
Clinical VR: Therapy With Potential & Power
Closer Than They Appear and Antique Naked Soul
Code is Creative: Treat Your Developers as Artists
Collective Tech Experiences & the Future of Teams
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Colliding Worlds, Shaping the Future of Esports
Comedy Development: TV & Digital
Concept to Pavement: Launching a Self-Driving Product
Connect to End Cancer, Session 1
Connect to End Cancer, Session 1
Presented by:
Energizing Health
Mar 10, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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Connect to End Cancer, Session 2
Connect to End Cancer, Session 2
Presented by:
Energizing Health
Mar 10, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Connect to End Cancer, Session 3
Connect to End Cancer, Session 3
Presented by:
Energizing Health
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Conquering Your Job Search Journey
Mar 12, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Conscious Leadership and Magical Art
A Conversational Future: Making Technology Adapt to Us
Cook Out Loud: How to Create the Shift for a Better Restaurant Culture
Crafting Mobile Video on Facebook & Instagram
Creating An Intellectual Property Strategy
Creating Your Own Snapchat Lens with Lens Studio
Creativity in Crunch Time
Criminal Justice Reform at a Crossroads
Critical Conversations: Identity in Podcasting
Culture Shock: How Company Policy Slows Innovation
Curating Fashion Through Data
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Curation, Collaboration & Community
Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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The Cure: Hospital Technologies that Work Together
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Dae Bogan (HAAWK): Mentor
Dan Gross (McCann): Mentor
Daren Searcy (Reverbnation): Mentor
Data-Driven Storytelling: Perspectives & Paradigms
Data Nerds Meet Up
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
Data Safety Dance: Product Testing for Privacy
The Data Scientist Will See You Now
The Data Scientist Will See You Now
Presented by:
Booz Allen Hamilton
Mar 10, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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David Price (Votiv): Mentor
Dear HR: Ditch the Pool Table & Pay Student Loans
Death and Legacy in the Digital Age
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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The Death of Amateurism
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Default=Health: How Tech Can Refactor Modern Life
Defending the Defenders: Your Rights Online
Delivering Personalized Experiences at Scale
Democracy is Good For Business Meet Up
Democratizing Data Science with Offline First
The Democratizing Power of Mobile Esports
Designers Who Broke the Internet
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Design for Confrontation, Design for Growth
Mar 11, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Design for Personality Neuroscience & Emotional AI
Designing & Building for a Data Science Future
Designing Cashless Cities
Mar 10, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Designing Culture
Designing the Connected Future
Designing with Humanity
Designing with Humanity
Presented by:
Capital One
Mar 11, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
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Developing for the Age of Digital Assistants
Difficult Conversations at Work Meet Up
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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The Digital Campfire: Storytelling on Voice UIs
Digital Life+Government Policy+National Security
Digital Strategists Meet Up
Mar 12, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
Diplomacy vs AI: Foreign Policy, Bots & Blockchain
Mar 12, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Dirty Little Liars: Why Are There Product Failures?
Discussing Today’s Evolving Data Policy
Dismantling with Design: Creating Equitable Cities
Disrupting Global Distrust Starts Local - With You
Disrupting Traditional Healthcare with Innovation
Mar 13, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Disruptive Tech in Your Home Cannabis Kitchen
Diversity and Inclusion in the Sports Industry
Don't Follow Your Passion: Honor The Struggle
Don't it Make You WannaCry
Don't Launch A Product, Build A Brand
Do Online Communities Make Us Healthier?
Do You Really Know What’s Going on Your Skin?
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Earworms & Triggers: The Alchemy of Branded Music
Elevating Blacks in Tech
Elevating Blacks in Tech
Presented by:
Capital One
Mar 10, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Emoticulture: How Data & Science Create Happiness
The Emotional Life of Your Autonomous Car
Empowered Engineering From the Dog People
Empowering People to Own Their Health Data
ENCORE: Designing & Building for a Data Science Future
ENCORE: Influencers Are the Next Generation of Retailers
ENCORE: Leading for a Culture of Innovation & Creativity
Ending the Dangerous Disconnect Between DC and AI
The End of Content
Enterprise Mixed Reality in China
Equity Crowdfunding in the Wild
Escape the Algorithm: Build Rad Online Communities
Esports in High School Meet Up
Esports Partnership Meet Up
Esports: The "E" is for Entertainment
Ethics in VR/AR Journalism
Mar 14, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Europa and Uncle Sam: Divorcing or Reconciling?
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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The Ever-Evolving Nature of Game Crowdfunding
Evolution of the Game of Basketball
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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Evolving Threats to Press Freedom
Evolving Threats to Press Freedom
Presented by:
Al Jazeera
Mar 14, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
Exploring Problems in the Humanities with Code
Extended Realities: The End of Distance
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Fabian Halabou (Little Ears): Mentor
Facebook IQ: The 5 Consumer Shifts Shaping 2020
Facebook Live Broadcasters Meet Up
Face Recognition: Please Search Responsibly
Facts, Truth, and Data Visualization
Mar 11, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Fashion, Sports & Wearables: The Role of Athletes
Mar 11, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
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Featured Speaker: Daniel Glass
Feeling Connected in the Virtual Workplace Meet Up
Fighting Back with CSR: How Companies Are Uniting
Fighting the Cesarean Epidemic with Phones & Data
Filming in Texas Meet Up
Filmmaker / Music Supervisor Meet Up
The Final Human-Computer Interface, Your Brain
Find an Audience, Build a Brand and Make Bank
Find Hidden Talent: Autism in the Global Workplace
FinTech Growth Meet Up
First Amendment Report Card
Fjord Trends 2018: Tension as Opportunity
Mar 11, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Food as a Platform for Neighborhood Revitalization
Food System Innovations, Session 1
Mar 13, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
Food System Innovations, Session 2
Mar 13, 2018
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
Food System Innovations, Session 3
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
For CMOs Knowledge is Power
Mar 14, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
Fountain of Youth: How Brands Can Drink From It
Freestyle Rap Meet Up Round 3
Frozen: Why College Gender Gap Spurs Egg Freezing
The Future of Ethereum and App Development
The Future of Food Delivery
Mar 12, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Future of Interfaces: Beyond Glass
Future of Interfaces: Beyond Glass
Presented by:
Capital One
Mar 9, 2018
3:30pm – 4:30pm CT
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The Future of Machine Learning: Worth the Hype?
The Future (of Media) Ain't What It Used to Be
The Future of Monetization
"Future Proofing" Disaster Recovery
Mar 13, 2018
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
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Future Society: AI & Generative Systems
Mar 13, 2018
12:30pm – 1:30pm CT
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A Game-Changing Shift in Control of Personal Data
Genomes: Let’s Make Rare Disease Rare
Genre Film Meet Up
Mar 12, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Getting to Yes: Innovation in Regulated Industries
God View is My Copilot in Self-Driving Cars
Government On Demand: .Gov Services at .Com Speed
Mar 10, 2018
9:30am – 10:30am CT
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Hacking Back: The Ethics of Cyber Vigilantism