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The 1st Rule of ARIA: A11y Without Doing A11y

Code & Programming

2018 Emerging Tech Trends Report

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

2018 New Music Meeting

2nd ENCORE: Create Magic: 6 Experiential Storytelling Secrets

Experiential Storytelling

3 Innovation Superpowers Everyone Has But Isn’t Using

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

The $40 Trillion Dollar Market Everyone Ignores

Brands & Marketing

4+ Billion AMP Pages: The Future of the Mobile Web

Code & Programming

The 7 Hottest Topics in Music Tech in 2018

Startup & Tech Sectors

7 Non-Obvious Trends Changing The Future

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

#NSFW: Feminist Artists on Sex & Digital Identity

Brands & Marketing

#Resist Tech & What Influences Congress

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Accelerating Your Growth With Private Equity

Startup & Tech Sectors

Accidentally Making the Most Popular Podcasts Ever

News & Journalism

Featured Session

Action Intelligence: Is the Intangible, Tangible?

Active AI: Immersive Experiences in Health

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Intelligent Future

Adaptability in Fashion's Changing Landscape

Featured Session

Advice From Music Supervisors: Live Music Pitch Event

Sync, Stream & License

After PULSE—Creating an LGBTQ+ Alliance in Orlando

Against the Odds; Charting Your Path as a Woman

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

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

Intelligent Future

AI in Health Care: Is It Worth the Investment?

presented by Optum

AI Philosophy: Why It’s Hard & State Of The Art

Intelligent Future

AI: Ready to Disrupt Experience Design?

AI: Transforming Luxury, Fashion and Beauty

AI Will Help Feed a Growing Planet

AI x Radical Inclusion

Alexandra Dunne (Live Loud Media): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Alexis Du Mond Puchek (frog): Mentor

Alex Rodriguez: Baseball, Business & Redemption w/CNBC

Featured Session

Algae, Not Animals: The Plant-Based Revolution

All These Worlds Are Yours

Intelligent Future

The Ally Toolkit: Engaging Equity Skeptics

Amanda Blide (LaFamos PR): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

American Enough

Am I Allowed to Like Anything?

Entertainment Influencers

Amplifying Youth Voices to Redesign Opportunity

Amy Lombardi (TuneCore): Mentor

Andy Beam (Island Records): Mentor

Angular: Hands-On Application Development

Code & Programming

Animation Meet Up

Film & TV Industry

Anyone Can Pick a Winner: Smart Data in Sports

Are We Facing Brand Partnership Saturation?

Making & Promoting Music

Arielle Rubin (7S Management): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

A/R Jordan: Activating the Power of Community

Brands & Marketing

Arnold Schwarzenegger Joins POLITICO's Off Message

Featured Session

Art Attack: Data as the New Creative Director

Brands & Marketing

Artist Development in 2018 - Do It Yourself?

Artists & Fans - Serving the Sacred Bond

Making & Promoting Music

The Art of Inclusivity in a Politically Divided US

Art & Tech: A Classic Experience in a Virtual World

An Asian American Lens on Diversity in Film

Film & TV Industry

Asians and the Music Biz: 2018 Edition

Audience Engagement: The New Path to Greenlighting

Film & TV Industry

Audio Circuit Design Workshop

Augmented Minds – VR That Pushes Perceptual Limits

Austin, Y’all! Sustaining a Thriving Music City

Touring & Live Experience

Avatars IRL! A New $10M XPRIZE Competition

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

Avoiding Privacy/Security Legal Snafus in VR/AR

Brands & Marketing

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Back-End to the Future: A/B Testing What Counts

Code & Programming

Backwards and in Heels: Women in Film

Film & TV Industry

Ballads: A History of Emotions in Popular Culture

Music Culture & Stories

Banking Disrupted: The FinTech Opportunity

Startup & Tech Sectors

Battling Brand Maturity With Innovation

Startup & Tech Sectors

Beauty as a Force for Change

presented by Natura

The Beauty Retail Experience with AR & AI Technology

presented by WWD

Become an Electronic Artist Using Media & Touring

Touring & Live Experience

The Best is Yet to Come, Digital Renaissance

Intelligent Future

Best SCRUM Ever Meet Up

Code & Programming

Better Healthcare Through Patient-Centered Design Meet Up

A Better World: Next-Gen Tech for Social Good

presented by CI&T

Startup & Tech Sectors

Beyond Ads: Become Entertainment

Brands & Marketing

Beyond Boxes: The Intersex Case for Intersectionality

Beyond Brand Impressions: Assessing VR's True ROI

Brands & Marketing

Beyond Chance: The New, Secret Economy of Music

Beyond Electronic Medical Records: The Value of AI

Beyond the Game: Data-Driven Fan Engagement

Beyond Transparency: Leveraging Diversity Data

The Biggest Threats to Your Brain and Health

Binding Emotion & Memory: Science, Story & Scent

Intelligent Future

Bitch Better Have My Money: Financing Indie Films

Making Film & Episodics

Blacks on the Blockchain

Startup & Tech Sectors

Black Women & The Invisible Billion Dollar Startup

Startup & Tech Sectors

Blockchain and Civil Liberties

Blockchain and the Decentralization of Finance

Startup & Tech Sectors

Blockchain and the Future of Global Governance

Startup & Tech Sectors

Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Music

Blockchain Development, Simplified

Code & Programming

Blockchain for Refugees: Economic Passports

Startup & Tech Sectors

Blockchain Meets Reality

Code & Programming

Blockchain Opportunities in Mobility and Logistics

Startup & Tech Sectors

Blockchain Pilots and Learnings

Startup & Tech Sectors

Blockchain & the Impact of a Decentralized World

Film & TV Industry

Featured Session

The Blueprint: Digital Video Strategies in Hip-Hop

Sync, Stream & License

Blurring Boundaries: Athlete, Brand & Consumer

Body Computing, Security & Human Safety

Bootstrap Meet Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

Bots, Trolls, Warriors & The Path Ahead

Startup & Tech Sectors

Bracing for a New Age of Longevity

Branded Cities: Can We Avoid an Urban Dystopia?

Branding Bootcamp: PR Marine Corps Style

Brands & Marketing

Brand Storytelling

presented by WWD

Brave New World: The Future of Theatre & Tech

Breadcrumbs & Badges: Hacking Workplace Violence

presented by Forcepoint

Breaking Digital Facades: It's Time to Take Tech Back

Brands & Marketing

Featured Session

Brian Behm (Rooster Teeth): Producers/Production Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Bring Back the Brand Expertise!

presented by Accenture

Brands & Marketing

Bringing Internet Culture to Linear Television

Bringing VR/AR to People Through Immersive News

News & Journalism

Building a 21st Century Entertainment Brand

presented by Pinterest

Brands & Marketing

Building a Brand Music Strategy

Sync, Stream & License

Building the Creative Career You're Meant to Have

Built to Scale: Why “Pause” for a Design System?

Code & Programming

Bullish on Dragons: My 25 Years of Investing in China

Startup & Tech Sectors

“Business as Usual” While Revamping Decade of Code

Code & Programming

Business on the Blockchain

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

Bytes & Barolo: How Tech is Transforming Wine

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CANCELED: 60 MINUTES: TV’s Most Successful Newscast

News & Journalism

Featured Session

CANCELED: How Do We Ethically Manipulate 2b Minds

Featured Session

CANCELED: Kate Ludlow (Devolver Digital): Mentor

CANCELED: Maribel Wadsworth (USA Today): Mentor

News & Journalism

Can Data End Veteran Homelessness? Ask Virginia

Cappriccieo Scates (Mytrell Records): Mentor

Carlos Alvarez (Azteca Records): Mentor

Caroline Borolla (Clarion Call Media): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

The Case for Innovation in U.S. Housing

Startup & Tech Sectors

Cashless Economy Meet Up

presented by Institute of International Finance

Intelligent Future

Casting Your Indie Film

Making Film & Episodics

Celebrating Gregg Allman – Audio and Video Rarities

Music Culture & Stories

CELLULOID: Planning, Capturing and Posting With Film!

Making Film & Episodics

Cenk Sidar (Sidar Global Ventures): Mentor

Changing Minds: Behavioral Science for Designers

Changing the World Through Food

Featured Session

Changing the World with Open, Long-Range IoT

Intelligent Future

Chatbots & Pixiedust: Extraordinary Service Sells

Brands & Marketing

Chatbots & Robots Give Rise to the “Human” Brand

Brands & Marketing

Childhood Trauma’s Footprint on Health

Choice Architects: Design for Humanity’s Best Self

Choosing Film Lenses for Emotion - Matty Libatique

Making Film & Episodics

Chop Not Slop Workshop

Making & Promoting Music

Chris Phillips (Trainer Shepherd Phillips Melin Haynes LLP): Mentor

Christiane Amanpour on Sex & Love Around the World

News & Journalism

Featured Session

Christiane Kinney (LeClairRyan): Mentor

CHUCK: 38 Years in the Making

Cinematic Virtual Reality Meet Up

Cities as Incubators for Successful Aging

Citizen Journalists & Activists Meet Up

News & Journalism

City Everywhere: A Storytelling Tour Through the Landscapes of Technology

Clinical VR: Therapy With Potential & Power

Intelligent Future

Closer Than They Appear and Antique Naked Soul

Code is Creative: Treat Your Developers as Artists

Code & Programming

Collective Tech Experiences & the Future of Teams

presented by Cisco

Colliding Worlds, Shaping the Future of Esports

Comedy Development: TV & Digital

Making Film & Episodics

Concept to Pavement: Launching a Self-Driving Product

Code & Programming

Connect to End Cancer, Session 1

presented by Energizing Health

Connect to End Cancer, Session 2

presented by Energizing Health

Connect to End Cancer, Session 3

presented by Energizing Health

Conquering Your Job Search Journey

Conscious Leadership and Magical Art

Conspiracy?! Ryan Holiday on the Gawker Takedown

News & Journalism

Featured Session

Consumer Influence on Music Curation & Experiences

A Conversational Future: Making Technology Adapt to Us

Intelligent Future

Cook Out Loud: How to Create the Shift for a Better Restaurant Culture

Counter Programming: How Opposites Attract New Audiences

Couples Who Eat, Sleep & Build Businesses Together

Crafting Mobile Video on Facebook & Instagram

Brands & Marketing

Create Cross-Culture Designs for a Global Audience

Featured Session

Create Magic: 6 Experiential Storytelling Secrets

Experiential Storytelling

Create the World You Want to Live In

Featured Session

Create Your Own Virtual World with Black Girls CODE

Code & Programming

Creating An Intellectual Property Strategy

Startup & Tech Sectors

Creating Your Own Snapchat Lens with Lens Studio

Creativity in Crunch Time

Making Film & Episodics

Criminal Justice Reform at a Crossroads

Critical Conversations: Identity in Podcasting

News & Journalism

Cross-Cultural, Multilingual and Localized Design

Crystal Lowe (Pandora): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Cucks, Sellouts & Snowflakes: A Convo Across The Divide

Featured Session

Culture Shock: How Company Policy Slows Innovation

Curating Fashion Through Data

presented by WWD

Curation, Collaboration & Community

The Cure: Hospital Technologies that Work Together

Cut Red Tape: Startups Help Gov. Drive Innovation

Startup & Tech Sectors

Cut Through the Crap: Picking the Right NLE

Making Film & Episodics

Cutting Edge Color Grading with Technicolor

Making Film & Episodics

Cyberspace Barons: Creators of ICOs & Ransomware

Startup & Tech Sectors

Cyborg Pride - An Introduction To Cyborg Identity

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Dae Bogan (HAAWK): Mentor

Dan Gross (McCann): Mentor

Daniel Sena (Interscope Records): Mentor

Daren Searcy (Reverbnation): Mentor

Data-Driven Storytelling: Perspectives & Paradigms

Data Nerds Meet Up

Code & Programming

Data Safety Dance: Product Testing for Privacy

Intelligent Future

The Data Scientist Will See You Now

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Dave Hopper (HARD 8 WORKING GROUP): Mentor

David Price (Votiv): Mentor

Dear HR: Ditch the Pool Table & Pay Student Loans

Death and Legacy in the Digital Age

Death of 2nd Screen? Live Tweets in a Binge World

Film & TV Industry

The Death of Amateurism

Deborah Rawlings (Portishead): Mentor

Default=Health: How Tech Can Refactor Modern Life

Defending the Defenders: Your Rights Online

Delivering Personalized Experiences at Scale

Code & Programming

Democracy is Good For Business Meet Up

Democratizing AI for Individuals & Organizations

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

Democratizing Data Science with Offline First

Code & Programming

The Democratizing Power of Mobile Esports

Designers Who Broke the Internet

Design for Confrontation, Design for Growth

Design for Personality Neuroscience & Emotional AI

Designing & Building for a Data Science Future

Code & Programming

Designing Cashless Cities

Designing Culture

Featured Session

Designing the Connected Future

Intelligent Future

Designing with Humanity

presented by Capital One

Developing for the Age of Digital Assistants

Code & Programming

Difficult Conversations at Work Meet Up

The Digital Campfire: Storytelling on Voice UIs

News & Journalism

Digital Life+Government Policy+National Security

Startup & Tech Sectors

Digital Meets Physical: Getting Started With ARKit

Code & Programming

Digital Strategists Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

Dilini Weerasooriya (Merril Lynch): Mentor

Diplomacy vs AI: Foreign Policy, Bots & Blockchain

presented by the European Union

Dirty Little Liars: Why Are There Product Failures?

Discussing Today’s Evolving Data Policy

Dismantling with Design: Creating Equitable Cities

Disrupting Dystopia: The Bruce Sterling Talk

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

Disrupting Global Distrust Starts Local - With You

Disrupting Traditional Healthcare with Innovation

presented by Texas A&M

Disruptive Tech in Your Home Cannabis Kitchen

Distribution Case Study of The Light of the Moon

Film & TV Industry

Diversity and Inclusion in the Sports Industry

Documenting The Unknown - Storytelling in the Amazon

Making Film & Episodics

Do More. Do Things That Were Previously Impossible

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

Don't Follow Your Passion: Honor The Struggle

Don't it Make You WannaCry

Startup & Tech Sectors

Don't Launch A Product, Build A Brand

Startup & Tech Sectors

Don’t Look Like Shit: Create Your Visual Aesthetic

Making & Promoting Music

Do Online Communities Make Us Healthier?

Do You Really Know What’s Going on Your Skin?

Drinking Data: Principles of Human-Based Marketing

Making & Promoting Music

Driving Audience: If You Build It, They Will Not Come

Brands & Marketing

Dungeons & Dragons in The Writer's Room

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Earworms & Triggers: The Alchemy of Branded Music

Making & Promoting Music

EDM Producer/Song Writer/Vocalist Meet Up

Making & Promoting Music

Elevating Blacks in Tech

presented by Capital One

Elizabeth Cawein (Signal Flow PR): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Ellen Truley (Ellen Truley Consulting): Mentor

Elmo’s World: Updating a Classic Property

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

Elon Musk Answers Your Questions!

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

Emoticulture: How Data & Science Create Happiness

Brands & Marketing

The Emotional Life of Your Autonomous Car

Intelligent Future

Empowered Engineering From the Dog People

Code & Programming

Empowering a Billion Women with $1B in Capital by 2020

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

Empowering People to Own Their Health Data

ENCORE: A Hearable Future: Sound & Sensory Interface

Intelligent Future

ENCORE: Art Attack: Data as the New Creative Director

Brands & Marketing

ENCORE: Augmented Minds – VR That Pushes Perceptual Limit

ENCORE: Create Magic: 6 Experiential Storytelling Secrets

Experiential Storytelling

ENCORE: Default=Health: How Tech Can Refactor Modern Life

ENCORE: Designing & Building for a Data Science Future

Code & Programming

ENCORE: Do More. Do Things That Were Previously Impossible

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

ENCORE: Facebook IQ: The 5 Consumer Shifts Shaping 2020

Brands & Marketing

ENCORE: Fjord Trends 2018: Tension as Opportunity

ENCORE: Influencers Are the Next Generation of Retailers

ENCORE: Leading for a Culture of Innovation & Creativity

ENCORE: Modern Branding Concepts: Make Enemies & Gain Fans!

Brands & Marketing

ENCORE: NASA's Universe of Storytelling Tools

Experiential Storytelling

ENCORE: Not Only the Lonely: How We All Can Be Happier

ENCORE: The New Age of Story: Marketing for a Visual World

Brands & Marketing

ENCORE: Think Like a Startup: How Innovation Gets Done

Startup & Tech Sectors

ENCORE: What Followers Want: How Social Evolves in 2018

Brands & Marketing

Ending the Dangerous Disconnect Between DC and AI

The End of Content

Brands & Marketing

Featured Session

The End of Global Hunger? AI Will Make it Work

Enterprise Mixed Reality in China

Startup & Tech Sectors

Equity Crowdfunding in the Wild

Startup & Tech Sectors

Escape the Algorithm: Build Rad Online Communities

Brands & Marketing

Esports: First Awareness, Now Accessibility

Featured Session

Esports in High School Meet Up

Esports Partnership Meet Up

Esports: The "E" is for Entertainment

Ethics in VR/AR Journalism

News & Journalism

Europa and Uncle Sam: Divorcing or Reconciling?

presented by the European Union

European Producers: An Alternative Road for US Talent?

Making Film & Episodics

The Ever-Evolving Nature of Game Crowdfunding

Evolution of the Game of Basketball

presented by Cisco

Evolving Threats to Press Freedom

presented by Al Jazeera

News & Journalism

Exploring Innovations in AI

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

Exploring Problems in the Humanities with Code

Code & Programming

Exploring Skills Today: Is Your Degree Worthless?

Exploring 'Underworld Ascendant' with PC Gamer

Extended Realities: The End of Distance

presented by Accenture

Brands & Marketing

Extreme Bionics: The Future of Human Ability

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

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Fabian Halabou (Little Ears): Mentor

Fabrice Sergent (Bandsintown): Mentor

Touring & Live Experience

Facebook and Publishers: The Evolution Of News

News & Journalism

Facebook IQ: The 5 Consumer Shifts Shaping 2020

Brands & Marketing

Facebook Live Broadcasters Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

Face Recognition: Please Search Responsibly

Intelligent Future

Facts, Truth, and Data Visualization

Fashion, Sports & Wearables: The Role of Athletes

presented by WWD

Featured Speaker: Daniel Glass

Featured Session

Feeling Connected in the Virtual Workplace Meet Up

The Female Voices of Film Twitter

Film & TV Industry

Featured Session

Fighting Back with CSR: How Companies Are Uniting

Brands & Marketing

Fighting the Cesarean Epidemic with Phones & Data

Fighting the Demise of Net Neutrality w/Innovation

Startup & Tech Sectors

Filming in Texas Meet Up

Film & TV Industry

Filmmaker / Music Supervisor Meet Up

Sync, Stream & License

Film + Storytelling in a Politically-Charged Era

Film & TV Industry

The Final Human-Computer Interface, Your Brain

Intelligent Future

Find an Audience, Build a Brand and Make Bank

Brands & Marketing

Find Hidden Talent: Autism in the Global Workplace

FinTech Growth Meet Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

Fintech Needs A Human Touch: Lessons from Africa

Startup & Tech Sectors

First Amendment Report Card

Fjord Trends 2018: Tension as Opportunity

presented by Accenture

The Flow State: How to Tap Into Consumers’ Brains

Brands & Marketing

Food as a Platform for Neighborhood Revitalization

Food Innovation-Growing a Successful Food Business

Startup & Tech Sectors

Food System Innovations, Session 1

presented by Food+City

Startup & Tech Sectors

Food System Innovations, Session 2

presented by Food+City

Startup & Tech Sectors

Food System Innovations, Session 3

presented by Food+City

Startup & Tech Sectors

For CMOs Knowledge is Power

Brands & Marketing

For Honor: Great Launch to Challenging Live Period

Fountain of Youth: How Brands Can Drink From It

Brands & Marketing

Frank Hill (Universal Music Group): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Freestyle Rap Meet Up Round 3

Making & Promoting Music

From Bronx To Billions: A Hip-Hop History Lesson

Music Culture & Stories

From Invisible to 8Bi Views: Kondzilla

Making & Promoting Music

From Obscurity to Infamy: The Modern Reissue Boon

Making & Promoting Music

Frozen: Why College Gender Gap Spurs Egg Freezing

Funding 2020: Beyond the Status Quo Strategies

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Future of Capitalism and Everything Else

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Future of Ethereum and App Development

Code & Programming

The Future of Food Delivery

Future of Interfaces: Beyond Glass

presented by Capital One

The Future of Machine Learning: Worth the Hype?

Intelligent Future

The Future (of Media) Ain't What It Used to Be

News & Journalism

The Future of Monetization

"Future Proofing" Disaster Recovery

presented by Texas A&M

Future Proof Media: Engaging Tomorrow's Audience

Film & TV Industry

Futureproof Your Business for the Next Disruption

Brands & Marketing

Future Society: AI & Generative Systems

presented by Texas A&M

Future Talk: Democratizing NonFiction Storytelling

Film & TV Industry

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A Game-Changing Shift in Control of Personal Data

Intelligent Future

Gaming Religion: Finding Faith in Digital Games

Genomes: Let’s Make Rare Disease Rare

Genre Film Meet Up

Film & TV Industry

Getting to Beta Without Getting Beat Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

Getting to Yes: Innovation in Regulated Industries

presented by CI&T

Startup & Tech Sectors

Getting Your Name on Music Festival Lineups

Touring & Live Experience

The Gifts of Faith: Cultivating Resilience

Featured Session

Giving While Black: Digital Giving Across Borders

Globalization of Chinese Enterprises and Products

Startup & Tech Sectors

GOD SAVE TEXAS: The Lone Star State and America

Featured Session

God View is My Copilot in Self-Driving Cars

Intelligent Future

Going Episodic: Indie TV from Concept to Sale

Making Film & Episodics

Government On Demand: .Gov Services at .Com Speed

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Grassroots Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism

The GREATER Bay Is In China, Not Silicon Valley

Startup & Tech Sectors

Growing Successful Engineering Orgs from 0 to IPO

Startup & Tech Sectors

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Hacking Back: The Ethics of Cyber Vigilantism

Hacking the Racial Bias in Artificial Intelligence

Code & Programming

HACKtheMISSION

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Startup & Tech Sectors

Hands-on with Android Things

Code & Programming

Hayden Goldbatt (Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz): Distribution Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Healing the Mind: Design, Tech & Psychedelics

Healthcare Innovation Meet Up

A Hearable Future: Sound & Sensory Interface

Intelligent Future

Here’s My Genome. Call Me Maybe?

presented by Energizing Health

The Here & Wow! Contemplative Healthcare Practice

Heroine

Hip Hop Managers Panel

Hollywood to Broadway: Adapting Films for Stage

Making Film & Episodics

Hoops and Gaming: Why the NBA Started an Esports League

Featured Session

How 5 Months on the PCT Made Me Better at My Job

How Bots and Conversational UI are Killing Design

How Bottom-Up Privacy Models Will Save The Net

Code & Programming

How Business Innovation Inspires Digital Savvy Fans

Startup & Tech Sectors

How Can Big Companies & Entrepreneurs Collaborate?

Startup & Tech Sectors

How Can Businesses Scale Social Solutions?

presented by Ambev

Startup & Tech Sectors

How Can Venture Capital Achieve Gender Parity?

Startup & Tech Sectors

How Cities will Drive Autonomous Vehicles

How Connectivity Will Control Everything We Know

Startup & Tech Sectors

How Gaming Companies Succeed in Influencer Marketing

How Indie Filmmakers Can Leverage Blockbuster VFX

Making Film & Episodics

How NASA and LEGO Embrace Open Innovation

Brands & Marketing

How Neuroscience Reveals Your “Expert Blindness”

Brands & Marketing

How Our Astronauts Make Us Healthy

presented by Energizing Health

How Repair Can Inspire Creativity & Change

How Social Media Sparked Social Evolution in Korea

News & Journalism

How Songwriters Can Write Music for TV and Film

Sync, Stream & License

How to Break an Industry

Featured Session

How to Bring Connected Vehicles (CVs) to Your Town

How to Create a Mixed Reality Fan Experience

How to Create at the Speed of Feed

Brands & Marketing

How to Create Necessary, Targeted, Authentic Media

News & Journalism

How to Fix the Future

Intelligent Future

How to Get What You Want Out of Side Gigs

How to Integrate With Any EHR

presented by Datica

How to Lead the Global Race for Startup Innovation

presented by KITE

Startup & Tech Sectors

How to Make a Hit - Producer Panel

Making & Promoting Music

How to Market & Archive Today’s Artist’s Catalog

Making & Promoting Music

How Volumetric Humans Impact Storytelling in VR/AR

Humanizing Autonomy

Intelligent Future

The Humanoid Future of Journalism

News & Journalism

Human Rights Policy in a Connected World

presented by Texas A&M

Humans & Machines Unite to Change the World

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Hunter Scott (LaFamos PR): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Hurry Up: High Times Are Here

Brands & Marketing

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ICOs: Venture Financing From an Invisible Crowd

Startup & Tech Sectors

ideaX: Libraries, Songwriting & Social Change

Making & Promoting Music

IEEE Future of the Human Body Meet Up

presented by IEEE/Ottobock

If The Artists Only Knew w/ KP the Great & David Banner

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

IH8URGAME: Fostering Empathy in Gaming Communities

Illusion Design, Story Craft, and Virtual Worlds

Immerse Yourself: AR & VR in Museums and the Arts

Immersive Realities @ the Frontier of Healthcare

Impact Pediatric Health, Session 1

presented by Energizing Health

Startup & Tech Sectors

Impact Pediatric Health, Session 2

presented by Energizing Health

Startup & Tech Sectors

Impact Pediatric Health, Session 3

presented by Energizing Health

Startup & Tech Sectors

Improve Consumer Experience with Data & Analytics

presented by Optum

Improve Your Product Meet Up

Improving Diversity and Reducing Harassment in VC

Startup & Tech Sectors

Inclusion + Tech: How To Get It Right

In Conversation: Common & Karriem Riggins of August Greene, with Amazon Music’s Alex Luke

Music Culture & Stories

Featured Session

Increasing CTR with 1:1 Content Marketing

Brands & Marketing

Indie Tips from Your Canadian Neighbo(u)rs Meet Up

Making Film & Episodics

Influencers Are the Next Generation of Retailers

Influencing Food Culture & Policy Through Film & TV

Informal & Candid Conversation with Female Leaders in Television

Entertainment Influencers

Featured Session

Innovating in Legacy Industries

Innovation Fatigue: Tech Content in A Noisy World

Brands & Marketing

Innovation Lessons from Fintech Frontlines

presented by CI&T

Startup & Tech Sectors

Innovation, New Media & the SDG Revolution

Innovation: The (Board) Director’s Cut

presented by KITE

Startup & Tech Sectors

Instagram for Music: Best Practices

Making & Promoting Music

The Intelligent, Proactive Future of Medicine

Intelligent Future

Interactive Light: Projection Based Interfaces

Internet of Scary Things: Botnet in a Box

Startup & Tech Sectors

Investigative Journalism in the Social Media Age

News & Journalism

Investing in the Autonomy Economy

Startup & Tech Sectors

IP to IPO-Integrating IP into Your Strategy

Startup & Tech Sectors

Is This the Golden Age of Alternative Radio?

It's a Fan's World: The Life of Superfans

Touring & Live Experience

It’s Cancelled?! Why Festivals Fail (or Don’t)

Touring & Live Experience

It's Here! Shroud of the Avatar and What's Coming Next

I’ve Got No Screens: Internet’s Screenless Future

Brands & Marketing

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Jake Basden (Big Machine Label Group): Mentor

James Rauhut (IBM): Mentor

Jason Finkelman (Finkelman Immigration Law): Mentor

Startup & Tech Sectors

Jeff Pinsker (Amigo Games): Mentor

Jeffrey Becker (Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP): Mentor

Jessi Frick (Citrine Management & Father/Daughter Records): Mentor

Jim Cummings: Producers/Production Mentor

Film & TV Industry

Jim Galis (Advanced Imagination): Mentor

Joe Sivick (Missing Piece Group): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

John Raso (Harry Fox): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

John Seay (The Seay Firm LLC): Mentor

Journalists Shattering the Business Status Quo

News & Journalism

The Journey of a Gen-Z Shopper

presented by WWD

JS like it's 2018

Code & Programming

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Larcombe Teichgraeber (frog): Mentor

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Latin American Tastemaker: Tech and Culture

Latin America's Booming Music Industry

Latinas Removing Barriers in Tech

Brands & Marketing

Latinos: At the Intersection of Culture & Influence

Brands & Marketing

The Latin Urban Influence

Music Culture & Stories

Latinx Representation, Resistance & Identity

News & Journalism

Leading for a Culture of Innovation & Creativity

Leading Rapid Transformation at Scale

presented by Capital One

Startup & Tech Sectors

Lessons Learned in Leading the Fast Break to Esports

Featured Session

Letting Go: Designing For An AI You Can’t Control

LGBTQIA+ in Marketing Meet Up

Brands & Marketing

LGBTQIA+ Meet Up

Life Emerging in an Ancient Universe

Limitless Creativity: How to Design in an AI World

Live Action Video Sports: A Real World Comeback

The Live Score - Bridging Film, Music, and Gaming

Making Film & Episodics

Live Streaming's the Next BET for Content Creators

Startup & Tech Sectors

Liz Pfriem (Ghostly International): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Local Leadership in the Wake of Terror

The Logistics of a Traveling City: Warped Tour

Touring & Live Experience

A Lot to Talk A-bot: Eno's First Year

presented by Capital One

Intelligent Future

Lou Ellman (RoyaltyZone): Mentor

The Loyalty Card: Measuring Impact in Journalism

News & Journalism

Lucia Kaminsky (Borman): Mentor

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The Machines Are Coming. And That’s a Good Thing

Startup & Tech Sectors

Making A Living Selling Beats Online

Making & Promoting Music

Making Ends Meet: Paying Bills and Making Films

Film & TV Industry

Making Healthcare Price Transparency Actionable

Making Health Equity a Reality

Making it Real: Tangible Worlds of Storytelling

Making Religious Cinema in a Secular Film Age

Making Film & Episodics

Managers Peer Meeting

The Many Faces of Modern Media Censorship

News & Journalism

Mara Schwartz Kuge (Superior Music Corp): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Marc Ramos (SplashBI): Mentor

Brands & Marketing

Maria Gironas (Reybee): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

A Marketer’s Groundhog Day: The Need for Agile

Brands & Marketing

Mars or Bust: Designing The Future of Humanity

Experiential Storytelling

Mastering Your Message: Making Email Work For You

Making & Promoting Music

Matt Piersall (Gl33k Game Audio): Mentor

Maximize Your ROA - Turning Likes into Dollars

Measuring the Immeasurable: Why Outcomes Matter

Medical Devices Need Security Too

Startup & Tech Sectors

Medical Marketing: Bringing Everyone to the Table

Meet the Independents

Meet the Kitchen of the Future: Trends in Food Tech

Mental Health Meet Up

Mental Work: Moving Beyond Our Carbon Based Minds

Intelligent Future

Mentor - Cities: Jamie Bennett (Artplace America)

Merritt Baer (Tech & Cybersecurity Expert): Mentor

Michael Abitbol (Sony/ATV Music Publishing): Mentor

Michael Addicott (Pandora):Mentor

Michael Starr (Glassnote Records): Mentor

Michael Zimmerlich (80/20 Records): Mentor

Miles Feinberg (Music Sales Corporation): Mentor

Miraculous Driverless Town a Model for the World

Intelligent Future

The Misinformation Age: Can AI Solve Fake News?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Mixed Reality for Superheroes, Zombies and Jedi

Mobile App Designer Meet Up

Mobility Beyond Wheelchairs: Robotic Exoskeletons

Mo' Data Mo' Problems: Music in the Age of Data

Modern B2B Product Leadership

Startup & Tech Sectors

Modern Branding Concepts: Make Enemies & Gain Fans!

Brands & Marketing

Molly Garris (Johnson & Johnson): Mentor

Brands & Marketing

Mom Bosses: Finding Balance Meet Up

Moms In The Music Industry: Strategies for Success

Monk of Mokha: The Story of Yemeni Coffee

Mo Reality, Mo Problems? AR/VR & Law

More Data, More Problems: Transparency in 2018

Brands & Marketing

Movement Building: Women are Changing the World

Musical IoT Instruments for Digital Nomads

Touring & Live Experience

Music and the Brain: How Sounds Become Pleasurable

Making & Promoting Music

Music Law Boot Camp

Music Publishing Meet Up

Sync, Stream & License

Music Recommendations - Man, Machine, or Media?

Making & Promoting Music

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Nada Taha (Blind Copy Creative): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Nardwuar’s Video Vault !

Music Culture & Stories

NASA's Universe of Storytelling Tools

Experiential Storytelling

Natch Beaut

Native vs. WebRTC: Separating Hype from Reality

Code & Programming

Navigating the International Media Landscape

Film & TV Industry

NBA Narratives vs. Numbers

Nerdcore: Let's Make Some Music

Neurodiversity in the Workplace Meet Up

The New Activism of TV and Film Storylines

The New Age of Story: Marketing for a Visual World

Brands & Marketing

The New Collar Revolution

Startup & Tech Sectors

The New Co-Op: Crowdsourcing AAA Game Development

New Financial Models for a Sustainable Ent. Economy

Film & TV Industry

New Mediums to Tell Authentic Food Stories

New Ways to Finance A Music Career

The New World of Microadventure...Thanks to Tech

presented by Pinterest

Brands & Marketing

The New World of Sports Commentary

Next Gen Cinematography by Panasonic Cinema

presented by Panasonic Cinema

Making Film & Episodics

Next in Music: The Role of Voice in Music Discovery

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Next Phase of VR: Moving to MR

The Nod

News & Journalism

No Ego: Cut the Cost of Drama & Drive Big Results

No Legacy Software Here: The Cannabis Tech Stack

Startup & Tech Sectors

Not Neutral; For Every Place Its Story

Not Only the Lonely: How We All Can Be Happier

Now Boarding Securely: Facial Recognition & Travel

Startup & Tech Sectors

Now What? Life After Reality TV Singing Shows

Music Culture & Stories

nSavides: Filmmaking, Music and Art

Film & TV Industry

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Parents in Film & TV Meet Up

Film & TV Industry

Partnering to Take Customers Around the World

presented by Citi FinTech

Brands & Marketing

Paul Adams (New Community Management): Mentor

Pedaler’s Palate: Food, Cycling + How They Collide

The Persistence of Patent Trolls in Tech

Perspectives on Expertise in Gaming

Pete D’Angelo (Ernest Jenning Record Co.): Mentor

Physical Fights Back

presented by Accenture

The Pitch

Startup & Tech Sectors

Plant-Based & Clean Meat Will Save The World!

Platforms Your Customers Trust

presented by Capital One

Code & Programming

PLAYERUNKNOWN: From Mod Creator to Creative Director

Featured Session

Playola: Reckoning With Music’s Newest Kingmaker

Sync, Stream & License

The Podcast Gold Rush: Why Now?

Brands & Marketing

The Post 50/50 Workforce

The Post Reality Reality

Film & TV Industry

The Power of Purpose in Business and Life

Featured Session

The Power of the Global Sports Mentoring Program

Power to the People: Turn Employee Ideas Into Gold

Practices for Better Data Teamwork

Code & Programming

Pre-Crime: It's Not Just Science Fiction Anymore

Intelligent Future

Prenups for Artists: When Bands Agree to Disagree

Preservation & Appreciation of Album Art Today

Music Culture & Stories

Pre-Woke Watching: Your Faves Are Problematic

Film & TV Industry

Primed for Amazon: Value & Cost of HQ2 for Cities

Product Science: Creation & Evaluation Principles

Prototyping at Scale: Designing Future Cars!

Prototyping the Future of Public Media

News & Journalism

Provocative Adult Coloring Books

Experiential Storytelling

Public Sector Designer Meet Up

Pursuit of Mastery: An Entrepreneurial Must #FTW

Startup & Tech Sectors

Put Down the Scalpel: Non-Invasive Heart Solutions

presented by Energizing Health

Putting People at the Center of Change

presented by Accenture

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Quantum Computing: Science Fiction to Science Fact

Intelligent Future

QueerWOC

The Quirky Black Lunch Table: Why You Need A Seat

Brands & Marketing

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Rachel Hammond (BioWare): Mentor

Randall Foster (Ole Music Publishing): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Randy Lee (Limebeat): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Reading Signals: The New Segmentation

Brands & Marketing

Real Fake News Never Stops: Convo with The Daily Show

News & Journalism

Featured Session

Reality But Better: Augmenting the World with News

News & Journalism

Rebooting Tech for a Human-Centered Approach

Startup & Tech Sectors

Reclaiming Indigeneity Through Virtual Reality

Experiential Storytelling

Re-Connecting the Mind to the Body

Featured Session

Reddit: Life After (Near) Death

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

Redefining Sanctuary Cities

Redefining the Physical Workplace

Re-Envisioning Where Tech, Space & Culture Converge

Reforming the Vote

Regenerative Medicine & Human Tissue Manufacturing

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

Re-Imagining How America Can Reduce Food Waste

Reinventing the Retail Space to STRIIIKE a Chord

The Reinvention of Stores: Innovate to Survive

Brands & Marketing

Rene Contreras (Viva Music Festival): Mentor

Renée Massé (Headroom): Mentor

Renée Stevens (R Studio & Syracuse): Mentor

Research, Exploration, Art: The Holy Trinity of VR Creation

Resistance & Disruption Through Diversity & Data

Responsible Innovation in the Age of AI

Startup & Tech Sectors

Rethinking Food Security

Startup & Tech Sectors

Returning Health Care to its Purpose

The Rise of the New World Sports, Esports

Featured Session

Roadmap for Revolutionaries: Resistance for All

Robert Vickers (Proxy Media): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

A Roboticist, Ethicist, & Novelist Walk Into a Bar

Intelligent Future

Robot Meets Freud: Bots in Mental Health

Intelligent Future

A Robot Won't Take Your Job: A Human Will

Rockstar Networking at the Speed of Life

Rogue Robots and the Potential for Cyber Attack

Intelligent Future

The Role of the Micro-Influencer

presented by WWD

Run As You Are

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Sarah D’Hilly (Monument Records/Sony): Mentor

Scaling Design Systems: Pixels to People

Science of Art: Using Data to Create Viral Moments

Brands & Marketing

The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

Featured Session

Sci-Fi to Reality: Evolution of AI in the Workplace

Scott Pappas (Hollywood Records): Mentor

Searing Sound: From Pre-to-Post Production

Making Film & Episodics

The Secret Sauce in the Sharing Economy

Intelligent Future

The Secrets of Cult Brands

Brands & Marketing

Selling Science (Before The World Melts Down)

Sensemaking for Cities: Conflict and Complexity

Sequence Me (Again)! Living a Step Ahead of Cancer

Setting the Visual Language of VR Storytelling

Making Film & Episodics

Sex, Beauty and Women with Disabilities

Sex & Text: Breaking Down Movie Stereotypes w/ AI

Film & TV Industry

Sexual Misconduct in the Music Industry

Sharon Brenner (Surowitz Immigration): Mentor

Shawna Murland (frog): Mentor

Shifting Spaces: Not Your Grandfather’s Office

Shopping Festival Design

Startup & Tech Sectors

Should I Use This Wi-Fi?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Should You Sell Your Baby Unicorn?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Show Me The Money: Funding Your Music Tech Startup

Startup & Tech Sectors

Shredding the Newspaper

News & Journalism

Sickboy

Silicon Valley to Restaurants: The Path to Equality

Simon Erich (SiteGoals): Mentor

Sing Like You Speak

Making & Promoting Music

Singularity is Here: Future of Data Mining in VR

Sizzle: VR/AR for Cuisine, Content, and Commerce

Skam: Powerful Digital Storytelling In Real Time

Skimmer Scammer - Reverse Engineering Credit Theft

Intelligent Future

Smash the Studio

Startup & Tech Sectors

Social Maps and the Future of Location-Based

Startup & Tech Sectors

Solutions for Hiring Top Minority Tech Talent

Solving The Tech Transfer Challenge

Startup & Tech Sectors

Sonic Cinema: Get into Live Soundtracks

Touring & Live Experience

Sonic DNA: How Technology Fuels Creativity

Brands & Marketing

So You're Leading from a Distance... Now What?!?

Spacelab: Think Big!

Speaking Broadly

Spotlight on Texas Filmmakers

presented by Fort Worth Now

Film & TV Industry

Standardizing Esports: The Next Phase for Cities

Starting the Internet All Over Again

Startup & Tech Sectors

Startups and Big Companies Working Together

Startup & Tech Sectors

State of Genre: Are We "Elevated" Enough Yet?

Film & TV Industry

The State of Open Data Meet Up

State Of Resistance

News & Journalism

State of the Art

Startup & Tech Sectors

Staying Sane and Healthy in a Narcissistic World

Strategies for Neighborhood Health in Michigan

presented by Michigan House

Striking a Chord with Today’s Music Fans

Touring & Live Experience

Stuart Sullivan (Wire Recording Studio): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Surviving VR wave 1 - Lessons + Insights

Film & TV Industry

Sustainability or Bust: The Future of Brands

SXSW Release It, Session 1

Startup & Tech Sectors

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Taglines & 280 Characters: Is This Modern Journalism?

News & Journalism

Take No BS: Tame Critics, Take Credit & Influence

Talk to Me: The Power of Voice

Intelligent Future

Teaching Old-School Restaurants New Tech Tricks

Teamwork, Innovation & Rock n' Roll with Kenny Aronoff

Music Culture & Stories

Tech Clusters: Local Laboratories, Global Impact

presented by the European Union

Startup & Tech Sectors

Tech & Humanity: Embedding Empathy in Experience

presented by Accenture

Brands & Marketing

Technology for Veterans Meet Up

Technology, Media, and Politics

Featured Session

Tech’s Evolving Role in Disaster Response

Tech Under Trump: A 2017/2018 Scorecard

Ted Cohen (TAG Strategic): Mentor

Ted Lowe (Choicetrack): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Texas Fight! How Businesses Battled Bathroom Bills

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Texas Startup Manifesto powered by UNION

presented by Capital Factory

Startup & Tech Sectors

thatgamecompany: A New Era Of Compassionate Games

That Sounds Better: Professional Recording w/ Alex Tumay

Making & Promoting Music

That's So Retrograde

Theatrical vs Streaming: A Shifting Paradigm

Film & TV Industry

There Is No Other Hand: Inclusive Design & Kids

These Genome Writers Will Change Medicine

Think Like a Startup: How Innovation Gets Done

presented by Oracle

Startup & Tech Sectors

Tiana Lewis (Pandora): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

Time’s Up! Shifting the Imbalance of Power

Film & TV Industry

Featured Session

Today’s Cyber Warfare Looks a Lot Like Advertising

News & Journalism

Tony Esterly (Tony Esterly Music LLC): Mentor

Making & Promoting Music

Trafficking Info: SB51 Inter-Agency Communication

Startup & Tech Sectors

Transformation is Not Digital, It's Constant

Startup & Tech Sectors

Transforming Global Food Supply with Blockchain

Startup & Tech Sectors

TransVisible in Texas: Develop A Media Campaign

Trial by Fyre Festival: My MBA in Crisis Management

Touring & Live Experience

TRIBE BUILDING 2.0: Engaging a Conscious Community Online & IRL

Featured Session

Trust, Cogency & Authenticity in an Anti-Ad World

Brands & Marketing

Trust in the Age of Misinformation

presented by Booz Allen Hamilton

Startup & Tech Sectors

Trust in “The Media:” What Do News Consumers Want?

News & Journalism

Trust: The Currency of the Sharing Economy

Startup & Tech Sectors

The Truth About Content: Broken Dreams & the Big Fix

Brands & Marketing

Featured Session

Turning Challenge to Opportunity in a Turbulent World

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Walter Isaacson on Hacking da Vinci’s Genius

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

Want to Fix Corporate Innovation?

presented by KITE

Startup & Tech Sectors

Watch Your Language. The Future of AI Depends on It

Intelligent Future

The Way to Design: Little Startup, Big Impact

We All Scream For Ice Cream: Building A Movement

We Got To Hang Out

We Help Politicians Persuade. We’ll Help You, Too

Brands & Marketing

Welcome to the "Internet of Threats"

Intelligent Future

We Want It Now: The Future of AI is in Your Hands

presented by KUKA

We Will Rock You! Make a Big Noise With the Brands

What About Us: Ableism and Disability in the Media

News & Journalism

What AI Reveals About Our Place in the Universe

Intelligent Future

What Blockchain Means for Media & Entertainment

Startup & Tech Sectors

What Does Leadership Look Like?

What Followers Want: How Social Evolves in 2018

Brands & Marketing

What Makes a Sport Professional?

Featured Session

What Mobile Means for the World’s Biggest Brands

Startup & Tech Sectors

Featured Session

What Podcasts Eat for Dinner: How to Feed a Show

News & Journalism

What Real Investors Really Want

Startup & Tech Sectors

What’s It Worth? Music and Money

Sync, Stream & License

What Value Gap? Recognition Tech is Music's New BFF

Startup & Tech Sectors

What Will the Webb Telescope Discover First?

Intelligent Future

When Health Care Goes High-Tech

Featured Session

When Programmers are Asked to do the Unethical

Code & Programming

Where Are the Women? How to Diversify Journalism

News & Journalism

Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads: Fly eVTOLs

presented by Embraer

Intelligent Future

Which Future for Human Needs and Human Services in Cities?

presented by Kresge Foundation

Who Is Defining the Future of Entertainment News?

News & Journalism

Who’s Really in Control of Self-Driving Cars?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Who's Responsible for User Bad Behavior Online?

Who Takes the Wheel on Self-Driving Car Safety?

Intelligent Future

Why Are Artists Vital to Tech's Future (and Ours)?

Startup & Tech Sectors

Why Coworking Spaces Don’t Work

Why Engaging with Politics is Critical for Brands

Brands & Marketing

Why Ethereum Is Going to Change the World

Intelligent Future

Featured Session

Why “Just Add Games” Doesn’t Boost Engagement

Why Machine Learning is the Next Frontier for Art

Intelligent Future

Will Quiney (Mob Scene): Mentor

Sync, Stream & License

WomanCode: Biohacking Hormones, Cycle, Creativity & Success

Featured Session

Women in Creative Industries Meet Up

Women in Music: Break the Ceiling + Bridge the Gap

Women Of MENA in Tech Meet Up

Startup & Tech Sectors

Women Rule

News & Journalism

Women + The Power of Community, with Audrey Gelman

Featured Session

The World Cup of Content: An Overachiever's Guide

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Zen Your Work: Creating an Ideal Work Experience