Keynote Speakers

 

What Recession?
CEOs from Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Interview Each Other... LIVE!

From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, these companies dazzle with new ideas, and prove beyond a doubt how innovation in business is the force for change. And the driving force behind their investment in and dedication to innovation? The Chief Officers.

Michael Lewis, CEO, REALD
Theaters are banking that the Real D’s revolutionary technology (using circularly polarized light from digital projectors, avoiding the eye fatigue of the old 3-D) will stop the
box-office slide.

INTERVIEWS… Mark Norman, President & COO, ZIPCAR
Zipcar forces people to think differently about daily transportation needs. The convenience of the self-service model, using the Internet, mobile technology, text messaging and RFID-enabled cards took Zipcar from a $2m niche service to a $100m mainstream business.

INTERVIEWS… PROSPER: Chris Larsen, CEO: PROSPER
What if people could borrow and lend money to each other without any banks in the middle? The idea melds the debt market with online social networking.

INTERVIEWS… Brian Pope, COO, VIRGIN CHARTER
An eBay for private jets, Virgin Charter acts as a middleman for travelers looking to charter a business trip or high-end vacation; turning a luxury product into a near-commodity product.

INTERVIEWS… Michael Lewis, CEOfficer, REALD

• EVENT FORMAT: Experiential Learning through Hands-On Skill Application.
• EVENT SCOPE: Ideation through to Commercialization.
• EVENT FOCUS: Where Creative Energy & Business Impact Share the Stage.