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It's no surprise that the "largest technology conference in the world," covers technology. Which technologies we cover, however, is. By carefully choosing which technologies to cover in our episodes, Web Summit ensures the listener a learning experience that makes them feel as though they're at the very nexus of entertainment, science, and commerce.
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In this product reveal, the heads of Royole and Orchestra (Jacob Timm and Peng Wei) join Adam Zuckerman to present their vision for the next revolution in interior auto design. Imagine transparent flexible displays with embedded touch and speech sensors, integrated into windows, dashboards and more. Suddenly, drivers and passengers can interact with their vehicles from almost any point inside the car.
Guests: Jacob Timm, Royale Corporation; Peng Wei, Royale Corporation; Adam Zuckerman, Discovery Inc.
Brad Smith and Elizabeth Schulze sit down to talk about how AI can benefit us all. Advancements in artificial intelligence will enable unprecedented advancement in areas like healthcare, agriculture, education, and transportation. But how do we ensure that AI is designed and used responsibly, establishing ethical principles to protect people? How should we govern its use? And what jobs will exist in the age of AI?
Guests: Brad Smith, President - Microsoft Corporation; Elizabeth Schulze, CNBC
Do we have the tools to save democracy from potentially the biggest threat it has ever faced?
Guests: Raffi Krikorian, CTO - DNC; Hadas Gold, Reporter - Media and Business @ CNN
Silicon Valley. London. Shenzhen. Tech hubs are cropping up everywhere, taking over entire cities and creating the idea that if you're not in the centre of the action, you'll be left out entirely. Our panel is here to debate whether this is true, and to address the burning question; will these hubs continue to grow... or will they burst?
Guests: Bedy Yang, Managing Partner - 500 Startups; Yossi Vardi, Chairman - International Technologies; Adam Valkin, Managing Director - General Catalyst; Jess Kelly, Tech correspondent - NewsTalk
Artificial intelligence is being hailed and feared, sometimes in equal measure, as the ultimate game-changer. Onlookers wonder whether AI will deprive us of jobs, change how we run businesses or, on the flip side, fundamentally improve our quality of life. But is the reality that AI has actually been overhyped and is now severely under-delivering?
Guests: Greg Brockman, Co-founder & CTO - OpenAI; Nagraj Kashyap, Global Head - M12; Emily Orton, CMO - Darktrace; Jeremy Kahn, Senior Technology Reporter - Bloomberg
The issue of transparency in digital advertising is complicated. How can brands and advertisers be confident that ad spend is being used efficiently by various platforms and intermediaries? What role does regulation play in driving accountability in ad spend? Are new technologies, such as the blockchain, the solution to ensure full transparency? This session to provide answers to some of these questions.
Guests: Aaron Bell, AdRoll; Tim Cadogan, OpenX; Joe Lazauskas, Contently
What are the practical applications of AI you need to know about? And what are the large scale, earth-shifting implications of the technology? Gary Marcus tells us whether we should be excited or terrified.
Guest: Gary Marcus, Geometric Intelligence (acquired by Uber)
The interviewer is an ambitious 14-year-old entrepreneur and her subject is the COO and co-founder of Andela, which is setting out to grow tech talent in Africa. They'll discuss their insights into how to succeed as a woman in tech.
Guests: Taarini Kaur Dang, Million Champs; Christina Sass, Andela
A powerful societal movement is underway to ensure that women get their say and their seat at the table. But how do we ensure that this is a lasting change in which women found and lead global tech companies and receive the VC funding that has often eluded them?
Guests: Jager McConnell, Crunchbase; Jenny Lefcourt, Freestyle; Manon DeFelice, Inkwell; Melissa Cullens, Ellevest; Denise Hamilton, WatchHerWork; Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune
Imagine a claw crane swooping down to grasp toys in an arcade. Only the claw is considerably bigger and operating both autonomously and in concert with human employees. Roboticist George Babu's breakthrough company, Kindred, is developing these AI-powered machines. He'll show how deep learning can transform retail for the better and provide examples from Kindred's trials with the GAP.
Guests: George Babu, Kindred; Molly Wood, Marketplace Business News
Social and humanoid robots used to be relegated to C3PO and other Star Wars-style works of fiction. But machines that interact with humans will soon create life-changing user experiences. This panel will dive into several key drivers of robotics that are improving by leaps and bounds in 2018, including consistent and accurate voice and face recognition.
Guests: SoftBank Robotics US' Steve Carlin, Simon Fraser University's Angelica Lim, Ever AI's Doug Aley and NBC News' Jason Abbruzzese
After raising over $300 million dollars last year, Essential entered the handset market to mixed reviews. Their president, Niccolo De Masi, joins us to outline his vision for the company.
Guests: Niccolo De Masi, Essential; JP Mangalindan, Yahoo Finance
Wolfram Research's Stephen Wolfram and Tusk Holdings' Bradley Tusk tell us that the time has come for us to embrace the blockchain revolution.
Guests: Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Research; Bradley Tusk, Tusk Holdings
This panel debate the pros and cons of AI in society, exploring the topics from different angles in order to educate and inform.
Guests: Sairah Ashman, Wolff Olins; Hicham Oudghiri, Enigma Technologies; John Avlon, The Daily Beast
1Technology was supposed to give us freedom. Instead, some of us have become slaves to the screen. There are no simple solutions to tech addiction—but what can be done to live healthy tech lives?
Guests: Center for Humane Technology's Tristan Harris, Common Sense Media's Jim Steyer and NBC News' Alyssa Newcomb
Teaching AI to communicate and facilitate conversations with other platforms is becoming a major facet of technology in 2018. How can we manage and encourage the emotions inherent in the technology?
Guest: Convocation Design and Research's Caroline Sinders
Is Silicon Valley still the epicenter of startup innovation and funding or can companies grow to great heights from other parts of the world or even other parts of the U.S.?
Guests: Algolia's Nicolas Dessaigne, Tradesy's Tracy DiNunzio, Jill Ford of Toyota AI Ventures and VentureBeat's Anna Hensel
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With our increasing reliance on technology for even the most basic elements of life, are we in danger of seeing a wider divide between the 'haves' and 'have-nots'. Or is technology the great leveller, with better opportunities available even in the most remote areas?
Guests: Verizon's Rose Stuckey-Kirk, Sentient Technologies' Babak Hodjat and Quartz's Georgia Frances King at Collision Conf 2018.
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Stripe aims to expand internet commerce by making it easy to process transactions and manage an online business.Stripe now processes billions of dollars a year for thousands of businesses, from newly-launched start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Since Stripe powers so many new businesses, it's a snapshot of how the internet is changing; many users are in categories that barely existed five years ago. Listen as Head of Growth James Allgrove details the secrets to growing this billion dollar startup.
Guests: James Allgrove, Stripe; Zachary Karabell, Envestnet
Pro-surfer Anastasia Ashley, Andrew Cotton and Tiago Pires of Red Bull, and pro-surfer Garrett McNamara took to the stage with Ger Gilroy of Newstalk to discuss if extreme sports are more accepting of technology.
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