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The buzz: “Can we talk? (Joan Rivers). 2016 was a pivotal year for Global 2000 companies to align practical AI applications and embrace intelligent, conversational technology. As enterprise tech space gurus sang the praises of conversational AI’s potential, enterprises were listening with open ears, minds, and checkbooks. How can YOU take AI off the bench, make it a star player in your portfolio, avoid fouls, and lead your organization into this new era? The experts speak. Robin Kearon, Kore: “This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it” (HAL, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 science fiction film). Frank Diana, TCS: “Conversation as an interface is the best way for machines to interact with us using the human tool we already know exceptionally well – language” (Kris Hammond). Uddhav Gupta, SAP: “Digital creates the new demand and dimension for global leadership mind-set” (Pearl Zhu). Join us for AI and the Conversational Era: Connecting People to Technology.

The buzz: “Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion” (Muhammad Ali).A unique clustering of inventions in the century after the U.S. Civil War improved the American and European standard of living – human well-being – more than any period before or after, with advances in everything from food and energy to health and work. Can our current innovation explosion have a similar impact despite unintended consequences? Three futurists speak. Frank Diana, TCS: “I cannot discover that anyone knows enough about anything on this earth definitely to say what is and what is not possible” (Henry Ford). Gerd Leonhard, Futurist: “In dealing with the future, it is far more important to be imaginative than to be right” (Alvin Toffler, Future Shock). Timo Elliott, SAP: “The real problem of humanity is that we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous” (E. O. Wilson). Join us for The Innovation Explosion: Replicating a Special Century?

The buzz: Crystal ball. Yes, change is inevitable. But our unprecedented 'templosion' pace and scale -Edie Weiner- presents unique challenges for the future. What is the potential worldwide business impact of new and emerging paradigms, energy innovations, physical-digital boundary blurring, business decentralization? We’ve invited three futurists to our Game-Changers roundtable. Take notes! The experts speak. Frank Diana, TCS: 'Our world is entering a period of truly transformative change where many of us will be surprised by the scale and pace of developments we simply hadn’t anticipated' -Gerd Leonhard. Gray Scott, SeriousWonder.com: 'How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a creature that can fly to the moon and invent the Internet and cross the ocean in boats?' -Steven Pinker. Doug Freud, SAP: 'Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one' -A Einstein. Join us for Three Futurists Walk onto A Bar: The Future of Business.