Questrom TechConnect: Spring 2017

TechConnect 2017 is a partnership between the Questrom School of Business MS-MBA Association and the Entrepreneurship Club. Our theme this year is Fringe Technology, featuring panels and speakers on the topics Machine Learning, Online Dating, and Virtual Reality.

Agenda:

Final Schedule

9:30am-10:00am - Registration and Light Breakfast

10:00am-10:15am - Conference Introduction

10:15am-11:00am - Keynote Presentation, General Electric

• James Ross, CIO, Global Functions IT

• Paul Davies, Employee Experience Leader

11:00am-12:00pm - Panel, Machine Learning at the Fringe

• Blandine Antoine, Senior Manager Corporate Development, iRobot

• Andrew Onda, Watson Market Development & Insights Leader, IBM

• Prashant Shukla, Manager, Thought Leader Research, Accenture

• Moderator: N. Venkat Venkatraman, David J. McGrath Jr. Professor of Management, Boston University

12:00pm-1:30pm - Lunch Presentation, Microsoft, Building Mixed Reality Experiences with the Hololens

• Gavin Bauman, Technical Evangelist

1:30pm-1:45 - BREAK

1:45pm-2:30pm - Panel, The Analytics of Online Dating

• Christian Rudder, Co-founder, OkCupid & Author, Dataclysm

• Brendan Alper, Founder, Hater

• Moderator: Stephanie Leishman, Founder of Apiarity

2:30pm-2:45pm - BREAK

2:45pm-3:45pm - Panel, Virtual and Augmented Reality: A New Vision of the Future

• Mike Festa, Director of Wayfair Next, Wayfair

• Gavin Bauman, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

• Neil Gupta, Frontier Technology Consultant

• Sara Remsen, Co-founder, Waypoint Labs

• Leo Casado, Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Autodesk

• Moderator: Paul Carlile, Senior Associate Dean of Curriculum and Innovation, Questrom School Of Business

3:45pm-4:00pm - Closing Remarks

4:00pm-5:00pm - Happy Hour

*A light breakfast, lunch, reception hors d’oeuvres and 1 drink ticket included with registration. A cash bar will also be available.