World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The 2017 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will feature an all-star line-up of 130+ of the world’s most riveting people representing all walks of life: Deputy Director of DARPA, Founder of Zipcar; President of Nokia Bell Labs; President of The New School; Head of IBM Watson Health; Google Head of Product Design; Chairman & CEO of Affirmed Networks; President of Intel Foundation; Siemens Head of Research Group; CEOs of Monoprice, Shutterstock, nScrypt, Darktrace, AliveCor, RoboTerra, Vital Vio, Lucidscape; Chief Technology, Innovation and Digital Captains from UBS, JCI, Pfizer, ABB, Verizon, Dassult Systems, 3M, AIG, GE Power, SAP, to name a few.

Registration
New School faculty, students and staff are eligible to attend all sessions that are held at the Tishman Auditorium (63 Fifth Ave) and at the Auditorium (66 West 12 St.). Advanced registration is required. There will be NO on-site registrations. To register, visit: http://thewsie.org/newschool

Due to limited spaces, the breakout sessions, salons, mashups, networking breaks and any of the related social events and functions are reserved for Members and Fellows of the World Summit.

How Will Future Intelligence Disrupt Business, Society & You?

Monday, October 2, 2017 |8:30–9:10

In this opening theatre, you will:

• See how industries are being affected by the Four Ecosystems of Intelligent Disruptions: Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Experience Engineering.
• Gain insights from real-world examples of how the biggest winners are transforming their brands, operational models, processes, and partnerships.

SETTING THE SCENE

YOU. REDESIGNED.
Sam Hamdan, The World Summit

SPECIAL ADDRESS BY

BETTER EDUCATION, BETTER DISRUPTIONS
Tim Marshall, The New School

INTELLIGENCE AS FUEL FOR GROWTH
Nicola Morini, Accenture

How Will Smart People, Platforms, Sciences & Technologies Create a New Economy?

Monday, October 2, 2017 | 9:10–10:10

CURATED BY
Sam Hamdan, The World Summit

MODERATOR
Trebor Scholz, The New School

INNOVATION & THE PLATFORM ECONOMY

The new collaboration between platforms and people taps into and deeply values human diversity. This new “Peers, Inc” structure facilitates needed discussions and solutions about the stability of democracy and capitalism, the future of work, and the scale and speed of climate change in these highly dynamic times. Peers inc. encourages optimism: we can experiment, iterate, evolve, and adapt at a low cost and at the pace required.

SPECIAL GUEST
Robin Chase, Serial Entrepreneur, Innovator

THE FUTURE OF FUTURE-X

A candid futuristic discussion with the Chief Technology Officer of Nokia and the president of Bell Labs. Get the inside story on how we will connect our senses, objects, and infrastructure using future networks. Explore the innovation foresight, creative confidence, and technology leadership of one of the world’s most riveting people. See what he sees for the Future of Future-X.

SPECIAL GUEST
Marcus Weldon, Bell Labs; Nokia

Human x Machine — Business in the Age of Intelligence

Monday, October 2, 2017 | 10:45–12:30

PROLOGUE

A riveting cast of disruptors and game-changers debate the controversial and riveting proposition and share stories on how the Four Ecosystems of Intelligent Disruptions will transform design, services, lifestyle, health, cities, and industrials.

A creative fusion of game-changers from diverse walks of life come together to reveal how intelligence is good for business and social growth — and more of it is coming. But how much is too much before it is too late?

CAST & THEMES

Humans, Morals & Machines
Rosalind Hudnell, Intel Foundation

Intelligent Commerce
Bernard Luthi, Monoprice

Designing Intelligence
Todd Bracher, Designer

Wasteless Chains
Francisco Melo, Avery Dennison

The Next Interface
Hong Z. Tan, Purdue University

Humanity & Space
Iona Cozmuta, NASA

The Autonomous Economy
Colin Langan, UBS

Singularity is Not Near
Blair Lacorte, AEye

Fly High, Stay Grounded
Ziv Marom, ZV Interactive

Connected Intelligence
Hassan Ahmed, Affirmed Networks

The [x] in Human x Machine — Innovating from 0 to 1

Monday, October 2, 2017 | 5:30–7:30

Join the voyage of 17 disruptors to learn about their future vision of [x] and how it will shape consumerism, cities, industrials, infrastructure, learning, extremism, financing, travel, medicine, and diversity.

POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE ABOUT [x]

The Intelligent Workplace
Greg Parsons, Herman Miller

Objects that Sense & Do
Mark Chung, Verdigris

Innovate Difficult Things Again
John Frankel, ff Venture Capital

Intelligence & The New City
Suchit Jain, Dassault Systemes

Industrial Ubiquity
Ganesh Bell, GE Power

Online Extremism
Yael Eisenstat, Kilele Global

Future of Travel
Katherine Grass, Amadeus

Diversity Fatigue, Solved
Ann Rosenberg, SAP

Intelligent Consumerism
Ruth Stubbs, iProspect

Robots in Medicine
Jonathan Levine, GLO Science

Immersive Education
Satya Nitta, IBM

INTELLIGENCE IS HYBRID & HYPER-CONNECTED

This segment engages five unlikely personalities in an unscripted conversation to summarize the day’s findings and connect the dots of our hybrid and hyper-connected future. A great wrap-up filled with inspirations and actions.

Innovation Jam — The World In 2037

Tuesday, October 3, 2017| 8:45–11:50

John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY 10003

t’s an interconnected universe of people, systems, materials, and things driven by effective human/machine partnerships.

It’s provoking revolutionary societal shifts rooted in innovations that intersect the physical, social, and biological spheres. And it’s coming soon to a place near you. All of society will be affected: how we live, work, innovate, and interact with each other, and literally, who we are.

8:45 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.
MILLENNIALS & THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE

An ideation session between the Millennials of The New School and the fellows of the World Innovation Organization (WIO) on The Future They Will Create.

OPENING REMARKS
David E. Van Zandt, The New School

10:30 a.m — 11:00 a.m.
VISIONS OF X (PART I)

The emergence of the scientific enterprise and its hallmark of evidence-based discovery in the 17th century, yielded new categories of knowledge, boosting the pace, scope, and breadth of technological innovation. Today, we find ourselves igniting a more powerful science and discovery accelerator, fueled by exponentially increasing levels of connectivity, automation, and access to information thereby unlocking new approaches to solve complex problems.

A SPECIAL CONVERSATION WITH
Stefanie Tompkins, DARPA

11:05 a.m. — 11:50 a.m.
OBJECTS OF X (PART II)

It’s 2037. Join us explore new design approaches, cultures, ecosystems, and technologies that shaped this generation of functional and beautiful objects.

Human x Machine — Preserving Sanity, Security & Sustainability

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | 12:00–1:00

Moderated by
Chris Wolf, VMware

PROLOGUE

A cast of seven leaders express how intelligent disruptions will change the world for the better. This session will answer the following questions:

• How are artificial intelligence, smart electronics and big data ignitingnew consumption models of innovation-led sustainable growth?
• How will our freedom, security, productivity and quality of life depend on machine learning and extreme personalization?
• How are connected cities changing ways of living and working?
• How is the crowd economy influencing our behaviors and brands?

CAST & THEMES

Slim Cities, Secure Cities
Mike Janke, DataTribe

For Smarter Electronics
Mahesh Lingareddy, Smartron

The Additive Economy
Kenneth Church, nScrypt

Record Breaking Brands
Samantha Fay, Guinness World Records

Future of Wellbeing
Peter M. Asaro, The New School

Work in the Age of Robots
Maja Vujinovic, GE Digital

Business Immunity
Nicole Eagan, Darktrace

Human x Machine — Healthcare in the Age of Intelligence

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | 2:30–3:45

Moderated by
Prashant Yadav, Harvard Medical School

PROLOGUE

Seven disruptors share their secret sauce from successful case studies in drug development and biological engineering, cognitive computing and individualized care, autonomous supply chains and digital automation.

This town hall showcases how intelligence can improve health outcomes and quality of life for millions of people in the coming years. What can businesses, governments, and research institutions do to prepare for path ahead? And why is it critical for society to understand the impact of these bio-digital innovations on trust, privacy, identity, happiness, and wellbeing?

Breakthroughs in Health/Opening remarks by
Laurie J. Olson, Pfizer

CAST & THEMES

Mining Genetic Links
Lisa Rometty, IBM Watson

Universal Accesibility
Yevgen Borodin, Charmtech Labs

Individualized Care
Mark Michalski, MGH & BWH Center for Clinical Data Science

Scaling Up Faster
Ting Shih, ClickMedix

Saving More Lives At Birth
Muhammad Zaman, Boston University

Designing Drugs, Faster
Marcello Damiani, Moderna Therapeutics