NewCo Boston 2017: Full Schedule

8:30am EDT

Hunter Creative Labs

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Reinventing what it means to Invent

We'll give a brief overview of our services, and then do a Hunter Hack with everyone that will illustrate importance of innovating on jobs not ideas, how to identify smash hits based on baseline metrics, the importance of the group brainstorm, and everyone will leave with a renewed vigor in life and work on how to see and measure impact. We'll stay away from the hard core data/science stuff.

Presenters

Rebecca Devaney

CEO, Hunter Creative Labs

Host Companies

Hunter Creative Labs

Imagine a world where all companies were Double-Impact - Prosocial and For-Profit. Imagine if you could raise the rate of sucess of a product from 10% to 80%. Imagine a better world. We do and work everyday to try to create it. Join us!

Wednesday April 5, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Hunter Creative Labs 9 Spring St. Waltham MA, green doors on right., Waltham, MA 2451

Artificial Intelligence, General | Health, General | Maker/Manufacturer, General

8:30am EDT

District Hall

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Innovation as a Public Resource: The Importance of Placemaking and Community Building
Join us at District Hall, the world’s first free-standing public innovation center, as we discuss the importance of expanding access to entrepreneurial resources, building local innovation communities, and the role of physical spaces and networks in supporting a collaborative innovation ecosystem.
Run by the Venture Café Foundation, District Hall is not-for-profit civic innovation center dedicated to providing accessible spaces, programming, and resources for Boston’s innovation economy. We believe that anyone with an idea has the potential to be an innovator, and we’re here to ensure everyone has access to the resources and connections they need to make those ideas a reality.
Take a tour of our space after the session and learn what makes District Hall tick.

Presenters

Sarah deSimas

Program Manager, District Hall

Host Companies

District Hall

District Hall’s unique character is defined by its civic nature and public purpose. Our mission is to build, strengthen, and connect individuals and communities of innovators while expanding the reach, visibility, and benefits of Greater Boston’s innovation economy.

Wednesday April 5, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
District Hall 75 Northern Ave, Boston, Ma 2142

Education, General | Non-Profit, General | Professional Services, General

Company Seaport

8:30am EDT

Startup Institute

Limited Capacity seats available

Session TItle: What Large Organizations can Learn from Startups
In this session, we’ll discuss how large organizations can compete with disruptive business models to maintain and exceed their market share.
When a company feels the pressure to innovate, their reaction is often to hire new people and spend more money. However, your efforts will fall flat unless you make major changes to your cultural mindset, departmental structure, and operating procedures.
You’ll leave this action-oriented discussion with a clear roadmap of how to foster the fail fast, fail often mindset that will free your top-performers from fear and unlock their potential to drive your business forward.

BURNING QUESTIONS/THINGS WE’LL LEARN TOGETHER…
With innovation moving at lightning speed, how will can organizations remain relevant and ahead of the curve?
WE’LL DISCUSS:

Creating space for creative problem-solving
Letting go of process in favor of progress
Getting teams to embrace experimentation
Connecting decision-makers with internal influencers
Recruiting strategies to cultivate top-tier talent

Presenters

Rich DiTieri

Boston Program Director, Startup Institute

Host Companies

Startup Institute

Uniquely positioned at the center of tech ecosystems in Boston and New York, we’ve designed our programs to open new doors for individuals seeking launch or advance their career in the innovation space. In addition to expert training in the most in-demand skills, we offer personalized... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Startup Institute 50 Milk Street, 18th Floor, Boston, MA 2109

Education, General | Professional Services, General

Company Downtown Crossing

8:30am EDT

DrugDev

Limited Capacity full

The world expects more from pharma. The reality is we have no shortage of promising treatment candidates, yet developing a drug today costs 30x more than it did 10 years ago – as potentially life-saving drugs remain on the shelf. DrugDev is not interested in making clinical trials a little faster or a little better, because incremental improvements to the process are no longer acceptable. The world demands and deserves a truly disruptive revolution on an enterprise scale that flips the economics of clinical trials. We believe the only solution is to take advantage of unified and modern technology (as opposed to the disparate, clunky systems of the past) that bring study teams and sites together to do more trials and bring more drugs to patients who need them.

Presenters

Melissa Easy

Founder, DrugDev

Host Companies

DrugDev

Wednesday April 5, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
DrugDev 25 Thomson Place, Boston, MA 2210

Health, General

8:30am EDT

Ras Labs

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Synthetic Muscle™: Ras Labs Electroactive Polymers that Contract and Expand

The Synthetic Muscle Session will provide an overview of Ras Labs' electroactive polymer (EAP) based materials and actuators, covering their shape-morphing abilities (contraction-expansion at low voltage), sensing abilities, and force attenuation. EAP samples and prototypes of EAP based prosthetic liners and sensing robotic grippers will be shown, as well as a mock up of the Synthetic Muscle Experiment that was flown on the International Space Station (Ras Labs' EAPs are also very robust to extreme environments).

Free Parking. Ras Labs has free all day parking.
Ras Labs is located at 300 Congress Street, Quincy MA 02169. We are on the 4th floor in Suite 405. We are conveniently located near I-93 and Route 3, and we are a 10 minute walk to the Quincy Adams red-line MBTA station.

Presenters

Lenore Rasmussen

Host Companies

Ras Labs

Ras Labs makes Synthetic Muscle™: robust electroactive polymer (EAP) based materials and actuators that contract and expand at low voltage, sense pressure (gentle touch and high impact), and attenuate force, for prosthetics, athletic/protective gear, and robotic linkages and grippers... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Ras Labs 300 Congress Street, Suite 405, Quincy, MA 2043

Health, General | Robotics, General

8:30am EDT

Acquia

Limited Capacity full

We provide the leading cloud platform for building, delivering, and optimizing digital experiences and in doing so deliver world-class customer experiences. With Acquia, organizations realize the vision of personalized, real-time engagement.
Our panel of Acquians will demonstrate through results how passion, commitment and culture come together to deliver a world class customer experience.

Learn more about Acquia's approach to innovation here.

Presenters

Chris Stone

Chief Product Officer, Acquia

Host Companies

Acquia

Wednesday April 5, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Acquia 53 State Street, Boston, MA 2109

Internet/e-Commerce, General | Media, General | Productivity/Tools, General

Company Downtown Crossing

8:30am EDT

3 Media Web and Cowork Hudson

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Growing your business by developing processes

The session will include ideas to expand your current business bandwidth and creating processes around your business to scale and grow.

Presenters

Marc Avila

CEO, 3 Media Web and Cowork Hudson

Lysa Miller

VP, 3 Media Web and Cowork Hudson

Host Companies

3 Media Web and Cowork Hudson

3 Media Web Solutions is a custom website development and digital marketing agency that uses careful processes to ensure that all of our projects are a success.

Wednesday April 5, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
3 Media Web and Cowork Hudson 7 Felton Street, Hudson, MA 1749

Internet/e-Commerce, General | VC/Incubator, General

10:30am EDT

Pixability

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Is your brand ready for social video's 2017 takeover?

At NewCo Boston, Pixability’s VP of customer success, Jackie Paulino, will share how the world’s leading brands are approaching social video advertising today, and how Pixability’s innovative ad tech platform is driving high performing campaigns and informing video marketing strategies. Through the lens of specific case examples, we’ll facilitate an interactive discussion around how Pixability’s insights and campaign technology for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have impacted video marketing campaigns for major beauty and retail brands, and share our thoughts on how these platforms will evolve to achieve even greater dominance of marketing spend through 2017 and beyond.

Presenters

Jackie Paulino

VP of Customer Success, Pixability

Host Companies

Pixability

Pixability is a video advertising technology company that helps media professionals deliver outstanding campaign performance across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Pixability’s solution empowers advertisers to activate video at every stage in the consumer journey in order... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Pixability 77 North Washington St., Boston, MA 2116

Ad Tech, General

10:30am EDT

Powerhouse Dynamics

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The Internet of Things in the Real World: IoT in Restaurants, Retail, and Convenience Stores
Interactive Workshops Led By:

Jay Fiske, VP of Business Development
Jason Roeder, Senior Director of Product Management
Nicholas Pearson, Senior Technical Support Engineer

There are lots of grand concepts out there for harnessing the Internet of Things, but is anyone actually using the IoT to their benefit in the real world, in day-to-day operations? Yes, in places you'd never expect! Visit with Powerhouse Dynamics CEO Martin Flusberg and senior members of our team for interactive demos of multiple aspects of our SiteSage platform, and check out our hardware and test facility (including our “test kitchen”, where you’ll see how embedded sensors are being used in cooking equipment). See examples of how non-tech companies like Arby's, Ann Taylor, and Five Below are actually leading the IoT revolution, driven by their bottom lines.

Presenters

Martin Flusberg

CEO, Powerhouse Dynamics

Host Companies

Powerhouse Dynamics

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Powerhouse Dynamics 1 Bridge Street, Newton, MA 2458

CleanTech, General | Internet of Things, General | Machine Intelligence, General | Productivity/Tools, General

10:30am EDT

Roxbury Innovation Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Inclusivity in the Boston ecosystem - Highlighting Diversity of people, industry, and neighborhoods

This session will feature a panel of entrepreneurs from different neighborhoods in Boston that work in different industries.

Moderator:
Diane Vertus, Exquisite Design Concepts

Panelists:
Marcus Johnson-Smith, Kush Groove
Andy Jacques, Pulse 24/7

Presenters

Alessandra Brown

Director, Roxbury Innovation Center

Host Companies

Roxbury Innovation Center

Roxbury Innovation Center is a civic innovation center that supports local economic development by encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship. The Venture Café Foundation operates Roxbury Innovation Center (RIC) as a mission-driven not-for-profit gathering and event space. RIC is... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Roxbury Innovation Center 2300 Washington Street, Boston, Ma 2142

Education, General | Non-Profit, General | Professional Services, General

10:30am EDT

The Grommet

Limited Capacity filling up

Discover the latest in consumer product innovation at The Grommet, a product launch platform that has helped companies like FitBit, Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day, OtterBox, SodaStream, among many others to become household names. Join us as Joanne Domeniconi, Co-Founder & Chief Discovery Officer, shows its guests a handful of the latest innovative products that the company has launched, tell the stories behind the products, and talk about innovation in general.

Presenters

Joanne Domeniconi

Co-Founder & Chief Discovery Officer, The Grommet

Joanne Domeniconi is the Co-founder & Chief Discovery Officer at The Grommet. Founded in 2008, The Grommet is the place to discover and shop for innovative and exciting products. Each weekday The Grommet launches new products and tells the story of every one and the people behind... Read More →

Host Companies

The Grommet

The Grommet is the place to discover innovative products by Makers and small businesses and learn the stories behind each one. We launch intriguing new products that have been carefully selected by our team. Our goal is to improve how the public learns about innovative consumer... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
The Grommet 36 Cameron Ave, Cambridge, MA

Fashion/Retail/Shopping Internet/e-Commerce

10:30am EDT

One Door

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Building Your Company Into a Global Leader in a New Category
Category creation and ownership requires dedication and focus across all facets of your company. Led by One Door CEO E.Y. Snowden, this NewCo discussion will illustrate the process by focusing on how One Door (formerly RBM Technologies) is establishing a strong presence in the retail world, building their company as a global leader in the newly established category of merchandising execution.
Attendees will get an overview of what is involved in a holistic category creation campaign, from messaging and internal awareness to marketing programs and media adoption. A case study profiling a cornerstone of the campaign, the first ever state of merchandising execution survey, will be presented as well as an interactive merchandising execution game on an 70” touchscreen.

Presenters

E.Y. Snowden

CEO, One Door

Host Companies

One Door

One Door's signature product, Merchandising Cloud, is the only application that combines product and promotional visual merchandising with store information, providing each store with a unique, unified, and interactive merchandising plan._x000D_ _x000D_

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
One Door 268 Summer Street, suite 800, Boston, MA 2210

Fashion/Retail/Shopping, General | Mobile, General

Company Seaport

10:30am EDT

Kyruus

Limited Capacity filling up

NOTE: Due to security, registration for this session will close on Monday, April 3rd.

Session Title: Data-Driven Patient-Provider Matching: Creating a Win/Win Situation For Both Patients and Providers
What if we could enable a better and more cost-effective healthcare system by leveraging provider data in more meaningful ways? What if patient access--the experience of obtaining appointments and care--was a core focus throughout the healthcare system? Complete, reliable provider data forms the foundation of optimal patient access to healthcare. At Kyruus, we believe that by aggregating and leveraging robust data and creating applications that tap into that data, we can help health systems match each patient with the right provider at the right time. Attendees will join our co-founder in an exploration of how patients most commonly find care and associated challenges they often face during that process. Expect to come away with an understanding of the fundamental role data--and Kyruus’ ProviderMatch solutions--can play in facilitating better experiences for both patients and providers.
Suggested Audience: Product Management Professionals, Software Developers, Software Engineers, Hospital/Health System Marketers, Healthcare IT professionals
Specific Directions: Kyruus is located on the 7th Floor of the 222 Berkeley building, which is on the eastern half of the block bound by Berkeley, Boylston and Clarendon streets and St. James Avenue in Boston's Back Bay. 222 Berkeley is a 7 minute walk from Back Bay Station (Orange Line and Commuter Rail), and a 3 minute walk from the Arlington Street stop on the Green Line (take any Green Line train if coming from the Red Line).
Please enter the building from the main entrance on Berkeley Street. Proceed to the front desk, to the right side of the building as you enter, to check in - you will need government-issued identification. Once you have checked in, you will use the elevator bay facing the security desk to proceed to the 7th floor.
Parking is also available below the building in the Back Bay Garage. Entrances by car are located on St. James Ave and Clarendon Street. When parking, take the elevators on the Berkeley side of the building to street level. When you exit the elevators turn right, then turn left before reaching the entrance to Tico. Proceed to the second elevator bay, which also contains the security desk for 222 Berkeley.

Presenters

Julie Yoo

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Kyruus

Host Companies

Kyruus

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Kyruus 222 Berkely St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA 2116

Health, General | Internet/e-Commerce, General | Productivity/Tools, General

Company Back Bay

10:30am EDT

Vecna Technologies

Limited Capacity filling up

Vecna's motto, "Better Technology, Better World" reflects the company's belief that technology can and should be used to empower others. Vecna remains a privately-funded, profitable, and global company that is dedicated to both advancing technology and helping others, both through its charitable arm, VecnaCares, and by encouraging employees to dedicate 10% of their time towards community service.
With over 20 years' experience in the robotics industry and expertise in autonomous navigation, human-robot interaction, and manipulation, Vecna is an industry veteran that continues to advance robotics for all sectors of society, including healthcare, education, and logistics. Come see Vecna's groundbreaking robotics work, world-class engineering facilities, and hear Daniel Theobald, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Vecna, discuss how the robotics landscape has evolved from science fiction to reality; how the industry can develop to increase the quality of life for not just the few, but everyone; and how Vecna's role and mission will continue to play a key role.
Suggested Audience: Developers, Engineers and Roboticists; Healthcare, Education and Logistics professionals; Technology Enthusiasts

Presenters

Daniel Theobald

Co-founder & CIO, Vecna Technologies

Host Companies

Vecna Technologies

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Vecna Technologies 36 Cambridgepark Drive, Cambridge, MA 2140

Health, General | Non-Profit, General | Robotics, General

Company Alewife

10:30am EDT

PTC

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The “Five Forces” of IoT:
How the IoT Transforms Competition and Companies
PTC President and CEO, Jim Heppelmann, collaborated on a multi-year research project on the Internet of Things (IoT) with Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School. Their research findings were published in two Harvard Business Review articles, exploring the impact of the IoT on industry competition and on companies' organizational structure. Their ongoing research now explores the emerging trend of Augmented Reality (AR), creating new experiences and opportunities for competitive advantage in the IoT.
In this session you will:

Get the key concepts in a mini-MBA format presentation from a key member of the research team that helped develop these seminal articles.
Learn how the IoT is transforming organizational structures, value creation and the very nature of competition.
See real-world examples, as well as new technologies that will transform how humans interact with and experience the physical things around them.
Tour PTC’s experience center and participate in interactive demonstrations of practical uses of Augmented Reality for business.

PTC is located at 140 Kendrick Street, Needham, MA 02494.

Parking: Upon arrival at PTC’s headquarters, follow drive to very end and turn right into the garage. Park in any open spot (4th level will have plenty of open spots). PTC’s garage is free, and for employees and visitors only.
Where To Go: Follow signs and enter at to the main building lobby

Presenters

Eric Snow

SVP, Corporate Marketing, PTC

Host Companies

PTC

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
PTC 140 Kendrick Street, Needham, MA 2494

Internet of Things, General | Productivity/Tools, General | Professional Services, General

10:30am EDT

CenturyLink Business

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: The Third Industrial Revolution is a Time of Digital Transformations

We have entered the Third Industrial Revolution, where competitive advantage depends on how we use digital infrastructure and the massive amounts of data flowing across it. It’s a creative time for businesses large and small. New firms can rely on pre-existing digital infrastructure to jumpstart their own business models. Established firms can remake themselves. What was once a tangible product is now delivered as a service with a new cost structure and no expiration date.

The possibility of Digital Transformations opens the world to new ideas, so join us for a morning to learn about how leading companies are taking advantage of this trend and to discuss possibilities for your own transformation in a perfect setting for such a discussion – a data center that is hosting some of the leading companies that are leading this new revolution.

To learn more about CenturyLink and Digital Transformation, click here.

Presenters

Scott Brindamour

AVP of Advanced Technology Solutions, CenturyLink

Host Companies

CenturyLink Business

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
CenturyLink Business 1 First Ave, Waltham, MA 02451

Productivity/Tools, General | Professional Services, General

10:30am EDT

CIC Cambridge

Limited Capacity seats available

CIC empowers innovators and entrepreneurs to fix the world: we are dedicated to providing infrastructure and community that nurtures and leverages the innovation ecosystem in Boston and abroad. CIC houses over 1400 companies across five international locations. For our session at CIC, we will give an introduction to CIC followed by a presentation from AOBiome.

Presenter:
AOBiome is a Boston and San Francisco based biotech company focused on transforming human health through products that restore ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOBs) which current hygiene practices have stripped from the modern microbiome. Founded in 2013 by MIT Chemical Engineer David Whitlock and Patients Like Me founder Jamie Heywood along with co-founders Hilly Thompson and Lenny Barshack. The company is developing a novel class of therapeutics to improve skin health, hypertension, and other systemic conditions. AOBs convert ammonia to nitrite, an anti-microbial compound, and nitric oxide, a well-documented signaling molecule in the inflammatory process. AOBiome also owns the Mother Dirt branded line of consumer biome-friendly products targeted at restoring and maintaining the delicate balance of the skin biome.

This session will take place on the 5th Floor of One Broadway, in Kendall Square, Cambridge. One Broadway is steps away from the Kendall Square T station. Make sure to bring a government-issued photo ID when you check in with the lobby reception on the first floor, and proceed to the 5th floor. Follow the signs towards the Havana room down the hall. We're excited to have you!

Presenters

Todd Krueger

Todd Krueger came to AOBiome with 20+ years of experience in healthcare strategy, business development, operations and finance. He most recently led commercial efforts for the genomics platform at the Broad Institute and has held senior positions at Claritas Genomics and Life Technologies... Read More →

Host Companies

CIC Cambridge

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
CIC Cambridge One Broadway, Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts 2142

Productivity/Tools, General | Professional Services, General

Company Kendall Square

10:30am EDT

NetBrain Technologies

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Scaling a Tech Company in a Hot Space
Join NetBrain and learn how our Founder and CEO, Lingping Gao, built a global tech company and created a market where none existed. You’ll hear from our Senior VP of Global Marketing, Grant Ho, meet additional members of the team, network with others, perhaps even get in a game of ping-pong, if time permits.

Who we are
NetBrain is the market leader disrupting the network automation space. Our ground-breaking automation platform leverages the power of dynamic maps to provide CIOs and network teams with end-to-end network visibility while enabling adaptive automation across the organization’s physical, virtual and software-defined networks. Today, over 1,500 of the world’s largest enterprises and managed services providers leverage NetBrain’s platform to automate network documentation, troubleshooting, and change management.
“NetBrain’s success is due to our people, and over the years, we have been fortunate to attract top talent because of our unique culture and exciting mission to transform the network management industry.” - Lingping Gao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NetBrain

Directions
Park in the front of the building near the three large flag poles. Take the elevator to the 2nd floor. If parking is unavailable in the front, there is additional parking on the side and around back. Walk to the front of the building and take the elevator to the 2nd floor.

Presenters

Grant Ho

Senior VP, Global Marketing, NetBrain Technologies

Host Companies

NetBrain Technologies

Wednesday April 5, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
NetBrain Technologies 15 Network Drive, Burlington, MA 1803

Productivity/Tools, General, Network Management Software | Professional Services, General, Network Management Software | Software, General, Network Management Software

12:30pm EDT

InterSystems

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The Power Behind What Matters
A look at the technology and people fueling innovation within the tech, healthcare and financial services industries. Discuss specific vertical market advancements driven by InterSystems to "take the covers off" the critical importance of data management in our day-to-day lives. Highlighting real-world examples, InterSystems will showcase the need for organizations to have complete visibility into all of their data. For instance, InterSystems powers the world's most powerful applications, from mapping the stars to improving patient outcomes by providing access to structured and unstructured data.

Host Companies

InterSystems

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
InterSystems 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 1778

FinTech, General | Health, General

Company Kendall Square

12:30pm EDT

Imprivata

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Enabling Healthcare to ACT

Healthcare organizations go through extraordinary means to put IT security systems in place in order to protect patient health information – which can create barriers such as complex passwords and security policies that impede workflow and affect quality patient care.
Imprivata will explain how it removes those barriers and provides healthcare organizations globally with a security and identity platform that enables providers to access, communicate, and transact patient health information, securely and conveniently.

Presenters

Aaron Miri

Chief Information Officer, Imprivata

Christy Murfitt

VP of Product Marketing, Imprivata

Host Companies

Imprivata

Imprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, Imprivata, enables healthcare globally to access, communicate, and transact patient information securely and conveniently. The Imprivata platform addresses critical compliance and security challenges while improving productivity and... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Imprivata 10 Maguire Road, Lexington, MA 2421

Health, General

12:30pm EDT

LogMeIn

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The Merging of Two Cultures
LogMeIn and GoTo have recently completed a partnership that brings together two of the best known, best trusted and most reliable teams in cloud connectivity. We believe in hiring to a high standard and creating an environment that both empowers and challenges people to do the best work of their lives. Dena Upton, VP of People and Talent will share how we plan to bridge the cultures of two companies while persevering the best elements from our respective previous companies.

Directions to LogMeIn:
Please note we have two buildings on Summer Street. This event is located at 333 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210.
MBTA: .4 miles from South Station (7-minute walk)
Parking: Meter parking on Summer Street or nearby lots in our neighborhood (Seaport District).

Presenters

Dena Upton

VP, People & Talent, LogMeIn

Host Companies

LogMeIn

Simplifying how people interact with each other and the world around them to drive meaningful insight, deeper relationships and better outcomes for all has helped LogMeIn grow to become one of the world’s top 10 SaaS companies with a leadership position in every one of our markets. With... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
LogMeIn 333 Summer Street, Boston, MA 2110

Internet of Things, General | Internet/e-Commerce, General

Company Seaport

12:30pm EDT

Amadeus North America

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: How Amadeus is Moving Towards Cloud, Leveraging Kubernetes from Google, and Partnering with Other Big Tech Players.

Presenters

Christophe Attias

Director, Service Reliability Engineering, Amadeus

Host Companies

Amadeus North America

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Amadeus North America 1050 Winter Street, Suite 3000, Waltham, 02451, Massachusetts 2451

Internet/e-Commerce, General

12:30pm EDT

SmartBear

Limited Capacity seats available

Every company is a software company…no really!
Marc Andreesen famously wrote that Software is Eating the World. Satya Nadella, and plenty of others, claim that every business will be a software business. It’s catchy, but what does it mean? Join SmartBear Software for a chat over lunch – food’s on us – we’ll give you our perspective on this truly global trend. We’ll share how we see companies of all shapes and sizes bringing this vision to life.
No Sales pitches. Just an exchange of ideas with SmartBear product leader, John Purcell.
Where is SmartBear?
We are located at 450 Artisan Way, Somerville, MA 02145 in Assembly Row. While there is ample parking throughout Assembly Row, the easiest, free parking is available in a garage on the opposite side of the street from the Nike outlet (300 Artisan Way). SmartBear is on the fourth floor of 450 Artisan Way.

Host Companies

SmartBear

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
SmartBear 450 Artisan Way, Floor 4, Somerville, MA 2145

Internet/e-Commerce, General | Productivity/Tools, General

Company Assembly Row

12:30pm EDT

Piaggio Fast Forward

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: From motorcycles to robots: enabling humans to do more
Join us for lunch, an office tour and an interactive experience with our autonomous robots! Piaggio Fast Forward is a new company of the Piaggio Group (Owners of Vespa, Moto Guzzi, Aprilia, Gilera and Derbi) that was started in 2015 to re-think how to better move people and goods in urban settings. We just launched our first product, Gita, a cargo carrying robot that can follow a human operator (like a personal pack mule) carrying up to 40 pounds or move autonomously by itself in a mapped environment. We've been featured in the WSJ, Time Magazine, The Economist, CNN, Techcrunch and more and Forrester research said we are "going to change the way people work."

During our session, we'll give you a quick background of how we came to be, talk about what we think is happening in the world of personal mobility and transportation, show you around our office (which includes a prototyping shop with a Kuka robot, multiple 3D printers and other machines) and give you a chance to interact 1-on-1 with Gita. Our company is all about enabling humans to move faster, more efficiently and more enjoyably. Join us for an afternoon to learn about why we think this sector is so interesting and what our bet of the future of transportation will look like.
Suggested audience: We are hiring mechanical, electrical, and software engineers, marketers, business development managers and more and encourage people looking for full time or internship opportunities to join us.

PFF is located at 56 Roland Street, Suite 104, Boston, MA 02129. We're a 3 minute walk from the Sullivan Square T stop on the orange line. We offer free visitor parking outside our office. Our actual entrance door is located at the corner of Roland and Crescent streets. Walk up the ramp on the side of the loading dock

Presenters

Sasha Hoffman

COO, Piaggio Fast Forward

Jeffrey Schnapp

CEO, Piaggio Fast Forward

Host Companies

Piaggio Fast Forward

Piaggio Fast Forward is reinventing the future of transportation by fundamentally rethinking how to move goods and people. PFF is pioneering the intelligent movement of people and goods at human: larger than aerial drones but smaller than self-driving cars and trucks. PFF... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Piaggio Fast Forward 56 Roland Street, Suite 104, Boston, MA 2129

Maker/Manufacturer, General | Robotics, General

12:30pm EDT

Brainshark

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: A Look Inside the Sales Enablement Technology Revolution

Brainshark was founded in 1999 with a vision to transform the way companies create and share content. The goal was to empower organizations to create dynamic, video-based eLearning content within minutes... at a fraction of the previous cost. From that point, we’ve continued to evolve, developing a comprehensive product portfolio for content authoring, formal training and sales coaching that now form the core of the Brainshark sales enablement and readiness platform.
Today, that evolution continues as Brainshark is undergoing a technology revolution to deliver on an aggressive vision for the future of sales enablement technology – with a specific focus on virtual sales coaching and skills validation. Our engineers in the Brainshark Labs are innovating and explore technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality, that will take sales enablement to the next level. During this session you will hear from our founders and experts in the field of sales enablement Joe Gustafson and Greg Flynn. You'll also see a demonstration of Brainshark’s Augmented Reality Sales Coaching Simulator based on Microsoft’s HoloLens, as well as some of our latest technology for scoring and rating of virtual coaching sessions.

Directions:

From the Mass. Turnpike (I-90) Eastbound
Take exit 14 for I-95/Rt 128. After the toll, keep left for 95/128 North. While on ramp, exit immediately onto exit 24 for Route 30. Bear left onto Route 30. Turn right at first traffic light onto River Road. Follow this for 1.5 miles, where it turns into South Street. Proceed for another quarter of a mile, then take a left onto Turner Street, right before the train tracks. Brainshark is located in the first building in the office park at the end of the street.
From the Mass. Turnpike (I-90) Westbound
Take exit 15 for I-95/Rt 128 and Route 30. After the toll proceed straight for Route 30. Turn right at end of the ramp, and then right again at first traffic light onto Route 30. Turn left at next traffic light onto River Road. Follow this for 1.5 miles, where it turns into South Street. Proceed for another quarter of a mile, then take a left onto Turner Street, right before the train tracks. Brainshark is located in the first building in the office park at the end of the street.
From I-95/Route 128 Southbound
Take exit 24 for Route 30. At end of ramp, proceed through traffic light (across Route 30) onto River Road. Follow this for 1.5 miles, where it turns into South Street. Proceed for another quarter of a mile, then take a left onto Turner Street, right before the train tracks. Brainshark is located in the first building in the office park at the end of the street.
From I-95/Route 128 Northbound
Take exit 24 for Route 30. Route 30 is one of several options at this exit, so follow signs carefully. Turn left at the top of the ramp onto Route 30. Turn right at the traffic lights onto River Street. Follow this for 1.5 miles, where it turns into South Street. Proceed for another quarter of a mile, then take a left onto Turner Street, right before the train tracks. Brainshark is located in the first building in the office park at the end of the street.
By commuter rail
Commuter train service is available from Boston's North Station (Fitchburg/South Acton line) to the Brandeis/Roberts Station. Turner street is across South Street from the station. Brainshark is located in the first building in the office park at the end of the street.

Presenters

Greg Flynn

Founder & CEO, BrainShark

Joe Gustafson

Founder & Chairman, Brainshark

Host Companies

Brainshark

Brainshark sales readiness software equips businesses with the training, coaching and content creation capabilities to achieve sales mastery and outsell the competition. With Brainshark, companies can: prepare sales teams with on-demand training that accelerates onboarding and keeps... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Brainshark 130 Turner Street Building 1, Waltham, MA 2453

Productivity/Tools, General

12:30pm EDT

mimecast

Limited Capacity seats available

Join Mimecasts for lunch as we discuss our growth over the past few years and where we are going as an organization.

During this, Alex Bender our Head of Marketing and Mark Bilbe our Chief of Customer Operations will be discussing our innovative aggressive business model, while keeping to our core (The Mimecast Way).

We will talk about how we are changing the market through our Legendary service, and what we are doing to disrupt the space.

We will also have other team members at your table to talk about their department and the unique work they are doing to create a more secure world for all of us.

The table talks will be prefaced by a brief tour of our facility. We look forward to having you join us and see what us Mimecaster’s do that is so unique.

PLUS, we'll be raffling off an Amazon Echo to one lucky attendee! Join us!

Host Companies

mimecast

Mimecast (NASDAQ: MIME) makes business email and data safer for 24,900 customers and their millions of employees worldwide. Founded in 2003, the company's next-generation cloud-based security, archiving and continuity services protect email and deliver comprehensive... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
mimecast 480 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA

Professional Services

12:30pm EDT

Rocket Software

Limited Capacity filling up

“Hackathon” has become one of the trendiest terms in business today. While a Hackathon typically connotes a 24x7 event that challenges developers to create the next cool app, the process is not just for start-ups.
In this interactive presentation, Andy Youniss, CEO of Rocket Software will discuss how “Rocket Build” events have helped Rocket instill a more innovation-driven culture. Andy will define what a hackathon is, how they work and best practices and tips for utilizing them in your own environment. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how even big organizations can leverage the “hacking” process to deliver breakthrough innovation at start-up speed.

Learn more about Rocket Software here.

Suggested audience: CTOs, Investors, Heads of development, design, and/or anyone interested in looking for new ways to spur innovation

77 4th Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM INTERSTATE -128 / 95 NORTH BOUND:

Take exit 27A for Third Avenue toward Totten Pond Road/Waltham.
Turn right onto 3rd Avenue.
Drive past the Westin Hotel, then turn left onto 4th Avenue and drive up the hill. 77 4th Avenue will be on the right. The name of our building is 77 CITYPOINT.
Make a quick right into our complex. The entrance to our parking garage is on the immediate right.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS FROM INTERSTATE – 128 / 95 SOUTH BOUND:

Take exit 27A toward Totten Pond Road / Wyman Street
On the ramp stay to the right and merge onto Winter Street going over Interstate - 128/95
Turn right onto 3rd Avenue.
Drive past the Westin Hotel, then turn left onto 4th Avenue and drive up the hill. 77 4th Avenue will be on the right. The name of our building is 77 CITYPOINT.

Make a quick right into our complex. The entrance to our parking garage is on the immediate right.

Presenters

Andy Youniss

President & CEO, Rocket Software

Host Companies

Rocket Software

Rocket Software touches peoples’ lives every day in powering the applications, critical infrastructure, business processes and data behind many of the world’s biggest companies – from helping healthcare providers make more timely diagnoses, to helping elderly citizens interact... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Rocket Software 77 4th Ave, Waltham, MA 2451

Software, General

2:30pm EDT

Scratch Marketing + Media

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The brand new world of marketing and publicity and the opportunities for tech companies

We'll answer the following questions:
What is this new world of marketing and publicity?
What is possible with tools and technologies?
How can a technology organization zero in on the opportunities and win in the right spaces?What are some specific ideas and opportunities for your organization/start-up/team?
(Q&A based on audience use cases)

Presenters

Lora Kratchounova

Principal, Scratch Marketing + Media

Host Companies

Scratch Marketing + Media

Scratch Marketing + Media is a growth advisor and nimble execution partner for tech and innovation companies. _x000D_ Your team of Marketing Co-Pilots, we exist to help game-changing technology and innovations be recognized, accepted and adopted quickly. _x000D_

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Scratch Marketing + Media 84 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 2140

Ad Tech, General | Media, General | Professional Services, General

2:30pm EDT

Microsoft Burlington IoT Lab

Limited Capacity filling up

The Microsoft Technology Center is the hub of the ecosystem for Microsoft New England. Session attendees will explore IoT, Analytics, Machine Learning, Collaboration and other experiences in an immersive environment. The tour will share the recent experiences of large enterprise customers and start-ups who have used the labs, interactive center, partner solutions, envisioning center, cloud resources and architects at the center to transform their organizations and technology.”

Host Companies

Microsoft Burlington

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Microsoft Burlington 5 Wayside Road , Burlington, MA 1802

Artificial Intelligence, General | Machine Intelligence, General | Productivity/Tools, General | Internet of Things, General

2:30pm EDT

WeSpire

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The Four C's of a Positive Impact Program
In this session we will explore the evolution of employee engagement and the impact that positive impact programs have on the employee experience and the bottom line. This session will introduce, The 4C's (commit, communicate, connect, and change) of Positive Impact Programming, a framework WeSpire constructed based on our own experience and research. This framework will provide attendees with actionable information around the fundamental building blocks of a positive impact program, allowing attendees to discuss their own organization's programs and walk away with an actionable go-forward plan.

Directions on how to get to WeSpire:
WeSpire's office is located next to the gates of China Town. Our office is on the sixth floor of 125 Kingston St. Upon entering the building attendees can either head straight up the stairs to the sixth floor, or head to the right where an elevator attendant will meet them to take them up to our office.

Presenters

Susan Hunt Stevens

Founder & CEO, WeSpire

Host Companies

WeSpire

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
WeSpire 125 Kingston St -- Floor 6, Boston, MA 2111

CleanTech, General | Productivity/Tools, General

2:30pm EDT

Venture Café Kendall Square

Limited Capacity seats available

Venture Café Kendall helps individuals CONNECT, LEARN, SHARE and LAUNCH, and we are hosting a special ‘Kendall Connect’* to help demonstrate how we do that. Join us to LEARN how Venture Café connects entrepreneurs, investors, and enterprise innovators across the Boston startup / innovation ecosystem.

We will then help you CONNECT with 10 people in 30 minutes. This second segment of our session will feature a “mini” speed-dating session to help you meet multiple prospects for co-founder, team members or new members of your network. NOTE: To participate in this portion of the event, you must register ahead of time AND answer the following questions here.

Venture Café’s resident beverage expert, Brian Wang, has brewed up a special VenCaf Mocktail to help refresh you during this session.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ATTENDEES
This session will kick-off at 2:30 pm sharp allowing ten minutes for participants to arrive and get settled. Attendees must be registered to enter, which means you need to select this session prior to arriving to assure admittance.

SECURITY
Check-in at Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) security desk at One Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 is required.

DIRECTIONS
MBTA: We are located near the Kendall / MIT T stop on the Red Line at the corner of Broadway and Third Street in Kendall Square.

Garage: There are two garage parking options for our location - a parking lot and a garage: https://www.parkme.com/lot/115647/one-broadway-garage-cambridge-ma.

*Kendall Connect is a special series of structured networking activities that help members of the community make valuable relationships.
See you at the Café!

Presenters

Chandra Briggman

Director, Venture Cafe Kendall

Host Companies

Venture Café Kendall Square

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Venture Café Kendall Square 1 Broadway, Cambridge, Ma 2142

Education, General | Non-Profit, General | Professional Services, General

Company Kendall Square

2:30pm EDT

LearnLaunch

Limited Capacity full

Did you know there are over 300 early stage education technology companies in Boston? Come find out why edtech is booming in Boston and beyond and how so many entrepreneurs are making education better, faster, cheaper, or more efficient. Hear directly from more than a dozen Boston-based edtech startups working on cutting edge products and services. Session will be led by Jean Hammond, LearnLaunch partner and one of the most prominent angel investors in America.

Presenters

Jean Hammond

Co-Founder and Partner, LearnLaunch

Host Companies

LearnLaunch

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
LearnLaunch 281 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts MA 02210

Education, General | Non-Profit, General | VC/Incubator, General

Company Seaport

2:30pm EDT

HealthEdge

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Transformative Change: Innovation in the Health Insurance Market via Agile Software Development

The healthcare industry is undergoing a period of unprecedented change and uncertainty, driven by a number of key factors including regulatory pressures, the rise in consumerism and lagging technology adoption, among others. Technology is the lynchpin to innovation in this space and, unlike many other major industries -- including travel, finance and retail -- healthcare, and more specifically, the health insurance industry, has been slow to adopt modern technology to innovate and transform the way it does business.
Attendees at this NewCo Boston session will explore the various market dynamics that are driving change in healthcare and healthcare IT in a small group discussion with HealthEdge EVP and CMO Ray Desrochers. Participants will also learn how HealthEdge enables its customers to radically innovate, drastically reduce costs and efficiently address the business imperatives of the evolving healthcare economy. Attendees will then join Sanjeev Sawai, HealthEdge’s Senior Vice President of Products, on a tour to see Agile software development methodology in action, and will meet the engineers building next-generation, business-transforming and award-winning technology products that are solving key business challenges in the health insurance market.
NewCo attendees interested in learning more about Agile software development, healthcare technology and the health insurance market should not miss this informative, interactive session.
Directions from the South:

Take I-95 N/RT-128 N
Take Exit #33B/Burlington onto Cambridge Street (RT-3A N)
Go 0.4 miles
Bear Right onto Corporate Drive

Directions from the North:

Take ramp onto I-95 S towards Peabody/Boston
Take Exit #33B/Burlington onto Cambridge Street (RT-3A N) toward Burlington/Billerica
Go 0.7 miles
Bear Right onto Corporate Drive

Directions from Boston:

Take I-93 N toward Concord, NH
Take Exit #37B/Waltham onto I-95 S - go 4.0 miles
Take Exit #33B/Burlington onto Cambridge Street (RT-3A N) toward Burlington/Billerica
Go 0.7 miles
Bear Right onto Corporate Drive

Once you enter The Center at Corporate Drive, drive 0.4 miles, following road to the circular drive in front of the buildings. HealthEdge is in the second building in the complex on the right (number 30) in Suite 150 on the first floor.
Free parking is available anywhere in the complex, including the sides and rear of the building. There are a limited number of 1-hour visitor parking spaces available directly in front of 30 Corporate Drive.
Entering building #30 from the front entrance, HealthEdge is located on the lobby level on the left. Visitors who park and enter the building from the back entrance will enter on the ground level. Take the elevator or stairs one floor to the lobby and HealthEdge will be next to the front entrance on the right.
All visitors to HealthEdge must sign in to the building and wear visitor badges at all times.

Presenters

Ray Desrochers

Executive VP & CMO, HealthEdge

Sanjeev Sawai

Senior VP of Products, HealthEdge

Host Companies

HealthEdge

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
HealthEdge 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 150, Burlington, MA 1803

Health, General

2:30pm EDT

BikeBus Indoor Cycling City Tours

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: BikeBus Indoor Cycling City Tours
What other NewCo session gives you a fun, adrenaline-pumping workout that also doubles as a scenic tour of Boston?! Join us on a healthy journey like no other!
BikeBus will take 16 lucky participants indoor cycling around the streets of Boston, and you'll even be able to "Bike The Pike!" A patent-pending safety system now makes it possible to complete a workout while traveling. Come experience it firsthand.

Session 1 - 8 participants from 2:30 - 3:00 pm
Session 2 - 8 participants from 3:15 - 3:45 pm
Find us outside the Sheraton Boston Hotel. You may change into athletic wear inside. Athletic wear is required for this session.
Water bottle and towel service will be provided.

Pickup & Drop Off Location:
Tour Bus Parking, Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA 02199

Presenters

Seema Brodie

Co-founder & Principal, BikeBus

Eric Brodie

Co-founder & Principal, BikeBus

Host Companies

BikeBus

BikeBus is an award-winning mobile fitness studio that provides fun, adrenaline-pumping indoor cycling classes AND scenic tours at the same time! This studio climbs up real hills and takes you sprinting on the highway. Charter the studio for a company or private event - even during... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
BikeBus 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA 2199

Health, General | Hospitality/Tourism, General | Mobile, General

2:30pm EDT

athenahealth

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Using athena’s healthcare directory microservice and machine learning to determine Doctor appointment “no shows”.

Join athenahealth Chief Technology Office Prakash Khot in a discussion about Athena’s healthcare directory microservice, which is a centralized, de-duplicated repository of all healthcare entities and various relationships between them. And how athena uses this information and machine learning to predict Doctor appointment “no shows”.
athena has access to millions of scheduling records, including all of the features we need to determine the likelihood that a patient won’t show up. We also have the infrastructure in place to automatically reach out to these patients to remind them to come in. As our network grows, the algorithm gets smarter!

Join us to learn more about how athenahealth is using advanced analytics to solve problems in the healthcare space!

Directions to athenahealth:

We are located at The Arsenal on the Charles, 311 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA 02472.

Parking:

Visitor spots are located alongside the 400 North Beacon Street building. Please be sure to notify Reception if you park in one of these spots. You will be given a temporary permit for your vehicle.
There are 2 hour parking spots throughout campus
A free parking garage is located across from the Boston Sports Club on the Arsenal campus. A permit is not needed to park in the garage.
Complimentary valet parking is available if you proceed directly to the parking garage roof.

Please be sure to allot 15 to 20 minutes before your arrival to compensate for weather, traffic and/or parking

Additional Transportation Options and Directions:

http://thearsenalonthecharles.com/campus-info/transportation-parking/

Upon arrival, check in at reception. Reception is located in building 311. Please use the main entrance, which is marked by two purple flags. Please bring a photo ID.

Presenters

Prakash Khot

Chief Technology Officer, athenahealth

Host Companies

athenahealth

We’re building the health care internet, connecting care for 87,000 providers on the most open, connected network of its kind. And delivering results on a scale never seen before. Our network connects providers to each other, their patients, and the data they need to provide the... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
athenahealth 311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA

Health Productivity/Tools Professional Services

2:30pm EDT

Wellist

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Where data meets compassion: improving the patient experience
Patients’ unmet social needs greatly impact hospital economics including patient satisfaction, staff productivity and clinical outcomes. What happens when patients can't get a ride to the hospital for treatments every day? What if they need low sodium meals delivered at home? What if they’re traveling from out of town and need affordable lodging? We know that health care delivery and outcomes are improved when a patients has the support services they need. Today, however, providers don’t have the talent, training or tools to identify and address the full breadth of these social needs.

Host Companies

Wellist

Wellist is a leading provider of patient experience solutions, including patient experience assessments and analytics, in-hospital concierges, call center navigators and digital solutions for non-clinical needs. Wellist received the award for the most “Innovative Tech of the Year—Healthcare... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Wellist 125 Broad St., Boston, MA 2110

Health, General | Professional Services, General

2:30pm EDT

Breather

Limited Capacity seats available

When Breather first launched, we had a focus on the entrepreneur and freelancer who needed a small space for a couple of hours. Breather is now the leader in the on-demand workspace category and the #1 provider for team offsite space. This session will cover how Breather leveraged data and customer feedback to change course.

Host Companies

Breather

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Breather 171 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 2116

Hospitality/Tourism, General, Tech in Real Estate | Productivity/Tools, General, Tech in Real Estate | Professional Services, General, Tech in Real Estate

Company Back Bay

2:30pm EDT

coredna

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Digital disruption in online commerce is coming

Online commerce has remained the same for the last 20 years. There are major shifts happening. Find out what these shifts are and how they will impact your business.

In this presentation, Sam Saltis, CEO of coredna, will share with you how:

The future for online commerce platforms
How payments providers are staying relevant
How marketplaces are evolving

We will share with you:

Best practice for online commerce
Companies disrupting the market
And real case studies of how companies are taking full advantage of the changes in technology.

Learn more about innovation from companies like: Visa, Apple , Newstore, Minubo, Coredna, Klipfolio & more !

Directions to our office:
Note address change: 51 Melcher St, Boston, MA 02210

Follow the signs to the basement meeting room.

Suggested Audience: E-commerce Managers, Marketing Agencies, Web Agencies, CFOs.

Presenters

Sam Saltis

Founder & CEO, coredna

Host Companies

Core dna

We bring down the costs of running a large e-Commerce website. It's scalable, cloud hosted and has over 30 other applications build in.

Wednesday April 5, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Core dna 51 Melcher Street, Boston, MA, 02210

Internet/e-Commerce

4:30pm EDT

General Assembly

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Tech Careers for Non- Engineers
Join General Assembly for a discussion on non- technical career paths within the Boston innovation economy. As a company dedicated to empowering people to pursue careers that they love, GA is working hard to break down barriers and show that there is space for everyone within the tech ecosystem.
In this session you will hear from industry experts working in design, product management, marketing, and sales at Boston's top companies. You will learn about their journeys into tech, the skills you need to get started, and the importance of having a growth mindset and willingness to learn throughout your career.

Directions:
General Assembly is now located at 125 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110. We are a 3 minute walk to South Station, right across from Dewey Square. Once you arrive, the campus is located on the 13th floor of the building.

Host Companies

General Assembly

Wednesday April 5, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
General Assembly 125 Summer St. 13 floor, Boston , MA 2110

Education, General | Professional Services, General

Company Downtown Crossing

4:30pm EDT

AT&T and GE

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Smart Cities Solutions

AT&T Smart Cities Executive Director, Mike Zeto, and GE CDO, John Gordon, will discuss how Smart Cities solutions can address some of Boston's most pressing issues like parking, trafficm public safety, sustainability and economic development.

Presenters

John Gordon

Chief Digital Officer, GE

Mike Zeto

Smart Cities Executive Director, AT&T

Host Companies

AT&T

Today, our mission is to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and do it better than anyone else.

Wednesday April 5, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
AT&T 699 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

Internet/e-Commerce Media Mobile

4:30pm EDT

ToonCrier

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Feeling the future - With Emotional Virtual Reality
Come learn about the future of eVR (Emotional Virtual Reality). This is an interactive session where attendees will have an opportunity to discuss and even try how eVR will change the way human communicate in the digital world.

We are located at the CIC on 50 Milk Street which is at the intersection of Devonshire Street and Milk Street. The entrance to the building is on Devonshire Street. Please sign into security in the lobby and proceed to the 5th floor. We will be meeting in the Meridian Conference Room.

Presenters

Chris Sowa

Founder & CEO, ToonCrier

Host Companies

ToonCrier Inc.

ToonCrier is creating innovative ways to interact using both voice and digital avatars that capture not just the words but the emotions behind them. With ToonCrier, you will not only know customers’ emotions, but the intensity of those emotions. ToonCrier’s machine-learning... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
ToonCrier Meridian Room, 5th Floor, 50 Milk Street Boston, MA

Machine Intelligence, General | Media, General | Mobile, General

Company Downtown Crossing

4:30pm EDT

MassRobotics

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: The Growing Robotics Community in Massachusetts

Tom Ryden, MassRobotics Executive Director, will speak about the growing robotics cluster in Massachusetts and some of the exciting initiatives in the field around automated vehicles, drones and manufacturing robots. He will also discuss the needs of robotics entrepreneurs and how MassRobotics is helping address those needs. This session will include a tour of the facility and demonstrations from the robotics companies in the space.

Presenters

Thomas Ryden

Executive Director, MassRobotics

Host Companies

MassRobotics

We are a shared workspace designed to support companies and the robotics technologies, featuring private offices as well as shared workspace, open workshop space, fully equipped with work benches and power for robotics companies to rent on an as-needed basis. The shared lab/prototype... Read More →

Wednesday April 5, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
MassRobotics 12 Channel Street, Boston, MA 2210

Machine Intelligence, General | Robotics, General

Company South Boston

5:30pm EDT

Meetup @ General Assembly

Limited Capacity filling up

Join us for a drink and some tasty bites as we MEETUP to share experiences and celebrate NewCo Boston. Hosted by General Assembly.

Wednesday April 5, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
General Assembly 125 Summer St. 13 floor, Boston , MA 2110

Meetup, Networking

8:30am EDT

Harvard Business School, HBX

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Same Case Different Place! Unified Communications and the Virtual Classroom

HBX Live is a virtual classroom designed to reproduce the intimacy and synchronous interaction of Harvard Business School’s famed case study method in a digital environment. Leveraging unified communication, broadcast technologies and audio video solutions, HBX Live was designed to deliver an immersive experience remotely. Participants from across the globe can log in concurrently and engage in a real time case discussion while they are at work, on campus, or at home. In the custom-designed studio, a high-resolution video wall mimics the amphitheater-style seating of an HBS classroom, where up to 60 participants are displayed on individual screens simultaneously. Sessions are expertly produced using still and roaming cameras—creating the perspective for participants of being in a real classroom, seeing both the faculty member and other students.
Come visit the HBX Live studio located at WGBH to see firsthand how we turned 60 LED panels, 120 speakers, 70 cameras, and more than 20 miles of cable into a one-of-a-kind educational experience that has reached learners across 6 continents in 100 different countries.
Suggested Audience: Education, Education Technology, Talent Development, Digital Communications

Please note that HBX Live is located at WGBH, 1 Guest Street, Boston, MA. It is not on the Harvard Business School campus. Participants should park in the parking garage on the side of the building. The front desk at WGBH will validate tickets for the parking garage.

Presenters

Elizabeth Hess

Sr. Managing Director, Harvard Business School, HBX

Dustin Hilt

Programming Manager, HBX Live

Host Companies

Harvard Business School

HBX

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Harvard Business School, HBX 1 Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135

Education, General

8:30am EDT

Year Up Greater Boston

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Disruptive approach to Hiring Great Talent
If you are hungry to fill your open spots in sales, customer support, IT, project management, accounting, QA, and data analytics with top-quality, diverse talent who will deliver results for your organization and increase your retention, visit Year Up and experience the program through conversations with our talented students. Learn how companies like GE, LogMeIn, Fidelity, Trip Advisor, HubSpot, CarGurus, and Toast are disrupting traditional recruiting practices by taking advantage of our unique talent pipeline. Having trouble filling your data analytics jobs? Talk to us and give us ideas for how we might adapt our upcoming data analysis courses to fit the specific needs of your company.

Presenters

Bob Dame

Executive Director, Year Up Greater Boston

Host Companies

Year Up Greater Boston

Year Up seeks to close the Opportunity Divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. We achieve this mission through a one-year, intensive training... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Year Up Greater Boston 45 Milk Street, Boston, MA 2446

Education, General | Non-Profit, General | Professional Services, General

Company Downtown Crossing

8:30am EDT

Lovepop

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Imagination Meets Engineering: An Exploration of Design with Ship Designers Turned Card Creators
Come see laser cutters, prototyping, and popup paper art design in action - plus have the opportunity to suggest the next card we make.
Meet the Lovepop co-founders and creative team responsible for the 3D pop-up ships, birthday cakes, and unicorns you just saw on Shark Tank. Witness the design process unfold from idea to sketch to prototype to consumer testing, and get a behind-the-scenes look at our technology during a live demo on in-house laser cutters. Learn about how we crowdsource ideas to generate the most innovative designs possible, our new marketing approach for rolling out new designs. And best of all: you'll have the opportunity to suggest our next awesome pop-up design!

Address:
61-63 Chatam Street (Faneuil Hall) - 5th Floor
Boston, MA

Presenters

Wombi Rose

Co-founder, Lovepop

John Wise

Co-founder, LovePop

Host Companies

Lovepop

Lovepop combines imagination and engineering to make magical paper art to share with the special people in your life.

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Lovepop 61-63 Chatham Street, Boston, MA 2109

Fashion/Retail/Shopping, General | Maker/Manufacturer, General

8:30am EDT

SmarterTravel

Limited Capacity full

Join us as we take a journey into the inner workings of SmarterTravel’s portfolio of travel businesses. Learn how we got to where we are today and where we aim to be in the future.

Presenters

David Krauter

President, SmarterTravel

Host Companies

SmarterTravel

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
SmarterTravel 226 Causeway St. , Boston, ma 2114

Hospitality/Tourism, General | Internet/e-Commerce, General

Company North End

8:30am EDT

Cantina

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Hands-on Rapid Prototyping Workshop
Great designs don’t just happen: they are the results of iteration, revision and the application of perspective. Creating prototypes and models is a core activity of the design process. Using prototypes to explore variations and test your design help you learn about what makes your product great — and what needs refinement.
Join us for an engaging hands-on session to design a prototype! At Cantina, we use prototyping methodology to validate ideas with users, and create a feedback loop where you can keep learning.

In this workshop, you’ll learn new tools, techniques, and even design your own low fidelity prototype with a team guided by our staff. This session will cover:

A brief lesson on prototyping.
Quick ideation exercise to get the juices flowing.
Design and build a prototype to test a solution to a real world problem.
Show & tell the prototype’s value to the world.

This session is relevant to not just designers but makers of all kinds, social entrepreneurs, and people who are curious about learning different ways of working.

Presenters

Conor Sheehan

Senior Experience Designer, Cantina

George White

SVP, Innovation, Cantina

Host Companies

Cantina

Cantina takes amazing ideas and turns them into 'digital reality' for startups and enterprises. Cantina’s core offerings include mobile product development, “internet of things” implementations, responsive design and enterprise grade technical design.

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Cantina 320 Congress Street, First Floor, Boston, MA 2110

Internet/e-Commerce, General | Mobile, General | Professional Services, General

Company Seaport

8:30am EDT

Akamai Technologies

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Peak Inside Akamai's Network Operations Command Center (NOCC)

Attendees will get a sneak peak into Akamai's Network Operations Command Center (NOCC), which provides the industry's best view of real-time Internet conditions. The NOCC's proactive stance and unique view ensures a seamless response to network conditions - enabling Akamai to deliver rich media content and applications, regardless of network traffic volume. The NOCC is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by expert network operations personnel.

Presenters

Eric Buda

Senior Director of Global Platform Operations, Akamai Technologies

Host Companies

Akamai Technologies

Akamai is an Internet content delivery network. If you've ever shopped online, downloaded music, watched a web video or connected to work remotely, you've probably used Akamai's cloud platform. Akamai delivers between 15-30% of all Web traffic.

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Akamai Technologies 150 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 2142

Internet/e-Commerce, General | Productivity/Tools, General

Company Kendall Square

8:30am EDT

Oxfam America

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Oxfam’s Approach to Tackling the Global Refugee Crisis

Imagine you’ve been forced to flee from your home due to violence or disaster. What would you take with you? What choices would you make? Engage with the powerful themes of choice, loss and uncertainty – and get an inside understanding of how Oxfam works.

We’re thrilled to open our doors to Oxfam’s US headquarters! Join us to learn about our innovative approach to imagining a world free of poverty – and the people who make it possible. The NewCo session will include an interactive presentation on Oxfam's multifaceted approach to the global refugee crisis, taking festival goers on a journey from our on-the-ground work in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq, to policy and advocacy interventions, to innovative ways we are engaging the US public – bringing awareness and help to people who need it most.

Prepare to come away inspired and motivated to change the world. Fair trade coffee and refreshments will be provided.

Getting to us: We are located at 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor. We are just steps outside of North Station, next door to the TD Garden. (Look for the brick building with the “TripAdvisor” sign). Once inside 226 Causeway St, go down the hallway to the elevators, and come on up! Paid parking is also available at the TD Garden and on Causeway street. Via MBTA: Take the Green line or Orange line to North Station.

Watch a short video from Oxfam here.

Presenters

Jim Daniell

Oxfam America

Shannon Scribner

Acting Director of Humanitarian Programs & Policy, Oxfam America

Host Companies

Oxfam America

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Oxfam America 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA

Non-Profit

8:30am EDT

Cramer

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: A Look to What’s Next: Emerging Tech-Driven Trends and their Impact on Brand Experiences
Through the lens of Cramer, a global brand experience agency, we will uncover the emerging trends, technologies, and strategies that will be impacting the experiences that brands deliver for their audiences. We will start with an exploration of our newly renovated studios and showcase how our exploration of the “future of work” strategies were brought to life with technology and design. This will be followed by a fast moving, trend spotting presentation that will inspire both big transformations and small experiments. Finally, we will wrap with hands-on demos of the new-to-market technologies that marketers need to experience.

Presenters

Brent Turner

SVP, Solutions, Cramer

Host Companies

Cramer

Cramer invents, crafts, and fuels content-driven experiences that achieve more for global brands.

Thursday April 6, 2017 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Cramer 425 University Ave, Norwood, MA

Professional Services

10:30am EDT

ownerIQ

Limited Capacity full

Join ownerIQ CEO, Jay Habegger, for an engaging discussion about the company’s journey, its unique position adding value to retailers and brand partners and the tremendous growth opportunity ahead as second-party data becomes an increasing part of every marketer's strategy. According to Forrester Research, 85% of retailers and brands will have a second-party strategy in place within 12 months.

Come learn about the latest in digital marketing and take a tour of ownerIQ's expanding brick and beam office in the heart of the Fort Point neighborhood. ownerIQ was recently named in the Ad Age BtoB Best Awards, as CIOReview Magazine’s Top 50 Retail Solutions, Digiday Signal Awards, Boston Business Journal's Hottest Tech Companies to Watch, and Editor's Choice Award from Shopper Marketing Magazine.

Presenters

Jay Habegger

Co-Founder and CEO, ownerIQ

Host Companies

ownerIQ

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
OwnerIQ 27-43 Wormwood Street, Boston, MA

Ad Tech

10:30am EDT

Verizon Innovation Center

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: A Window into Innovation at Verizon

Join a facilitated tour of Verizon’s Innovation Center to see how Verizon is driving digital transformation with its internal innovation and collaboration with ecosystem partners. Visitors will experience a wide range of demonstrations which showcase how industries and our lives are impacted by technology.

Presenters

Mike Sullivan

Senior Consultant, Verizon Innovation Center

Host Companies

Verizon Innovation Center

Our Innovation Center in Waltham features state-of-the-art showcases of visionary ideas, commercial products, and innovative solutions still in-progress. The centers provide the technical resources needed to test and optimize products in a real-world environment, so you can take it... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Verizon Innovation Center 60 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA

Advanced Communications, Technology

10:30am EDT

Resilient Coders

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Diversity that's both meaningful and sustainable

Everyone wants to be more diverse. But this means different things for different companies. How can we do this in a way that doesn't distract from our KPI's?

Presenters

David Delmar

Founder, Resilient Coders

Host Companies

Resilient Coders

Resilient Coders is an agency that sources and trains its own coders, from the untapped talent pools in Boston's underserved communities.

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Resilient Coders 50 Milk Street, 17th Floor, Boston, MA

Education Non-Profit

10:30am EDT

Rue La La

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: The Future of E-Commerce

Commerce is now a tech-dominated activity; as people shop on their own terms with their phones, the walls between online and offline are disappearing as well as the rules on how, when and with whom people shop. Rue has the mobile platform, the data skills, and the rapidly growing loyal customer base to lead this revolution. Join Rue La La’s CTO, Anthony Accardi, to hear about how we are revolutionizing online ecommerce through driving a “Mobile First” philosophy and working on key personalization initiatives.

Suggested Audience: Developers, Product Managers, Engagement & Acquisition Marketing

Directions to our office:
We’re located at 20 Channel Center in South Boston. You need to bring a photo ID and check in at security, and then you can come up to the 3rd floor.

We are a short walk from both South Station (Red Line/Commuter Rail) and Broadway Station (Red Line). If you are coming from South Station, there is a shuttle that will bring you to our building. For more information on shuttle times, please see the attachment “Transportation Information with Map.

If you’re driving, we recommend entering “229 A Street”, (the address of the back door) as there is another Channel Street in Boston. There is a parking garage located behind the State Street building next door that offers daily rates. You will turn onto Iron St. off of A St. and follow to the end where you’ll see the Channel Center Parking Garage. When walking from the garage, we are in the brick building between Iron Street and Barlow’s Restaurant. There is a big “20” plaque right outside our entrance on A street.

Presenters

Anthony Accardi

CTO, Rue La La

Host Companies

Rue La La

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Rue La La 10 Channel Center Street, Boston, MA 2210

Fashion/Retail/Shopping, General | Internet/e-Commerce, General

Company South Boston

10:30am EDT

Toast

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Toastas & Mimosa's

Presenters

Steve Fredette

Co-founder & President, Toast

Elizabeth Jalbert

Director, People and Culture, Toast

Host Companies

Toast

Toast is an all-in-one restaurant technology platform. Built specifically for restaurants, Toast brings together many solutions from integrated online ordering to gift card and loyalty programs to labor and sales reporting all on a mobile, cloud-based POS system. Since launching Toast... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Toast 401 Park Drive Suite 801, Boston, MA 2115

FinTech, General | Hospitality/Tourism, General

Company Fenway

10:30am EDT

continuum

Limited Capacity filling up

Come visit our new state-of-the-art corporate headquarters in the heart of downtown Boston located on the 31st floor of the keystone building boasting 360 degree views of the city. Your tour will feature an inside view of our vibrantly designed space, featuring standing desks, open collaborative spaces, a fully equipped digital media studio, a mother’s/meditation room, a market café, a track for walking meetings and much more!

The Boston office has a culture of its own: please join us for coffee and donuts and see for yourself!

Suggested Audience: product marketers, product management

Presenters

Ai-Li Lim

SVP of HR, continuum

John Mandel

SVP of Engineering, continuum

Host Companies

continuum

Our mission is to be the world's leading provider of service-enabled software that monitors and manages the increasingly complex information technology needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
continuum 99 High Street, Floor 31, Boston, MA

Machine Intelligence Productivity/Tools Professional Services Software

10:30am EDT

Vesper Technologies

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Voice powered: how voice interfaces are shaping the homes, cars, and cities of the future

From Amazon Echo and Google Home to voice assistants like Siri, it's starting to feel like voice controls are everywhere. But it's only the beginning of a major shift in interaction. At Vesper, we're at the heart of the voice interaction future: our microphones are extremely low-power and enable connected devices to wake up when they hear sound. We'll give you an overview of the voice-controlled landscape and show you our high-tech microphone lab, plus demos you need to see (and hear) to believe.

Presenters

Matt Crowley

CEO, Vesper

Sarah Downey

VP, Marketing, Vesper

Host Companies

Vesper Technologies

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Vesper Technologies 77 Summer St. , Boston, MA 2110

Maker/Manufacturer, General | Mobile, General

Company Seaport

10:30am EDT

MassChallenge

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Race Towards Impact: Accelerating Entrepreneurship for Zero-Equity

Entrepreneurs are the value creators for society, working to solve some of the biggest issues our communities face across industries like healthcare, clean energy, high tech, and more.
As the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, MassChallenge has helped more than 1,000 promising companies launch, grow, and create impact around the world -- all for zero equity. Since 2010, alumni have raised more than $1.8 billion in funding, generated more than $700 million in revenue, and created more than 60,000 jobs.
In this session, attendees will learn more about MassChallenge's unique model and have the opportunity to hear from a panel of entrepreneurs who are solving new problems and creating more opportunities, optimism, and passion along the way.

Host Companies

MassChallenge

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
MassChallenge 21 Drydock Ave , Boston, MA 2110

Non-Profit, General | VC/Incubator, General

Company Seaport

10:30am EDT

Black Duck

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Open Source Software is changing the world. You can too.

What do Amazon, Uber, and Netflix have in common? They could not have disrupted their industries without heavy reliance on open source software. This session will look at the reasons behind the explosive growth of open source software, which is fueling application development worldwide. Black Duck Software is focused on open source security and CEO Lou Shipley will discuss the growing market opportunity for organizations that are finding innovative ways to effectively secure and manage open source in a cybersecurity-focused world.

Presenters

Lou Shipley

CEO, Black Duck

Host Companies

Black Duck

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Black Duck 800 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 1803

Productivity/Tools, General

10:30am EDT

Scalable Display Technologies

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Death by open office floor plan … long live office walls (for computing)!
The open office floor plan hinders individual productivity while simultaneously enhancing group collaboration. Huddles rooms have emerged as the accepted compromise. Is there a better alternative for the office layout of the future?
Join us for a dynamic discussion where we use Scalable’s Huddlewall, a wall computing solution, to conduct a live brainstorming session about group collaboration. Your visit to Scalable will transform theoretical concepts about group collaboration to practical reality through the brainstorming process in which you participate.
Scalable Display Technologies produces groundbreaking software that transforms ordinary office walls into large (18’ wide) wall computers for group collaboration. This is a transformative technology that must be seen in person to fully comprehend the impact that Scalable brings to the meeting space.
Scalable Display, headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. and a network of partners who sell and install our software world-wide.

Presenters

Andrew Jamison

CEO & President, Scalable Display Technologies

Host Companies

Scalable Display Technologies

Scalable Display Technologies produces groundbreaking software that automatically calibrates and edge-blends multiple projectors into seamless digital displays. Our industry-leading applications, make it simple and cost-effective to create brilliant, high-resolution displays on... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Scalable Display Technologies 700 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 2139

Productivity/Tools, General

Company Kendall Square

12:30pm EDT

ezCater

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: ezCulture: A Recipe for Success

Tech companies are completely people-enabled. People are a necessity and excellent people are a big differentiator. With decades of experience building companies and leading teams, ezCater's Co-Founder and CEO, Stefania Mallett, will take the floor to talk about ezCater's award-winning company culture. From the company’s strict “no jerk” policy to empowering employees to try new things and make mistakes -- but always track results -- Stefania will speak to the key people “ingredients” that have enabled ezCater to nearly double its staff in the last year, attract and retain top talent, and grow as a business.

Directions:
We are located right in Downtown Crossing at 101 Arch Street. Once you enter the building, go up the escalators to the security desk. Give them your name and they will direct you to ezCater's office on the 15th floor.

Presenters

Stefania Mallett

Co-founder & CEO, ezCater

Host Companies

ezCater

ezCater is the only nationwide marketplace for business catering. ezCater’s online ordering, on-time ratings and reviews, and 5-star customer service connect businesspeople to reliable catering for any meeting, anywhere in the United States.

Thursday April 6, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
ezCater 101 Arch St Suite 1510, Boston, MA 2110

Culinary Arts/Food, General | Internet/e-Commerce, General | Professional Services, General

Company Downtown Crossing

12:30pm EDT

CloudHealth Technologies

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Early-Stage Growth Strategies: What you may not be thinking about, but probably should.

Lunch will be provided at this session.

Last year, CloudHealth Technologies CTO and Founder Joe Kinsella spoke about how to convert an initial concept into a viable technology, and the process of ideating along the way. This year, you’ll get the CEO take on how a business leader lays the groundwork for successful growth.
In this session, CloudHealth Technologies CEO and Co-founder Dan Phillips will unpack the misleadingly simple concept of “growth,” drawing upon learnings gleaned from decades of entrepreneurship and real-world business experience. Attendees will learn what works, what doesn’t, and what you may not be thinking about in the early stages…but probably should be. Dan will dig into the thought process underlying a multitude of critical decisions, including the following:
●      How do you attract top talent and build out a team early on? What selection method goes into making these crucial early hires?
●      How do you encourage the iterative, creative process while still imposing an established framework for building product, marketing to customers, and closing a sale?
●      What technology, processes and systems must be put in place to maintain efficiency and productivity?
●      How do you effectively scale during periods of hyper growth?
●      Where do intangibles -- like culture -- fall with respect to measurable results, such as sales numbers?
●      What unforeseen challenges arise during periods of peak transformation?
CloudHealth Technologies is a workplace that emphasizes creativity and innovation. We aren’t looking to improve a market…we want to fundamentally disrupt it. In working to eliminate the complexity of cloud management for the world’s largest cloud customers, we’ve become one of the fastest growing tech companies in Boston and have begun expansion on a global level.
Join this session if you want to receive candid advice from a serial entrepreneur, learn what it takes to set the stage for future success early on, and hear strategies for undergoing rapid growth (and transformation).

Lunch will be provided!
Suggested Audience: Startup founders, product managers, tech-focused entrepreneurs and college graduates who are interested in learning what it is like to build a business from the ground up.

Presenters

Dan Phillips

Co-Founder & CEO, CloudHealth Technologies

Host Companies

CloudHealth Technologies

Thursday April 6, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
CloudHealth Technologies 280 Summer Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 2110

Maker/Manufacturer, General

Company Seaport

12:30pm EDT

Carbonite

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Ransomware: The ‘Uber-ization’ of the Bad Guy

Lunch will be provided at this session.

Data is everywhere, and the more data we have, the more vulnerable we become. Hackers recognize this vulnerability and are developing ransomware viruses to hold personal and business data hostage that will require payment (or “ransom”) for its safe return. These attacks have become so successful that the hacking industry has created ~$1B in revenue this year.
The scariest part? These attacks don’t entail sophisticated technology. With Uber, you only need a car and a smartphone to enter the ride sharing service. Similarly, a ransomware virus only requires a mailing list of potential targets to get off the ground. “Ransomware-as-a-Service” offerings are also being created to serve as a one-stop-shop for hacking resources.
Join us in this session at Carbonite to better understand what a ransomware attack is, the importance of proactively protecting your data, and most importantly, how to get your data back after an attack.

The Carbonite office is on the 6th floor in the Lafayette City Center building (right next to the Hyatt Regency Boston), located at 2 Ave de Lafayette, Boston, MA 02111, on the corner of Avenue de Lafayette and Washington Street. We’re easily accessible via the Green Line (Boylston and Park Street T stops) and Orange Line (Downtown Crossing and Chinatown T stops). If you choose to drive, there is also a parking garage located at 1 Ave de Lafayette – the cost ranges as follows (full details can be found here).

Presenters

Norman Guadagno

SVP, Marketing, Carbonite

Host Companies

Carbonite

Carbonite is a leading provider of cloud and hybrid data protection for small and midsized businesses, offering backup, disaster recovery and high availability solutions. Through this technology, Carbonite has recovered more than 40 billion files since 2005.

Thursday April 6, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Carbonite 2 Avenue de Lafayette, Boston, Massachusetts 2111

Productivity/Tools, General

Company Downtown Crossing

12:30pm EDT

HPE Vertica

Limited Capacity filling up

Introducing Vertica - Big Data Analytics for the Greater Good

Lunch will be provided at this session.

Note to attendees: There is limited parking at Alewife. We encourage attendees to take public transportation.

Conceived by legendary database guru Michael Stonebraker, the HPE Vertica Analytics Platform was purpose built from the very first line of code for high-performance Big Data Analytics at extreme scale. Data-driven organizations from Bank of New York Mellon to Guess to Uber to Zynga meet their most demanding analytic use cases with Vertica. And early-stage startups and even non-profits rely on Vertica to derive analytical insight from growing volumes of data for the greater good -- preserving the rain forest to finding a cure. Come meet the Vertica team to hear all about these customer stories and learn how you organization can derive more value from your analytics initiative.
www.vertica.com

Host Companies

HPE Vertica

HPE Vertica is the fastest, advanced SQL analytics database, available on-premise, on Hadoop, and multiple clouds. With tight integration with open-source technologies such as Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark, and complementary offerings through an ecosystem-friendly architecture, HPE Vertica... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
HPE Vertica 150 Cambridge Park Dr, Cambridge, MA 2140

Productivity/Tools, General

Company Alewife

12:30pm EDT

CIC Boston

Limited Capacity filling up

Welcome to CIC Boston! We are excited to present our CIC Special Communities, with presentations from an entirely woman-led group of innovators and changemakers within the CIC community.

Lunch will be provided at this session.

Agenda:
12:30pm - 12:45pm: Lunch catered by Bonapita

12:45pm - 12:55pm: Design Town, Janna Rayworth, CIC Relationship Manager

12:55pm - 1:05pm: FabCafe Boston, Julia Hansen, CIC Special Communities Manager

1:05pm - 1:15pm: Impact Hub, Katie Schultz, Director

1:15pm - 1:25pm: Branchfood, Lauren Abda, Founder

Come lunch and network within our newest event space on the 20th floor of 50 Milk Street, with views overlooking downtown Boston and the Charles River. Make sure to bring a government-issued photo ID when you check in with the lobby reception on the first floor, and proceed to the 20th floor. Follow the signs towards Lighthouse down the hall. We're excited to have you!

Host Companies

CIC Boston

Thursday April 6, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
CIC Boston 50 Milk Street, 20th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 2142

Productivity/Tools, General | Professional Services, General

Company Downtown Crossing

2:30pm EDT

Philips Lighting Research North America

Limited Capacity full

Participants will get the chance to experience ongoing innovation at our North America Labs, especially on topics related to smart cities and to the role of light in productivity and workplace wellbeing. First, the Atlas of Lighting, a joint collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, provides a data-based scientific view of social and economic dynamics of metropolitan areas around the world.

Second, there will be a lighting simulation based on the MIT CityScope project, which is an interactive decision support system for urban development. Third, we will demo a Department of Energy that contributes to personal and organizational goals for workplace wellbeing. It is based on an aggressive energy saving, capable of variable modulation of intensity, distribution, and spectrum of lighting in order to support diverse visual and non-visual needs.
Our focus on cities stems from the global trend for urbanization, the ubiquitous presence of lighting – with approximately 500 million street lights installed in public spaces globally, and the massive opportunity that connected lighting can bring to our cities. Currently less than 1% of all our global street lights are connected or intelligent. With the emergence of big data, the Internet of Things and connected, digital lighting, we’re bringing much more intelligent functionality into our lighting systems – lighting will go beyond illumination.

Presenters

Alexandru Darie

Strategic Director Connected Systems, Philips Lighting Research

Host Companies

Philips Lighting Research North America

We’re working to improve people’s lives around the globe by providing light that saves energy, creates safer and more livable cities, boosts people's productivity in offices and factories, supports students in learning more effectively, helps people live healthier and heal faster... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Philips Lighting Research North America 2 Canal Park, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 2141

CleanTech, General | Internet of Things, General | Maker/Manufacturer, General | Professional Services, General

Company Kendall Square

2:30pm EDT

Tank Utility

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Pragmatic IOT at its best
Attendees will get a sneak peak into a world unbeknownst to many - truck delivered energy. This $100B+ logistics market still relies on paper tickets and educated guesses, resulting in billions of dollars wasted every year. In our presentation, we will show just how advances in the IOT have enabled us to change that and give a tour of our prototyping space, provided by Bolt.io.

Host Companies

Tank Utility

Tank Utility is connecting a gridless energy market, enabling propane and heating oil companies to schedule deliveries based on measured tank level instead of educated guesses. With our technology, truck-delivered energy companies are reducing their overhead by up to 40% while revolutionizing... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Tank Utility 110 Chauncy St, Boston, MA 2111

CleanTech, General | Internet of Things, General | Productivity/Tools, General

2:30pm EDT

Cengage

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Student-Centered Product Design to Drive Success
At Cengage, we believe every student is propelled by the power of education. We create learning experiences that build confidence and momentum through digital tools that help students learn on-the-go.

Join our Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of Talent Management and others for an interactive conversation around the intersection of education and technology. We will cover the culture at Cengage and the transformation of a traditional publishing company into a leading education and technology company. As the proud winner of BostInno’s 2016 Tech Madness Competition, we are on the lookout for sharp minds to come on board. We would love to meet you and look forward to sharing Cengage’s story! Refreshments will be served.
Please enter via Cengage at 10 Channel Center Street. If you have issues or get lost please call 952-457-7442.

Presenters

George Moore

CTO, Cengage

Jill O'Connell

VP of Talent, Cengage

Host Companies

Cengage

Cengage is the education and technology company built for learners. The company serves the higher education, K-12, professional, library and workforce training markets worldwide. Cengage creates learning experiences that build confidence and momentum toward the future students... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Cengage 10 Channel Center Street, Boston, MA 2210

Education, General | Mobile, General

Company South Boston

2:30pm EDT

Doni

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The Revolution won’t be televised: How the FinTech movement is empowering the consumer and changing the way we bank.
Digital disruptions in FinTech are ubiquitous. From payment platforms to wealth and asset management, from peer to peer lending to crowd-funding, a new generation of start-ups is taking aim at the financial industry – carving away territory traditionally served by banks and overhauling the customer experience from the ground up.
Unencumbered by legacy technologies and structures of traditional banks, new FinTech disruptors are developing digital financial experiences that provide consumers with greater transparency. At the backbone of this disruption is consumer empowerment: enhanced access and compelling digital experiences for the individual consumer.
Doni co-founder, Ronald Verbrugge, will engage the audience with a provocative analysis of the social and economic forces shaping the evolution of industry based on his more than 25 years of hands-on FinTech expertise and innovation. Verbrugge will discuss:

How the combination of social interaction and technological advancement is shifting the financial balance of power back to the individual: what are consumers looking for from new financial players?
New FinTech-driven solutions that are putting consumers at the center of managing their financial health by leveraging the power of the crowd, increased financial transparency, and true ownership of one’s own personal data.
How consumers can and should harness the proliferation of these disruptors.
How companies like Doni and others can succeed and thrive in this complex and rapidly changing environment.

Suggested audience: Entrepreneurs, developers, FinTech enthusiasts, investors.
Doni, Inc. is a goal achievement platform where users articulate their goals, save together, give to others and take back control of their personal data. Headquartered in Boston, Doni is an international company with offices in Holland and Romania and is a member of the latest class of FinTech start-ups featured at The DCU FinTech Innovation Center.

Presenters

Ronald Verbrugge

Founder & CEO, Doni, Inc.

Host Companies

Doni

Inc.

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Doni 695 Atlantic Ave, 9th Floor (DCU Fin Tech Innovation Center), Boston, MA 2111

FinTech, General

Company Seaport

2:30pm EDT

Fidelity Labs

Limited Capacity full

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the history and operation of one of the oldest and largest innovation labs around. See firsthand how we run our innovation process, how we attack big societal issues like the student debt crisis, and how we’re applying emerging technologies like voice, gesture, and virtual reality to real-world challenges.

Presenters

Jon Slote

VP, Fidelity Labs

Host Companies

Fidelity Labs

At Fidelity Labs, we use emerging technologies and human-centered design to create visionary products and services that improve people’s financial lives. As the innovation engine for Fidelity Investments, we provide expertise to the rest of the firm on new tools and techniques... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Fidelity Labs 245 Summer St, Boston, MA 2210

FinTech, General

Company Seaport

2:30pm EDT

Wayfair

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Tour of Wayfair Next – VR/AR for home shopping
Get a glimpse into how Wayfair is harnessing virtual and augmented reality technologies to pave the way for a new era in online shopping. Learn about the evolution of Wayfair’s R&D team, beginning with an internal hackathon in 2015 and spanning multiple application launches, and get a chance to virtually design a living space with an app demo. Following the session, connect with the team behind the technology.

Directions to Wayfair
From the atrium inside the Copley Place mall in Back Bay, take the escalator/elevator up two floors to the Sky Lobby. After checking in at the security desk, take the Tower 4 elevator up to the 7th floor and go to the reception desk to check in.

Presenters

Mike Festa

Director of Wayfair Next, Wayfair

Host Companies

Wayfair

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Wayfair 4 Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts 2116

Internet/e-Commerce, General

Company Back Bay

2:30pm EDT

Sonus Networks

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: The Sonus Transition and How It’s Benefiting Your Company’s Security Strategy
Evolve, enhance, repeat or become obsolete. That’s the way technology advances in the ever-changing world we live in. Today’s companies need to provide constant innovation to ensure they stay top of mind with customers. For Sonus, a company celebrating its twentieth birthday this year, its answer came in the form of securing Unified Communications (UC).
Unified Communications (UC), often the forgotten application among CISOs, are more vulnerable and open to attacks than most organizations realize. UC isn’t just the voice call anymore. It’s video, file sharing, messaging and more. And now that it has moved over the Internet, it provides a much richer set of capabilities and is inherently more vulnerable to being exploited. But UC isn’t the only application your business should focus on. With Denial of Service and Cloud platform API-based attacks flooding the news cycle, companies must have a comprehensive security strategy that spans all applications and elements of their networks.
During this engaging session, Sonus’ Mykola Konrad will explain how Sonus has shifted from a “has been” telco to a “NewCo” security-focused company. Mykola will also discuss the culture shift Sonus needed to make that transition and how the company’s new focus will help organizations secure their networks better than ever before.

fama PR is located at 250 Northern Avenue, Suite 300 in Boston’s Seaport District. They are right on the waterfront, on the third floor.

By ‘T’:
Take the Silver Line S1/Logan Airport Line to the World Trade Center Station. Exit the station and walk on World Trade Center Avenue toward the waterfront. At the World Trade Center, take a right onto Seaport Blvd. which becomes Northern Avenue. fama PR will be on your left.

From Points, South
Heading northbound on Interstate 93 towards Boston, take Exit 20, which will be immediately after Exit 18. Follow the signs towards “I-90 East”. Take the first tunnel exit to “South Boston”. At the first set of lights at the top of the ramp, proceed straight onto East Service Road. At the next set of lights, take a right onto Seaport Boulevard. Seaport Boulevard becomes Northern Avenue. fama PR will be approximately 1/4 mile ahead on the left.

From Points, North
Heading southbound on Interstate 93 Boston, take Exit 23 “Purchase Street/South Station”. At the top of the ramp, take a left onto Seaport Boulevard and proceed over the Moakley Bridge, Seaport Boulevard. Seaport Boulevard becomes Northern Avenue. fama PR will be approximately 3/4 mile ahead on the left.

From Logan Airport
Follow the signs towards I-90 West – Ted Williams Tunnel/Worcester. Take the Ted Williams Tunnel/I-90 West to Exit 25 “South Boston”. At the top of the ramp proceed straight onto B Street. At the end of B Street, take a right onto Seaport Boulevard. Seaport Boulevard becomes Northern Avenue. fama PR will be approximately 1/4 mile ahead on the left.

From the Mass Pike
Follow the Massachusetts Turnpike /Interstate 90 East to Exit 25 “South Boston”. At the top of the ramp, bear left towards “Seaport Boulevard” and at the first set of lights proceed straight onto East Service Road. At the next set of lights, take a right onto Seaport Boulevard. Seaport Boulevard becomes Northern Avenue. fama PR will be approximately 1/4 mile ahead on the left.

Presenters

Mykola Konrad

VP of Product Management and Marketing, Sonus Networks

Host Companies

Sonus Networks

Sonus brings the next generation of Cloud-based SIP and 4G/VoLTE solutions to its customers by enabling and securing mission critical traffic for VoIP, video, IM and online collaboration._x000D_ _x000D_ With Sonus, enterprises can intelligently secure and prioritize real-time communications... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Sonus Networks 250 Northern Avenue #300, Boston, MA 2210

Maker/Manufacturer, General | Mobile, General

Company Seaport

2:30pm EDT

ReferralMob

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Hiring is the New Online Dating

From ghosting to the dreaded question "So, how much do you make?" there are a lot of parallels between online dating and finding a new job. In this fun interactive discussion, we will explore all the subtle nuances that make job seekers and companies attractive to each other. And who knows, we might even make some matches in the process. The session will wrap with a Q&A - feel free to ask our CTO and CEO any burning questions you may have about the hiring ecosystem in Boston!

Directions to our office:
The closest subway stations are Copley and Hynes (MBTA green line - approximately a 5-minute walk); Back Bay station (orange line - approximately a 13-minute walk). Once guests arrive in the lobby, they can ring the ReferralMob doorbell to the left of the elevator and someone will come down to take them to the 2nd floor.

Presenters

Joe Schwendt

CTO and Co-Founder, ReferralMob

Host Companies

ReferralMob

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
ReferralMob 283 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 2115

Mobile, General | Professional Services, General

2:30pm EDT

Bullhorn

Limited Capacity filling up

Session Title: Run With the Bulls: the Sea of Boston Startups and the Future of the Global Workforce
The Boston technology landscape is rapidly changing by the minute – new companies are emerging and new technologies are being developed at breakneck pace. Not to mention more technology companies are flocking to an area called “Innovation Crossing” – the neighborhood between Downtown Crossing and the Innovation District that's still very early in its renaissance from a tired financial center to a burgeoning tech hub. How is the local innovation ecosystem bleeding into the global workforce – especially as robotics and automation are all the rage? Come join Art Papas, Bullhorn’s founder and CEO, Gordon Burnes, Bullhorn’s CMO, and Vinda Souza, Bullhorn’s vice president, marketing communications, for an informative conversation about working for a high-growth, founder-backed, established private company, Bullhorn's unique company culture that's deeply rooted in transparency, and how advancements in robotics and automation will create more job opportunities – not thwart them. Suggested audience: Founders, executives, technologists, developers.

Our address is 100 Summer St., 17th Floor, Boston, MA 02110.

Presenters

Gordon Burnes

CMO, Bullhorn

Art Papas

CEO, Bullhorn

Vinda Souza

VP, Marketing Communications, Bullhorn

Host Companies

Bullhorn

Bullhorn is the global leader in CRM and operations software for the staffing industry. More than 7,000 staffing companies rely on Bullhorn’s cloud-based platform to drive sales, build relationships, and power their recruitment processes from end to end. Headquartered in... Read More →

Thursday April 6, 2017 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Bullhorn 100 Summer St., 17th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 2110

Productivity/Tools, General | Professional Services, General

Company Seaport

4:30pm EDT

IBM

Limited Capacity full

You've heard all the buzz about Watson. Have you been wondering what's happening at IBM Watson Health Global Headquarters--right here in Cambridge? Wondering how the cognitive capabilities of Watson are transforming industries? Want to find out how companies are using Watson to make their own products and services cognitive?

If so, now is your chance to learn more!

The Client Experience Center located at 75 Binney Street in Cambridge, MA is dedicated to helping business and technical leaders understand the potential of Watson Health to propel innovation and impact business results. The center provides an immersive, educational experience that examines the challenges faced by professionals and how Watson can make a fundamental difference. As part of your visit here, IBM will provide a tour of the Watson Health Client Experience Center and discuss how companies are using Watson for their competitive advantage.

Host Companies

IBM

Thursday April 6, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
IBM Watson Client Center, 75 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 2142

Artificial Intelligence, General | FinTech, General | Productivity/Tools, General

Company Kendall Square

4:30pm EDT

Education First

Limited Capacity seats available

Session Title: Find Your Happy Place (At Work)
When Monday morning rolls around, wouldn’t it be great if you could wake up excited to see your co-workers? Better yet, what if you could experience an awesome company culture every day?
At EF Education First, positive energy and a nothing-is-impossible mentality permeate our space and create a contagious environment where everyone is sincerely passionate and creatively inspired by the work they do. Whether it’s a colleague, manager, or senior level executive, each person is determined to drive and own projects aligned with the company’s mission all while having a village of supporters, cheerleaders, soundboards, and advocates.
Come hear from our leaders on how to identify and own your happy place!
Suggested Audience: Self-Starters, Entrepreneurs, Ideators, Problem-Solvers, Risk-takers, Jetsetters

Presenters

Laura Bronner

Education First

Host Companies

Education First

We believe by opening the world through education and giving people opportunities to travel, experience new cultures, and learn a new language, we are changing our perspectives of ourselves and the world for the better.

Thursday April 6, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Education First Two Education Circle, Cambridge, MA

Education Hospitality/Tourism

4:30pm EDT

FinTech Sandbox

Limited Capacity full

Long sales cycles and the demands of enterprise procurement can sink the most innovative FinTech startups. We've assembled experts in navigating these waters to offer insights into B2B sales – what works for startups and what won’t. Please join us for a deep dive into what startups and financial institutions are doing to shorten the sales cycle and working together to advance the financial services industry.

Our panelists include David Araujo, Vice President of Information Systems at Digital Federal Credit Union, Skye Isard, Co-Founder and CTO of Alphapack, and Shereen Shermak angel investor and advisor at Flybridgey Capital.

Please stay after the panel and join us for the monthly FinTech Happy hour from 6-8pm at the DCU FInTech Innovation Center.

Host Companies

DCU Innovation Center

FinTech Sandbox

Thursday April 6, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
FinTech Sandbox DCU FinTech Innovation Center 695 Atlantic Avenue, 9th Floor, Boston, MA, Boston, MA 2111

FinTech, General | Non-Profit, General

Company Seaport

4:30pm EDT

Rapid7

Limited Capacity full

Session Title: Mission + Work + People = Career Experience of your Lifetime.
A panel discussion with representation from our products, sales and other teams with candid insights about our work, our mission, and why Rapid7 is the best place for them to build their career.

Panelists Include:
Moderator: Rajeev Jaswal, CIO
Katie Ledoux Security Analyst, Cambridge office
Michael Sayer Senior Customer Success Manager, Team Lead, Boston office
Danielle Ain, Sr. Account Executive, Boston office
Roy Hodgman Lead Data Scientist, Cambridge office
Gio Thermot Manager, Business Operations, Boston office

Host Companies

Rapid7

Thursday April 6, 2017 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
Rapid7 100 Summer Street, 13th Floor, Boston, MA 2210

Productivity/Tools, General

Company Seaport

4:30pm EDT

PA Consulting Group

Limited Capacity full

Have a drink with us for your final NewCo session! Join us at our Boston office to learn how to identify your patterns, unleash your creativity and unlock your potential. Using tried and trusted techniques, let PA show you how to switch off your busy brain and engage your creative brain to foster innovation for both yourself and your colleagues. This session will cover basic creative theory and demonstrate two creative techniques to enhance your brainstorms, encourage ideation and produce brilliant solutions.

Directions
We are a 5 minute walk from Lechmere, next to the Cambridgeside Galleria Mall. From Lechmere, walk through the tunnel under the train tracks and down First Street toward Kendall Square. Take a left after Blaze Pizza (on your left) and you will enter the Canal Park area. We are to the right of the canal just past the mall entrance and there is a large sign noting “TEN CANAL PARK” above the door. Once you enter the building we’ll have someone to direct you to our office on the 4th floor. Feel free to call us at 617-447-9285 if you’re having trouble finding us!

Presenters

5:30pm EDT

Meetup @ Education First

Limited Capacity filling up

Join us for a drink and some tasty bites as we MEETUP to share experiences and celebrate NewCo Boston.

Thursday April 6, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Education First Two Education Circle, Cambridge, MA

Meetup, Networking