NewCo Boston 2017

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. 

Session Title: Toastas & Mimosa's

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.

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.

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.

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.