Thanks again to all who helped make Xconomy’s “5×5: Five Cities, Five Big Tech Ideas” forum a smash hit this week. I wrote up a quick recap with a few takeaways from the event here. Now it’s time for the pictures.
We heard keynote talks from Boston-area innovation stalwarts Bill Warner and Bob Metcalfe (the latter gave a “terminal keynote” and closing observations). We took deeper dives into five of the potentially most transformative companies in our network of cities, from Joaquin Silva of On-Ramp Wireless, Mick Mountz of Kiva Systems, Craig Labovitz of Arbor Networks, Roger Reynolds of TerraPower, and Tommy McClung of CarWoo.
We also got to hear “burst” presentations from Sarah McIlroy of FashionPlaytes, Dug Song of Duo Security, Bettina Hein of Pixability, Iker Marcaide of peerTransfer, and Joe Viola of Prysm.
And we got to ask questions, schmooze, drink beer and wine, and enjoy some cool demos from Avaya, Turnstone, Prysm, Duo Security, and peerTransfer. Thanks again to the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology for supplying such a great space.
Special thanks to Keith Spiro from Kendall Press for snapping some great photos, which I’ve stitched together below.
You can click on the thumbnails to see larger versions of Keith’s shots:
Author: Gregory T. Huang
Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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