See Boston’s Newest Innovators & Influencers this Wed. at INFLUX

It is just two days to Influx, our big multidisciplinary event showcasing set for the afternoon of June 22 at the Science Museum. There is still time to grab your tickets at our Procrastinator’s Special rate, which ends tomorrow. So get them now and save $80.

We have an incredible lineup—covering everything from the future of the Internet to space exploration to energy and medicine, and more. Virtually all the big newcomers to the Boston innovation scene will be on hand, with speakers from GE, Watson Health, and Dell-EMC, as well as some of the area’s hottest new startups like Decibel (therapies for hearing disorders), Mylestoned (online tributes for loved ones), and Accion Systems (satellite propulsion).

Confirmed speakers include:

·      Tom Leighton, CEO, Akamai

·      Fiona Murray, Co-lead, MIT Innovation Initiative, Professor, Sloan School of Management

·      Neal Sandy, Chief Marketing Officer, GE Ventures

·      Anne LeGrand, VP Imaging, IBM Watson Health

·      Ken Anderson, Harvard Medical School, Co-founder, C4 Therapeutics

·      Dave Balter, CEO & Co-founder, Mylestoned

·      Colleen Calhoun, Director of Business Development & Partnerships, Current

·      David Chang, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor; Co-founder, PersonalVC; Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Harvard Business School

·      Marc Cohen, Co-founder & Executive Chairman, C4 Therapeutics

·      David Edwards, Professor of the Practice of Idea Translation, Harvard University; Founder, Le Laboratoire

·      Brian Gallagher, President, Cloud Management Division, EMC

·      Steve Papa, CEO & Co-founder, Parallel Wireless; Founder, Endeca

·      Louis Perna, Co-founder, Accion Systems

·      Patrick Petitti, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, HourlyNerd

·      Jody Rose, Executive Director, New England Venture Capital Association

·       Rick Rundell, Technology and Innovation Strategist & Senior Director, Autodesk

·       Kevin Starr, Partner, Co-founder and Partner, Third Rock Ventures; Interim CEO, Decibel Therapeutics

Please check out our event site for the full agenda and register today at the Procrastinator’s Special.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Author: Robert Buderi

Bob is Xconomy's founder and chairman. He is one of the country's foremost journalists covering business and technology. As a noted author and magazine editor, he is a sought-after commentator on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review, then a 10-times-a-year publication with a circulation of 315,000. Bob led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek's technology editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative. Bob is the author of four books about technology and innovation. Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) is a post-Cold War account of the Office of Naval Research. Guanxi (2006) focuses on Microsoft's Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness. Engines of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research. The Invention That Changed the World (1996) covered a secret lab at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness-sponsored National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.