Google, Dell EMC, Esther Dyson Join XCON 2018 Lineup

While the weather’s on the cool side, get ready for November.

We at Xconomy are cooking up a special treat in Boston this fall: a three-day conference on technology and transformation called XCON 2018. It’s happening November 4, 5, and 6 at three different venues: Café ArtScience, the Institute of Contemporary Art, and Google’s Kendall Square office.

This conference will examine the business and societal impact of leading efforts in artificial intelligence, healthcare, education, smart cities, and more. It is intended for an elite innovation audience—leaders in tech, life sciences, and business who want to see the latest emerging trends, contribute to the discussion, and gain an edge on creating the future.

We’re pleased to welcome several new speakers to the stage, including renowned investor Esther Dyson from Way to Wellville; Matt Baker, who leads strategy and planning for Dell EMC; Fernanda Viégas, project leader at Google Brain; Joseph Frassica, chief medical officer for Philips in North America; and Celeste Fralick, chief data scientist at McAfee.

Some of Boston’s most intriguing startups will also be featured: Circle in crypto finance, Spyce in robotic kitchens, and Zapata Computing in quantum computer software, just to name a few.

We’ll have much more on the program and new speakers soon. Meantime, seats are filling up—attendance is limited to about 150 guests (XCON 2018 is invitation-only).

You can request an invite today by visiting our event site or e-mailing [email protected] with your name, job title, company affiliation, and your bio (or a link to it). Trust me, I’ll be reading it. Don’t let me down.

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.