Techstars, EdX, SoftBank Join X·CON 2018 Program, Nov. 4-6

Two weeks from today will mark a most special occasion. Xconomy is convening top business and tech leaders from Boston and beyond for a multi-day conference to tackle the most pressing questions in the innovation community.

X·CON 2018 will feature talks and interactive discussions at the Institute of Contemporary Art; robotics demos and security and enterprise-tech chats at Google; and great food, drink, and networking at Café ArtScience. You can view the full agenda here, and if you’re so inclined, register for one of our last remaining seats here.

We’re pleased to welcome some great new speakers to the program:

—Juan Enriquez, Managing Director, Excel Venture Management
—Clement Cazalot, Managing Director, Techstars Boston
—Eveline Buchatskiy, Founding Managing Partner, One Way Ventures
—Michael Troiano, Partner, G20 Ventures
—Shimon Elkabetz, CEO & Co-Founder, ClimaCell
—Nabiha Saklayen, CEO & Co-Founder, Cellino Biotech
—Yonatan Striem-Amit, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Cybereason
—Nina Huntemann, Senior Director of Academics and Research, EdX
—Emilia Javorsky, Chief Scientific Officer & Co-founder, Sundots
—Eileen Rudden, Co-Founder, LearnLaunch
—Ari Glantz, Associate Director of Development & Strategic Initiatives, NEVCA
—Miriam Bilac, Software Engineer, SoftBank Robotics Europe
—Charles Teague, CEO & Co-Founder, Lose It
—Mariana Matus, CEO & Co-Founder, Biobot Analytics

Those speakers join an already all-star cast from IBM, Dell EMC, Google, McAfee, Carbonite, and more. See you in early November (you can still register here).

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.