November Events Roundup - Web Summit & FT Innovate

Meet up with Blippar around the world this month at these upcoming events in London, Los Angeles, Lisbon, Kuala Lumpur & Helsinki

FT Innovate 2016
Wednesday, November 2nd
London, United Kingdom

This year’s FT Innovate is titled “Smart Machines & Smart People - The Future of Business” with a focus on the balance of power between humans and machines. Topics that will be addressed will consist of artificial intelligence, big data and Internet of Things and their relationship to business productivity.

Our CEO, Ambarish Mitra, will be part of a panel discussing the following topics: the implications of a fourth industrial revolution on the economy, how innovation will be characterised in this new digital age, whether we can already identify winners and losers, and finally, whether human-led initiatives and decision-making will still be able to nurture and promote innovation in the workplace. He will be joined by Gilles Babinet, Digital Champion of France, European Commission, Matteo Berlucchi, CEO, Your.MD and Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Barclays UK. More Info

Ad Age Brand Summit
Thursday, November 3rd
Los Angeles, California, United States

Ariff Quli, Blippar’s North America CCO, will be on a panel on VR, AR, MR, 360 & Beyond: What’s Coming Next. The audience will be marketers and agency executives, and will be moderated by an Ad Age editor. They will address the following: if 2016 was the year that virtual reality and related technologies emerged as a viable industry, what will 2017 bring? Ad Age Brand Summit is the place to be to discuss key issues facing businesses today, helping marketers understand strategies that are helping brands big and small succeed. More Info

Edtech UK Global Summit 2016
Friday, November 4th
London, United Kingdom

The Edtech UK Global Summit connects educators, businesses and policy makers from all around the world to accelerate the growth of the education and learning technology sector. It shares what works in edtech; connecting start-ups with schools, forging new alliances that enable Britain to be a global edtech hub, that’s open for business growth and international trade. Colum Elliot-Kelly, Head of Blippar Education, will be speaking on a panel with the title - Edtech 2020: ‘Future trends in practice - lightning talks.’ More Info

Web Summit 2016
Monday - Thursday, November 7th - 10th
Lisbon, Portugal

With over 50,000 attendees and 15,000 participating companies, the Web Summit is the place to be to address your curiosity about what the tech revolution will hold for the present and the future. Our CEO, Ambarish Mitra, will be joining in and giving four talks titled:

• “Thriving outside the Valley"

  • Location: Venture stage

  • Date: Monday, November 7th, 14:00 - 14:25

  • Panel: Bedy Yang, 500 Startups; Yossi Vardi, Investor; Phil Chen, Presence Capital

• “Augmented Reality: Why everything is not all digital”

  • Location: Marketing Stage

  • Date: Tuesday, November 8th, 12:05 - 12:25

• “From runaway to real deal: An entrepreneur's tale”

  • Location: University Stage

  • Date: Wednesday, November 9th, 11:15 - 11:40

• “Visualising a gaming future”

  • Location: Centre Stage

  • Date: Thursday, November 10th, 11:25 - 11:45

  • Panel: Holly Liu, Kabam; Shawn Layden, Sony Interactive Entertainment; Blaise Zerega, VentureBeat

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The Bett Show Asia
November 15th & 16th
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Bett Show Asia is a cutting-edge conference that brings together the leading decision makers and buyers within the education technology space from across Asia, and beyond. Head of Blippar Education, Colum-Elliot Kelly, joined by Michelle Zimmerman from the Blippar Singapore office, where they will have an exhibition pod in the British Pavilion. More Info

Slush Conference
November 30th
Helsinki, Finland

Ambarish Mitra will be speaking at the Slush conference about his journey as an entrepreneur. Slush Conference is where founders, investors, and the media come together to share their stories in fireside chats and keynotes. More Info