Dozens of new speakers. Three can’t-miss conversations. 1 unique chance to connect.
We are now less than one week out from HUBweek 2016 and are excited to share one of our final announcements as the countdown begins. Dozens of new, incredibly impressive speakers and programming focused on improving inclusivity in innovation have joined the lineup for HUBweek. Here’s your rundown:
1. A keynote event exploring how we can ensure workers aren’t left behind in this digital age.
Answering the question, “in this digital age, how can we use technology to actually benefit business, society, and workers?” nine speakers, including Co-Founder and CEO of Lola Travel and Co-Founder of KAYAK, Paul English, Head of Digital Banking, Bank of America, Michelle Moore, and President of MIT, Rafael Reif, will share perspectives and personal stories at one of HUBweek’s keynote events, ‘Expanding Opportunity in the Digital Age’ at the MIT Media Lab.
“At Bank of America, we’re strongly committed to supporting Boston’s innovation economy, and equally committed to the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to participate in its benefits,” said Miceal Chamberlain, Massachusetts President of Bank of America. “As presenting sponsor of Inclusive Innovation at this year’s HUBweek, we’re pleased to be collaborating with the region’s best and brightest minds to share ideas, access, and opportunities.”
Speakers include:
- Paul English, Co-Founder and CEO, Lola Travel; Co-Founder and Former CTO, KAYAK
- Michelle Moore, Head of Digital Banking, Bank of America
- Rafael Reif, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ellen Alberding, President, The Joyce Foundation
- Byron Auguste, Head of Opportunity@Work (New America)
- Joe Eastin, Founder and CEO, ISN
- Mitch Kapor, Founder, Kapor Capital
- James Manyika, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
2. A roundup of impressive programming and speakers at the Roxbury Innovation Showcase
Innovators in Roxbury are shaping your tomorrow. New programming has been announced for the Roxbury Innovation Showcase, taking place Monday night of HUBweek:
- YouthBiz Marketplace: meet Greater Boston’s future business leaders at a meet and greet with highschool entrepreneurs from BUILD Boston and The Possible Project
- Taste of Roxbury Reception: taste a delicious local culinary sampling and attend a unique fashion gallery experience. Featured restaurants include Dudley Cafe, Dudley Dough, Suya Joint, Beta Burger, Haley House, Fresh Food Generation, Lyndigo Spice, and Nola’s Fresh Foods
- Impact to Innovation Panel: engage a panel featuring community leaders who will discuss their keys to creating an inclusive innovation ecosystem. Panelists include: Malia Lazu, President of Epicenter Community; Gilad Rosenzweig, Founder of Smarter in the City; Liora Beer, Founder/Director of Fairmount Innovation Lab; Ayele Shakur, Regional Executive Manager of BUILD
- Activate Roxbury: Tomorrow’s Innovators: witness an accelerator showcase, highlighting entrepreneurs shaping and influencing the future of business, technology, design, and fashion in Boston and beyond. Featured speakers include: Melissa James, CEO of The Tech Connection, Inc, Smarter in the City Cohort; Heather White, Founder of TRILLFIT, Accelerate Boston-Epicenter Community Cohort; Netia McCray, Founder of Mbadika, Smarter in the City Cohort
- Engagement Hub Hour: get direct access to experts in building inclusive environments to meet and share experiences, discuss questions and identify solutions, and help take ideas and ventures to the next level
3. A conversation on talent in Boston and how we develop a more agile and inclusive workforce
Boston is often considered the world’s university, the place where tomorrow’s change makers get their start. At HUB Presents: Building and Growing a 21st Century Career, Northeastern President Joseph Aoun, HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan, and Care.com Co-Founder Donna Levin will discuss how the city’s robust higher education landscape and innovation ecosystem uniquely create the more agile and inclusive workforce the 21st century demands, and the ways in which we will need to continue to adapt. This session will take place in Faneuil Hall and will be moderated by The Boston Globe’s Shirley Leung.
4. A new opportunity to connect with Boston’s innovation ecosystem, one-on-one
Designed to break down barriers and connect up-and-coming leaders, the curious, and those making an impact around the city, Lunch with Change Makers is a one-of-a-kind event that pairs a local Change Maker with 5 guests around the table at lunch. Dozens of Change Makers are participating, from venture capitalists and CEOs to urban space visionaries and neurologists. The only requirement? Curiosity and the willingness to engage in an interesting conversation.
This announcement of the next round of speakers and events, alongside previously announced programming, forms the backbone of this year’s inclusive innovation theme, presented by Bank of America. Existing events include Leading a Technology Company: A Woman’s Perspective, hosted by Golden Seeds and the Babson Breakway Challenge, both part of Demo Day; The Girl Hackathon; What Works: Designing Inclusive Organizations; Expanding Opportunity in the Digital Age and the Women in Innovation Story Slam: Ah Ha Moments.
Exploring these important topics, and many more, as a community would also not have been possible without the generous contributions of time and resources by the HUBweek 2016 Leadership Alliance, comprised of HubSpot, Northeastern University, the Museum of Science, and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and our HUBweek Innovators Circle sponsors, the Highland Street Foundation and WorldQuant.
By bringing together some of the brightest minds in the world to tackle these issues together, we’re looking forward to not only showcasing the solutions, but also celebrating the results that can occur when we collaborate. More details on these events and other HUBweek 2016 events and activities can be found at HUBweek.org. Registration is open now.
