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Alistair Croll (Host) (he/him)

Founder, Solve for Interesting

Alistair makes early-stage companies improve their go-to-market strategies, and works with some of the world’s largest firms on business model innovation. He also helps governments understand the impact of technology on society, ethics, and resiliency.

As an entrepreneur, Alistair co-founded Coradiant; the Year One Labs accelerator; and a variety of other startups. He has also launched and chaired some of the world’s leading conferences on emerging technology, including Startupfest, Strata, Cloud Connect, FWD50, Bitnorth, Scaletech, and more.

Alistair is the author of four books on technology and entrepreneurship, including the best-selling Lean Analytics, which has been translated into eight languages and is in its tenth printing in China. He speaks internationally on topics such as data science, innovation, scaling startups, digital government, AI, and applying critical thinking to technology. A graduate of Dalhousie University, he has also been a visiting executive on data science and critical thinking at Harvard Business School.

Sessions

Opening remarks and land acknowledgment

November 6, 2019  2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Alistair will be joined by Cultural Knowledge Keeper, Christine Stevens. See more.

Solving the Technology Trust Crisis

November 6, 2019  2:35 PM – 2:55 PM
In this session, I’ll detail how businesses can build that trust and emerge stronger – and safer – as a result, using a framework that consists of three pillars — security, privacy and control. See more.

Closing remarks

November 6, 2019  4:15 PM – 4:20 PM

Opening remarks

November 7, 2019  2:00 PM – 2:05 PM

Leadership in digital transformation: A chain reaction panel

November 7, 2019  2:25 PM – 3:00 PM
Once, leadership meant convincing others to act in the absence of information; today, it means asking the right questions of oceans of data. See more.

Closing remarks

November 7, 2019  4:15 PM – 4:20 PM

Opening remarks

November 7, 2019  8:25 PM – 8:30 PM

Closing remarks

November 7, 2019  9:10 PM – 9:25 PM
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