Why you don't want to miss this year’s Innovation Forums
Innovation Forums are 1 of the highlights of AU Las Vegas. As we mentioned a couple weeks ago, we’re shaking things up this year with 3 forums that will connect to tell a larger story of disruptive innovation, taking you on a journey from the spark of an idea through to its actualization. Your guide on this adventure will be Roman Mars.
We’ll look at how technology is shaping a new class of consumers, changing the nature of products, and rewriting customer demand across all industries. We’ll dive deep into the ways technology—additive manufacturing, robotic fabrication, advanced materials, from atoms to bits and back again—is disrupting the way we design from micro to macro, and the way we make objects, spaces, and infrastructure. Here’s a taste of what we’ve got in store for you.
Session I: WIIFM – What’s in It for Me?
In the first forum, we’ll explore “The Market of One: Where Complexity and Uniqueness No Longer Have a Premium Cost,” with Dennon Oosterman of ReDeTec and, “The 100 Story Sensor: How Buildings Will Become Generators of Data to Form the Connected Systems of Insight,” with speaker Michael Thydell of Sweco Architects. We’ll also look at the future of infrastructure and how to adapt cities to people, not vice versa.
Session II: It’s a New Innovation Game, Baby!
In the second forum, we’ll explore how innovation is allowing small companies to challenge incumbents in ways that were not possible before, with a case study from speaker Neill Briggs of Briggs Automotive Company. We’ll take a deeper look at where customization is taking us with 2 students from Philadelphia University who’ll show us their “Algorithmic 3D-Printed Shoes of the Future.” And we’ll examine disruptive uses of technology in IoT, augmented reality, crowdsourcing, and more.
Session III: Building Tomorrow’s World: Flexing Your Digital Brain and Brawn
Bringing it all together, the third and final forum will look at the future of making things through the lens of case studies in materials informatics, modular production, advanced manufacturing, robotics, additive manufacturing, and robotic 3D printing for infrastructure. Speakers include Danielle Trofe of Trofe Studio, Bob Simmons of ConXtech, Joel Neidig of ITAMCO, and some special guest speakers we can’t reveal just yet.
Don't miss your chance to gain insight from industry leaders who’ve explored the future of making things, disrupted norms, and embraced the Era of Connection to create new business opportunities. Take advantage of this insight. Strike your own innovation path. Get inspired by where we’re going and how we’re getting there.
Register today and save your spot.
P.S. Be sure to keep an eye on our Twitter feed next month. We can’t say exactly who, what, why, or when, but a certain well-known someone might be taking over to answer your questions in the lead up to AU Las Vegas. (Hint: He has a “thing” about city flags.)
