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• Co-Opting Black Market Innovation

  by Alexa Clay

  What do pirates, terrorists, computer hackers, and inner city gangs have in common with Silicon Valley? Innovation.

  In this talk, you’ll be exposed to emerging forms of underground innovation happening in the informal and black market economies. The “deviant entrepreneurs” that make up the black market are not mere threats to our social and economic stability, but also present us with real best practices that can be applied to business thinking.

  • Economy
  • Entrepreneur
  • Innovation
  • Social

  At 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Monday 12th March

  In Salon E, AT&T Conference Center

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• Open Innovation: Millions of Us Solving Problems

  by Dwayne Spradlin, Jack Hughes and Jacob Ward

  Co-presentation from Dwayne Spradlin of InnoCentive & Jack Hughes of TopCoder, Inc., leaders in the open innovation market. Led by Jacob Ward of Popular Science magazine, the panel will discuss how open innovation and crowdsourcing can transform your business, either through a breakthrough ‘eureka‘ idea or continuous and incremental improvement of a product or service. Find out what companies from Netflix to NASA to Toyota have gained from putting their biggest challenges out in front of the general public, and how you can do the same. This practical and candid conversation will uncover the key issues you need to address when incorporating open innovation communities into your own business plans, and how professional problem-solving communities will evolve in the coming years.

  • Crowdsourcing
  • Innovation

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Monday 12th March

  In Salon H, Hilton Austin Downtown

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• The Future of Innovation and Consumer Electronics

  by Gary Shapiro, Kevin O'Malley and Richard Watson

  From broadband spectrum to HDTV, from gaming to Hollywood and social media, innovation is happening through industry, entrepreneurs and technology advances. How is consumer electronics driving innovation in the U.S. and abroad – and what role does design play in consumer electronics innovation? Come hear from the head of an organization that represents 2,000 technology companies and produces the International CES Conference – in conversation with a CE innovation and design leader.

  • Consumer Electronics
  • Innovation

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Monday 12th March

  In Ballroom EF, Austin Convention Center

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