"THE BEST INNOVATION CONFERENCE"

Guy Kawasaki is a Silicon Valley marketing specialist who knows a thing or two about innovation. He was famously the chief evangelist for Apple, responsible for marketing their 1984 Macintosh computer line to critical success. Other iconic projects include his role as a co-founder of Alltop.com, being a founding partner for Garage Technology Ventures, and being a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. He is also a bestselling author of over ten books, including The Art of the Start 2.0, Enchantment, The Macintosh Way and Selling the Dream.

Guy is currently the chief evangelist for graphic design service Canva, a brand ambassador for Mercedes Benz, and a fellow of the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. He is also a sought-after speaker, presenting on social media, innovation, entrepreneurship, and evangelism to industry leaders including Nike, Apple, Google, and Microsoft. You can hear Guy speak on innovation and change at our 2020 Future Festival World Summit event, where he will continue to inspire attendees to pursue innovation excellence.

Stephanie Mehta is an experienced business journalist. As the current Editor-in-Chief of Fast Company, she helms an influential publication that speaks to innovation, creativity, and work culture.

Prior to her work at Fast Company, Mehta was deputy editor at Vanity Fair, an editor for Bloomberg LIVE and Bloomberg Media, and a writer for both Fortune and the Wall Street Journal. In her Future Festival keynote, Mehta draws on her journalistic experience to teach the importance of imaginative thinking and unbridled innovation in our business approaches. Her presentation will speak to the importance of creative thinkers as we move into the future, and how applying a creative mindset to business can place you ahead of the curve.

The first night of our innovation experience kickstarts creative thinking by immersing attendees into the World’s Most Innovative Technologies. The Future Party represents the diverse industries that attend Future Festival which includes technology and immersive experiences that are relevant to all attendees. Experience the future by getting hands-on with state-of-the-art experiences, such as:

• VR, AR, Mixed Reality and Holographic Activations
• Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots that connect you to your consumer
• Exploratory cocktails, Flavor Experimentation and Culinary Innovation
• Drones, Robotics, Wearable Tech and Humanoid Connectivity
• Retail Innovation and Marketing Applications
• Lifestyle and Connected Home Technology
• Brand-Inspired Speakeasies with Experiential New World Cocktails
• Big Data Visualization and Trend Hunter's Methodologies