Session Title: Turning Pixels into Insights
What would you do with ground truth information? Imagine you knew exactly how many solar panels were on houses in the Greater Boston area. Could that better inform the research you’re conducting? Or if you could access the number of high rise apartment buildings being constructed in a city, could your real estate business excel? If you were able to detect the real-time rates of deforestation in a given country, would you make better investment decisions?
FeatureX is disrupting the field of satellite image analysis, making it easy to answer questions like the ones above. Our semantic deep learning technology enables our systems to understand the fundamental structure of images and then regenerate them in new ways. This allows our clients to extract more insight from every image. Our tools help organizations build web-based applications for either internal use or for the development, sales, and deployment of SaaS applications worldwide.
To learn how FeatureX is servicing industry and community needs, come hear from our Founder and CTO, Gil Syswerda. We’ll provide demos of our technology and platforms and walk you through how we take a satellite image and turn it from pixels into business insights.
Target Audience: AI industry professionals, computer science students, AI and software engineer jobhunters, VC’s, media/press
Session Title: The Best Kept Secrets in Boston Cybersecurity
Come along to enjoy breakfast and discuss one of the hottest subjects in the tech industry.
Nestled in the heart of Assembly Row, Avecto is Boston’s best kept cyber security secret. Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Avecto was founded by UK entrepreneurs Mark Austin and Paul Kenyon, who shared a vision of stopping cyber attacks – without stopping employee productivity. Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Avanessian, will explain how Avecto has achieved global success, now protecting more than 8 million endpoints at some of the world's largest brands from cyber attack.
Andrew has been a fundamental part of Avecto since its inception. He'll share why Avecto selected Boston as their U.S. headquarters and the reasons why investors have contributed over $1.7 billion to creating a cyber security hub in Boston.
Removing access to local admin rights is one of the best things you can do to improve security. Andrew will speak to the hidden dangers in your organization caused by the overuse of admin rights, which open the door to outside hackers and insider abuse. Using real-world examples, you'll learn about the dangers of unchecked privileges and that the solution is easier than you think.
Join Brandeis Innovation for two exciting programs: First off, in our MakerLab, learn the essentials of 3D printing with this bio-tech and social enterprise focused hands-on session. Learn how to 3D print molecules and learn how students are preserving ancient artifacts, crafting prostethics, and more.
Then, at 10:30am, hear from our panel on how to really foster inclusion in STEAM. We hear so much about diversity, but how do we really foster it at all levels of the STEAM career pipeline, from K-16 through the executive level? Hear from successful leaders in academia, startups, and the corporate world on how they have fostered a culture of inclusion AND seen tangible growth in diverse candidates
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A Password Manager? Here’s Why You Need One
With the rise of cloud apps and devices, everyone has more passwords than they can possibly keep track of, leaving many to resort to unsafe password behavior – from how they create and remember passwords, to how they share accounts with family members. The #1 reason people reset a password is because they forgot it. What if you could keep all your passwords safe and strong, but only had to remember one?
Following a quick tour of the LogMeIn office space, LogMeIn’s Rachael Stockton, Director of Product Marketing, will give attendees a look into our password management offering, LastPass, and lead a discussion around the dangers of using weak passwords, why using a browser isn’t the answer, and what secure online behavior looks like.
Session Title: Learn about the MassTLC Retirement Plan with MassTLC, UBS and Slavic 401k
Lunch will be provided at this session.
The new MassTLC Retirement Plan is a benefit available to MassTLC members in good standing. For participating companies, it offers all the advantages and flexibility of a stand-alone plan without the expenses, fiduciary liabilities and administrative responsibilities of managing your own plan. The plan pools participating employees across the program, thereby increasing the plan’s buying power and enabling small and mid-sized companies to offer a plan that is competitive with larger established firms.
At this session, the UBS team will answer questions about how the plan works and the benefits of joining MassTLC's new Retirement Plan.
Who should attend: HR/Talent, CFO, CEO or anyone interested in adding a strong 401k product to your company's benefits package.
Session Title: Let's Make the World A Better Place to Work!
Lunch will be provided at this session.
Do you think you are a 'Rebel'? Are you already doing something different and unique to engage your people? Then come share it with everyone at this session. If not, it's time for you to join the Rebelution! Reward Gateway's mission is: "Let's Make the World A Better Place to Work." Come to this session to truly realize the impact you can make on employee engagement at your company!
In addition, come check out our new offices overlooking the Common. The space is designed with agile working in mind. 'Traditional' assigned desks are gone and replaced with diverse areas conducive to agility, increased collaboration and thus, more engaged employees!
Hospitals have long relied on clinical excellence to differentiate their offerings to attract and retain patients. However, service and experience are beginning to play bigger roles in healthcare. Increased market competition, the ubiquity of social media sites like Yelp, increased patient choice, and emphasis on patient satisfaction instruments like HCAHPS have compelled more organizations to emphasize a positive, holistic patient experience to engender customer loyalty and drive revenue growth.
2 years ago, Docent Health was created to tackle these issues. As we grow, we strive to imbue the values we operate by as a company, into our product. During this session, Co-Founder/SVP Royal Tuthill and COO Monna Nanavati will present a case-study for how one health system is using technology-enabled, human-driven strategies to develop enduring relationships with patients. They will share how customer-centric design inspired their service model, and how technology is used to build customized patient experience journeys; how data from the EHR and ancillary hospital applications is aggregated and analyzed to anticipate customer needs and preferences; the results from a pilot program; and learnings on implementing and scaling such a program across large health systems.
Join us as we go through this journey together, and learn how our strong collaborative workplace culture leads us to our data-driven insights which ultimately fulfill our mission: To enable health systems to deliver rich and meaningful customer experiences, by ensuring that customers feel known, valued and heard.
Directions:
We are easily accessible by the T. Our office is on the same block of Boylston as the Arlington T Stop (all Green lines). Please check in at the lobby with a photo ID and head up to the 4th floor. Our office door is marked with our name, right outside the elevator bank.
Come along for a tour of CIC's Boston location, which was created in 2014 and currently houses hundreds of innovative companies. This visit will include a tour of our newest Massachusetts expansion site with a focus on the design and makerspace communities.
Session Title: Meet Formlabs: 3D Printing Innovation in the heart of Somerville
The session will include a company history and product suite overview, a demo of SLA 3D printing on the Form 2, and seeing Formlabs' office space.
Formlabs has grown significantly since the company was founded in 2011 and is actively hiring, for more information on what positions we’re currently seeking, check out our careers page: https://formlabs.com/company/careers/
Acquia provides an open source platform for enterprise companies around the globe to build, manage, and optimize ambitious digital experiences on their terms. We believe if you can dream it, you can build it. And if you can build it then you should be able to own it. We deliver on this promise with an unwavering devotion to our customer’s success. Their success is our success.
As an organization, we are dedicated to the values of freedom from constraint, radical transparency, and mutual respect between partners. It is our commitment to these values that allow us to provide an environment where our employees thrive, drive innovation and support each other to deliver their best work.
Come join us for an engaging conversation on Acquia’s approach to digital transformation in the marketplace and how our commitment to our customer’s success to driven by our commitment to each other.
Session Title: Wake Up To the API Economy: Why You Shouldn’t Glaze Over Your API Strategy
APIs are powering the world, they impact everything we do from ordering an Uber, to reserving a hotel room to managing your stock portfolio. Join us for doughnuts and discussion around the API economy and the need for a standardized API strategy.
Session Title: An Agile Culture Beyond Technology
Over the past few years Vistaprint has adopted an Agile mindset across the organization including creative, marketing, and even talent teams. In this interactive session we will tell the story of how our Talent + Experience Transformation Team adopted an agile mindset which has shaped our culture and the way we work including:
• Redefining and building the skills, talent and expertise needed for our agile talent team
• How our talent team organizes to deliver on our mission
• How we drive our employee centric strategy
• How we approach our work
From drones to digital advocacy: How we’re using technology to fight poverty and injustice
We’re thrilled to open our doors to Oxfam’s US headquarters! Join our team to learn more about Oxfam’s innovative approach to imagining a world free of poverty – and meet some of our staff who are on frontlines of technology for social change.
This NewCo session will include an interactive presentation on Oxfam's approach to tackling poverty and injustice, and how we are adapting our ways of working to better leverage the power of technology to amplify impact. Our approach to innovation is inclusive – we seek to empower “intrapreneurs” in every part of the organization, and we’ll share how we do it.
Prepare to come away inspired to change the world. Fair trade coffee and refreshments will be provided.
Getting to us: We are located at 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor. We are just steps outside of North Station, next door to the TD Garden. (Look for the brick building with the “TripAdvisor” sign). Once inside 226 Causeway St, go down the hallway to the elevators, and come on up! Paid parking is also available at the TD Garden and on Causeway Street via MBTA: Take the Green line or Orange line to North Station
Find out from Derek Langone, CEO of XebiaLabs, how to make sense of the myriad of tools and approaches in the software development world. Come away with a better understanding, ability to analyze your situation and get on the path to improvement.
Session Title: NetBrain – Building a Market Leader in Network Management
Lunch will be provided at this session.
Join us at NetBrain and learn how this Burlington-based software company is disrupting the network automation space. You’ll learn about our killer technology platform for network engineers worldwide, how we built a winning go-to-market model that serves 2,000+ enterprises today, and how we’re disrupting the network management space through leading partnerships and technology investments. You’ll meet our NetBrain executives, learn what makes us a “Built in Boston Top 100” company, and jump in on a game of ping pong too, if time permits!
Work Is Not A Place: The Rise of the Flexible Workforce
Lunch will be provided at this session.
83% of workers do not believe they need to be in an office to be productive. So why are so many of us going into the office everyday? Join Michael Affronti, VP of Product at Fuze, for a discussion on the growing popularity of flexible and remote work, the role of technology and culture, best practices to manage yourself and a remote team, and what it means for employees and companies.
Directions from Inside Copley Place –
Entering from doors at Dartmouth & Stuart Streets:
1. Enter and go up the first set of escalators directly in front of you
2. Continue up the next set of escalators to your left
3. Walk towards the center of the mall
4. Continue walking straight, when you get to the center of the floor (under the large skylight) go up the set of escalators to your left (in front of the entrance to Barney’s New York), or take the elevators to the top level
5. Continue up on the next set of escalators to the level above the mall
6. The security desk will be directly in front of you, where you can check in and then be directed to our office
Entering from Huntington Avenue/from the Prudential Center:
1. Enter the shopping area of the mall by going up the set of escalators to your left (if entering from Huntington Avenue) or straight ahead (if entering from the Prudential Center)
2. Walk straight through the mall, when you get to the center of the floor (under the large skylight) go up the set of escalators to your right (in front of the entrance to Barney’s New York) or take the elevators to the top level
3. Continue up on the next set of escalators to the level above the mall
4. The security desk will be directly in front of you, where you can check in and then be directed to our office
Bynder is all about fostering creativity and collaboration companywide. From modern workspaces to employee perks that offer flexibility such as unlimited vacation and the ability to work remotely, Bynder is committed to creating an environment for its employees that drives innovation and collaboration. With the right tools and technology in place, creativity and collaboration is possible no matter where your employees are located.
Come visit Bynder for a tour of the recently completed Boston Office in Boston’s Seaport District and a session on how company culture and the right technology stack can foster creativity company wide, led by Brian Kavanaugh, US Marketing Manager. We’ll discuss what motivates, excites and inspires employees. We’ll explore how technology plays a role in building the modern workplace, which tools are essential and how they impact work culture.
Session Title: What Do Patients Really Need?
40% of health outcomes are tied to social drivers. Plainly put, what’s happening in someone’s life has a significant impact on their health and well-being. For example, Patient A lacks access to transportation so he’s unable to fill his prescription. Patient B misses her radiation appointments because she has no one to care for her dog. In both of these examples, the patient’s life circumstances directly affect their ability to access proper care. And, while providers continue to achieve state-of-the-art medical advances, they have very limited tools to understand and address the needs of the whole patient. This lack of centralized support resources evokes a simple question: how do we figure out exactly what a patient needs and connect them to the right service?
Wellist was founded in 2013 as an online directory of support resources for patients and their families. Working with clients including Mass General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and MemorialCare Health System, Wellist has connected thousands of patients and families to resources including pharmacy delivery, transportation, pet care, grocery delivery and 40 other categories. Through rigorous upfront assessments, analysis of patient populations and insight gleaned from staff interviews, we’ve discovered that what the healthcare system thinks a patient wants may have nothing do with what they need most.
Kelly Hall, our Vice President of Client Delivery, and Nikki Vance, Senior Manager of Analytics, will lead a session on Wellist’s approach to using both data and compassion to better understand and address patient needs.
This visit will include a tour of our flagship location with a focus on how space can encourage collaboration, and an opportunity to meet with event collaborators. We will have representatives from Venture Cafe, Startup Week, Boston VR, F*ckup Nights, Boston Quantitative and Systems Pharmacology Meetup, QuantUniversity Meetup, Code for Boston, Startupalooza, and TiE Boston here to talk about how their events are a part of a vibrant community of free or low-cost public events held at CIC.
Venture Cafe, our weekly networking night, will immediately follow this event. All are welcome to attend
