Fueling innovative software
July 15-18, 2019
Portland, OR

The next age of open innovation

Alison McCauley (Unblocked Future)
10:05am10:15am Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Location: Portland Ballroom
Average rating: ****.
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In a world of increasingly complex challenges, the accelerated innovation of open source development is more urgent than ever. But nobody knows if it’s enough. Join Alison McCauley to learn how blockchain technology offers new tools that could help extend the ethos of open innovation into new areas.

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Alison McCauley

Unblocked Future

Alison McCauley is the CEO and founder of Unblocked Future, a consultancy that helps companies communicate their leadership at the forefront of emerging tech. She’s a contributor to Forbes, where she writes about the impact of emerging technology on our world, and the author of Unblocked: How Blockchains Will Change Your Business. A social scientist by training, she’s spent her career studying the intersection of human behavior and emerging technology, with 20 years of consulting to technology-first startups and Fortune 500 companies across industries including healthcare, education, telecommunications, energy, retail, finance, hospitality, and manufacturing.