Fast Company Announces the Return of In-Person Fast Company Innovation Festival
#FCFestival returns live to New York City with celebrity keynotes, talks, panels, workshops and Fast Tracks
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fast Company announces its 8th annual Fast Company Innovation Festival, taking place September 19-22 in New York City. Over the course of the week, the festival's theme of "Innovation Unbound" will bring together leaders, creators, inventors, founders, and artists who are turbocharging innovation in 2022 for bold conversations, hands-on workshops, and exclusive tours inside innovative companies. The Festival will also feature a variety of purposeful networking sessions to help attendees effect positive change in their careers and industries.
Innovation Festival attendees will design their own agendas, selecting from a series of high-level keynote conversations and thought-provoking discussions and workshops being held at Convene (225 Liberty Street, New York, NY), where attendees can connect with the Fast Company team and each other. Also on the line-up are more than 50 Fast Tracks to choose from—offering behind-the-scenes tours of some of the most creative companies and institutions around New York City.
For the first time in Festival history, Fast Company is introducing Taste of Innovation, a one-of-a-kind culinary experience showcasing New York's powerhouse chefs and some of the best eats and libations in the city.
Full schedule can be found here.
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS:
Judd Apatow, Director, Writer, Producer, Author, Apatow Productions
Andy Bird, CEO, Pearson
Jason Blum, Founder and CEO, Blumhouse
Wayne Brady, Producer, Actor and Musician, and Founder, Makin' It Up Productions
Brittany Broski, Influencer and Comedian
Ethan Brown, CEO, Beyond Meat
Anthony Capuano, CEO, Marriott International
Bob Carpenter, President and CEO, GS1 US
Tracy Chan, SVP, Creator, Soundcloud
Shavone Charles, Head of Diversity and Inclusion Communications, TikTok and Founder, Future of Creatives
Ken Chenault, Partner, General Catalyst and former Chairman and CEO, American Express
Brian Chesky, Cofounder and CEO, Airbnb
Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, Engineering Director, Machine Learning Ethics, Twitter
Jamie Lee Curtis, Actor, Producer, Author, and Activist, Comet Pictures
Andrew Dailey, Cofounder, Climate Vault
Ebro Darden, Global Editorial Head of Hip-Hop and R&B, Apple Music
David Droga, Accenture
Billy Eichner, Actor, Producer, Writer, BROS film
John Foraker, Cofounder and CEO, Once Upon a Farm
Amrapali Gan, CEO, OnlyFans
Jennifer Garner, Cofounder and Chief Brand Officer, Once Upon a Farm
Ethiopia Habtemariam, CEO, Motown Records
Gabriela Hearst, Founder and Creative Director, Chloé
Jeff Jones, president & CEO, H&R Block
Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft
Laura Miele, COO, Electronic Arts
Benjamin Nazarian, CEO, Therabody
Vivian Odior, Global Head of Brand, WhatsApp
Penny Pritzker, Founder and Chairman of PSP Partners and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Anthony Russo, Cofounder, AGBO, Director and Producer
Dan Schulman, President and CEO, PayPal
Diego Scotti, Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon
Christian Smalls, President, Amazon Labor Union
Mark Smucker, CEO, The J.M. Smucker Company
Nada Stirratt, VP, Americas, Meta
Fast Company is proud to acknowledge all 2022 Innovation Festival sponsors, representing the most innovative and forward-thinking industries, from finance and consumer technology to the metaverse, cloud computing, and more. Our partners will be activating with thought-leadership panels, custom workshops, and on-site activations. Highlights include:
The Main Stage Presented by Capital One will feature more than a dozen editorial sessions with the biggest names in technology, business, media, and beyond. Attendees will hear directly from innovators and leaders who are changing the world. Capital One will also host the Opening Night Festival Party on Tuesday, September 20, plus custom sessions on the future of travel, and how to deliver more meaningful customer experiences, and a workshop on how to inspire and reimagine innovation.
Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) will lead a thought-provoking session on sustainability and the future of solar energy. The state is fourth in the nation for solar growth and will share the impact this is having on energy consumption, the environment, businesses, and people. Innovation Festival attendees will also network, connect, and refresh at IEDC's Mix and Mingle cocktail hour on Wednesday, September 21.
Lenovo will host an in-depth discussion featuring renowned business leaders and a futurist as they highlight the innovations that will disrupt the business and consumer worlds. In addition, Lenovo will lead a compelling session examining the work-from-anywhere future, and how innovations like foldable technologies will enhance how organizations and employees operate.
Altair will offer a look into how innovation thrives when companies unite, by looking beyond the innovations organizations develop in-house and seek external best-in-class solutions to accelerate innovation.
FIS will dive into the future of fintech and embedded finance platforms through the dynamic people who are creating it.
GS1 US will explore how innovation along with collective action can build more sustainable supply chains that better serve businesses, consumers, and our planet.
IBM will host sessions about innovating at the core of the enterprise and how companies are taking advantage of industry clouds in a hybrid world to unleash business value.
IPG will lead an engaging panel on how brands can make the shift from marketing "at" and "to" people to marketing "with" and "for" them—by leveraging data and technology more intelligently.
Through discussion and live demonstration, Loop Media will put a spotlight on the companies utilizing new, future-forward rewards initiatives to drive business and loyalty.
Meta will host a workshop led by experts from Meta's Creative Shop on getting started in Augmented Reality and convene a dynamic panel discussion that will address why the metaverse is here, and why it's here to stay. Meta will also host a virtual reality experience for all Festival attendees.
In an enlightening panel conversation, Skillsoft will explore how investing in talent and developing leaders pays dividends in communities and beyond, with compound returns.
Convene is the venue partner for the 2022 Innovation Festival, and will lead a panel discussion on business' innovative strategies to be agile and resilient by building cultures that support their teams.
TICKETS
For more information including programming and speakers, click here.
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