Day 1 of the TNW Conference kicked off with a series of inspiring sessions, insightful panels, thought-provoking talks, and of course, plenty of meetings that will drive the next wave of innovation across the technology ecosystem.
3,500 startups, 1,750 companies, 600 investors, 2,000 representatives of the technology ecosystem and 100 journalists came to us for a full day of insights.
These ranged from the critical role of AI in shaping the world and business environment of tomorrow, to the evolution of technology work in a post-pandemic world, to sustainable innovation, AR and VR, how to learn from your mistakes as a startup founder – and how to revive a company that is on the verge of collapse.
Keynotes and panels
We heard from the CEOs of Booking.com, AMDAX and Plan A, as well as the co-founders of Cradle, Q*BIRD and Deverium. The Field Chief Privacy Officer of Transcend, the Chief Technology Officer of NXP Technologies, the head of the Google DeepMind accelerator for startups and many more graced our stages.
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We talked about the dangers facing democracy in the age of AI and deepfakes, delved into the insights of Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Danish Prime Minister and member of the Meta Oversight Board, and discovered new ways journalists and companies can use AI to fact-check sources from a startup called Factivverse.
We challenged perceptions of collaboration between human creativity and AI with works by artificial intelligence artist Most, explored our close relationship with technology in conversations with Only Fans CFO Lee Taylor, and reflected on how technology can be a vehicle for laughter with social media comedy content star Derek Mitchell.
Lectures, networking and DEI
In sessions on quantum networking, brain-computer interface technology, and data center cooling on our cozy TNW Talks stage, our attendees asked truly technical questions.
For the second year in a row, DEI Coalition discussions and workshops focused on recognizing and developing initiatives to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology industry.
We don't know how many made it out of the Dutch police escape room, but we do know that at least one of our team challenged us to a session on the padel court tomorrow.
As always, networking is a cornerstone of the TNW conference. The first day featured numerous networking sessions that allowed attendees to connect with peers, potential partners, investors and industry leaders.
Looking ahead to Day 2: Join us on day two of the TNW conference as we bring together more leading minds from different sectors to share their insights, breakthroughs and predictions on the future of technology.
