Friday, June 26, 2020

Collision from Home 2020: Event Review


June 23rd to 25th

Collision from Home was done online this year due to the Covid19 crisis that hit the entire world

Below are some of the highlights of interviews that I found of interest in the three days

Additionally I participated in discussion

 Title: How do you regulate misinformation in the time of coronavirus?

Hosted by: Charlotte Jee, MIT

Amazing discussion on misinformation and how social media has amplified everyones voices the good, bad and ugly!

I also participated in a online mingle on Thursday at 5pm. Huge thanks to Brian Curran for it :) 

In less than 1 hr I spoke to 20 people from all over the world and had some brief and yet interesting discussions. Excited about all the new connections I made in 3 days.


Look forward to Collision 2021 in Toronto.


June 23rd Day 1


My favorite talks.

Ethics of Sales

There’s nothing quite like a global emergency to throw the ethics of sales into disarray. The chief product officer of one of the biggest ecommerce platforms on the planet talks mark ups, morality and the bottom line.

Speakers

Pete Thompson

CPO at eBay

Don Clark

Freelance Contributor at The New York Times

Shaquille O’Neal: Changing the game for workers

In 2020, work is evolving on a daily basis, and Steady is helping people navigate this new normal. Company CEO Adam Roseman is joined by NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal (an investor in and advocate of the platform) to discuss how the app can help to ease the crisis facing millions of gig and hourly workers.

Speakers

Shaquille O’Neal

Investor at Steady

Adam Roseman

CEO at Steady

Jemele Hill

Staff Writer at The Atlantic

Leading through Covid-19 and beyond

Under Armour CEO Patrik Frisk and co:collective co-founder and CEO Ty Montague will discuss what it’s like to be the CEO who chooses a different path — one that meets the needs of consumers, not only today, but tomorrow.

Speakers

Patrik Frisk

CEO at Under Armour

Ty Montague

Co-founder & CEO at co:collective


Day 2 

June 24th 



My favorite talks


Life in the Paris lane


Content creationRetail and trade

Social media

Investor, reality star and heiress Paris Hilton talks about her life, career and plans for the future.

Speakers

Paris Hilton

Entrepreneur & DJ

Zack O’Malley Greenburg

Senior Music & Entertainment Editor at Forbes

The future of Lime


Cars and mobilityLeadership

Smart cities

Lime operates globally in more than 30 countries, yet manages to be a hyper-local company on the ground in each city. Looking at the tech behind the wheels, CTO Li Fan brings us through life with Lime.

Speakers

Li Fan

CTO at Lime

Leisha Chi-Santorelli

Senior Journalist & Business Reporter at BBC

The Super Bowl champion fighting Covid-19


EducationHealth

Sport

On February 2, 2020, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif helped the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl. Fast forward to today, and he’s facing a far more difficult challenge: Covid-19. The NFL’s only qualified doctor is currently working at a long-term care centre. He’ll tell us what life is like on the frontlines, and the challenges of restarting sports without a vaccine.

Speakers

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Super Bowl Winner at Kansas City Chiefs

Sheinelle Jones

Co-anchor of Weekend Today & Co-host of 3rd Hour of Today at NBC News

Day 3

June 25th


Love and dating during lockdown

AI and machine learningHealth

Society

Will people feel comfortable even shaking hands post-lockdown, let alone diving into romance with their former enthusiasm? These matchmakers shed light on how Covid-19 transformed the world of dating, looking at which changes will be lasting and which will fade away with the memories.

Speakers

Hesam Hosseini

CEO at Match

Malgosia Green

CEO at Plenty of Fish

Laurie Segall

Founder & CEO at Dot Dot Dot Media

The big picture: What’s next for Canada


InvestmentSmart cities

Society

KPMG Canada’s Armughan Ahmad and one of our Toronto-based co-hosts of Collision from Home, Sunil Sharma, discuss the big picture for Canada in the year ahead.

Speakers

Armughan Ahmad

President & Canadian Managing Partner, Digital at KPMG

Sunil Sharma

Managing Director at Techstars

Canada post-pandemic


Fintech and paymentsLeadership

Retail and trade

We ask two of Canada’s biggest businesses what lies ahead for the country’s economy, employment and recovery.

Speakers

Dave McKay

CEO & President at RBC

Joe Natale

CEO & President at Rogers

Goldy Hyder

CEO & President at The Business Council of Canada

From Olympic hopeful to high-stakes poker


Content creation Leadership

Marketing

Former Olympic hopeful Molly Bloom tells the incredible story of her life, which was adapted into Academy Award-nominated film Molly’s Game by Aaron Sorkin. Molly will take us behind the curtain of running nosebleed-stakes games for some of the most famous people in the world.

Speakers

Molly Bloom

Author at Molly’s Game

Laurie Segall

Founder & CEO at Dot Dot Dot Media

Startups


Look forward to Collision 2021




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