Bill Sahlman from HBS (left) chats with Sandra Fenwick and David Margulies of Boston Children's Hospital. Should help him make the case for optimism.

Desh Deshpande kicks things off with efforts to bring entrepreneurship to all areas of the state, country, and world.

Ric Fulop from North Bridge (left) chats with Reed Sturtevant of Project 11. Probably hatching the next great Boston tech company, no big deal.

Techstars' David Cohen (nice shirt) chats with Xconomy's Bob Buderi about the future of entrepreneurship. Hint: it's spreading.

Our audience asked deep questions about venture capital investing, startup trends, and relationship building.

Zipcar co-founder Robin Chase says the sharing economy gives rise to exponential learning and an unprecedented diversity of approaches and connections. More powerful than Superman.

David Manfredi (center) says the 2024 Olympics could catalyze connections and infrastructure in Boston, in a discussion moderated by Olin's Ben Linder (far right).

They're either listening carefully, or playing video games. Can't tell with this generation.

Abby Speicher of DARTdrones didn't buzz us with her drone, but she could have.

Moderna's Stephane Bancel (left) and Flagship Ventures' Doug Cole talk about new models for biotech and pharma innovation. For now, Boston is leading the field.

Enjoying a picture-perfect June day with a hybrid-electric bike equipped by Superpedestrian.

Jodi Goldstein of the Harvard i-lab shows stats on where alumni set up their companies. L-R: John Harthorne of MassChallenge, Ryan Mack from Facebook, Frank Moss of Twine Health.

Attendees saw reasons to be optimistic about the future, but also huge and difficult problems to be solved. Entrepreneurship and new kinds of partnerships will be key.

Rodrigo Martinez of IDEO presents his view of the future of innovation clusters: we need a mindset shift to design them for young people.

David Margulies (left) and Sandra Fenwick (center) of Boston Children's Hospital talk with Michael Greeley about a new model for merging healthcare and research.

Attendees made connections that we hope will lead to important things in the innovation landscape. Give it about 20 years.

Robert Goldberg from Neumitra shows his stress level rising while briefing the Pentagon. This sort of data is starting to be analyzed on a wide scale.

Skedaddle founders Adam Nestler (left) and Brad Werntz help attendees get to and from the show with style.

Left to right: Acquia's Tom Erickson, North Bridge's Ric Fulop, and Localytics' Raj Aggarwal chat with Babson's Jay Rao about managing startups for growth---a big problem in innovation.

Assaf Biderman of Superpedestrian and MIT (left) greets an attendee.

David Cohen (right) chats with speakers and attendees, including Indico's Slater Victoroff and Analog's Bruce Hecht.

Bruce Booth of Atlas Venture (left) says biotech entrepreneurs will still tend to be older than in tech. Veracode's Bob Brennan raises questions about traditional education.

Jim Da Silva of GW & Wade (left) chats with James McCloskey of American Instrument Exchange.

Rich Eckel from Macromicro has questions for the speakers on the future of their industries.

Left to right: Jibo's Steve Chambers and iRobot's Chris Jones talk about the future of home robots and artificial intelligence with Kara Miller of WGBH. Ideally robots will do tasks, but also help you connect with other people.

RIght to left: C.A. Webb from NEVCA and Tom Erickson of Acquia chat with Xconomy's Martina Toponarski and Analog's Bruce Hecht over coffee.

The flow of the day kept attendees active, and we wanted everyone to make new connections.

Diane Hessan of Startup Institute says Generation Z is totally different from Millennials, and they'll learn differently, too. With (l-r) Bruce Booth, Bob Brennan, and Actifio's Mike Troiano.

The audience questions came fast and furious throughout the day. Kept the speakers honest.

What about using drones with lasers to shoot mosquitoes and curb malaria? Can we make them wearable? We could get that funded.

Andrew Clement, a Northeastern student and former U.S. Army drone pilot, is working on DARTdrone's training curriculum.

Future leaders of the world enjoying happy hour refreshments at Babson College.

Xconomy's own Martina Toponarski takes a Copenhagen Wheel for a spin. This invention could help change how cities are designed.

Attendees gathered to talk about the future of innovation. They left ready to help create it.

We hope the conference inspired everyone to tackle big problems in areas they might not have thought about before. And gave them new tools and contacts to do it.