June 10, 2014
When we assembled some of the top business leaders and thinkers across New England for Boston 2034 last week, I noticed a high-level theme: we were trying to break down barriers between innovation sectors. Like most communities, Boston is pretty segregated by industry. ...
Predicting the next five years can seem like a pretty tall order these days. So why organize an all-day conference around the idea of sketching out the next two decades? Well, for starters, that’s how you get people thinking big. And the speakers at Boston 2034, o...
A future of robotic assistants and self-driving cars isn’t so far away. Just look at some of the luxury cars on the market today, Rethink Robotics founder Rodney Brooks says. The Mercedes-Benz S Class, for example, is loaded with sensors that can detect the roadway ...
Twenty years is a long time. Yet, to many of us, 1994 doesn’t feel all that long ago. So it seems like about the right amount to look forward as we think about the future of technology, society, and innovation. And look forward we did. At our Boston 2034 conference on...
What will Boston’s innovation sector—and the region itself—look like in 20 years? More importantly, what will it take to keep New England ahead of the pack in an increasingly global competition? Those are among the big questions we’re tackling ne...
We’re less than a week away from Xconomy’s biggest, boldest event yet: Boston 2034, an in-depth exploration of the next 20 years of innovation in New England. This all-day event features a dynamic program of top-notch speakers discussing what it will take to...
Will Boston ever be known for its consumer-tech companies? What could make that happen? And how do innovation leaders see technology and society evolving over the next 20 years? If you’re interested in these kinds of questions, you’re in luck. We are conveni...
Xconomy’s big Boston 2034 conference is barely a week away. A continent of amazing speakers will be on hand, but one of those you will find most inspirational is Dean Kamen. Among the legendary inventor’s key messages, which I think will ring particularly true to th...
These days, it can seem a little dicey to make big predictions about what’s going to happen in the next few months. Seriously, raise your hand if you called Apple buying Dr. Dre’s headphone company for $3 billion or Facebook paying $2 billion for virtual-re...
[Updated, 2:25pm. See below] Just under two weeks to go before Boston 2034, our blowout innovation conference of the year. The theme is to look out 20 years and talk about the future of New England as a leader in areas like software, hardware, energy, education, healthc...