2. Think is the most comprehensive, can’t-miss IT event of the year. Think is where you can solve
for your most pressing issues, innovate with cutting-edge technology and turn inspiration into
reality.
How can we reimagine the modern world and make a meaningful impact on the human
experience? From May 5 – 7, business decision-makers, IT management, line-of-business users,
chief executives and developers from around the globe will gather online for the Think Digital
Event Experience to find out. And they’ll be led by the smartest and most talented minds from
every industry — thinkers like you.
May 5 – 7
ibm.com/think
4. Featured IBM speakers
Meet the leaders and
changemakers who
will make Think 2020
an unforgettable
experience!
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Ginni Rometty
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer,
IBM
Arvind Krishna
Senior Vice President,
IBM Cloud and Cognitive
Software
Jim Whitehurst
President and Chief
Executive Officer,
Red Hat
5. A conversation with
Amal Clooney
Kick off Think 2020 by
joining an exclusive
conversation with Amal
Clooney, human rights
lawyer, equality advocate
and international law
advisor.
Amal Clooney
Barrister, Doughty Street
Chambers
Mayim Bialik
Writer, Actress,
Neuroscientist
STEM for all
Emmy-nominated and
New York Times best-
selling author Mayim
Bialik uses her unique
credentials to show the
world that science is cool,
and it’s for everyone.
Innovation
Talks
Hear from the trailblazers,
disruptors and visionaries
that are changing the ways
we work, play and operate.
Topics range from human
rights issues to food
innovation, music
transformation, AI
preventing gun violence
and more.
Imogen Heap
Musician, Producer,
Founder Mycelia for Music
At the intersection of
music and tech
GRAMMY award winner
Imogen Heap shares her
passion for transforming
the music industry through
technology.
6. Confronting our biases
Award-winning
documentary filmmaker
Robin Hauser highlights
the nature of implicit bias,
the grip it holds
on our social and
professional lives and
what it will take to induce
change.
Robin Hauser
Director and Producer
Riana Lynn
Founder and CEO,
Journey Foods
Disrupting food with
data
Riana Lynn creates better
food by using AI as a tool
to discover the perfect
ingredient.
The rise of 5G
Muriel Médard explores
how 5G is positioned to
fundamentally change the
way we work, yet what
exactly it will look like is
still to be determined.
Muriel Médard
Cecil H Green Professor
of EECS
A radically hopeful
vision for humans, AI
and robots
Ken Goldberg, roboticist,
artist and inventor, shares
his findings suggesting
that AI and robots will
diversify human thinking,
not replace it.
Ken Goldberg
UC Berkeley
Roboticist
7. Caterina Fake
Partner, Yes VC
The tech effect on
humanity
Entrepreneur, investor and
podcast host Caterina
Fake details how she
engages the tech
community in tough
conversations, seeking the
best possible outcomes
for humanity.
Ralph Clark
President and CEO,
ShotSpotter
Making cities safer
ShotSpotter CEO Ralph
Clark uses risk modeling
and AI to enable gunshot
detection, location and
forensic analysis to help
forecast when and where
crimes are likely to occur.
Uncovering hidden
prejudice
A social psychologist at
Stanford University,
Jennifer Eberhardt
investigates the
consequences of the
psychological association
between race and crime.
Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt
Social Psychologist, Author
Eben Novy-Williams
Sports Business Reporter,
Bloomberg News
The explosive growth
of esports
Join Eben Novy-Williams
as he applies his
expertise on technology,
media and video games
to track the meteoric rise
of esports.
8. The bionic future
As the co-director of the
MIT Center for Extreme
Bionics, Hugh Herr is
creating bionic limbs that
emulate the function of
natural limbs.
Hugh Herr
MIT Biomechatronics
Aithan Shapira
Artist and Lecturer, MIT
Sloan Leadership Ctr
IBM & Red Hat: How
different cultures foster
strength
Internationally acclaimed
lecturer Aithan Shapira
examines how the
perceptions projected by third
parties, news outlets, pundits
and industry analysts can
impact organizations before
they even get started.
The science of games
As a world-renowned
designer and future
forecaster, Jane
McGonigal focuses on
how games are
transforming the way we
lead our real lives, and
how they can be used to
increase our resilience
and well-being.
Jane McGonigal
Director of Game R&D,
IFTF
Saška Mojsilović
IBM Fellow, Co-Director of
Science for Social Good
Science for social good
Distinguished AI
researcher Saška
Mojsilović addresses how
AI and deep science —
along with new ways to
use cloud — can address
problems in the private
and public sectors to
make real social impact.