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Alistair Croll (he/him)

Co-founder & Chair, FWD50

Alistair makes early-stage companies improve their go-to-market strategies, and works with some of the world’s largest firms on business model innovation. He also helps governments understand the impact of technology on society, ethics, and resiliency.

As an entrepreneur, Alistair co-founded Coradiant; the Year One Labs accelerator; and a variety of other startups. He has also launched and chaired some of the world’s leading conferences on emerging technology, including Startupfest, Strata, Cloud Connect, FWD50, Bitnorth, Scaletech, and more.

Alistair is the author of four books on technology and entrepreneurship, including the best-selling Lean Analytics, which has been translated into eight languages and is in its tenth printing in China. He speaks internationally on topics such as data science, innovation, scaling startups, digital government, AI, and applying critical thinking to technology. A graduate of Dalhousie University, he has also been a visiting executive on data science and critical thinking at Harvard Business School.

Sessions

Inspiring & Interacting

Welcome to FWD50!

Join co-hosts Alistair Croll and Hillary Hartley as they kick off FWD50 2024! See More.
Inspiring & Interacting

In conversation with invisible rulers author, Renée DiResta

Join FWD50 Chair Alistair Croll as he welcomes Invisible Rulers author, Renée DiResta for a conversation on how the machinery that powered the Big Lie works to create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society. See More.
Inspiring & Interacting

We'll see you on November 4th!

That's a wrap on day 1 of FWD50 2024! Tune in to hear what's in store when we reconvene Nov 4-6! See More.
Where we are now

Welcome to the FWD50 Executive Cohort!

Join Host Alistair Croll as he kicks off the second edition of our Cohort. This year we're focusing on Accountability, Resilience and Generative AI. See More.
Artificial Intelligence

AI, rights and recourse - A rich conversation (not a literature review)

What does recourse actually mean? See More.
Artificial Intelligence

Wrapping up the day

Join Alistair as he recaps the day and talks you through what you can expect from tomorrow's content. See More.
Resiliency and Accountability

Welcome back!

Join Alistair as he outlines the themes for day two: Resiliency and accountability. See More.
Accountability

That's a wrap

That's a wrap on our cohort! Join Alistair as he fills you in on what you can expect at FWD50 this year. See More.
Inspiring & Interacting

Welcome to our first FWD50 hybrid day!

Welcome back to day two of FWD50! Join your hosts Alistair Croll and Hillary Hartley as they take the stage live from the Aberdeen Pavillion! See More.
Inspiring & Interacting

Accountability and recourse: the challenges of building fair systems

In the last century, humanity has achieved remarkable progress through automation and mechanization. We've reduced global poverty, doubled human lifespan, and put the power of the internet into billions of pockets. Yet the journey from physical assembly lines to complex, worldwide information processes has created new challenges alongside its triumphs. See More.
Industry Innovations

Your future identity: Why who you are matters

The concept of identity is both simple and complex. In the physical world, we recognize other humans. We trust them, interact with them, respect their rights, and hold them accountable. Even as we age and change, we are still ourselves. See More.
Inspiring & Interacting

Welcome back!

Join your hosts as they kick off another amazing day of content! See More.
Inspiring & Interacting

FWD50 - Where do we go from here?

FWD50 is in its seventh year. What started as a technology conference has transformed into a global community that tackles culture, transformation, and service delivery. See More.
Collaborating

FWD50 Impact

Let's review the ideas and ratings of Impactor as we wrap up our in-person day. See More.