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Alistair Croll (Host) (he/him)

Founder, Solve for Interesting

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

Fastforward

Fastforward workshop

Fastforward

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Keynote

Opening remarks

Keynote

Trust in the fourth Industrial Revolution

Keynote

What plushies can teach us about digital government

In this candid conversation, will share some real-world examples from surprising places to highlight what’s needed to deliver on the promises of Agile delivery approaches. See More.
Keynote

Opening remarks

Keynote

Opening the floodgates: When faster networks accelerate everything

In this conversation with Terry Halvorsen, CIO and EVP at Samsung Electronics and former CIO of the U.S. Defense Department, we’ll explore the vast implications of ultra-fast fifth-generation (5G) cellular technology. See More.
50 years

The most important decision tree in the world

AI is unreasonably powerful. And incredibly fragile. In this talk, FWD50 chair and HBS Visiting Executive Alistair Croll looks at how we should think critically about our algorithmic future, and why it’s up to us to rear intelligence that does the right things for all. See More.
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Closing remarks