The annual MIT Digital Technology and Strategy Conference (Oct 12-13, 2022) explores MIT’s pioneering research in areas such as digital twins, metaverse, synthetic realities, cybersecurity, Web3, the future of work, and much more.

Join three esteemed MIT researchers and instructors —Bruce Cameron, Blade Kotelly, and Abel Sanchez—for a special Pre-Conference Workshop on October 11, where they will share insights and strategies for driving digital transformation and innovation across the enterprise. In this session, you will have the opportunity to learn from renowned industry leaders, network with a group of accomplished global peers, and engage in dynamic discussions about key digital transformation topics.

Digital platforms: Opportunities and challenges with Bruce Cameron

Discover how to design and develop more effective digital platforms that enable your organization to build differentiated products and loyal consumer bases.

About Dr. Bruce Cameron

Dr. Bruce Cameron is the Director of the System Architecture Lab at MIT and a co-founder of consulting firm, Technology Strategy Partners. His research interests include technology strategy, system architecture, and the management of product platforms. Previously, Dr. Cameron ran the MIT Commonality study, a 30-firm investigation of platforming returns, which concluded that firms face systemic downward pressure on commonality, partially resulting from challenges capturing the costs of variety.

Assessing and enhancing innovation across the enterprise with Blade Kotelly

Explore proven strategies for assessing and enhancing the innovation capabilities of your employees—and your organization.

About Blade Kotelly

Blade Kotelly is a Senior Lecturer at the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program and Head of Experience Strategy at electronics company Sonos. Kotelly has helped design a variety of products for the Fortune 500, including hundreds of speech-recognition systems and websites for companies like Apple, FedEx, and United Airlines. He is the author of The Art and Business of Speech Recognition: Creating the Noble Voice.

Digital Transformation, The AI Driven Economy - AI Factories with Abel Sanchez

The world is digitally transforming. Large investments are being made in IOT, cloud, security, blockchain, and AI. However, as evidenced by corporations and nations, the biggest commitment is to Data and AI. This session discusses the key strategic drivers: people, data, and emergent technology – all of which face fierce global competition.

About Dr. Abel Sanchez

Dr. Abel Sanchez is the Executive Director of MIT's Geospatial Data Center and architect of the Internet of Things (IoT) global network and data analytics platforms for SAP, Ford, Johnson & Johnson, Accenture, Shell, Exxon Mobil, and Altria. A recognized expert in IoT, radio-frequency identification simulation, and complex software systems, he teaches graduate courses in information engineering, cybersecurity, and software architecture. For the past six years, his research has focused on architecting large scale distributed simulation systems.

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Pre-Conference Workshop - MIT Digital Technology and Strategy Conference