economic destiny

How technology will transform our economic destiny

The Economist Conferences in Europe introduced a new concept of corporate event, a pioneer in the continent. The forecast that by 2015 Internet traffic will quadruple, means that the technology is in the foreground on the boards of organizations, increasingly, organizations rely on technology to manage their critical business processes. However, there is often an imbalance in the approach, most people seek the latest technological tool, instead of paying attention to the impact this will have on business operations. Technology Frontiers address this issue. Will be an event that brings together the most interesting thinkers, intelligent and influential in challenging the current dogma and open the minds of business leaders to new ideas and possibilities.

With the guarantee of having a program developed by The Economist Conferences and directed by the digital editor of The Economist, Tom Standage, a world authority on business and technology issues and one of the Top 100 players of the digital power of Wired magazine, this eventoaportará the keys to understanding the change that will in society, economics and business organizations, the application of technology. It will also analyze how people live and work in the future and will provide an overview of how European companies can anticipate and adapt to this change, find new markets and different ways to compete in it.

With input from members of the advisory board of Ricoh Europe, Visa Europe, Cranfield School of Management, Frog Design, BP Alternative Energy, BBC Future Media & Technology, Lovefilm and Accenture, The Economist Conferences is developing a program that will encourage reflection and debate about how technology will revolutionize the business world of the future. Read the rest of this entry »