OCTOBER 27-28
A M aster C lass I n D isruption 12 GLOBAL ICONS 2 DAYS 1 UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE
A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME LEARNING AND NETWORKING EXPERIENCE
LEARN FROM THE WORLD’S GREATEST MINDS
This October, the Synergy Global Forum gathers legendary leaders and experts on one stage to discuss today’s most cutting-edge topics.
Discover ideas that can shape the future through our captivating lineup of speakers, world-renowned experts and special guests.
Leadership Purpose Strategy Management Innovation Technology Entrepreneurship
Sir Richard Branson Jack Welch Robin Wright Simon Sinek Steve Forbes Malcolm Gladwell Daniel Goleman
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Marketing Performance Efficiency Responsibility Intellect Growth
Whether you are a leader in your field, an entrepreneur, or you are simply seeking to gain purpose in your life, two days at the Synergy Global Forum will leave you with new-found knowledge, inspiration and motivation for years to come.
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Guy Kawasaki Ray Kurzweil Nassim Nicholas Taleb Gary Vaynerchuk Jimmy Wales
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There are more of the world’s best speakers at the Forum than I’ve seen in a long time. Brian Tracy, author and success expert Synergy is the powerhouse event of the fall. If you can only make it to one conference this autumn, Synergy is it. INC.com
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12 GLOBAL ICONS ON ONE STAGE
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SPEAKERS ROBIN WRIGHT
FORUM HEADLINER
Actress & Philanthropist
SIR RICHARD BRANSON
• Generational acting talent • Critically acclaimed film, TV and web star • First actress to win a Golden Globe for a web series (2014 Netflix’s House of Cards)
Founder, Virgin Group, World-Renowned Entrepreneur, Philanthropist • Founder, Virgin Group, an international corporation that includes over 400 different companies • One of the world’s most successful and original entrepreneurs • Knighted at Buckingham Palace for “services to entrepreneurship” • Received the Tony Jannus Award for his accomplishments in commercial air transportation
2017 FORUM TOPIC • Interactive Q&A session on gender equality and women’s empowerment
2017 FORUM TOPICS
HER FILMS AND SERIES
• Stories of innovation and culture • The importance of parties • How to change the world while improving your business • Using technology to control your brand and your destiny nsights into creating great culture and pursuing innovation
Forrest Gump / The Princess Bride / Wonder Woman / House of Cards
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES Time magazine’s “Top 100 Most Influential People in the World” / Tony Jannus Award / BBC’s “100 Greatest Britons” / The Sunday Times’ most admired business person over the last five decades
JACK WELCH
STEVE FORBES
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media • One-of-a-kind opinion leader in business, politics, economics, and media • Won four Crystal Owl Awards honoring uncanny financial predictive ability • Sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and 2000 on a platform of free markets
Executive & Author
• CEO, General Electric from 1980 to 2001 • Grew revenues from $27 billion to $130 billion • Founded Jack Welch Management Institute • Taught at MIT Sloan School of Management
2017 FORUM TOPICS • What the rapid evolution of the consumer means for your business • How crisis management has transformed – and why the stakes are higher than ever • Techniques and ideas for revolutionizing your company
HIS BOOKS
2017 FORUM TOPICS • How the empires of the ancient world provide mission-critical lessons for today’s corporate and political leaders • What Cyrus the Great and Jack Welch have in common • The enduring strategies that helped Google overcome much larger competitors • How Julius Caesar would have fared in the financial crisis of 2008
HIS LATEST BOOK Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Code and Reforming The Fed will Restore Hope and Prosperity (written with Elizabeth Ames)
Straight from the Gut / Winning / The Real Life MBA 6
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MALCOLM GLADWELL
GUY KAWASAKI
• Staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996 • Won the National Magazine Award • Honored by American Psychological Society & American Sociological Society • Named TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People & Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers
• Chief Evangelist at Apple • Author of thirteen books • Founder of Garage Technology Ventures and ACIUS (now 4D) • Brand evangelist for Canva an online graphic design service • Member of the board of trustees Wikimedia Foundation executive fellow, Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley
Venture Capitalist & Author
New Yorker Staff Writer & Author
2017 FORUM TOPICS • What distinguishes a leader from a laggard • How to spot decisions that lend themselves to intuitive analysis – and those where intuition will lead you astray • Real-world examples of the difference intuitive thinking can make • Indispensable advice for project managers HIS BOOKS David and Goliath / What the Dog Saw / Outliers Blink / The Tipping Point
DANIEL GOLEMAN
Psychologist and author of the best-selling book «Emotional Intelligence» • Ph.D., author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships • An internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses • His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half; it is available around the world in 40 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries
2017 FORUM TOPICS • 12 crucial Emotional Intelligence competencies • How weakness in a competency causes troubles in leadership • What research has found about the unique contribution of these EI competencies to high performance leadership • Examples of leaders with strengths in various competencies • How to develop strength in the EI competencies
HIS BOOKS
2017 FORUM TOPICS • How businesses can master the art of innovation • Tactical and practical techniques that can be used today to create innovative products and services • How organizations can jump to the next curve
HIS BOOKS The Art of the Start 2.0 / The Art of Social Media / Enchantment
SIMON SINEK
Bestselling Author, Motivational Speaker, and Sought-After Marketing Consultant • Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author, including Start with Why and Leaders Eat Last • A PhD in strategic communications, Sinek has discovered some remarkable patterns in how leaders think, act and communicate • Sought-after consultant for major corporations, such as Disney, Microsoft and Pfizer • Teaches graduate-level strategic communications at Columbia University
2017 FORUM TOPICS • Discovering purpose for you and your team • The keys to being a great leader • How leaders can inspire cooperation, trust and change • Why “together is better”
HIS BOOKS
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Start with Why / Leaders Eat Last / Together is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration / Find Your Why
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JIMMY WALES
RAY KURZWEIL
Founder, Wikipedia
Director of Engineering at Google & Inventor/Futurist
• Founded Wikipedia with the aim of giving every person on the planet access to the entirety of human knowledge • Founder, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikia, and Wikitribune
• Currently working on artificial intelligence at Google • Known for his unsettlingly accurate technological predictions • Invented CCD flatbed scanner, OCR software, print-to-speech software • Won a Technical Grammy (2015) for inventing the first synthesizer capable of reproducing orchestral instruments • Founder, Singularity University
2017 FORUM TOPICS • How open-source, open-content technology is changing the world • How businesses must adapt to an open-source world in order to compete and innovate • What businesses can learn from Wikipedia about the power of collaboration
HIS ACCOLADES Named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People”
2017 FORUM TOPICS • • • •
How the acceleration of technology in the 21st century will shape the economy and society Why the 21st century will bring 20,000 years of progress How to plan for and take advantage of the accelerating pace of innovation Why the coming decades will change what it means to be human
HIS BOOKS
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
Author & Distinguished Professor • Indispensable guide to the financial crisis of 2008 • Brilliant thinker on complex risk, uncertainty, and human error • Former derivatives trader • Advisor to the IMF, UK, USA, & RAND Corporation on risk management and public policy • PhD from the University of Paris & MBA from the Wharton School
2017 FORUM TOPICS • The art of withstanding unexpected change • The power of nonpredictive decision making • Getting from fragility, to robustness, to antifragility • How to survive uncertainty – and thrive on it
The Singularity is Near / How to Build a Mind
FORUM HOST
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE
Host, Fox News Channel & Prosecutor • Co-host of The Five – a roundtable ensemble program of FOX personalities • Served as an assistant district attorney, covering legal cases involving O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson, and Michael Jackson • Served as First Lady of San Francisco (2003)
HER BOOK Making the Case: How to Be Your Own Best Advocate
HIS BOOKS The Black Swan / Antifragile
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4 PANEL DISCUSSIONS
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THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF BUILDING A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS Presented by Entrepreneur Magazine The Editor-In-Chief of Entrepreneur conducts a no-holds-barred roundtable with four rulesbreaking entrepreneurs who have founded or run multi-million dollar businesses.
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THE FUTURE OF THE TECH REVOLUTION As Silicon Valley’s mounting impact over multi-billion dollar industries across the globe grows at a record pace year over year, what are the most important insights and implications for investors in 2017 and beyond? We talk to some of the world’s greatest Venture Capitalists about their biggest bets amidst constant disruption, the never-ending quest for innovation and the next big breakthrough idea that may dethrone today’s tech giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook.
JASON FEIFER
MANEET AHUJA
Entrepreneur Magazine’s editor-in-chief
Author of the Alpha Masters and Forbes 30 under 30 honoree
P A R T I C I P A N T S
P A R T I C I P A N T S
Moderator
CHIEH HUANG
Founder/CEO, Boxed
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LESLIE SHORT
Founder/CEO, K.I.M. Media
AUBREY MARCUS
CEO and Founder of Onnit
Moderator
LUDOVIC HURAUX
Co-Founder and CEO, Shapr
+ 2 MORE, High Profile Participants To Be Announced Soon
SHOULD YOU CATCH THE BITCOIN WAVE OR STAY ON SHORE? Morgan Stanley’s Chief Executive declared yesterday that bitcoin is “more than just a fad.” On the other hand, hedge fund legend Ray Dalio said last week that “bitcoin is a bubble.” Our soon to be announced panelists debate how far Bitcoin can climb, or fall.
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JENNIFER FONSTAD
Сo-Founder of Aspect, former Managing Director at Draper Fusher Jurvetson
DAVID TISCH
Founder of BoxGroup, Co-Founder of TechStars New York City
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+ 2 MORE, High Profile Participants To Be Announced Soon
HOW BUSINESSES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NOW You can’t open a business publication without reading how Artificial Intelligence will transform the economy. But for many, A.I. is a confusing and intimidating maze. Our soon to be announced panelists discuss ways A.I. can strengthen revenue streams, or create entirely new ones.
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2017 THEME
CO-CREATORS
AGENDA OCTOBER 27 8:30 — 10:00 10:00 — 11:00
CHECK-IN AND REFRESHMENTS GUY KAWASAKI
11:00 — 11:45
PANEL DISCUSSION «THE FUTURE OF THE TECH REVOLUTION»
11:45 — 12:45
STEVE FORBES
1:00 — 2:30
LUNCH
2:45 — 3:45
NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
3:45 — 4:45
RAY KURZWEIL
4:45 — 5:45
MALCOLM GLADWELL
5:45 — 6:30 8:00 — 1:00
PPANEL DISCUSSION AFTERPARTY
OCTOBER 28 Once upon a time, there were creators, and there was an audience. One group spoke, and one group listened. THEN THE WORLD CHANGED Without collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, innovation couldn’t happen fast enough. Social media put the conversation back in people’s hands. The boundary between creators and everyone else is blurring, and will soon disappear altogether. Synergy Global Forum 2017 explores a world in which we are all co-creators – if we choose to be. Our incredible line-up of speakers focuses on the skills, technologies, and trends that will enable you to thrive in this world, co-creating value with colleagues, customers, and the global community. 14
The Art of Innovation. How to create innovative products and services using tactical and practical techniques Moderated by Maneet Ahuja, Author of the Alpha Masters and Forbes 30 for 30 Honoree The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today’s Top Business Leaders
Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century: the Impact on Business, the Economy, and Society The rise of the weak link organization (Q&A by Arun Sundararajan)
8:30 — 10:00 10:00 — 11:00
CHECK-IN AND REFRESHMENTS GARY VAYNERCHUK
11:00 — 11:45
PANEL DISCUSSION «THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF BUILDING A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS»
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to tell your story in a noisy world
Presented by Entrepreneur Magazine (Moderated by Jason Feifer, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Editor-In-Chief)
11:45 — 2:45
DANIEL GOLEMAN
1:10 — 2:30 2:30 — 3:30
LUNCH JIMMY WALES
3:30 — 4:30
SIMON SINEK
4:30 — 5:00 5:00 – 6:00
PANEL DISCUSSION
6:00 — 7:00
SPECIAL GUEST: ROBIN WRIGHT
7:00 — 8:00
SIR RICHARD BRANSON
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What Makes a Leader: Emotional Intelligence and the Keys to High Perfomance
A ‘Wiki’ Future. How businesses must adapt in the face of opencontent technology in order to compete and innovate Inspiring lessons in leadership
JACK WELCH
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