DALLAS • 08.28.19
For the fourth year in a row, we bring you Digital Fight Club: on Wednesday, August 28th at 7 PM at the historic Granada Theater.
Ten of the sharpest wits in North Texas will spar in five “fights” ranging in topics, selected from this year Accenture Interactive Trends Book.
- Fight 1: Public Transport Technology: Taming the Wild West
- Fight 2: Secure Me: Digital Safety across the ecosystem
- Fight 3: Silence: To digitally disconnect or not
- Fight 4: Synthetic Reality: Does real even matter?
- Fight 5: Get to Know Me: Data, Personalization & Privacy
The audience and Refs will pick the fight winners with our own Digital Fight Club App. Mayhem, indeed!
Watch each of the 2019 fights on YouTube or check out the trailer below
Not sure what a Digital Fight Club is?
Watch Mark Cuban referee the 2017 AI fight in Dallas.
Fight 1
Public Transport Technology: Taming the Wild West
Robert Mundinger
Robert Mundinger
Founder, TheMap.net
- Data slayer
- Recovering finance guy
- Opinionated urbanite techie
Steven Duong
Steven Duong
VP, Design + Planning, AECOM
- Urban Pioneer Award
- Hyperloop fanatic
- Amateur chef
Fight 2
Secure Me: Digital Safety across the Ecosystem
Lee Harrison
Lee Harrison
CEO, Thru
- Occasionally wrong, never in doubt
- Integrator of systems
- Makes Dropbox look like child’s play
Stephen Ellis
Stephen Ellis
CTO, Plymouth AI
- Cryptocurrency fanatic
- Occasionally stealthy
- Coffee genius
Fight 3
Silence: To digitally disconnect or not
Jennifer Zientz
Jennifer Zientz
Director, Clinical Services, Center for Brain Health
- Noggin expert
- Police trainer
- Navy Seal whisperer
Michelle Adams
Michelle Adams
President, Marketing Brainology
- CPG genius
- Brain manipulator
- Ph.D, Political Economy
Fight 4
Synthetic Reality: Does real even matter?
Farrukh Malik
Farrukh Malik
CEO, Roomored
- Recovering banker
- Intrepid citizen
- residential construction disruptor
Steve Nix
Steve Nix
CEO, ForwardXP
- Video game industry vet
- Understands his Id
- Please don’t touch anything
Fight 5
Get to Know Me: Data, Personalization & Privacy
Mike Orren
Mike Orren
Chief Product Officer, DMN/Belo
- Digital naif
- Cultural encyclopedia
- Former Publisher, D Mag
Andy Chen
Andy Chen
SVP, +1 Labs: Match
- PII aficionado
- Co-founded Traxo
- Never used Tinder
Referees
MD, Accenture
- Seasoned marketing/product veteran
- SaaS pioneer
- Serial CMO
CDO, Baylor, Scott & White
- Recovering consultant
- Mountain climber
- Ask him about “The Hive”
Founder, Capital Factory
- Zillion-time-over entrepreneur
- Eisenhower Fellow
- Fan of Austin…and Dallas
VP, Product, 7-Eleven
- AA & Intuit veteran
- Punjab Lions fan
- Leading 7-11 digital transformation
Host, Innovation Calling
- Enterprise tech vet
- People connector
- Foster dog lover