Agenda
CSW Summit Washington D.C. will focus on the second wave of the crowd economy. In the world of Hi + Ai, blockchain and gammification both domestic and international industry leading professionals will share how crowdsourcing is reshaping industries and transforming organizations today.
8:30am | Registration
Welcome, Coffee & Tea
9:00am | Second Wave Of The Crowd Economy is Here - Are You Ready?
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Founder & CEO, Crowdsourcing WeekModerator
Matt Manning, President, Information Evolution
9:20am | Incremental Prizes for Exponential Outcomes with Topcoder
Andy LaMora, Partner – Public Sector, Topcoder
9:40am | How GE Accelerates The Development of New Products Through Crowdsourcing
Dyan Finkhousen, Director of Innovation, GE
10am | Crowd Matters: Booz Allen Hamilton’s View Now And For The Future
Kurt Scherer, Director Innovation Center, Booz Allen Hamilton
10:20am | Crowdsourced Innovation by US Department of Defense
Stephen Gerry, Acquisition Officer, US Department of Defense
10:35am | Citizen Participation For Investigative Journalism
Christina Wilkie, White House Reporter, Huffington Post
10:50am | Crowdsourcing a Better Government
Amy J. Wilson, Innovation Fellow, White House Presidential Innovation Fellows
11:20am | Crowdsourcing has become a tool for innovation at NASA. Here is how?
Amy Kaminski, Program Executive, NASA
11:40am | Democratization of Ideas Through Anonymity & Simplicity
Trevor Madigan, CEO, The Vision Lab
11:55am | Harnessing Collaboration to Pursue Grand Challenges
Cristin Dorgelo, Open Innovation Expert, Former White House OSTP
12:10pm | PANEL #1: What Are The Key Challenges For Crowdsourcing in Private and Public Sector?
Moderator
Thomas J. Fuller, CEO & Managing Partner, Epsen Fuller Group
Panelists
Dyan Finkhousen, Director of Innovation, GE
Andy LaMora, Partner – Public Sector, Topcoder
Amy J. Wilson, Innovation Fellow, White House Presidential Innovation Fellows
Robin Smith, CEO & Co-Founder, WeGoLook
2:00pm | Crowdsourcing Speech Data Science and AI
Daniela Braga, Founder & CEO, DefinedCrowd
2:20pm | Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science
Sophia B Liu, Innovation Specialist, U.S. Geological Survey
2:35pm | How Corporates Can Leverage Crowdsourced Innovation
Milan Koch, Managing Director, AngelHack
2:50pm | The Crowd Is The World's Newest Super Power!
Joe Schmidt, CEO, Freedom United
3:05pm | Powering Communities for Prize Challenges
Michael Contreras, Co-Founder & Director, SensisChallenges
3:20pm | Design Thinking Process & Crowd Innovation
Carolina Salazar, Founder, Design Thinking Institute
4:00pm | Crowdsourcing to Counter Violent Extremism and Online Radicalization
Clara Tsao, Innovation Specialist, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
4:15pm | PANEL #2: AI + HI: Artificial Intelligence + Human Intelligence = Super Intelligence. At What Point Does The Crowd Economy Come Into Play?
Moderator
Paul Hyland, Principal Product Management Consultant, Higher Digital
Panelists
Daniela Braga, Founder & CEO, DefinedCrowd
Daniel Castro, Vice President, ITIF
Andrea Glorioso, Diplomatic Counsellor, EU in the US
Sean Gonzalez, President, Data Community DC
5pm | Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion: Where are we?
Samson Williams, Interim Chief, Inclusive Innovation Incubator (In3)
5:15pm | Time is the Most Precious Currency & Everyone Has Fair Access. Welcome to Time 2.0
Gabriele Donati, Co-Founder, TimeRepublik
5:30pm | Blockchain Enabled Crowd Economy
Xiaochen Zhang, Founder, Fintech4Good
5:50pm | Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks by Epi Ludvik & Matt Manning