Coffee Break With Game-changers, Presented By Sap

The Buzz: “Despite the intrinsic contradiction, it’s clear that artificial intelligence and machine learning are primed to play a leading role in HCM’s future.…AI’s ability to consume and analyze massive quantities of data, manipulate variables and discover patterns makes it ideal for candidate sourcing” (Adam Rogers). “The future of HR is both digital and human as HR leaders focus on optimizing the combination of human and automated work. This is driving a new priority for HR: one which requires leaders and teams to develop a fluency in artificial intelligence while they re-imagine HR to be more personal, human and intuitive…it's the combination of AI and human intelligence that will transform work and workers as we know it” (Jeanne Meister). We’ll ask 4 experts for their take: Dr. Steven Hunt, SAP Innovation Office; Dr. Charles Handler, Rocket-Hire; Kevin Wheeler, The Future of Talent Institute; Ben Taylor, Ziff.ai. Join us for “HR Human vs AI: Who Will Be Hiring and Firing You?”

Here’s today’s Buzz: “If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked…you deserve to be hacked” (Richard Clarke). “People are doing things on free Wi-Fi that are really alarming” (Doug Shadel). “As the world is increasingly interconnected, everyone shares the responsibility of securing cyberspace.” (newton lee). “Hackers find more success with organizations where employees are under appreciated, over worked and under paid” (James Scott). “…the idea that security starts and ends with the purchase of a prepackaged firewall is simply misguided” (Art Wittman). “If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders” (Dan Farmer). We’ll ask four experts about the future of Cybersecurity: George Rettas, Task Force 7 Radio; Dan Lohrmann, Security Mentor; Tom Pageler, BitGo; Andy Bonillo, Task Force 7 and Ciena. Join us for CyberSecurity Wars: Will Tech Help YOU or THEM?

Here’s today’s Buzz: In a Kantar Retail study, only 2% of US food and alcohol sales are made online. 84% of respondents in a 2017 Morgan Stanley study prefer to grocery shop in person. But change is coming to grocery! Supermarket chain Kroger plans to partner with Nuro on a driverless food delivery service. The futuristic grocery, kickstarted in 2016 by Amazon Go, offers a connected grocery store with no checkouts using deep learning, computer vision, and sensor fusion. Microsoft and Kroger announced data-driven connected grocery stores in Ohio and Washington. At Food Lion, Marty the Robot clean-sweeps the store a dozen times daily, scans shelves for out-of-stocks and ensures shelf pricing is aligned with front-end registers. We’ll ask four experts if legacy grocery stores have an expiration date: Bill Bishop, Brick Meets Click; John Lert, Alert Innovation; Scott DeGraeve, Locai Solutions; Will Treasure, Javelin Group. Please join us for Grocery Expiration Date: Automate or Die?

The Buzz: “Like many technology driven industries, [Fintechs] regulations are horribly outdated, authored at a time when an app meant fries for the whole table, and spam was just canned meat. Imagine running a business under laws written before your industry or product ever existed…Congress directions for regulators about what “banks” are and do are based on how banking worked in the 1970s…Banks, as institutions, do not really exist anymore. Customer activities exist and financial services exist and they are part of a complex and perpetually shifting network of problems and solutions Customers expectations have changed every bit as much for financial services as for the music industry” (fortune.com). We will ask four experts about the future of banking as we know it: Penny Crosman, American Banker; Brett King, Breaking Banks Podcast; Usman Aijaz, Deloitte Consulting; Jerry Silva, IDC Financial Insights. You are invited to join us for Banking on the Future: Fintechs Finance Makeover.

The Buzz: “The transition from high school to college life is difficult enough for any number of students without considering a disability” (edsmart.org). Bryan Stromer describes Cerebral Palsy as a part of his identity: “If someone has already written me off because of the way I walk, it gives me the opportunity to prove them wrong and exceed their expectations, while also hopefully redefining how they think about disability” (forbes.com). The Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973…many college campuses began to rethink their facilities…powered accessible doors, wheelchair ramps and elevators in all multi floor buildings” (collegechoice.net). We’ll ask five experts about the future of higher education for students of all abilities: Patricia Parrish and Delaina Parrish, Fearless Independence; Ali Parrish, Physical Therapist; Gerry Altamirano, Disability Resource Center, Univ. of Florida; Jarrod Rowles, Numotion. Join us for Tech At College: Opening Doors for Unique-Ability Students.

Here’s today’s Buzz: Theceomagazine.com reported the rise of the ‘fempreneur’. “It’s fairly clear that women are starting businesses faster than ever…According to the ABS, 34% of businesses operators in 2014 were women…an increase in business ownership by females of more than 46% in the last twenty years.” According to Inc.com, “the top 20 most influential millennial entrepreneurs all created an internet-based service… 87% of millennials believe the success of a business should be measured on its impact on the world” (forbes.com). “Millennial entrepreneurs…are changing the way companies function” (blog.markgrowth.com). Who are these FemPreneurs? What future do they envision for their companies and markets, and those who aspire to follow in their steps? We’ll ask Tori Dunlap, Her First $100K; Makenzie Davies, davies and Dixon, Lorena Soriano, Isoline Consulting and Global Girls Give; Les Alfred, BalancedBlackGirls Podcast. Join us for Her First $100K: The Tech-Fueled FemPreneur.

The Buzz: “Drones in the sky, drones in the sea, drones on land: this is the future of human augmentation” (www.popularmechanics.com). “There are few pieces of technology that excite tech lovers and the general public quite like drones” (www.roboticsbusinessreview.com). “… Business execs with their finger on the pulse of tech trends and updates realize the myriad of benefits drones could offer by integrating the tech into their operations” (www.mondo.com). “From a military innovation, to an exciting hobby, to a technology that’s transforming commercial industries, the use of drones has rapidly changed over the past years — and future opportunities in the field are limitless” (www.calu.edu). All true? We’ll ask five experts: Robert Biggs, Phoenix Drone Pros; Christopher Todd, Airborne International Response Team; Kerry Brown, SAP; Patrick Egan, sUAS News; David Patterson, Ardenna. You are invited to join us for Look Up! It’s Not a Bird or a Plane. It’s A Drone! Are You Ready?

The buzz: “From tin-can robots to sophisticated, sentient virtual environments, artificial intelligence is a dominant theme in science fiction. With real-world advances in machine learning and deep learning, the gap between fact and fiction is narrowing. Real AI is not all about robots and self-aware computers. From Siri, search engines and motion-sensing video games to medical imaging and diagnostics, artificial intelligence is an increasingly significant part of our lives” Cray.com. Today we use various techniques to achieve AI with multiple levels of intelligence. We have made significant progress since the term artificial intelligence was first coined by John McCarthy and team in 1955 Mark Etwaru, CIO.com. How does AI in sci-fi match up with reality? We will ask the experts: Frank Diana, TCS and John H. Shannon, Seton Hall University and Gray Scott, Futuristic Now and Daniel Wellers, SAP. Please join us for Welcome To Your Digital Life: Science Fiction vs. Science Fact.

How are you hearing me: Live on internet radio? On a recorded podcast? Steve Jobs said in 2005: “Podcasting is the next generation of radio and users can now subscribe to more than 3,000 free podcasts and have each new episode automatically delivered over the Internet to their computer and iPod.” By 2018, the iTunes store had 500,000+ podcasts. The world's first internet radio station was launched by Carl Malmud in 1993. The internet’s first live video stream was a performance by garage band Severe Tire Damage in June 1993. In August 2015, Facebook launched Live. On average, people watch live streams three times longer and comment 10 times more than on regular video. We’ll ask four insiders to predict the future of how we listen: Ryan Treasure, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. Rob Greenlee, Libsyn. Dr. Judy Morgan, Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine. Randall Libero / VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. Join us for Are YOU Talking To ME? Podcasts, Radio, Live-Streaming: Craze or Classic?

Who’s at the desk next to me? What – a robot? The buzz: “They record our shows, cook our food, play our music, and even run our cars. We just don't see it because these robots don't have a face we can talk to or a butt we can kick. I know four things robots can do right now that will change our lives for the future, and all in a good way. The first is entertainment (done that), the second is grunt work in dangerous places (coming up), third is elderly care, and last but not least is telepresence shopping, tourism, and assistance” (Mark W. Tilden, robot physicist www.theguardian.com). How will robots change the workforce and our ability to earn a living in the future? We'll ask four thought leaders for their take on this: Scott Feldman, Independent Management Consultant; Stephen Reed, Co-Founder at Ai-BlockChain; Kerry Brown, VP Workforce Adoption at SAP; and Jonny Bourgeois, CTO at Ai-BlockChain. Join us for AI At Work: Ready to Meet Your Robot Co-Workers?

The buzz: '[CBD] is a Disneyland for a pharmacologist. There are so many possible mechanisms, so many possible ways it can be useful' (Francisco Guimaraes, Brazil pharmacologist, www.washingtonpost.com). According to board-certified physician and nutritionist Eddie Fatakhov, M.D., “Cannabidiol is quickly becoming a household name better known as CBD. This marijuana plant-derived, non-psychoactive, natural remedy is being adapted to treat a wide variety of ailments from anxiety and pain to various seizure disorders.” We have so many questions: Is CBD Legal? Is it safe? Does CBD get you “high”? Can CBD calm anxiety, cure cancer, eliminate epileptic seizures and give insomniacs a full night’s sleep? We'll ask four experts about CBD fact vs. fiction and their predictions for its future: Eddie Fatakhov, MD, Autumn Shelton at Autumn Brands, and Karl Wes Young, WeSparkLabs. Join us for A-B-C-D – CBD: Miracle Med, Dubious Drug or Wishful Woo-Woo?

The buzz: AI is now the most in-demand tool in the media market…According to a report, viewers are 85 percent more likely to buy a product after watching a video…The technology is making things easier. Even giants like YouTube and Netflix have adapted to AI for better user experience…From data analytics to filming, this revolutionary technology is changing the way [the] video industry used to work” (Akash Deep, HackerNoon.com). Cameras! Lights! Action! We'll speak with Jesse Ariss at Vidyard, Matthew Trushinski at Miovision, and Kirsten Boileau and Charrele Robinson-Brown at SAP. Join us for The Future of AI and Your Videos: Coolness Beyond Cute Cats.

The buzz: Soon there will be entire American football league built on the premise that fans should be able to choose the players and coaches that make up each of the eight inaugural teams and even pick the teams' offensive plays. The innovative league is based on the belief that fans will enjoy a product that feels more like a video game than a traditional football-watching experience.” When Darren Heitner reported this in 2017 for Forbes SportsMoney, he was talking about the new Fan Controlled Football League (FCFL) powered on the Ethereum blockchain. Wow! The league ranks fans’ voting power for drafting players, picking coaches and calling the plays by the seven-on-seven teams on the field – using a new FAN Token cryptocurrency. Prognosis? We'll speak with Ray Austin and Jason Chilton of the Fan Controlled Football League, Andy Dolich of Dolich & Associates, and Carsten Winsnes at Strive Tech. Join us for High-Tech Touchdown! Fan-Controlled Football and Future of Sports.

The buzz: We now have the world in our pockets. Our TVs are smart. Our cars soon to be driverless…The technology we craft creates new use cases, opportunities, and dangers. The tech and its application cannot be separated. This brings us to larger questions of how we should employ technology, what risks new tech may bring, and what the arrival of these new futures means to us as humans on our little ball of dirt. This is the sphere of digital ethics.” (Adam Henshall). Are you loving the technologies that are making your work easier, your home smarter, your healthcare more efficient, and your social life more fun? We don't mean to be a Debbie Downer, but the tech you love may be compromising your privacy and more in ways you can’t imagine. Who is making the new rules? We’ll ask the experts: Frank Diana at TCS, Seton Hall Law Professor John H. Shannon and Dan Wellers at SAP Insights You are invited to join us for Brave New World of Digital Ethics: Who's Deciding Our Technology Rules?

The buzz: The fashion industry is starting to care about people with disabilities…designing apparel, shoes and other products for consumers with non-standard body types, boosting an overlooked population's confidence – and their own bottom lines” cbsnews.com). When you got dressed today, other than deciding what to wear, was it EASY? Not if you have a disability that makes it challenging to use buttons, snaps, zippers, hooks, or pull on shirts and pants. Where to find “stylish adaptive clothing” with easy-on-off features? Many mainstream clothing retailers mostly ignore Americans with disabilities, despite their total disposable income of $490B. Can technologies like AI algorithms, robotics, and 3D printing help manufacturers adapt production processes to this market? We'll ask Mindy Scheier, Runway of Dreams Foundation; Billy Price, Billy Footwear; Matt Laukaitis and Maria Morais, SAP. Join us for Help Me Get Dressed! 1 Billion Reasons for Adaptive Fashion!

The buzz: I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from (Anthony Bourdain). Food safety is becoming a serious concern along the entire “food chain” – hunters, fishers, farmers, processors, transporters, preparers, cooks, sellers, and, of course, eaters. How and where was your food obtained? Was anything added to it? Who touched it before it landed on your plate? Good news! Technology can now inform and ensure us that the food we consume is the real deal. Today, on our new series debut, we’re saving a seat at the table for you, as our experts serve food for thought: Tony Costa, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer for Bumble Bee Foods. Drew Hingorani, CEO at Ai-BlockChain. Randy Evins, Business Development Lead for Food and Drug Retail, SAP America. Paul Larson, Senior Principal, Industry Executive Advisor for Consumer Products at SAP. You are cordially invited to join us for Today’s Lunch Special: Tuna & Blockchain Sandwich!

The buzz: “The future is already here”? Tired of the hearing this? We are, too. That was yesterday’s future. Today’s future hasn’t happened. After 7.5 years and 372 episodes heard by millions around the globe, Coffee Break with Game-Changers will be reborn as Technology Revolution: The Future of Now, produced and hosted by me, Bonnie D. Graham, in partnership with VoiceAmerica.com. Today you’ll get a preview of the new show with 4 savvy futurists. Frank Diana, TCS: “The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward” (W. Churchill). Gray Scott, Futurist: “One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition” (A.Toffler). Kai Goerlich, SAP: “Consistency is the playground of dull minds” (Yuval N. Harari). J. Paul Duplantis, Emergentweb.org: “The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action (John Dewey). Join us for Preview for Technology Revolution: The Future of Now!

The buzz: “Today’s average high-end car has roughly seven times more code than a Boeing 787” (mckinsey.com). The auto industry faces unprecedented changes: ride and car-sharing, electrification, autonomy, climate change regulation, new ownership and distribution models. Each one challenges the industry’s ability to be nimble and quickly reinvent itself, neither of which automotive does well. What will it take to turn customers into fanatics, products into obsessions, employees into ambassadors, and brands into religions? The experts speak. Jordan Katz, Qualtrics: “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right! (Larry Niven as quoted by Arthur C. Clarke). Moncombu Raju, SAP: “The world’s gone from flat, to fast, to deep (and probably be psychic next)!” (Thomas L. Friedman). Join us for The Key to Automotive Industry Disruption: Become Customer-Obsessed – Part 2.

The buzz: “In this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world” (Nicholas D. Kristof). Organizations from the United Nations to university clubs have been trying to secure a world of equality in business for years. Recent initiatives like the UN Women Global Innovation Coalition for Change (GICC), WiDS and FQ (Female Quotient) have created a vast ecosystem matrix focused on creating change. How and where is it happening? The experts speak. Shelley Zalis, The Female Quotient: “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different” (Coco Chanel). Judy Logan, Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference, Stanford University: The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams (Eleanor Roosevelt). Anita Varshney, SAP: “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality” (Jonas Salk). Join us for The Future of Equality in Business, Technology and Innovation – Part 2.

The buzz: “The idea that social selling is dead or dying is a bit over exaggerated…Cold calling should be dead” (Koka Sexton). In conversations about account-based marketing, we keep hearing that cold calling, email and social selling aka digital selling are dead. True or false? It depends. The key to the longevity and success of any channel is its rocket fuel: content. Timely, targeted and relevant messages can help you break into target accounts and drive ongoing buyer engagement in a range of channels. The experts speak. Paul Slack, Vende Social: “What we've got here is failure to communicate” (Cool Hand Luke). Tom Martin, Converse Digital: “Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss (Lou Mannheim). Charrele Robinson-Brown, SAP: “Invest your evaporating time and leave a legacy behind for future generations” (Sunday Adelaja). Join us for Is Digital Selling Dead? – Part 2.