Ten of the sharpest wits in Dallas will spar in 5 “fights” on the hotbed, undecided topics in digital technology today. Fight Club is powered by Accenture. Accenture Managing Director Andrew Hopkins, will once again lead a panel of 5 referees. The audience and Refs will judge the fights with our own Fight Club App. Mayhem, indeed!
The Fight Card
Fight #1: Retail: Physical vs Digital
Fighters: Daniel Black (Founder, Glass Media) vs Elie Finegold (EIR, MetaProp; former VP, Innovation CBRE)
Fight #2: Voice: Marketing & Control
Fighters: Chris Ferrel (Dir. Digital Strategy, Richards Group) vs Michelle Hagen (CEO, Tandem Theory)
Fight #3: Design: Speed, Technology & Process
Fighters: Brian Sullivan (Dir, Design Strategy, Sabre) vs James Helms (VP, Design, Intuit)
Fight #4: Blockchain: Security & Trust vs Promise
Fighters: Jaime Chambron (VP, Customer Engagement, NTT Data) vs Mark Hopkins (CEO, Roger Wilco)
Fight #5: Smart Cameras/Smart Images
Fighters: Thierry Hubert (CEO, Darwin Ecosystem) vs Skip Howard (CEO, Spacee)
The Format
Opening salvo: 45 seconds each
Rebuttal: 30 seconds each
Ref’s question: 15 seconds each
Ref’s follow up: 15 seconds each
Fight Referees
Head Referee: Andrew Hopkins (MD, Industry X.0, Accenture)
Grant Moise, Publisher, Dallas Morning News
Jennifer Saenz, CMO, Frito-Lay
TBD
TBD
Watch Last Year’s AI Fight
https://youtu.be/HJSbB6JqTzE
