Dan Berger's presentation at TechysTalk on June 2, 2017.

1. Dan Berger
CEO
Social Tables
June 2 2017
How AI and New Computing Platforms Will Impact Our Industry.
Event Planners of the Future

3. Social Tables is a marketing,
Convert
Showcase content planners
rely on most. Grow bookings.
Make personalized proposals
fast. Win more.
Create beautiful diagrams
faster. Make money.
Improve the attendee
experience. Win clients.
sales, and operations
platform for events

4. 100 employees
Raised $22.6 million
Founded in 2011

5. 4,300 customers creating
2 million events with
230 million participants

7. We envision a world where face-
to-face events achieve great things
Sample of the 40+ awards Social Tables and its leadership have received.

8. TREND ALERT
We are entering a new
industrial revolution
centered around artificial
intelligence.

9. Sapiens. Hariri, Yuval Noah.

10. The fourth industrial revolution: a primer on Artificial Intelligence. Kelnar, David

11. AI will make
events better for everyone.

12. Some aspects of event planning as
we know it will be automated.

13. Complex productions will be the norm.

14. The line between real and virtual events
will be blurred.

15. Serendipity will be less successful
than algorithms.

16. TREND ALERT
A new computing platform is
emerging.

17. What’s Next In Computing? Dixon, Chris.
Internet Trends 2017 Report. Meeker, Mary.

18. The way we experience meetings will change.

19. There will be fewer site visits
and site inspections.

20. Remote locations will become
premier event destinations

21. TREND ALERT
Predictable physical work is
being replaced by machines.

22. Where machines could replace humans—and where they can’t (yet). McKinsey.

24. Interacting with robots will be
socially acceptable.

25. Robotics will be used in facility operations.

26. The best photographers will know how to fly.

27. take_action
Reframe automation as an
opportunity for
augmentation.

28. Five Options for Career Advancement
Adapted from Beyond Automation, HBR, 2015

30. Connecting | Q&A