May Events Roundup - Collision, TNW & more

TNW, 2016

Meet up with Blippar in May at Milken Institute Global Conference in LA, Collision Conference in New Orleans, innovfest unbound in Singapore, Tech London Advocates in London, VR World Conference and Exhibition in London, and The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam!

Milken Institute Global Conference
April 30th - May 3rd
Los Angeles, United States

This year, the 20th Annual Global Conference is looking at ‘Building Meaningful Lives’, bringing together industry experts, all senior decision-makers in their fields, to allow them to network and together determine how best to tackle various problems, and press to reinvent ‘industry, philanthropy and media’. Ambarish Mitra, Blippar CEO and co-founder, will be speaking as part of a panel discussion titled ‘On the Edge: Asia's Entrepreneurs Breaking Barriers’, alongside other trailblazers who are helping to keep the entrepreneurial drive alive in the region. More info

Collision Conference
May 2nd - 4th
New Orleans, United States

Considered to be ‘America’s fastest growing tech conference’, Collision has grown in two years to host almost 20,000 attendees from more than 100 countries. Among these are CEOs of some of the world’s fastest growing startups and the world’s largest companies, alongside leading investors and media. Ambarish Mitra, Blippar’s CEO and co-founder, will be speaking on the 4th about ‘Reality and beyond’, describing how ‘how any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’. More info

innovfest unbound
May 3rd - 4th
Singapore

innovfest unbound is the anchor event of Smart Nation Innovations, a week-long series of events that showcase Asia’s most innovative developments, welcoming over 8,000 entrepreneurs, brands, corporates, investors and tech start-ups. Richard Biggs, Blippar's Growth Lead in APAC will be speaking on May 4th about Augmented Reality and the next era of Marketing, predicting how the two will increasingly converge. More info

Tech London Advocates: Investor Showcase
May 11th
London, United Kingdom

This year Danny Lopez, Blippar COO, will be speaking at the Tech London Advocates: Investor Showcase which celebrates the venture capitalists, unicorn founders, and world-leading entrepreneurs and funders who are driving the continued success of London's technology sector. The most senior investors from Europe, the US and Asia will talk in detail about this industry and, in this time of uncertainty, what they predict for the future of London and UK tech. More info

VR World Conference and Exhibition
May 16th - 17th
London, United Kingdom

Danny Lopez, COO of Blippar, will be speaking at VR World, described as Europe's leading stand alone event on the impact of Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality beyond gaming. In its second year, it is bringing together 1,500 attendees to hear from 150 speakers within the field. He will be tackling the question ‘What New Experiences Can be Unlocked with VR and AR?’, looking at the human benefit potential of VR and questioning if virtual worlds could ever be more meaningful than real life. More info

The Next Web Conference
May 18th - 19th
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ambarish Mitra will be speaking on Thursday 18th about ‘How are AR & AI impacting our lives today’ as well as looking at what is next for the two technologies. Described as Europe’s leading tech festival, the conference is now in its 12th year. This May, it will bring together 15,000 entrepreneurs, developers, marketing managers, CEOs and policymakers to network and share with each other. More info

If you would like to meet us while we are at any of these events, please don’t hesitate to email us in advance. If you aren’t able to make it but don’t want to miss out, be sure to follow us on Twitter for live updates!