Bill Gates warned about the potential impact of an unchecked infectious virus years before the world faced COVID-19.
Over the past nine months, the Microsoft co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has emerged as a leading advocate for a coordinated worldwide response to the pandemic, grounded in science and based on principles of global equity.
Now, he’s calling attention to the world’s impending environmental crisis, calling for practical goals and measurable solutions to address climate change, as he prepares to release a book on the topic next year.
Meanwhile, the personal computer revolution he helped to lead as a young tech entrepreneur is proving more central to our lives than ever before.
We’ll talk tech, science, innovation, global health and the future of the planet in this exclusive GeekWire Summit conversation with Gates at the upcoming GeekWire Summit, in a session exclusive to event attendees.
The iconic tech leader, philanthropist and burger-lover is one of dozens of top tech, science, health and business leaders who will be joining us as featured speakers at the event, taking place virtually on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Oct. 13 to 29.
This is the ninth year of the GeekWire Summit, our signature conference on technology, science and innovation, and as with everything else in the world these days, it will look a little different. But our team is striving to deliver the same level of insights, inspiration and connections that longtime Summit attendees have come to associate with the event.
We are spreading the event out over three-week period in October, with the fireside chats and panels taking place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m to 2 p.m. PT. This virtual experience will cover topics relevant to the tech industry and our broader lives in these unprecedented times: travel, education, the future of work, computing, politics and policy, leadership, startups, health, and much more.
By spreading the conference over three weeks, we hope to eliminate Zoom/Teams/Hangouts/Webex fatigue, allowing attendees to tune into sessions in bite-sized chunks. All sessions will be made available to registered attendees on-demand, allowing you to watch interviews in real time, or on your own schedule. Our event platform offers chat and networking features, allowing attendees to get to know one another and discuss the key topics and takeaways.
The Bank of America Main Stage will feature fireside chats with some of the top leaders in technology and business, while the Regence Health Tech Stage will go deep into COVID-19, telehealth and how technology is transforming the health care system.
Sign up for the GeekWire Summit here or below, and stay tuned for more details on speakers and sessions in the days ahead. We hope to see you there, virtually. Please email our team with any questions: events@geekwire.com.
Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make the GeekWire Summit possible: Bank of America, Regence, EY, ALLtech, BCRA, Calgary Economic Development, Slalom, Wave Business, Wilson Sonsini, PayScale and 501 Commons.
