Public relations is all about relationships, and Collision offers conversations you can’t find at many other tech shows. We met entrepreneurs, visionaries, and leaders face to face, talking about everything from world-changing technology to devices that makes our lives a little better.
On days two and three of the show, we met some wonderful people and saw some incredible tech, from autonomous agriculture to VR surgery simulators.
We even collided with founders and startups we met at Collision last year. The relationships are stronger, the learning experiences greater because of the people we met and the speakers we heard from.
Here’s what we were talking about:
1. Virtual reality.
#VR flight simulator for surgery @FundamentalVr #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/efti8TaflZ
— Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 3, 2017
Dr @jtulsky injecting some local anesthetic in #VR surgery simulation #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/FrTuWbheNF — Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 3, 2017
2. Robots.
Roomba for tennis #collisionconf @tennibot pic.twitter.com/QpvLpKpkuY
— Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 3, 2017
Meet Relay. This robot will deliver your cheeseburger and shake at midnight to your hotel room #roomservice #CollisionConf @Savioke pic.twitter.com/jM4tqOx9ut — Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 3, 2017
@bsofman founder of @anki waxing quite poetically on the state of robotics #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/MtWAB5eRqz
— Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
3. Artificial intelligence.
Execs from @SoundHound @SentientDAI @xdotai discussing #AI with @jonteo #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/td0VjkdkWG — Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
Antoine Blondeau at @SentientDAI says the biggest challenge to #AI innovation is “the need for good human brains.” #CollisionConf
— Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
Dennis Mortensen at @xdotai sees labeling (contextualizing) data sets as the biggest challenge to harnessing the power of #AI #CollisionConf — Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
@SoundHound ‘s Keyvan Mohajer: “generalized #AI (robots with consciousness) is the dream. Nobody doing it yet”. #CollisionConf
— Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
.@SentientDAI ‘s Blondeau sees agricultural as the biggest opportunity for #AI innovation. Whaddya say @RoboGnosisInc ? #CollisionConf — Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
#AI #robots Is there a future for humans? Yes, defining goals and figuring out what to do @WolframResearch Stephen Wolfram pic.twitter.com/3G2jxXXOrv
— Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 4, 2017
Sounds like even plumbers need to worry about the robots according to @stephen_wolfram #CollisionConf once higher dexterity is developed pic.twitter.com/s7wH7ddwHu — Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 4, 2017
4. Smart homes.
@rabuchin at #Alexa @stu_lombard at @ecobee and @mollywood discuss what’s next for voice enabled smart homes #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/NKYYxPhRuI
— Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
“We’d like to have #Alexa everywhere, but we can’t do it all ourselves”, says @rabuchin #CollisionConf — Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
@stu_lombard at @ecobee “w/the proliferation of smart home devices, to win, need to provide best possible cust. experience” #CollisionConf
— Jacob Tulsky (@jtulsky) May 3, 2017
5. (Social) Media.
Fake news, ethics, objectivity…media panel discussion at #CollisionConf @DailyBeast_ @HuffPost @TheYoungTurks pic.twitter.com/mq5vpzxgPl — Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 3, 2017
At #CollisionConf media panel @jgrusd offers some advance info on @HuffPost beta tool, sort of a mind mapping around stories and topics.
— Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 3, 2017
Paraphrasing…A community of people who only know each other based on their screen name @alexisohanian @reddit #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/HvAzrovxsz — Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 4, 2017
Crowdsourced art by 1.2M redditors #CollisionConf #socialexperiment pic.twitter.com/Xo7vMh9IpI
— Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 4, 2017
4th largest website in the US @reddit #CollisionConf pic.twitter.com/wYWgkp0Z1q — Mike Lizun (@MikeLizun) May 4, 2017