Techtalks

Did you miss our February event? Watch the Talks below!

Videos from Techtalks February 2012

About

Introducing the newest Techfair event! Come hear industry leaders and visionaries talk about their own perspectives on various aspects of tech and innovation.

Check back in Fall 2012 for more details about our next event.

Attendees

Everyone is invited - Boston area students, entrepreneurs, and tech enthusiasts alike.

February 2012 Speakers

Dr. Janet Baker

Co-Founder/CEO of Dragon Systems

Pioneer and Entrepreneur in speech recognition software (Dragon Systems)
Janet Baker's work led to the creation of the first commercial general-purpose speech dictation software, the first audio-search engine, etc. and to their subsequent market development. Dragon-based technology platforms now span cars, cloud-based services, desktop computers, tablets, and most recently, smartphones equipped with conversational "intelligent personal assistants".
Currently, Baker is affiliated with the MIT Media Lab, and Harvard Medical School, where she researches how the brain processes and recognizes speech and language. She also consults, and guest lectures on "Entrepreneurship and Innovation".

Brian Kalma

Chief Experience Officer at Gemvara

User Experience guru, Former Director of User Experience at Zappos.com
Kalma, a User Experience guru, jumpstarted his career at Zappos.com as the Head of User Experience, Creative Services and Marketing. He also led revolutionary projects that catalyzed the evolution of Zappos’ user platform. He went on to serve as Senior Director of User Experience at Gilt Groupe and is currently Chief Experience Officer at Gemvara. Kalma recently founded Snipwits.com, a new interactive site for information sharing.

Ed Boyden

Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab and MIT McGovern Institute

Head of the Synthetic Neurobiology Group, TED Fellow, Optogenetics Pioneer
Boyden is an Associate Professor at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, head of the Synthetic Neurobiology Group at the Media Lab, and a TED Fellow. He is a leader in the field of optogenetics, a novel technique for controlling neurons with light. Boyden's work has potential therapeutic value for disorders such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, PTSD, and chronic pain, and holds the possibility for understanding the fundamental roots of emotion and cognition.

Kwindla H. Kramer

CEO of Oblong Industries, Inc.

Kwindla Hultman Kramer is CEO of Oblong Industries, developer of the g-speak Spatial Operating Environment. Oblong was responsible for the gestural interfaces in the film Minority Report, and the company's current customers and partners include Boeing, SAP, GE, and others. Kwin's background is in programming, hardware design, and the development of large-scale systems architectures. Before helping to start Oblong he served as the founding CTO of AllAfrica.com, one of the web's largest content aggregators and a two-time webby award nominee. Kwin holds degrees from the MIT Media Laboratory and Harvard College and lives in Los Angeles.