SOUTH SUMMIT

WHERE INNOVATION MEETS BUSINESS

4-6 OCTOBER, MADRID, LA N@VE

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Five stages with inspirational speakers, leaders of the industries, and top success stories from the South

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Renaud Visage

Founder & CEOEventbrite

Phil Wickham

CEOKauffman Fellows

Melih Ödemiş

Founder & CEOYemeksepeti

Yanki Margalit

Founder & CEOAladdin Knowledge Systems

Renaud Visage

Founder & CEOEventbrite

Phil Wickham

Founder & CEOKauffman Fellows

Melih Ödemiş

Founder & CEOYemeksepeti

Yanki Margalit

Founder & CEOAladdin Knowledge Systems

Great conference! All the key players were there and it's nice to see Spain attracting top international talent and investors
Yann de Vrie, Atomico

I had a great time =)
Allen Blue , CO-FOUNDER at LINKED IN

South Summit was a wonderful experience.
Eli Broverman - ‎Co-Founder & President at Betterment

Wonderful support and attention to detail.
Brent Hoberman, FOUNDER OF LASTMINUTE.COM,

South Summit just keeps on improving every year! Excited to see what you have up your sleeves for next year :)
Evan Schoenbach , ASSOCIATE PARTNER at MOSAIC VENTURES

It was great fun as always, thanks for organising and looking forward to seeing you again next year!
Imran Akram, PARTNER AT AXA STRATEGIC VENTURES

It was great to be there and feel the energy and passion of all of you! You must be really proud of what you have accomplished, it was one of the best organized events I have ever been too!
Luis Sanz, FOUNDER at OLAPIC

You have risen the threshold for 2017 ;)
Rodrigo Del Prado, BQ

It is remarkable and very inspiring to see how South Summit has evolve in this four years, becoming, no doubts, the best entrepreneurship event in South Europe and Latin America.
Daniel González de Vega, Founder at Smartick and Endeavor Entrepreneur

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2017 Program

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Mobility

What does the future of mobility bring?
What is the evolution in transportation?
How is the physical and digital world becoming one world?
How are AI and machine learning disrupting?
When will we be living with full autonomous cars?
Can the sharing economy disruptors be disrupted?

The new money

How will blockchain revolutionize the world economy and in what way is it establishing trust?
How can the banks protect against foreseen threats?
What are the many new innovations in the finance industry?
What is next in terms of innovation in payments?
Will Banks eventually become a digital only business?
When will the physical money disappear?
Will we ever completely eliminate fraud?
How is the insurance industry undergoing changes to adapt to the new business models?
Who will manage our money?

Sustainability

Is the world prepared for the dangerous geographical changes?
Is sustainability the key to the Earth’s survival?
How are we living the fourth industrial revolution?
In what ways is the world becoming a more sustainable place?
Are industries really focusing on producing better, cleaner and more ethical products?
What are the new technologies today that are changing the industrial sector?
What are the new innovations that will make renewable energy cheaper, more powerful, and more readily available?
How are cities preparing for urban agriculture? In what way will this be sustainable?
How are we preparing for food safety?
What are the technologies that could transform how industries use energy?

Healthcare & Biotech

When will medicine stop being curative and become preventive?
Will people be able to treat death as a disease and thus make humans inmortal?
Will human doctors be replaced by robots?
Will humans live better and longer thanks to the technological opportunities?
What are the many roles of biotech in pushing the human race forward?
In what ways are machines going to be capable of replacing humans?
What are the changes in today’s healthcare system?
What are the latest innovations that are reshaping the way we think about medicine and biology?
What are the breakthrough in synthetic biology?
What are the health innovations in emerging markets?

Travel

When will AI be strong enough to autonomously drive a car?
When will we be living with full autonomous cars?
How easy has moving around our globe become?
What are the newest innovationsin the travel industry?
What are the transformations for a more prosperous world?
How will the 4th lane change the face of our cities?
What are the changes that rural areas and cities are undergoing to adapt to the development of the many disruptive technologies?
When are we going to be able to live and work in space?

Art & Culture

What is Art today?
What are the evolutions in Culture?
Why is strong desing culture so important?
How has the physical and digital world become people’s culture?
How much business and opportunities is there behind Art?
How is VR, AI and AR changing Art?
How is the mindblowing arquitectura adapting to the newest innovations in technology?

Lifestyle & Fashion

What is the key for success?
How are technology innovations changing people’s lifestyle?
What are the transformations for a more prosperous world?
Can innovation help solve and prevent more problems in advance?
Can people’s behaviour and thus life attitude be influenced?
What is happiness nowadays?
What are the key incentives to make people re-invent themselves?
What opportunities does the tech revolution provide to improve lifestyle?

Content & Channels

How is traditional media re-inventing itself?
How are millenials and generation Z the most active content creators and thus leaders of this industry?
How can we embrace emerging technology and channels to improve quality, awareness, and accountability for some of the world’s most important issues?
What is the future of gaming?
How innovative and disruptive do new networks have to be to attract users?
What impact are the new ways of communications having on today’s society?

Deep Tech

What does the future of AI hold?
Are cybersecurity attacks gainning momentum?
How do we manage big data tsunamis?
Is there a storm of innovation on the way?

GovTech & Governing the Future

Who are we? What do we consume and produce? What are the advancements in bioscience and biotechnologies?
How is the accelerated technological development changing the future of work?
What is the world’s most valuable resource? Oil or data?