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Jani Byrne, Ph.D. is Director, Marketing
– Global Mid-Market, MSP, and Enterprise at
IBM. A visionary who marries deep technological innovations and insights with a profound understanding of human and market psychology… an extraordinarily passionate thought-leader who can also simply “get stuff done.” Jani is our morning keynote speaking on
“The Next Generation IT Innovations and What’s In It ForYou.”
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Gary Hoover is Founder, CEO, Chief Game Designer at
Bigwig Games, Inc.; Entrepreneurship Teacher,
Hoover Institute; Entrepreneur-in-Residence, School of Information,
The University of Texas. He is renowned for founding BOOKSTOP, the leading-edge book superstore that revolutionized the nature of bookshopping, and Hoover’s, the world’s largest Internet-based provider of information about enterprises. Gary’s afternoon keynote is
“Making a Difference Through Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership.”
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John H. Vanston, Ph.D., MiniTrends Conference Chair, Founder and Chairman of Technology Futures, Inc. (celebrating it’s 35th year), and author of the award winning book,
MINITRENDS, kicks off the Conference with
“The Importance of MiniTrends and Seven Ways You Can Find Them.” Other presentations include
“Becoming a MiniTrends Master,” and
“Planning Your MiniTrends Success.”