Russia’s assault on Ukraine illustrates that the world is fracturing.

How can investors, founders, and executives navigate this landscape?

Post-Industrial Forum
Reopening

Operated by the Post-Industrial Institute in collaboration with industry partners, the Post-Industrial Forum focuses on how to navigate the transition to a decentralized post-industrial economy and culture. Members include policymakers, investors, founders, and senior executives. After two years of Covid restrictions and online-only events, we are excited to welcome you back in person.

Innovation in a
Fracturing World

The world is not quite as flat as we had hoped for twenty years ago. Innovative companies face increasing regulations at home and protectionist policies abroad. Now Russia’s assault on Ukraine reminds us that geopolitics can destroy in days what has taken decades to build. How can investors, entrepreneurs, and executives navigate these tumulteous times?

We will discuss:

• the changing global innovation landscape
• information, energy, and infrastructure security
• overcoming innovation barriers and threats
• finding new trillion-dollar opportunities
• creating a more free and prosperous world

Program

4pm: Reception, networking

5:30pm: Opening remarks

    Denyse Cardozo, Fmr. CEO
    Silicon Valley Forum

5:35pm: The New World Dis-Order

    Frode Odegard, Founder & CEO
    Post-Industrial Institute

5:45pm: Innovating in a Fracturing World (panel)

    Yosuke Kogure, Executive Director
    Nomura Holding America

    Dr. John Suh, VP & Founding Director
    New Horizons Studio, Hyundai

    Deborah Magid, Director of Strategy
    IBM Ventures

    Mark LaCour, Editor-in-Chief
    Oil and Gas Global Network

    Dr. Ulf Lindqvist, Sr. Technical Dir.,
    SRI Computer Science Laboratory

    Frode Odegard, Founder & CEO
    Post-Industrial Institute

6:45pm: Q&A

7pm-7:30pm: Networking

Wine, beer, sodas, and light snacks will be served.

Russia’s assault on Ukraine illustrates that the world is fracturing.

How can investors, founders, and executives navigate this landscape?

Post-Industrial Forum
Reopening

Operated by the Post-Industrial Institute in collaboration with industry partners, the Post-Industrial Forum focuses on how to navigate the transition to a decentralized post-industrial economy and culture. Members include policymakers, investors, founders, and senior executives. After two years of Covid restrictions and online-only events, we are excited to welcome you back in person.

Innovation in a
Fracturing World

The world is not quite as flat as we had hoped for twenty years ago. Innovative companies face increasing regulations at home and protectionist policies abroad. Now Russia’s assault on Ukraine reminds us that geopolitics can destroy in days what has taken decades to build. How can investors, entrepreneurs, and executives navigate these tumulteous times?

We will discuss:

• the changing global innovation landscape
• information, energy, and infrastructure security
• overcoming innovation barriers and threats
• finding new trillion-dollar opportunities
• creating a more free and prosperous world

Program

4pm: Reception, networking

5:30pm: Opening remarks

    Denyse Cardozo, Fmr. CEO, Silicon Valley Forum

5:35pm: The New World Dis-Order

    Frode Odegard, Founder & CEO, Post-Industrial Institute

5:45pm: Innovating in a Fracturing World (panel)

    Yosuke Kogure, Executive Director,Nomura Holding America

    Dr. John Suh, VP & Founding Director, New Horizons Studio, Hyundai

    Deborah Magid, Director of Strategy,  IBM Ventures

    Mark LaCour, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Global Network

    Dr. Ulf Lindqvist, Sr. Technical Director,  SRI Computer Science Laboratory

    Frode Odegard, Founder & CEO,  Post-Industrial Institute

6:45pm: Q&A

7pm-7:30pm: Networking

Wine, beer, sodas, and light snacks will be served.

Note: All proceeds will be donated to support Ukrainian refugees.

Speakers

Frode Odegard, CEO, Post-Industrial Institute

Frode Odegard studies how enterprises, investors, and policymakers can best navigate the transition to a post-industrial civilization and economy. He is the founder of the Post-Industrial Institute, which provides advisory, educational, and strategic services to corporates and investors to help them turn disruption into opportunity. Frode is also the founder of the Post-Industrial Forum, a global community formed to develop and promote a better understanding of the post-industrial transition and how to navigate it. Its members include investors, executives, founders, and policymakers.

Yosuke Kogure, Executive Director, Nomura Holding America

Yosuke Kogure is an Executive Director at Nomura Holding America, Future Innovation Group, and is also a Research Fellow of Nomura-SRI Innovation Center. At Nomura’s Investment Banking, he has focused on corporate finance, M&A, and venture financing in the technology & industrials sectors for +15 years. And also, he worked at Nomura’s Merchant Banking in Hong Kong and Tokyo, engaged in private equity & growth capital investment across the region. Prior to that, he worked at Marubeni Corporation. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Tokyo.

Mark LaCour, Editor-in-Chief, Oil and Gas Global Network

Mark LaCour has lived and worked in the Oil and Gas industry for over 25 years. Later he started his own market research company and has a well-earned reputation as an industry “insider” and independent 3rd party researcher. This led to him becoming a part of the new media, where he has the top Oil and Gas podcasts in the world, with a million daily listeners. He is a sought-after public speaker, author, sits on several oil & gas boards, and has one of the top oil & gas presences in social media.

Dr. John Suh, VP & Founding Director, New Horizons Studio, Hyundai Motor Group

John Suh runs Hyundai Motor Group’s New Horizons Studio, which is focused on the development of Ultimate Mobility Vehicles (UMVs). New Horizons Studio is expected to push the extreme limits of vehicle development, building vehicles to traverse off-road with unprecedented mobility. He has held several leadership roles at Hyundai since 2011, serving as founding director of Hyundai Ventures, and then led Hyundai CRADLE (Center for Robotic-Augmented Design in Living Experiences) as its founding director based in Silicon Valley. He brings over 35 years of expertise in the automotive and emerging technology sectors, including roles at Stanford University, Xerox PARC, and General Motors. John has a BS degree in electrical engineering from Kettering University and an MS and Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He has six patents and patents pending in the fields of robotics, artificial nose technology, and location-based services.

Deborah Magid, Director of Strategy, IBM Ventures

Deborah Magid represents IBM’s high growth software and hardware businesses in the company’s IBM Ventures. She is responsible for sharing insights about emerging markets, technologies, and business models with venture firms and entrepreneurs around the world. She also brings insight from the venture community to the development of IBM’s growth strategies. Deborah is responsible for fueling IBM’s ecosystem pipeline in high growth strategic areas such as artificial intelligence, internet of things, sustainability, security, analytics, and cloud computing; and contributes to filling out the IBM product portfolio through M&A. She leads the IBM team of venture partners based in innovation ecosystems around the world.

Deborah is based in Silicon Valley. Her relationships are global and extend into emerging geographies. Deborah is a frequent spokesperson on topics of relevance to entrepreneurs and investors, such as open innovation, disruptions in various industries, ESG and climate, women in technology and trends in investing. She is a former board director and past Chair of Silicon Valley Forum, and a member of the Corporate Venture Advisory Board of the NVCA.

Denyse Cardozo, Fmr. CEO, Silicon Valley Forum

With more than 20 years of experience guiding the strategic operations for nonprofit, corporate, and small business, Denyse Cardozo is regarded as a strong leader with the ability to elevate organizational success across a wide range of operational areas, including partner development, finance, human resources, program management, and stakeholder engagement. She is passionate about community and creating diverse, inclusive & welcoming programs in which everyone’s unique backgrounds, identities, cultures and perspectives are respected, embraced and celebrated.

Gary Fowler, President, CEO, and Co-Founder, GSD Venture Studios

Gary Fowler is an award-winning senior level executive with 30+ years of success in global strategic innovation leadership, sales, marketing, and operational/investment management. CEO and Co-Founder of the award-winning growth stage AI venture studio, GSD Venture Studios. Co-Founder of the award-winning AI startup Yva.ai as well as the investment firm, DY Investments. Gary was involved in the management team of ClickSoftware that recently sold to SalesForce for $1.35 billion dollars. Gary raised several rounds of funding to position Yva.ai as a leading AI employee engagement company. Gary is a recognized expert in entrepreneurship (including entrepreneurial education), lean startup methods, innovation management, and technology development and consultant to numerous international companies and startups. Extensive experience with fundraising through a successful IPO (CKSW). Gary has held or holds founder or has held executive-level positions in top-tier companies: ClickSoftware, Mirantis, Tecra, Yva.ai, Findo, GSD Venture Studios, GVA LaunchGurus (Co-Founder), Fowler Development, Broadiant, DY Investments, Zemplee, SplitByte, Eezylife, Xcoop, OSA, and more. Gary is the founder of one of the top startup accelerator programs in Eastern Europe and a global speaker on topics such as coming to Silicon Valley and what it takes to have a successful startup, Gary has received several awards for excellence in the region. He is Co-Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Committee, a TEDx speaker and participates in numerous international speaking engagements.

Dr. Ulf Lindqvist, Senior Technical Director, SRI Computer Science Laboratory

Ulf Lindqvist manages R&D programs regarding infrastructure security for government and commercial clients. He leads SRI’s IoT Security and Privacy Center as well as SRI’s support for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate. Ulf’s areas of expertise include cyber security, infrastructure systems, intrusion detection in computer systems, and security for systems that interact with the physical world. Ulf holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Chalmers University in Sweden. He was named an SRI Fellow in 2016.