THE HOME OF THE 2020s - KAMING OUR HOMES MORE RESILIENT

Day01. Wednesday, July 07, 20:30-21:00 EDT

The pandemic has redesigned our home landscape, transforming our everyday environment and accentuating changes that were already underway.

This talk explores how the home of the 2020s is experiencing crucial mutations caused by several factors: the pandemic, the transposition of exterior activities into the home, the mental health crisis often described as ‘a pandemic within a pandemic’ and broader environmental concerns, as well as exploring possibilities offered by technological advancement.

Sylvia is an inquirer of our future, conducting foresight research on the future of health and well-aging, the future of work and life-long learning, as well as transformations in mobility and retail. She also closely monitors the future of the mind and transhumanism. Sylvia has been advising 500+ tech companies for the past 15 years, starting as an IT consultant at Accenture, launching the Impact USA accelerator with Business France, and leading funding access programs at French Tech Hub. She has been leading many European tech companies to global success as a Founding Partner at the big bang factory. Sylvia graduated from HEC Paris (2003). She arrived in San Francisco in 2005, where she has developed a special interest in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. She is a published author, teaches MBA classes, and facilitates workshops on go-to-market, competitive analysis, futures thinking, and entrepreneurship.