Improv & Tech Trends: Aug 8 in ATX
The Forrest Fourcast: August 5, 2019
Predicting tomorrow’s technology trends is a fool’s game, because so many well-reasoned forecasts about the future prove to be completely wrong. So why not take a slightly more foolish approach to this ever-difficult endeavor?
At 6:00 pm on Thursday, August 8 at Capital Factory, join Accenture in collaboration with Austin’s own ColdTowne Theater to explore Fjord Trends and Accenture’s Technology Vision along with some light-hearted improv comedy to help bring these trends to life. This event will dive into emerging trends that are expected to impact business, technology and design over the next few years.
Discussion leaders for this experimental event include Thaddeus Terne (Fjord Studio Lead), Michael Hall (Austin Innovation Lead for Accenture) and Michael Jastroch (Co-Founder and Owner of ColdTowne Theater).
In addition to some great networking opportunities, lite bites and refreshments will be provided at this Thursday, August 8 gathering. Please RSVP now to ensure your spot!
Innovation-Focused Events in Austin for the Week of August 5
August 5: SXSW PanelPicker Voting Opens
August 5: Make Mother Earth Great Again
August 5: Free Introduction to Coding: HTML + CSS
August 5: Intro to the Austin Media Scene
August 5: Learn to Code: JavaScript 101
August 5: Close the Gap — MVP to Market & Scale
August 5: BitAngelsTexas Meet Up
August 6: Austin Forum on “Technology, Space & Humanity”
August 6: Capital Factory Accelerator Info Session
August 6: Intro to Texas Fundraising with Nick Spiller & Mike Marcantonios
August 6: Austin Deep Learning Journal Club
August 6: Austin iPhone Developers Meet Up
August 6: Austin Podcasting Meet Up
August 7: 1 Million Cups
August 7: User Experience Design Immersive Info Session
August 7: Austin Online Marketing for Entrepreneurs
August 7: Introduction to Data Science
August 7: EmacsATX Meet Up
August 8: Trends 2019 — The Improv Edition
August 8: IBM Watson Cognitive Tech Meet Up
August 8: Austin WordPress Meet Up
August 8: Working Women Entrepreneur “Coffee Talk” Series
August 8: Austin Coding Academy | Developer Series: React Native
August 8: Introduction to Digital Marketing
More Upcoming Austin Innovation Events
August 15: Diversity & Inclusion in Technology
August 15: Driving Change With Innovation
August 16: Tech for Community Hackathon
August 20: Austin Music Tech Meet Up
August 21: AWS (Amazon Web Services)AI & ML Workshop
August 22: Austin Mosaic Awards
August 28: Army S&T Summit Networking Social
Sept 6: Salman Rushdie Book Reading
Sept 9: Austin Fast Start Mobility Innovation Pitch Event
Sept 14: ContentATX3
Sept 19: Mighty Big Day
Sept 9: EquitySpace: Designing for an Inclusive Community
Sept 30-Oct 1: ARTIFACT
Oct 2–4: ComNet 19
Oct 4–6: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 1
Oct 11–13: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 2
Oct 26–27: Texas Book Festival
Nov 4–8: Austin Design Week
Nov 13–14: Time Machine 2019
Nov 19: InnoTech Austin
Jan 12: 2020 Austin Startup Games
March 13–21: SXSW 2020
April 17–19: 2020 Austin Reggae Festival
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
