industry internet media conferences founded new york united states 2011 2011 1 founder david kirkpatrick author 2 headquarters new york new york u.s. key people david kirkpatrick ceo simone ross evp chief program officer josh kampel president 2 website techonomy media inc. techonomy 2010 techonomy media inc. is an american conference and media company founded in 2011 and headquartered in new york ny . 1 3 techonomy organizes the annual invitation only thought leadership techonomy conference which focuses on how the accelerating advancement of technology is transforming business and can help address the world s pressing needs . 4 it is led by david kirkpatrick author a former technology editor of fortune . 2 business and tech executives such as bill gates of microsoft and ray kurzweil and eric schmidt of google have all participated . 5 6 7 8 9 its current advisory board consists of marc benioff of salesforce.com jack dorsey of twitter and square reid hoffman of linkedin and padmasree warrior of cisco among others . 10 contents 1 background 2 events 2.1 techonomy flagship conferences 2.2 techonomy detroit 2.3 techonomy lab 2.4 techonomy campus 2.5 techonomy bio 2.6 techonomy policy 3 website content 4 references background edit techonomy s name combines technology and economy to suggest that technology is entwined with society . the company s events and media generally argue that tech if applied productively can result in tremendous social progress . the company s programs discuss how businesses in almost every industry are faced with the choice of adapting to take advantage of technology or being rendered extinct as the pace of change quickens . 6 11 the first techonomy conference in 2010 was organized by a partnership that included kirkpatrick along with former fortune editors peter petre and brent schlender as well as michael christman and carrie van heyst . 12 13 14 techonomy media was created in early 2011 to continue the annual conference and develop editorial content including video journalism . simone ross former program director for fortune s conference division served as program director for the initial techonomy conference in 2010 and co founded techonomy media as coo and chief program officer for the company . 15 michael federle also was a co founder of the company . 16 forbes media which includes forbes and forbes.com became a minority investor in the company in july 2011 . 16 17 events edit techonomy flagship conferences edit 2010 lake tahoe in truckee california 2011 tucson arizona revolutions in progress the growing mismatch between the desires and capabilities of technology empowered individuals and the habits and practices of the institutions corporations and governments that serve them . 18 2012 tucson arizona insurgency and opportunity companies countries and communities 2013 tucson arizona the business of revolution 2014 half moon bay california techonomy detroit edit 2012 detroit participants angela benton steve case jack dorsey timothy c. draper justin fox dan gilbert bruce j. katz david kirkpatrick vivek kundra josh linkner carlo ratti michael teitelbaum 2013 detroit competitiveness jobs and the urban future in an age of technology the national challenge of inadequate and inequitable education . 5 participants jocelyn benson rodney brooks jean case emily chang john wm. covington jack dorsey keith ferrazzi dan gilbert bruce j. katz david kirkpatrick josh linkner edward luce larry morrissey marlin page hector ruiz rick snyder m. roy wilson 2014 detroit participants jocelyn benson jean case susan p. crawford dickson despommier jack dorsey justin fox dan gilbert andrew keen david kirkpatrick josh linkner arun sundararajan philip d. zelikow techonomy lab edit 2013 menlo park the internet of everything exploring and discussing the emerging internet age in which software and apps begin to catch up with the loads of data that are produced and stored . 19 techonomy campus edit 2013 tel aviv techonomy bio edit 2015 mountain view california participants marc benioff walter de brouwer drew endy juan enr quez david kirkpatrick terry sejnowski techonomy policy edit 2015 washington dc participants cory booker 20 julie brill steve case vint cerf fadi chehade michael r. cote victoria espinel deb fischer 20 brian forde shane harris david kirkpatrick jinyoung lee englund peter l. levin craig mundie nuala o connor michael o rielly david o sullivan sean parker 20 21 andrew rasiej jessica rosenworcel miriam sapiro arun sundararajan 22 philip d. zelikow website content edit techonomy also publishes articles and content on its website . references edit a b nys division of corporations state records & ucc corporation search results techonomy media inc. . new york department of state . retrieved 2013 07 01 . a b c ex fortune trio aims to spark new dialogue . cnet . retrieved 2013 07 01 . 1 businessweek company overview of techonomy media inc. . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 2013 07 01 . a b twitter founder returns to headline techonomy detroit conference . detroit free press . retrieved 2013 07 01 . a b google s eric schmidt kicks off techonomy conference . cnbc . retrieved 2013 07 01 . lohr steve 2010 09 13 . bits ; second thoughts on web classes . new york times . retrieved 2013 07 01 . techonomy llc launches media business ; announces inaugural . bloomberg . retrieved 2013 07 09 . kurzweil at techonomy artificial intelligence is empowering all of humanity . huffington post . 2012 11 12 . retrieved 2013 07 16 . techonomy advisory board . retrieved 2013 07 09 . fried ina . ex fortune trio aims to spark new dialogue . cnet . retrieved 9 july 2013 . fortune editors launch techonomy a media company that preaches technology can solve all ills . venturebeat . retrieved 2013 07 01 . techonomy llc launches media business ; announces inaugural conference ; hp mckinsey chevron and intel are sponsors . eon . retrieved 2013 07 16 . larson christine 2012 09 15 . mining the power and the profit of conversation . new york times . retrieved 2013 07 16 . forbes http blogs.forbes.com people simoneross . missing or empty title help a b kinsman matt . forbes media makes minority investment in startup of ex fortune editor . folio mag . retrieved 6 august 2012 . company overview of techonomy media inc. . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 2013 07 09 . seeing the world through the lens of techonomy . tech page one of dell . retrieved 2013 07 09 . techonomy . crunchbase . retrieved 2013 07 09 . a b c techonomy policy conference two senators and a geek make the case against regulation . off the leash . june 10 2015 . mccabe david june 9 2015 . napster creator s political startup gears up for product launch . the hill . ruiz rebecca june 9 2015 . washington scrutinizes the sharing economy . the new york times . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title techonomy media & oldid 730992515 categories media companies of the united stateshidden categories pages with 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