sedgwicksphere 2017
 
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Monday | 09.11.17
10:00 amNERVE CENTER | Registration and nerve center open

Stop by to pick up your sedgwicksphere badge. Then head into the nerve center to begin a very unique experience.
12:00 pmFOOD FOR THOUGHT MARKET | Nerve center open
Start building your network. Relax and refuel over lunch with your peers at the food for thought market.
1:30 pmWELCOME TO THE STRATOSPHERE | Dave North


 Open your mind. Join us in stratosphere, our main stage, to kick things off and learn how to make the most of your sedgwicksphere experience.
2:30 pmMASTERMIND BREAKOUTS
Your customized experience begins with selecting the educational session that sparks your interest. All sessions were nominated by our client advisory board and will be led by your peers.
3:30 pmMIND MELD LABS
Immerse yourself in a small-group setting that encourages interaction and discussion with your peers.
4:30 pmCOCKTAIL RECEPTION | Nerve center open
6:30 pmGREAT MINDS EAT ALIKE
Connect and engage with your fellow attendees. We'll be breaking up into small groups to dine around the sphere. Check the app for your assigned group and time.

Tuesday | 09.12.17
6:00 amJOG YOUR MEMORY | Run/walk club
As part of our commitment to health and wellness, we will host a run/walk club each morning, leaving from the hotel lobby at 6:00 am. All levels are welcome.
7:00 amFOOD FOR THOUGHT MARKET | Nerve center open
They say it’s the most important meal of the day, so you don’t want to miss this opportunity to start your day with a good breakfast.
8:00 amIN THE STRATOSPHERE | Joshua Cooper Ramo
Mind-blowing insights into the future
Joshua Cooper Ramo, co-CEO of Kissinger Associates, is a best-selling author, speaker and futurist. His latest book, The Seventh Sense, takes us into the opaque heart of our world’s rapidly connected systems and teaches us what the victors of this age know – and what others are not yet seeing. Joshua will introduce a powerful way of viewing our changing world and how we will need to adapt.
9:00 amMASTERMIND BREAKOUTS
10:00 amMIND MELD LABS
 
11:00 amBRAINSTORM CENTRAL
Break bread and brainstorm with your industry peers. Dig into the topics that matter most to you.
1:00 pmMIND MELD LABS
2:00 pmMASTERMIND BREAKOUTS

3:00 pmBRAINIAC BUILD
Show your civic-mindedness as you collaborate in small groups to build a better future for members of the local community. 
5:00 pmCOCKTAIL RECEPTION | Nerve center open
6:30 pmIDEA FEST

Find your next great idea! Take a stroll through the village, browse for new ideas and sample the cuisine.

Wednesday | 09.13.17
6:00 amJOG YOUR MEMORY | Run/walk club
As part of our commitment to health and wellness, we will host a run/walk club each morning, leaving from the hotel lobby at 6:00 am. All levels are welcome. 
7:00 amFOOD FOR THOUGHT MARKET | Nerve center open
Caffeinate and refuel over breakfast in the food for thought market and nerve center.
8:00 amIN THE STRATOSPHERE | Elise Roy
Broaden your mind: How inclusive design can change the world
Elise Roy, a lawyer, artist and human rights advocate, believes that design can change the world. She is well-known for speaking about how the design of processes, products and technology can improve life for everyone. Elise's perspective on the value of diversity and the power of uniqueness can help us all think in new ways about how to solve complex problems through creative thinking and open-minded experimentation.
9:00 amMASTERMIND BREAKOUTS

10:00 amMIND MELD LABS
11:00 amIN THE STRATOSPHERE
State of mind |  Closing remarks 
Join us in the stratosphere, our main stage, for closing remarks.
12:00 pmFOOD FOR THOUGHT MARKET | Nerve center open and departures
Grab some lunch and explore the nerve center one last time. The app and the nerve center will have additional details about your shuttle back to the airport.