• Apr 30 – May 1, 2018
• Cambridge, MA. – United States

MIT SDM Symposium 2018

Characterizing the Gap

​The MIT System Design & Management program is pleased to announce the first international symposium on systems research to address the gap between strategy and implementation.

This one-of-a-kind symposium intends to establish a new research track, leveraging systems thinking and methods to better align implementation with strategy in complex business and government initiatives​. We hope it will be the first of a long series of working research symposia.

• Apr 30 – May 3, 2018
• New Orleans – United States

Collision

America's fastest growing tech conference

Collision is “America’s fastest growing tech conference” created by the team behind Web Summit. In three years, Collision has grown to almost 20,000 attendees from 119 countries.

Attendees include CEOs of both the world’s fastest growing startups and the world’s largest companies, alongside leading investors and media.

• May 7 – 8, 2018
• San Francisco – United States

Chief Strategy Officer Summit San Francisco 2018

Creating & Implementing Innovative Strategy

Brightline will be at the CSO Summit San Francisco speaking about how to bridge the gap between Strategy Design with Strategy Delivery.

• May 10 – 11, 2018
• Chigago, IL – United States

2018 ASP Annual Conference

Bridging the Strategy Execution Gap

The Brightline™ Initiative is a key partner of the 2018 Association for Strategic Planning (ASP) Annual Conference. Our executive director, Ricardo Vargas, is one of the keynote speakers.

Before the event, on April 16, Vargas will also present a webinar speaking about the results of Brightline/Economist research and the Guiding Principles to connect Strategy Design with Strategy Delivery.

• Jun 07, 2018
• New York City – United States

TEDNYC2018

Brightline is excited to be partnering with TED, for the second time, on a special event at TEDHQ in New York City, when we’ll celebrate some of the world’s most creative thinkers, all striving to figure out how to thrive in a world that sometimes seems to change daily.

• Jul 9 – 12, 2018
• Hong Kong – Hong Kong

RISE | Hong Kong 2018

The most brilliant minds in international tech. RISE is produced by the team behind Web Summit. In 6 short years, Web Summit has become Europe’s largest tech conference which last year attracted 53,000 attendees from 136 countries around the world. In July 2018, people from the world’s biggest companies and most exciting startups will come to Hong Kong to share their stories and experiences. They’ll be joined by major global media, hundreds of investors and thousands of attendees for three days of legendary networking.

• Jul 11 – 12, 2018
• Singapore – Singapore

Chief Strategy Officer Summit Singapore 2018

Developing a Culture of Innovative Strategy

Creating an Agile Planning Process for Optimum Results.

Brightline will be at the CSO Summit Singapore speaking about the results of Brightline/Economist research and the Guiding Principles to connect Strategy Design with Strategy Delivery.

• Sep 26 – 27, 2018
• Odense – Denmark

Thinkers50 European Business Forum

The European Business Forum is the premier event for business leaders in Europe. It brings together the continent’s top business people with the world’s leading management gurus in “the Davos of business thinking”. The forum is hosted by Thinkers50, the world’s leading network of business thinkers, and located in Odense, Denmark. The home of Hans Christian Andersen, and now one of Europe’s leading robotics hub, is the perfect place to write the story of the future.

• Nov 5 – 8, 2018
• Lisbon – Portugal

Websummit | Lisbon 2018

With almost 60,000 attendees from more than 170 countries, Web Summit proved to be the largest tech conference on the planet. Brightline will deliver its workshop “Why great ideas fail and how to make sure they don’t” during the Web Summit Lisbon 2018.