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Workforce travel is evolving: Discover innovative solutions reshaping the mobilization of workforce crews.

Trevor’s vision and strategy guides the dynamic growth of LodgeLink, a Black Diamond Group business. Under his leadership, LodgeLink merges a deep understanding of remote workforce accommodation and transportation solutions and the technology needed to help serve a growing number of customers who manage workforce travel.

Before launching LodgeLink, Trevor co-founded and launched several successful companies in the workforce accommodation, energy services, construction, and modular space solutions industries operating in Canada, the United States, and Australia.

How can companies gain a competitive advantage by seeing how competitors grow, retain & engage with their users?

Idan Vakrat is a seasoned product and tech leader who oversees Watchful strategy and delivery of products, including engineering, product management, design, and analytics.

Before joining Watchful, he was a Group Product Manager at Google, where he led the product efforts for Waze.

Earlier in his career, Idan was head of products at Outbrain (NASDAQ:OB).

Idan is an 8200 elite unit alumni. He holds Physics degrees from the Technion (with highest honors) and a Master of Business Administration from Tel-Aviv Recanati business school.

All you need to know in order to traverse AI implementation, including who is responsible for the implementation of AI technology within an organization, how to determine which AI technologies to implement and where, how to "sell" AI within an organization and as a B2B solution and the importance of tracking KPIs and iteration for future road mapping.

David Chestler - President, ProVision Partners International [Linkedin Link] David Chestler is recognized as an icon of the global hospitality and travel industry, having forged a successful career in hotel technology that spans over three decades. He currently serves as President of ProVision Partners International, Inc, a hotel and travel consultancy and marketing firm that he co-founded in 2019. Since beginning his career in hospitality in 1989 with Utell International, Chestler has held leadership roles with some of the industry’s most prominent organizations, where he consistently delivered global scale and growth by developing high performance teams focused on complex technology solutions.

Sally Kelly - SVP Advisory Services, ProVision Partners International [Linkedin Link] Sally has 15 years of experience and expertise in the development and execution of strategic communications, consulting, product development and deployment for the hospitality and travel industry. Prior to joining ProVision Partners, she held a leadership role at KPMG, and spent six years working with the Amadeus IT Group. She also served in a strategy and consulting role for Accenture, a global professional services company, before opening her own consulting firm in 2020.

Martin Chevalley - CEO & Co-founder, InnSpire [Linkedin Link] Martin Chevalley serves as CEO of InnSpire – the Digital Guest Journey, a global hotel technology company he co-founded in 2012 that is dedicated to developing and delivering hospitality-specific technology systems and integrated solutions for streamlining the guest journey and creating maximum efficiency for hotel operations. With a comprehensive suite of intelligent solutions, InnSpire helps hotels around the world to sell more, entertain better, analyze data and optimize results, with a prestigious clientele that includes such brands as Hilton Grand Vacations, Virgin Hotels, LVMH Cheval Blanc, LUX Hotels and many others. In addition to his role at InnSpire, Chevalley is a global business catalyst with over 10 years of experience in successfully conceptualizing, launching and commercializing electronics and software-oriented brands, products and companies in multiple business sectors worldwide. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Stockholm University‘s School of Business, as well as Harvard University.

Jorge Hernandez - Principal ML Research Engineer @ Encora [Linkedin Link] Jorge Hernandez is a Principal ML Research Engineer at Encora with over 23 years of experience in software. He has led cross functional, distributed teams as both Tech Lead and CTO to deliver solutions in projects for millions of users across local and federal governments, academia and industry. As an ML Research Engineer, he led clients’ machine learning teams in delivering SOTA results in data and text extraction from scanned documents, using a novel machine learning algorithm developed in-house, which allows Low Shot and Zero Shot training without sacrificing accuracy or recall, as well as facilitating transparency in the trained models. Jorge’s research interests include Deep Learning, Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning and Fair, Safe and Transparent AI, as well as the applications of both standard and Quantum Machine Learning to Genomics, Proteomics, Synthetic Biology and Materials Science. His other interests include classical music, neuroscience, philosophy of science, physics and role-playing games. Jorge majored in Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

What strategies can you employ for post-implementation, including gaining valuable customer feedback and making informed decisions on road mapping and potential pivots in the AI strategy?

President, ProVision Partners International [Linkedin Link]

David Chestler is recognized as an icon of the global hospitality and travel industry, having forged a successful career in hotel technology that spans over three decades. He currently serves as President of ProVision Partners International, Inc, a hotel and travel consultancy and marketing firm that he co-founded in 2019. Since beginning his career in hospitality in 1989 with Utell International, Chestler has held leadership roles with some of the industry’s most prominent organizations, where he consistently delivered global scale and growth by developing high performance teams focused on complex technology solutions.

Principal ML Research Engineer @ Encora [Linkedin Link]

Jorge Hernandez is a Principal ML Research Engineer with over 23 years of experience in software. He has led cross functional, distributed teams as both Tech Lead and CTO to deliver solutions in projects for millions of users across local and federal governments, academia and industry.

As an ML Research Engineer, he led clients’ machine learning teams in delivering SOTA results in data and text extraction from scanned documents, using a novel machine learning algorithm developed in-house, which allows Low Shot and Zero Shot training without sacrificing accuracy or recall, as well as facilitating transparency in the trained models.

Jorge’s research interests include Deep Learning, Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning and Fair, Safe and Transparent AI, as well as the applications of both standard and Quantum Machine Learning to Genomics, Proteomics, Synthetic Biology and Materials Science. His other interests include classical music, neuroscience, philosophy of science, physics and role-playing games. Jorge majored in Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

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How can authentic cultural experiences like artisan workshops redefine and enrich travel?

Rana Saad is an entrepreneur and innovator connecting cultures through technology. Rana Saad is the founder of Tuzmo – a startup that helps travelers and tourists find authentic, local artisans. He is a former Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House. Prior to that, in his role as the North America Digital Innovation Lead at Accenture, he helped some of the largest corporations and organizations innovate like startups and at startup speed.

Previously he founded a global technology services company spanning four countries, that exited with a listing on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. He advises many early stage companies and has built digital innovation labs and programs at multiple organizations.

How can organizations improve their app usage, entitlements, and spending?

Andrej Safundzic is the visionary CEO and Co-founder of Lumos, the game-changing access management platform that has transformed the software spend landscape. Under his leadership, Lumos has pioneered innovative solutions for businesses, automating access requests, enforcing least privilege, and streamlining user access reviews. With Lumos, organizations gain invaluable insights into app usage, entitlements, and spending, all in one powerful platform.In addition to his notable accomplishments in the tech industry, Andrej is dedicated to using technology for the public good, striving to make the world a more loving, enthusiastic, and just place. He co-founded two social enterprises in East Africa, with Starthub Africa still flourishing and providing employment opportunities to 30 individuals. Andrej’s innovative spirit and commitment to positive change have cemented his status as one of the World’s 50 Most Influential People Revolutionizing Government by Apolitical, and he continues to inspire and drive Lumos to new heights, while also advocating for SaaS solutions that support IT infrastructure and drive efficiency in organizations worldwide.