Tech Beach kicks off
Tech Beach Retreat kicked off yesterday evening at the Iberostar Rose Hall resort in St James.
The event aims to bring together an energetic global comunity of tech entrepreneurs, investors, executives and influencers, creating a paradigm shift in the economic outlook of the Caribbean.
The featured speaker is Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Square and Twitter, who also serves on the board of the Walt Disney Company. he was recently listed amongst Forbes’ 100 greatest living business minds. Dorsey will be speaking on Innovation at a Global Scale tomorrow, explaining how disruptive start-up ideas become massive global enterprises.
Other key speakers include Lloyd Carney, CEO of Lloyd Carney; Pilar Manchon, director of cognitive interfaces at Amazon; Nic Braithwaite, managing partner of Riverwood Capital; Mike Montano, senior director of engineering at Twitter; Gabriel Abed, founder and director of BITT; and Paul Ahlstrom, co-founder and managing director of Alta Ventures.