How New Technologies and Newer Business Models are Turning the World Upside Down

Speaker David S. Rose knows how the world is changing, and what YOU need to know to be successful in life after Stevens. At a time when technological advances are fundamentally altering the way business and society function, understanding where things are going is more important than ever. As one of the country’s most active early-stage technology investors, Rose sees more than 500 business plans each year from entrepreneurs leveraging the latest technology to change the way we think about business. In this special Heath Lecture, the expert who has consulted to everyone from pure startups to Fortune 500 companies will walk us through the latest technologies and concepts that are essential for doing business in the 21st century.

David S Rose, described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering entrepreneur” and by Red Herring magazine as “patriarch of Silicon Alley,” is a technology visionary and investor who has founded or funded over 70 pioneering companies that are helping to define the future. An Inc. 500 CEO heralded by Crain’s New York Business as a “Top Dog in Tech” and “the father of angel investing in New York,” he is well known in the technology community for discovering and mentoring high-potential entrepreneurs who are breaking new ground in technology-enabled businesses.