HubWeek

HubWeek’s fifth Fall Festival is a distillation of Boston’s brainpower: a concentrated dose of the city’s inventiveness, filled with original programming from all sorts of future-focused leaders, heard-it-first-here moments, and maybe a mind-blow or two. 

Tune in to a lineup of artists, activists, conservationists, educators, scientists, and more designed to ignite your ingenuity and inspire action. Here’s a sneak-peek into what you will experience this year at HubWeek: 

• • C-Suite Conversation: Building Disruptive Brands: How do you change an industry? You need a true solution to a fundamental problem, one that resonates with minds and hearts. Hear from three innovative CMOs whose niche solutions are disrupting huge industries.

• Rethinking the Planet’s Future with a Conservation Legend. From UN Environment Patron of Protected Areas to President of Tompkins Conservation… former CEO of Patagonia, Kristine Tompkins, has dedicated her life to preserving our planet. Join an intimate conversation about protecting the places we love, leading a profitable company with a positive impact, and what’s giving her hope for the future.

• Bodies in Space: The Next Generation of Exploration. From the first photograph of a black hole, the life of a NASA astronaut candidate, the future of space tourist habitats, a new generation of explorers is achieving groundbreaking advancements in the field. Hear firsthand what’s next at a thought-provoking discussion with scientists from Harvard University, Mass General Hospital, and MIT.

• Breaking Barriers for Women at Work. Wage gaps, missed promotions, interrupting male colleagues… Gender discrimination is alive and well in the workplace, and a change is long overdue. As co-host of the Women at Work podcast, Amy Bernstein untangles some of the knottiest issues around being a woman at work with Endeavor CMO Bozoma Saint John. 

• A More Inclusive Future: Transgender Health, Culture, and Policy. Hear a panel discussion with Boston experts in transgender health, culture, and policy focused on how we can create a healthy, inclusive and welcoming community for transgender and non-binary individuals.

Join Boston’s most creative thinkers and curious minds this October, and get a front row seat for some heard-it-first-here programming to make the city a better place through collaboration, exploration, and connection!