PALO ALTO, Calif., May 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Adaptive
Insights, a Workday company (NASDAQ: WDAY), announced today that
Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation and
Executive Founder of Singularity University Peter Diamandis will
deliver the guest keynote at Adaptive Live 2019, held May 21-23 in Las
Vegas. Adaptive Live welcomes finance and other planning
professionals from across the globe, providing over 50 breakout
sessions that help attendees gain industry insight, share planning
best practices, and network with peers.
An inspirational speaker recognized for his successful TEDTalks,
Diamandis is known for innovative speeches about accomplishing the
impossible and navigating challenges to achieve goals. In his
keynote, Diamandis will discuss business innovation in our
fast-paced, digital world. In addition, he will cover
technology innovation, digital disruptions, and the opportunities
that businesses have once they embrace both the challenges and
triumphs for digital transformation.
"Peter inspires audiences to drive breakthrough thinking and
innovation and that relates to today's business planners
and the challenges they face in this age of urgency," said
Connie DeWitt, chief marketing
officer at Adaptive Insights. "At Adaptive Live 2019, Peter will
share ways that individuals can contribute to their
organization's digital transformation journey and empower them to
deliver on our conference theme, 'Plan for What's Next.'"
This year's Adaptive Live conference expects to attract more
than 1,600 business planning professionals. In addition to
Diamandis, Adaptive Insights CEO Tom
Bogan, Founder Rob Hull, and
Chief Product Officer Bhaskar
Himatsingka will also be speaking to attendees about
achieving business agility with an active planning process and
platform.
Diamandis is no stranger to hard work and is a strong advocate
of pursuing dreams. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started
over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture
capital, and education. He is also co-founder of BOLD Capital
Partners, a venture fund with $250M
investing in exponential technologies. He has earned degrees in
molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
"We live in an amazing time, and one where technology and
innovation are changing the speed of business," said Diamandis.
"I'm energized by the opportunity to share my views on digital
innovation with business planners from across the globe and the
impact they can have on their organizations in what is arguably the
greatest period of transformation we'll see in our lifetimes."
For more about Adaptive Live 2019 and the guest keynote, read
the blog "Put it all on planning at Adaptive Live 2019."
About Adaptive Insights
Adaptive Insights, a Workday company, is powering a new
generation of business planning. Driving business agility in a
fast-moving world, Adaptive Insights Business Planning Cloud leads
the way for people in companies to collaborate, gain insights, and
make smarter decisions, faster. Powerful modeling for any size
organization, yet so easy for everybody who plans. To learn more,
visit www.adaptiveinsights.com.
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