InnovationInnovationTechnology Conference 2012

​The 2012 Wolters Kluwer Technology Conference was a groundbreaking meeting for Wolters Kluwer's technology experts: 11 locations, across 7 time zones, featuring over 60 live and virtual presentations that inspired Wolters Kluwer’s top technologists and facilitated discussion on the technologies embedded in our products.

Altogether, nearly 70 Wolters Kluwer experts and partners presented more than 50 breakout sessions on topics such as agile enterprise, architecture, social media, big data and business analytics, and cloud computing.

Special keynote speakers included Dr. Michael Wesch, on the impact of social media and digital technology on a global society; Kwindla Kramer, the CEO of Oblong Industries, spoke about emerging trends in User Interface and human interaction with Big Data; and  Conrad Wolfram of Wolfram Research, the creator of the  Wolfram|Alpha knowledge engine that helps power Apple’s intelligent personal assistant, Siri.  

Jack Lynch, Member of the Executive Board, closed the conference with his presentation, “The Next Wave - Technology as Extension.” In his talk, he discussed the future of smart, context-aware technology that operates beneath the threshold of human awareness to augment the daily tasks that make up a professional’s working life.