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NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

2018

June 8, 2018
A top tech investor says cameras watching your every move is inevitable in the US: ‘It’s not my fault what the future holds, so if it’s scary I apologize’ | Business Insider
Each year, the Churchill Club, a 32-year-old discussion forum based in Silicon Valley, hosts a debate among some of the leading — and most opinionated — luminaries in tech and business. This year, five venture capitalists, including Guo, laid out their predictions for what nonobvious tech trends would emerge in two to five years…

May 29, 2018
What are the big tech trends to expect? These VCs have 10 predictions. | Silicon Valley Business Journal
What amazing, brilliant, game-changing technological developments should we be looking out for in about three years? That was the question the Churchill Club asked last week to a collection of Silicon Valley prognosticators, who said we should expect big changes in the transportation and space industries, as well as with robotics, the blockchain and conversational bots. Oh, and China is going to zoom past…

May 25, 2018
Silicon Valley investors explain why they’re scared of China | CNBC
Silicon Valley investors are worried that China’s tech sector will eat their lunch. The idea came up at a Bay Area debate earlier this week when Sequoia Capital venture partner Mike Vernal posited that China will soon overtake the U.S. in areas like artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles….

May 25, 2018
In the Age of Fake News, Establishing Authenticity is #1 Top Tech Trend | Churchill Club news release
This was the 20th edition of Churchill Club’s annual Top 10 Tech Trends debate, which convenes notable venture capitalists to uncover “non-obvious…

May 24, 2018
As five VCs predict the future, robotics and AI rise to the surface | Venture Capital Journal
Predicting the future is almost as difficult as figuring out how to prosper from it. Both is what five venture capitalists set out to do Tuesday night at the Churchill Club’s annual Top 10 Tech Trends event in Silicon Valley…

May 23, 2018
VCs on what’s coming next: extraterrestrial commerce, the end of data oligarchs and more | SiliconAngle
Extraterrestrial commerce is coming, the era of data oligarchs is ending, and software could do away with fake news and videos. Those are some of the hottest trends coming in technology in the next five years, according to five venture capitalists on a panel Tuesday night in Silicon Valley. They made the predictions at the popular Top 10 Tech Trends event held annually for the past 20 years by the Churchill Club…

May 23, 2018
Silicon Valley Club Names Top 10 Most Important Trends of 2018 | eWeek
Have any idea what the top IT trends are for the next three to five years? The Churchill Club, one of Silicon Valley’s longest-running and most successful business/social organizations, does. The well-respected club, which consists of many IT and venture capital executives and entrepreneurs, revealed its annual Top 10 Tech Trends list May 22…

May 21, 2018
IBM warns that encryption’s reign will be over soon | Fudzilla
IBM has warned that quantum computers will mean the end of encryption of sensitive data protected by today’s most robust security. Big Blue’s Arvind Krishna was speaking at a meeting of the Churchill Club in San Francisco. Krishna said that while there is nothing to worry about now, in five years time quantum computers will be able to decrypt existing encryption methods instantly…

May 18, 2018
IBM warns of instant breaking of encryption by quantum computers: ‘Move your data today’ | ZDNet
Quantum computers will be able to instantly break the encryption of sensitive data protected by today’s strongest security, warns the head of IBM Research. Krishna was speaking at a meeting of the Churchill Club in San Francisco on a panel (above, second from right) discussing quantum computers in business. The panel, which included Kam Moler, a professor of physics at Stanford University, as well as Bob Stolte, a managing director at JPMorgan…

May 18, 2018
Quantum computing edges toward mainstream | Axios
Quantum computing will enter the mainstream faster than most of us realize, a panel of experts told a San Francisco crowd earlier this week — with some important real-world applications emerging within five years….

2017

June 9, 2017
Six Tech Trends for 2022 | EE Times
Churchill Club, a forum for thought leadership in Silicon Valley, annually asks top tech VCs to look out five years and beyond, and make predictions for …

June 8, 2017
Big Data Makes Big Waves | EE Times
… by data is the new normal,” said Anthony Scriffignano, chief data scientist of Dun & Bradstreet, at a recent event hosted by the Churchill Club.

May 27, 2017
Tech VCs, at Churchill Club, predict an edgy future | Computerworld
Innovation drives the tech industry, but nothing happens without investors. That’s why the Churchill Club’s annual Top Tech…

May 26, 2017
Tiny brains everywhere, plague-fighting microbiomes and eight more hot tech trends | Silicon Angle
They did so at the popular Top 10 Tech Trends event held annually for the past 19 years by the Churchill Club, which hosts forums with tech’s top…

May 25, 2017
Experts predict top tech trends for next five years | Blasting News
The panel rated and debated top Tech Trends over the course of two hours at a meeting hosted by the Churchill Club forum in collaboration with…

2016

Dec 2, 2016
Don’t look for a black swan in battery tech innovation | Blasting News
At a panel discussion hosted in Silicon Valley on Wednesday by the Churchill Club, a panel of industry experts focused on the future of battery technology, especially the current Li-ion model…

Nov 25, 2016
Understanding The Modern CMO: A Conversation At The Churchill Club | Which-50 Media
Recently I had the chance to moderate a panel discussion at The Churchill Club in Silicon Valley on the future of marketing. Here, I sat down with…

Nov 15, 2016
IBM Speaks On Why Cognitive Is A Business Imperative | Forbes
Five years later, the cognitive field has changed tremendously. To learn more about cognitive computing, I attended a Churchill Club meeting titled ‘Digital Today, Cognitive Tomorrow’ where Promod Haque, the Senior Managing Partner, from Norwest Venture Partners interviewed Ginni Rometty, the Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM…

Nov 11, 2016
IBM Courts Coders with Watson | Wall Street Journal
“If you’re going to build a platform, you have to give [software developers] access to something they can’t get anywhere else,” said IBM Chief Executive Ginni Rometty, speaking at a Churchill Club event Wednesday evening in San Francisco…

Sep 26, 2016
A Netflix exec explains the simple but painful process that allows the company to thrive | Business Insider
… product officer Netflix, told attendees at the Churchill Club in Santa Clara. The Club presented Netflix with one of its prestigious annual awards on…

Sep 26, 2016
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has an actual formula that anyone can use to be happier and more | Business Insider
And I’d be lucky if maybe 50 people read it,” he told attendees at the prestigious Churchill Club annual award ceremony in Santa Clara, California, on …

Aug 8, 2016
Maintaining Social Responsibility While Drowning In Data | Huff Post Canada
… owing implications for business practices and government regulations in the wake of the rising data tsunami sweeping the globe was the topic of concern during this month’s prestigious Churchill Club gathering…

May 26, 2016
Expect more robots, health-focused start-ups in the next 5 years, say VCs | CNBC
Five VCs discussed up-and-coming tech trends Wednesday night during Churchill Club’s 18th-annual dinner in Santa Clara, California. On the panel…

Feb 8 2016
Silicon Valley Premiere of THE HUMAN FACE OF BIG DATA Film to Feature Industry Panel Discussion on “Data for Good” | Churchill Club
The Silicon Valley premiere event is co-hosted by Churchill Club, The Computer History Museum, CuriosityStream, The Tech Museum and KQED, with ……

2015

Oct 14, 2015
Big Tech, Investors Battle for Artificial Intelligence Edge | Forbes
Cognitive computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and super intelligent machines are among the terms being bandied about as the future of computing…

Sep 28, 2015
Intel’s Andy Grove receives ‘Legendary Leader’ award | ZD Net
Andy Grove, the former CEO and Chairman of Intel, was honored late last week with the “Legendary Leader” Churchill Award from the Churchill Club…

Aug 28, 2015
CEO John Chen Says BlackBerry Devices Need More Apps, but Won’t Confirm Android Plans | Re/code
“It is a little more complex, which is why it is not done,” Chen said Friday during a talk at the Churchill Club in Palo Alto, Calif. Recent leaks have shown…

Aug 28, 2015
BlackBerry CEO Admits Their Devices Needs More Apps | Ubergizmo
Speaking at a talk at the Churchill Club in Palo Alto, California, Chen said that BlackBerry devices need more apps, but interestingly enough he…

Aug 27, 2015
For AI Startups, The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times | Forbes
The panel was presented by the tech forum Churchill Club on Aug. 26. Besides the ready availability of capital, one upside for AI startups is that they…

July 31, 2015
Patent Office’s permanent Silicon Valley office to open Oct. 15 | Silicon Valley Business Journal
USPTO Director Michelle Lee made the announcement on Thursday at a Churchill Club discussion held at Microsoft’s Mountain View offices….

May 25, 2015
‘Ambient’ Computing, Disruptive Banking Startups Top VC Predictions | eWeek
Ambient computing, robotic cars and tough times for traditional banks were some of the controversial predictions made here at the Churchill Club’s 17th annual Top Ten Tech Trends event…

May 24, 2015
The Churchill Club VCs Predict the Death of Automobiles | TG Daily
Or how to really piss off Ford, GM, Toyota, Fiat, Mercedes Benz and a host of others in 3 easy lessons. This week was the Churchill Club’s annual …

May 22, 2015
Five Top Venture Capitalists Name the Top 10 Tech Trends of the Next 5 Years | Forbes
…10 tech trends dinner held in San Jose by the Churchill Club, which hosts forums with tech’s top executives, financiers, entrepreneurs, and thinkers.

May 22, 2015
Robocars and Hyperloops: 10 Tech Predictions From VCs | Wall Street Journal
For his 2013 predictions, the Churchill Club gave him a wizard’s hat to go with the traditional red and blue winner’s cape. In previous years, the rise of …

April 15, 2015
The Churchill Club and The Amazing Stories of Intel Capital and the Silicon Valley Bank | Tech Guru Daily
This week I attended an interesting dinner put on by the Churchill Club showcasing the thoughts of Greg Becker the President and CEO of Silicon…

April 15, 2015
Top Silicon Valley VCs Say Uber, Wearables, Drones New-Gen Disruptors | eWeek
…were among the most highly-touted technologies discussed by Arvind Sodhani, President of Intel Capital, the chip giant’s investment arm, and Greg Becker President and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, at an event here sponsored by the Churchill Club.

April 14, 2015
Intel Capital, Silicon Valley Bank chiefs see signs of a bubble | San Francisco Business Times
Intel Capital President Arvind Sodhani and Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker devoted a good part of a Churchill Club appearance Monday night…

February 27, 2015
Google chief economist: Don’t fear the robots | Business Insider
Speaking at a Churchill Club forum in San Francisco last night alongside Paul Thomas (Chief Economist, Intel) and Jaana Remes (Partner, McKinsey…

2014

November 13, 2014
Smart Cities Will Need Smart Leaders and Even Smarter Citizens | Forbes
Churchill Club had hosted a panel discussion on Smart Cities, ”Cities and the Digital Frontier.” The panel included David Gann, Jay Mezher, Katharine Frase, Michael Steep. Michael Chui moderated…

September 15, 2014
Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club Announces Winners of the 4th Annual Churchills | Marketwired
Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum, today announced the winners of its fourth annual “Churchills” awards, recognizing excellence in innovation, leadership, collaboration, and social good…

August 25, 2014
The promise of the connected car | EDN Network
The Churchill Club in the San Jose area held a discussion in August on the Connected Car and what is the practical realization of the phrase…

August 14, 2014
The Churchill Club and The Future of the Connected Car | Tech Guru Daily
I attended an interesting panel at The Churchill Club this week on the coming connected/self-driving Car with executives from NVIDIA, Mercedes Benz, Nissan and a subject matter expert talking about the future…

July 2, 2014
Churchill Club retail panel says Amazon can be beaten — maybe | BloomReach
It isn’t often that a panel discussion hosted by the august Churchill Club has me thinking that I’ve stumbled into a book club debating the latest …

May 30, 2014
Silicon Valley’s Top 10 Tech Trends | Forbes
Within the next 5 years, a woman entrepreneur will create a technology legend that yields a $50 billion exit. Banks and health insurance providers will cease to exist as we know them. And Austin, Texas will replace Silicon Valley as the world’s startup headquarters! These were just a few of the bold predictions discussed by venture capitalists (VCs) at last night’s 16th annual Top Ten Tech Trends, hosted by Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club…

February 28, 2014
Apple Experts Ask: Are Apple’s Best Days Ahead? | Cult of Mac
Predicting the future of Apple is probably the no. 1 party game in Silicon Valley. The venerable Churchill Club, which has been gathering luminaries to discuss tech in Menlo Park since 1985, has assembled a panel of experts who have some real insight in to the days ahead for the Cupertino company. Read more at http://www.cultofmac.com/268313/apple-experts-churchill-club/#sib8DGzGCQrDS1KW.99

February 25, 2014
Silicon Valley’s new line to Obama? U.S. Commerce Secretary rubs elbows with LinkedIn, Google, Facebook | Silicon Valley Business Journal
Congressional delegates, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, startup founders, investors and representatives of tech advocacy groups like FWD.us are all on hand at the event hosted by the Churchill Club. The melding of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill brass is the first stop for U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on her inaugural visit to the region as part of President Barack Obama’s …

February 25, 2014
Commerce Secretary reaches out to Silicon Valley | Silicon Beat
Pritzker touted Monday the President’s actions such as signing the JOBS Act, enacting three trade agreements and pushing for both patent and immigration reforms. The former Obama campaign co-chairman also cited recent articles that posit healthcare reform will be a boon to entrepreneurs. Her message? “The Department of Commerce is a service agency,” she said at the event organized by The Churchill Club…

February 24, 2014
Commerce Secretary has open message for Silicon Valley | The Examiner
“I’m a Silicon Valley girl.” With that opening quote in her first official Silicon Valley appearance as Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker reached out to the tech community at a gathering today of Bay Area politicians and technology leaders. Today’s lunchtime gathering was held at the Plug and Play technology accelerator in Sunnyvale, California. It was hosted by The Churchill Club in partnership with TechNet, TechAmerica, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and FWD.us…

February 4, 2014
The Privacy Paradox: Must We Keep All Data Sacred? | WIRED
Earlier this week, the notable Churchill Club hosted its 2014 Data Privacy Trends event in San Francisco beckoned those with an ilk about staying mum. With all the wearable technology in the room, from fitbits to Google Glass, you’d think that it was more of a convention for exhibitionists, rather than those deeply concerned with privacy…

January 17, 2014
Chess Champ Carlsen Delights Silicon Valley with Dry Wit
Carlsen spoke Thursday evening, Jan. 16, at a Churchill Club program in Mountain View, Calif., before an audience of several hundred engineers, venture capitalists and other techies. He was nominally being interviewed on stage at the Computer History Museum by Peter Thiel…

2013

December 13, 2013
Cool Tech Devices for (Serious) Gadget Lovers
If you love tech gadgets — and who doesn’t? — all sorts were on display at the Churchill Club’s annual gadget fest this week in Santa Clara. Devices included a collar that tracks your dog’s daily exercise, a fork that vibrates when you’ve eaten too much and a basketball filled with sensors. Professional, portable movie cameras and military-grade thermal imaging devices…

October 25, 2013
4 former Amazon employees on what it’s like working for Jeff Bezos | Silicon Valley Business Journal
Dave Cotter, Dave Selinger, Nadia Shouraboura and Kristina Wallender joined Bloomberg writer Brad Stone (author of “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon”) at a Churchill Club event Thursday to discuss what they had each learned from Amazon’s unique corporate culture and Bezos’ management style…

September 20, 2013
Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club Presents “Changing the Game” and “The Churchills 2013” Third Annual Day-Long Conference and Presentation of “The Churchills” | PR Inside
Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum, today announced both their “Changing the Game” conference and, a Bay Area favorite, the “The Churchills 2013″…

September 19, 2013
Nair & Co.’s Sir Alan Collins to Honour “Magical Team” at The Churchill Club Awards Ceremony | Herald Online
Sir Alan Collins to Honour “Magical Team” at The Churchill Club Awards … This is the third year running that Nair & Co. has endorsed the Churchill Club by…

August 5, 2013
Hot Tech Trends for Machine Learning | Smart Data Collective
I joined the Churchill Club this morning for an exciting breakfast on Machine Learning. In May 2013, Steve Jurvetson of DFJ said on the Churchill Club stage that he believes machine learning will be one of the most important tech trends…

May 23, 2013
The Top 10 Future Tech Trends From 5 Top Venture Capitalists | Forbes
The only thing people in Silicon Valley like to do more than talk about the future of tech is to invent it. Tonight they settled for the second-best thing, in the form of the popular Top 10 Tech Trends dinner. Hosted by the Churchill Club, which holds speaking events featuring top tech folks every year, this year’s event, the 15th annual, featured an all-venture capitalist panel…

May 16, 2013
Churchill Club Presents 15th Annual Top 10 Tech Trends | MarketWire
Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum, will host a dinner event on Thursday, May 23, 2013 titled “15th Annual Top 10 Tech Trends”…

April 24, 2013
Author and Visionary Rajat Paharia to Explore ‘The Gamification of Everything’ at Churchill Club April 30 | Yahoo! Finance
Rajat Paharia, widely recognized as the father of gamification, will join a panel of fellow visionaries on April 30 for a special breakfast meeting of the Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum. In a panel conversation titled “The Gamification of Everything,” Paharia and other experts…

March 26, 2013
Technology And Transformation: Futurists Alan Kay And Vishal Sikka | SIlicon Valley Watcher
This evening (March 26) The Churchill Club hosts Alan Kay (above), formerly of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Apple, and Hewlett-Packard in conversation with SAP’s technology and innovation leader Vishal Sikka, hosted by analyst Paul Saffo….

February 12, 2013
Video: Edelman’s Debate On ‘Trust’ At Churchill Club | Silicon Valley Watcher
Edelman PR sponsored a debate on “Trust” Monday evening at the Computer History Museum. Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman PR discussed some of the findings of the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer global survey…

January 31, 2013
SDN is Dead, Long Live SDN – SDNCentral@Churchill Club | Cisco Dot TV
This evening, SDNCentral’s own Matt Palmer was on a panel at the Churchill Club event: Open Forum-Is Software Defined Networking the Next Network Revolution? He was in illustrious company, with…

January 9, 2013
Outgoing EPA admin Lisa Jackson: The Work We Do is “Vital, almost Sacred” | Silicon Beat
Lisa Jackson, the outgoing administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, visited Silicon Valley this week for a candid conversation about energy, innovation and her often stormy four-year tenure in Washington. The event, hosted by the Churchill Club at Microsoft’s Mountain View campus…

2012

November 14, 2012
What Reid Hoffman should ask Steve Ballmer | Forbes
The Churchill Club and Microsoft made an interesting decision in choosing Reid Hoffman to interview Steve Ballmer tonight. Let me explain. Churchill is Silicon Valley’s answer to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco or the 92nd Street Y in…

November 14, 2012
Steve Ballmer Praises Exiting Sinofsky, Says Microsoft “All-In” on Current Strategy | AllThingsDigital
From a strategy perspective we are ‘all-in’ on what we’ve done,” Ballmer said during a speech at the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, Calif. Sinofsky, a 23-year veteran of the company, exited Microsoft on Monday, after what sources said were…

November 14, 2012
Steve Ballmer During Reid Hoffman interview: People Are Having Their “Oh” Moment With Surface
At the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, two tech titans sat down to have a conversation. LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman interviewed Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer at an event with “tech influencers and innovators,” and a bunch of…

September 7, 2012
UPDATE: Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club Adds a Fifth Award to Be Presented at the Second Annual Celebration of “The Churchills” | MarketWire
The Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum, today announced the addition of a new award to their second annual celebration of the 2012 Churchill Awards…

September 5, 2012
Silicon Valley’s Churchill Club Presents Changing the Game 2012 and the Churchill Awards | MarketWire
The Churchill Club, Silicon Valley’s premier business and technology forum, today announced both their Changing the Game conference and, a Bay Area favorite, the 2012 Churchill Awards…

August 21, 2012
Speech Recognition Finally Finding Its Voice in Mobile Technology | eWeek
The comparison of computer speech development to human speech development came up during a panel discussion Aug. 20 at a forum hosted by the Churchill Club of Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, Calif…

July 30, 2012
Churchill Club: The 2013 agenda for CIOs (podcast) | ZDNet
Listen to CIOs from some of Silicon Valley’s top players, including Google and Juniper Networks, about how they’re addressing new challenges…

June 16, 2012
Old Oxford-style debate comes to Silicon Valley | San Jose Mercury News
The first-ever Oxford debate in Silicon Valley, on Tuesday at Santa Clara University, is being hosted by the Churchill Club, which last year celebrated its 25th…

June 13, 2012
The Churchill Club Presents the First Annual Great Silicon Valley Oxford Union Debate | MarketWire
Churchill Club and Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business and Center for Science, Technology and Society, will co-host the First Annual Great Silicon Valley Oxford Union Debate on Tuesday, June 19…

June 13, 2012
Hadoop, the elephant in the enterprise | ZDNet
This is a big-data week in Silicon Valley, kicking off last night with a Churchill Club event here called “The Elephant in the Enterprise: What Role will Hadoop Play?” and featuring a high-powered group of big-data executives. Hadoop, the open-source…

May 24, 2012
5 VCs: Top 10 tech trends | Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal
If you want to know what the next five years hold for technology, these are the guys to ask. The Churchill Club and Forbes gathered five prominent venture capitalists…

May 23, 2012
Venture Capitalists Kill (Optimism Around) the Electric Car | Bloomberg
But during a panel discussion at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley last night, the VCs did overwhelmingly dismiss the notion that within five years, there’s going to be a radical shift away from gas-powered automobiles in the US The occasion was the …

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