Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator Kicks Off this Season with Customer Engagement at the Digital Edge, the First of its 2016 Quarterly Conference Series 'Insurance Disrupted'

    SAN MATEO, CA, March 09, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator and Silicon Valley Innovation Center present Insurance Disrupted Q1: Customer Engagement at the Digital Edge. It will be a 2-day innovation-packed conference from Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 from 7:30 AM-7:30 PM (PST) to Wednesday, March 23nd, 2016 from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM (PST) at Crowne Plaza in Foster City, CA.

Insurance Disrupted is an exclusive customer-centric technology conference that delivers powerful insights, immense networking opportunities and an insider glimpse of the market's hottest new startups. Participants and attendees alike will learn about the newest evolving disruptions on the horizon, as well as cybersecurity strategies from experts at leading companies in this space.

If you are a corporate executive interested in learning about the most crucial success factors for choosing your next move in insurance; are a creator of future insurtech solutions; or a technology enthusiast, then you don't want to miss the hottest insurance event of the year.

Today, there is a suite of exponentially growing human-centric trends changing the way that consumers and insurers interact. One of the key elements is real-time interaction, and this powerful insurtech conference is all about exploring what it takes for insurance services in Life, Health, and P&C to develop next generation engagement strategies and capabilities for digitally connected customers.

Smart insurers are paving the way for future success by embracing customers' demand for digital data ecosystems that improve their end-user experience. Insurance of tomorrow will rely on sensors and advanced analytics to deliver transparency and interactive value-added services that help reduce risk, improve business outcomes, and dramatically increase the value delivered every step of the way.

The conference will open with a keynote session on the theme Engagement In a Connected World, all about highlighting the driving forces behind the future of customer engagement. Discussion panels include the following topics:

- Opportunities for next generation customer engagement across Life, Health & P&C, featuring speakers like Jason Andrew, CEO/ Founder of Limelight Health
- Designing next gen customer experiences with Mark Nathan, CEO/ Founder of Zipari
- A presentation & workshop about human-centric solutions that change people's lives by Jonathan Podolsky, Vice President of Experience Strategy at MadPow

The afternoon Startup Showcase will feature over 16 of the most disruptive emerging names in insurtech pitching their ideas and solutions to 7 judges in a challenge to take home 1st place.

The second day of the conference will explore trending areas such as:

- How emerging technologies are influencing next generation distribution models, by experts like Pascal Bouvier, Venture Partner of Santander InnoVentures
- Igniting business and technical architectures for real-time customer engagement, by Tony Fross, Vice President of North America Practice Leader of Capgemini

To view the complete agenda for Insurance Disrupted Q1: Customer Engagement at the Digital Edge, visit our Eventbrite page.

Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator (SVIA)
SVIA was launched by Silicon Valley Innovation Center in December 2015. As a magnet for insurance innovators it provides instant access to a growing InsurTech innovation network. Its conferences help companies build awareness and initiate the cultural change internally required to establish and sustain successful innovation efforts.

Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC)
SVIC promotes the spirit of innovation by crafting disruption-focused conferences and executive leadership programs that harness the incredible advances in the Silicon Valley business space that are reshaping entire societies and the global economy at large.

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