Trends to Watch: Understanding the Innovation Revolution

There are a number of trends enabling innovators in ways and at speeds never before experienced. Today’s creators are enabled to develop innovative products, manufacture them, and get them to market at an unprecedented pace. What is known as the “Maker Movement” is empowering thousands of innovative revolutionaries throughout the country. Mark Hatch, author of The Maker Movement Manifesto, will share how advanced manufacturing, crowd-funding, the collaborative economy, and on-line markets as well as the trend towards artificial intelligence and virtual and augmented reality are paving the way for individuals to create, innovate, and generate wealth for themselves and their investors. Mark will chronicle the revolution and how these innovators are impacting positive societal change with nothing more than their own creativity and hard work.