REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Box, Inc. (NYSE:BOX), a leader in cloud content management, today announced its speakers for BoxWorks 2018, the company’s eighth annual enterprise software industry conference. Focusing on The Blueprint for the Future of Work, BoxWorks will be held August 29-30th at Moscone West in San Francisco. Registration for BoxWorks, including the free expo pass, which provides access to the keynote and general sessions, can be found at www.box.com/boxworks/.
The future of work will be front and center at BoxWorks 2018 with discussions on how to power digital transformation initiatives, driving rapid innovation in technology, and building a modern technology stack required to embrace best-of-breed productivity.
This year’s BoxWorks lineup keynote and panel speakers include:
- Kimberly Bryant, CEO and Founder, Black Girls Code
- Stewart Butterfield, CEO and Co-founder, Slack
- Emily Chang, Author and Anchor, Bloomberg TV
- Naureen Hassan, Chief Digital Officer, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
- Jensen Huang, CEO, Nvidia
- Patty McCord, Author and former Chief Talent Officer, Netflix
- Renee Wynn, Chief Information Officer, NASA
- IT leaders from enterprises like Amgen, The Coca-Cola Company, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, and Warner Bros.
- Box partners: IBM, Google, Microsoft and others
Box CEO and Co-founder, Aaron Levie, will open BoxWorks 2018 on Wednesday, August 29th with a keynote address, sharing insights on how organizations can put the blueprint for the future of work into practice. Levie will also unveil the latest product innovations from Box, helping enterprises shift from legacy technology and business processes to the digital age.
On Thursday, August 30th, Box’s Chief Product Officer, Jeetu Patel, will showcase the power of digital transformation, bringing real world use cases and stories to life. Technology leaders from Allstate, Schneider Electric, Sephora, State Street, and SunTrust, will demonstrate how they are changing the way their organizations work and digitizing business processes with solutions built on Box. The morning keynote will conclude with a fireside chat with Stewart Butterfield, CEO and Co-founder at Slack, and Aaron Levie.
BoxWorks 2018 will also feature the second annual Box Women’s Network (BWN) Summit, focusing on changing the narrative around diversity and inclusion. Speakers for the event, include Patty McCord, author and former Chief Talent Officer of Netflix; Emily Chang, host of Bloomberg TV and author of Brotopia; and Kimberly Bryant, CEO and Founder of Black Girls Code.
Box makes it easy for more than 85,000 organizations around the world and 69 percent of the Fortune 500 to share, access, and collaborate securely on their most important content. With Box, leading global enterprises like Eli Lilly, Procter & Gamble, and Schneider Electric are powering the future of work for their organizations.
To hear how innovative companies across industries are using technology to transform their business, join us at BoxWorks 2018: http://www.box.com/boxworks/.
About Box
Box (NYSE:BOX) is the cloud content management company that empowers enterprises to revolutionize how they work by securely connecting their people, information and applications. Founded in 2005, Box powers more than 85,000 businesses globally and 69 percent of the Fortune 500, including AstraZeneca, General Electric, P&G, and The GAP. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia. To learn more about Box, visit http://www.box.com/.
