# Technology Convergence: Winning the Exponential Upswing

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**Date:** March 12, 2026 · 10:00 PM  
**Location:** Hilton Austin Downtown / Room 410  
**Format:** Core Conversation  
**Track:** Tech & AI track  
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## Speakers

- **Connie KuangTechnology Convergence Initiative LeadWorld Economic Forum**
- **Kary Bheemaiah** — Chief Tech & Innovation Officer- Capgemini Invent I Exec Fellow – World Economic ForumCapgemini

Every industrial revolution started with mashups. Today, advanced digital, biological, and physical technologies are creating their S-Curves together, unleashing a burst of convergence that generates value none could release alone, a dynamic mapped by the World Economic Forum's Technology Convergence Report. In this hands-on session, executives and founders will work through a diagnostic framework to map the intricacies of today's technology landscape, stress-test where their next major bet sits within the convergence wave, and walk away with a practical lens they can apply immediately.

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