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Overview
KPMG in Boston hosts the annual Business Disruption Forum
The forum is designed to bring together hundreds of executives and professionals from across a wide range of industries to discuss how emerging companies are disrupting an industry, how new technologies are enabling companies to work faster and smarter, and how specific industry sectors are evolving in the wake of disruption.
Special guest contributors are a hallmark of the Business Disruption Forum
To produce the forum in a way that reflects an unvarnished look at the current state of the industry, KPMG brings together our most senior thought leaders with senior industry executives to bring you well-rounded, sometimes provocative, and always hyper-relevant perspectives on trending topics that multiple industries are facing.
You're in good company at the Business Disruption Forum
Building lasting connections with industry peers is critical no matter your professional level or industry segment. Because our Business Disruption Forum attracts hundreds of professionals from all levels of the organizational hierarchy, you'll have an opportunity to meet new contacts and peers, strengthen existing relationships, and build connections that will pay dividends for years.
Audience breakdown shown has been derived from the most recent forum registration data
Sessions
1:00pm - 2:00pm: The State of Commercial Real Estate
This session will bring together a panel of industry professionals whose businesses have been altered since the rise of COVID and the change in perception of what is means to go to work. We will cover perspectives on occupancy, sales trends, and reimagining space to fit the new needs/use cases for in-office business as well as share some thoughts on how downtown Boston is evolving.
This session will bring together a panel of industry professionals whose businesses have been altered since the rise of COVID and the change in perception of what is means to go to work. We will cover perspectives on occupancy, sales trends, and reimagining space to fit the new needs/use cases for in-office business as well as share some thoughts on how downtown Boston is evolving.
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Complex M&A Transactions
Business has become far more complex, and so has M&A. Markets and business models have been disrupted and lines between industries are blurring. More companies are buying early-stage tech assets to transform business models and digitize operations. This takes place against a backdrop of intense competition for targets, soaring valuations, new investor demands around ESG, and macro challenges, such as snarled supply chains and labor shortages. Today, both deals and deal making are more complex, carry more risk, and require extraordinary synergies to pay off. In this session we’ll discuss how to master complex deals with M&A leaders from the New England area, including specific steps on how best to identify sources of value, prevent value leakage and deliver on your deal thesis.
Business has become far more complex, and so has M&A. Markets and business models have been disrupted and lines between industries are blurring. More companies are buying early-stage tech assets to transform business models and digitize operations. This takes place against a backdrop of intense competition for targets, soaring valuations, new investor demands around ESG, and macro challenges, such as snarled supply chains and labor shortages. Today, both deals and deal making are more complex, carry more risk, and require extraordinary synergies to pay off. In this session we’ll discuss how to master complex deals with M&A leaders from the New England area, including specific steps on how best to identify sources of value, prevent value leakage and deliver on your deal thesis.
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Go boldly, not blindly, into the metaverse
The metaverse is here. An evolving virtual universe, it brings people together to share interactive, immersive, and social experiences through digital avatars and identities. The metaverse blends consumers’ physical and virtual worlds together through socializing, gaming, shopping, fitness, education, working, training, and entertainment. Simply put, the metaverse is about bringing people together in new and previously unimaginable ways. Get an understanding of what this means for the enterprise and how this relates to the traditional means of conducting business.
The metaverse is here. An evolving virtual universe, it brings people together to share interactive, immersive, and social experiences through digital avatars and identities. The metaverse blends consumers’ physical and virtual worlds together through socializing, gaming, shopping, fitness, education, working, training, and entertainment. Simply put, the metaverse is about bringing people together in new and previously unimaginable ways. Get an understanding of what this means for the enterprise and how this relates to the traditional means of conducting business.
4:00pm - 5:00pm: The Road to IPO in 2022
The market has rapidly changed within the last 24-36 months. KPMG's Marc Dumaine, leader of New England and Upstate New York IPO Readiness practice, is on the frontlines where companies are looking to IPO or a public company is seeking to merge with a target. In this session, executives will discuss what it means to be IPO ready in today's market.
The market has rapidly changed within the last 24-36 months. KPMG's Marc Dumaine, leader of New England and Upstate New York IPO Readiness practice, is on the frontlines where companies are looking to IPO or a public company is seeking to merge with a target. In this session, executives will discuss what it means to be IPO ready in today's market.
5:00pm - 6:00pm: Cocktail Reception
All sessions shown are eligible for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits
Speakers
Sam Berger
Investor
JAWS Estates Capital
Kevin Bolen
Partner, Strategic Planning and Investments
KPMG LLP
Peter Bloomfield
Partner, Real Estate Practice Leader
KPMG
Patrick Carpenter
Partner, Deal Advisory
KPMG LLP
Marc Dumaine
Partner, Accounting Advisory
KPMG LLP
Andrew Hoar
President, Greater Boston
CBRE
Judith Crawford
CEO
Beacon Mobility
Steve Dertien
CTO
PTC
Janessa Howarth
Partner, Advisory, Transaction Services & Deal Advisory
KPMG LLP
Stephanie Kim
Senior Director, Enterprise Innovation
KPMG LLP
Chris Legg
Senior Managing Director
Progress Partners
Elizabeth O. Lowrey
Principal and Director of Interior Architecture
Elkus Manfredi Architects
Elisabeth Martin
Partner
Latham & Watkins
Tom Pizzuti
Partner, Advisory, Transaction Services & Deal Advisory
KPMG LLP
Kristin C. Pothier
Global and National Leader, HCLS Strategy
KPMG LLP
Jeff Wilson
Principal, Advisory
KPMG LLP
Dustin C. Sarnoski
Head of Global Realty
State Street
Thought Leadership
Past Sessions
Forecasting 2021
Growth and M&A during a Volatile Market
New Tech, New Business Opportunity
Rapid Tech Transformation
Prior Forum Speakers
Kevin Bolen
Principal, National Leader for Strategic Growth Initiatives
KPMG
Mary Buonanno
SVP & CTO
Steward Health Care
Katherine Craven
CFO
Babson College
Judith Crawford
CEO
Beacon Mobility
Steve Dertien
CTO
PTC
Alona Florenz
VP of Corporate Development
C&S Wholesale
Matthew Heinz
Senior Managing Director
Aon
Fred Heller
Vice President, Corporate Development
Nuance Communications
Matt Hillery
CTO
Access Information Management
Janessa Howarth
Partner, Deal Advisory
KPMG LLP
Pete Irwin
Managing Director, Data & Analytics
KPMG LLP
Savvy Katham
Manager, CIO Advisory
KPMG LLP
Colleen Lubic
VP of Finance
Campbell Soul Company
Jeremy Segal
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Progress Software
Robert Weideman
EVP & GM Nuance Enterprise
Nuance
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