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DFC: General — Dallas 2018

Aug 1, 2018 7:00 PM · The Granada Theater · Dallas, TX

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DFC: General — Dallas 2018 event banner, Digital Fight Club in Dallas, TX

For the 3rd year in a row, we bring you Digital Fight Club: on Wednesday, August 1st at 7pm at the historic Granada Theater. Ten of the sharpest wits in North Texas will spar in five “fights” ranging in topics, selected from this year’s Accenture Interactive Trends Book. The audience and Refs will vote for a winner with our own Digital Fight Club App. Mayhem, indeed!

RSVP
August 1, 2018

The Fight Format

  • Each fight runs ~10 minutes
  • Opening arguments: 45 secs each
  • Rebuttal rounds: 15 secs each (6–8 rounds)
  • Refs call fouls (buzzer) anytime — 15 sec response each
  • Audience votes to decide the winner

Event Timeline

Sponsors

The companies backing this fight — and all the decision-makers in the room. Want in on the action? Reach out below.

Fights

Defending your ideas in front of a crowd of your peers. Educational and entertaining at the same time.

Retail: Physical vs Digital

Daniel Black — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Daniel Black
CEO, Glass Media
  • Data slayer
  • Former marketer
  • Stag

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Elie Finegold — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Elie Finegold
VP, Innovation, CBRE
  • Former real state wonk
  • Seasoned advisor
  • Crimson

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/elie-finegold
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Voice: Marketing & Control

Chris Ferrel — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Chris Ferrel
Dir. Digital Strategy, Richards Group
  • Lifelong marketer
  • Former kitchen manager
  • Cornhusker

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Michelle Hagen — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Michelle Hagen
CEO, Tandem Theory
  • Lifelong marketer
  • Former business analyst
  • Golden Grizzly

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/michelle-hagen
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Design: Speed, Technology & Process

Jeriad Zoghby — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Jeriad Zoghby
Global Lead, Omni-Channel Commerce, Accenture Song
  • last second replacement fighter
  • Accenbture vet
  • Hook 'em Horns

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
James Helms — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
James Helms
VP, Design, Intuit
  • Lifelong marketing designer
  • Parking Spot side hustle
  • Blue Hen

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/jeriad-zoghby
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Blockchain: Security & Trust vs Promise

Jaime Chambron — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Jaime Chambron
VP, Customer Engagement, NTT Data
  • Recovering strategist
  • Product driver
  • Crimson

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Mark Hopkins — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Mark Hopkins
Founder, Roger Wilco
  • Former corporate dev
  • Blockchain miner
  • Nerdy by Nature

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/jaime-chambron
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Smart Cameras / Smart Images

Thierry Hubert — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Thierry Hubert
CEO, Darwin Ecosystem
  • Responsible Technologist
  • IBM vet
  • College Fraincais

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Skip Howard — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Skip Howard
CEO, Spacee
  • Programmer
  • Robotics nut
  • Red Raider

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/thierry-hubert
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Referees

They don't judge the debate — they call fouls. The audience decides the winner. All referees below officiate every fight at this event.

Andrew Hopkins

MD, Accenture
  • Co-creator of DFC
  • Data privacy expert
  • Proud South African
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Andrew Hopkins — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Grant Moise

Publisher, Dallas Morning News
  • Broadcaster guy
  • M&A nut
  • Rock Chalk

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Grant Moise — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Jennifer Saenz

CMO, Frito-Lay
  • Recovering consultant
  • Merchandising maven
  • Swoop

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Jennifer Saenz — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Dustin Roller

VP, Innovation, AmerisourceBergen
  • Former learning co vet
  • New product guy
  • Big Red Bear

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Dustin Roller — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Roee Adler

SVP, WeWork
  • Startup junkie
  • Israeli defense engineer
  • Reichman

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Roee Adler — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Watch

Event videos here and fight videos on the fight pages

Photos

Mayhem captured for posterity

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