General

DFC: General — Dallas 2018

Aug 1, 2018 7:00 PM · The Granada Theater · 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
  • Data slayer
  • Former marketer
  • Stag

VS
Elie Finegold
VP, Innovation, CBRE
  • Former real state wonk
  • Seasoned advisor
  • Crimson

Voice: Marketing & Control

Chris Ferrel
Dir. Digital Strategy, Richards Group
  • Lifelong marketer
  • Former kitchen manager
  • Cornhusker

VS
Michelle Hagen
  • Lifelong marketer
  • Former business analyst
  • Golden Grizzly

Design: Speed, Technology & Process

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

VS
James Helms
VP, Design, Intuit
  • Lifelong marketing designer
  • Parking Spot side hustle
  • Blue Hen

Blockchain: Security & Trust vs Promise

Jaime Chambron
VP, Customer Engagement, NTT Data
  • Recovering strategist
  • Product driver
  • Crimson

VS
Mark Hopkins
Founder, Roger Wilco
  • Former corporate dev
  • Blockchain miner
  • Nerdy by Nature

Smart Cameras / Smart Images

Thierry Hubert
  • Responsible Technologist
  • IBM vet
  • College Fraincais

VS
Skip Howard
CEO, Spacee
  • Programmer
  • Robotics nut
  • Red Raider

Referees

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

Grant Moise

  • Broadcaster guy
  • M&A nut
  • Rock Chalk

Jennifer Saenz

  • Recovering consultant
  • Merchandising maven
  • Swoop

Dustin Roller

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

Roee Adler

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

Watch

Event videos here and fight videos on the fight pages

Photos

Mayhem captured for posterity

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