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DFC: General — Dallas 2019

Aug 28, 2019 7:00 PM · The Granada Theater · Dallas, TX

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For the fourth year in a row, we bring you Digital Fight Club: on Wednesday, August 28th at 7 PM 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 Accenture Interactive Trends Book.

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August 28, 2019

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.

Public Transport Technology

Robert Mundinger — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Robert Mundinger
Founder, TheMap.net
  • Data slayer
  • Recovering finance guy
  • Opinionated urbanite techie

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DFCDFCWINNER
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Steven Duong
VP, Design + Planning, AECOM
  • Urban Pioneer Award
  • Hyperloop fanatic
  • Amateur chef

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/robert-mundinger
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Secure Me: Digital Safety

Lee Harrison — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Lee Harrison
CEO, Thru
  • Occasionally wrong, never in doubt
  • Integrator of systems
  • Makes Dropbox look like child’s play

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DFCDFCWINNER
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Stephen Ellis
CTO, Plymouth AI
  • Cryptocurrency fanatic
  • Occasionally stealthy
  • Coffee genius

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/stephen-ellis
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Silence: Digitally disconnect or not?

Jennifer Zientz — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Jennifer Zientz
Director, Center for Brain Health
  • Noggin expert
  • Police trainer
  • Navy Seal whisperer

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Michelle Adams — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Michelle Adams
President, Marketing Brainology
  • CPG genius
  • Brain manipulator
  • Ph.D, Political Economy

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/jennifer-zientz
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Synthetic Reality: Does Real Matter?

Farrukh Malik — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Farrukh Malik
CEO, Roomored
  • Recovering banker
  • Intrepid citizen
  • residential construction disruptor

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Steve Nix — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Steve Nix
CEO, ForwardXP
  • Video game industry vet
  • Understands his Id
  • Please don’t touch anything

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/farrukh-malik
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Get to Know Me: Personalization & Privacy

Mike Orren — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Mike Orren
CEO, Speakeasy
  • Recovering publisher
  • Movie critic
  • Blue Devil

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Andy Chen — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Andy Chen
SVP, Match
  • PII aficionado
  • Co-founded Traxo
  • Never used Tinder

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/andy-chen
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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

Nick Reddy

CDO, Baylor, Scott & White
  • Recovering consultant
  • Mountain climber
  • Ask him about “The Hive”

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Nick Reddy — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Josh Baer

Founder, Capital Factory
  • Zillion-time-over entrepreneur
  • Eisenhower Fellow
  • Fan of Austin…and Dallas

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Josh Baer — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Tarang Sethia

VP, Product, 7-Eleven
  • AA & Intuit veteran
  • Punjab Lions fan
  • Leading 7-11 digital transformation

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Tarang Sethia — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Syya Yasotornratt

Host, Innovation Calling
  • Enterprise tech vet
  • People connector
  • Foster dog lover

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Syya Yasotornratt — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Watch

Event videos here and fight videos on the fight pages

Photos

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