General

DFC: General — Dallas 2017

Aug 23, 2017 7:00 PM · The Granada Theater · Dallas, TX

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DFC: General — Dallas 2017 event banner, Digital Fight Club in Dallas, TX

Back for our second year, we bring you Digital Fight Club: on Wednesday, August 23rd 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's Accenture Interactive Trends Book.

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August 23, 2017

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.

Driverless Cars

Mark Haider — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Mark Haider
CEO, Vinli
  • Dialexa co-founder
  • Commercial pilot
  • Tommy Titan

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DFCDFCWINNER
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Mike Courtney — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Mike Courtney
VP, Design + Planning, AECOM
  • Futurist
  • Recovering consultant
  • SUNY dude

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DFCDFCWINNER
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Digital On-Demand Workforces

Nick Clark — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Nick Clark
CEO, Common Desk
  • Former real estate dude
  • Tri guy
  • Pony Up!

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Stephen Huerta — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Stephen Huerta
CEO, Workify
  • Recovering consultant
  • Former Goldman guy
  • Longhorn

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/nick-clark
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Digital Storytelling

Urvashi Pitre — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Urvashi Pitre
Pesident, Tasseologic
  • Marketing analytics guru
  • Former agency wonk
  • Fear the Frog

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Shon Rathbone — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Shon Rathbone
CEO, 3Headed Monster
  • Publicis vet
  • Agency wonk
  • Spartan

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/urvashi-pitre
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Smart Homes

Stuart Sikes — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Stuart Sikes
SVP, People Power
  • IoT before it was IoT
  • Former marketer
  • Commodore

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Dan Pidgeon — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Dan Pidgeon
Chairman, Consumer Technology Association
  • CEO, Starpower
  • Loves the high end
  • Longhorn

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/dan-pidgeon
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Artificial Intelligence

Dave Copps — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Dave Copps
CEO, Brainspace
  • Semantic genius
  • Actual serial founder
  • Big Green

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DFCDFCWINNER
VS
Raju Kattumenu — Digital Fight Club fighter photo
Raju Kattumenu
CEO, Oculus 360
  • Former Pepsi techie
  • Lover of data
  • Former telecom engineer

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DFCDFCWINNER
/people/dave-copps
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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

Gurmeet Singh

CDO, 7-Eleven
  • Product engineer
  • Former consultant
  • Owl PhD

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Gurmeet Singh — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Arnessa Garrett

Business Editor, Dallas Morning News
  • Long time journalist
  • Times-Picayune
  • Green Wave

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Arnessa Garrett — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Mark Cuban

Owner, Dallas Mavericks
  • Entrpreneur
  • Mavs fan
  • Hoosier

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Mark Cuban — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Mo Katibeh

CMO, AT&T Business, AT&T
  • Enterprise marketing vet
  • Telecom guru
  • Cowboy

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Mo Katibeh — Digital Fight Club referee photo

Watch

Event videos here and fight videos on the fight pages

Photos

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