What is the quality of life conference?
Improving quality of life is Sodexo’s business and core mission. We provide services in daycare centers, schools, hospitals, senior living communities, companies, stadiums and military facilities worldwide.
At Sodexo, we are constantly looking for new ways to enhance the well-being of people. We consider quality of life to be a key and yet largely unexplored aspect of individual and collective performance. Based on this conviction, in 2015, we organized the first Quality of Life Conference in New York City. With our second conference, in 2017, we will continue to move the needle toward more inclusive growth and a stronger social fabric.
This conference will be an opportunity to explore new solutions for tomorrow’s needs. We will look at measurable and realistic ways to make progress – drawing on the collective experience of thinkers, influencers and consumers from across the globe.
In addition, the Conference will offer a unique opportunity to address the quality of life challenges of tomorrow during the Discovery session.
This exhibition space will allow our guests to experience quality of life solutions for every stage of life. From robot waiters to virtual reality demonstrations and much more, participants will be able to discover hands-on, interactive and immersive experiences. In line with its commitment to improve quality of life for all, Sodexo will showcase some of its latest innovations as well as those developed by game-changing startups from around the world.
2017 PROGRAM
We will delve into the future of quality of life through the eyes of different consumer groups: Corporate Employees, Patients, Workers in Atypical Environments, Seniors, Students and Citizens, in plenary sessions and breakout sessions.
We will focus on new solutions for quality of life challenges through interactive Discovery experiences, a special Trailblazer Challenge session featuring seasoned leaders and rising changemakers, as well as immersive and experiential moments and startup pitches.
SPEAKERS IN 2017
The 2017 conference will be an opportunity to explore new solutions for tomorrow’s needs. We will look at measurable and realistic ways to make progress – drawing on the collective experience of thinkers, influencers and consumers from across the globe. Among the speakers are:
Dr. Ritu Anand
Tata Consultancy Services
Senior Vice President and Deputy Head of Global HR
Nick Bostrom
Oxford University
Philosopher, Professor at Oxford University and Founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute
Eric Brun-Sanglard
The Blind Designer, Inc.
Interior Designer, Motivational Speaker and Author
Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health
Fabian Dattner
Homeward Bound and Dattner Grant
Leadership Activist, Aauthor, Speaker, Co-Founder, Founding Partner
John Frehse
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC
Senior Managing Director, Author and Advisor
David Gram
The Lego Group’s Future Lab
Innovation Thought Leader, former Senior Innovation Director
Angel Gurría
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Secretary-General
Michel Landel
Sodexo
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee
Abhishek Lodha
Lodha Group
Managing Director, recipient of the the President's Award and the Henry Ford II Scholar Award from the Georgia Institute of Technology
Mia Mends
Sodexo
CEO of Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services/Inspirus in North America
Juliana Rotich
BRCK Inc. and Africa Technology Ventures
Technologist, Strategic Advisor, Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy
The Barefoot College
Founder and Director, Environmentalist, Speaker
Takaharu Tezuka
Tezuka Architects
Architect, President of Tezuka Architects, Professor of Tokyo City University
