The half-day summit began with the Conversation Gauntlet, a rapid-fire series of six 1:1 interviews with a collection of innovators from different disciplines and perspectives. Brian Reich, author of Shift & Reset and SVP-Global Editor for Edelman, served as the moderator.

As the final person to sit in the hot seat, Caleb Barlow is director of Unified Communications & Collaboration for IBM, the global solutions company. As a task force member of the United Nations 7 Billion Actions initiative, Caleb organized the UN Hack Day as part of the company’s 100th Anniversary Celebration. that included experts from NGOs and other companies.