In 2017, we will explore our global theme “Language and the Machine”, which examines how algorithms are shaping human language communication.

At SMW Chicago we will explore the theme through more than one hundred Mainstage talks, interviews, panel sessions and workshops.

The event will feature two stages, including a 500 person theatre and a workshop stage that seats 100, co-working lounges, speaker AMA lounge, VR showcase, technology vendors, food trucks providing complimentary lunch for all attendees and an opening party to kick-off the week’s activities.