Bob Buderi, C.A. Webb, Liz Hitchcock: Building an Innovation Community

Robert Buderi is an American journalist, author, and editor. Buderi served as technology editor of BusinessWeek from 1990–1992 and editor-in-chief of MIT's Technology Review from 2002–2004. He was a research fellow at MIT's Center for International Studies from 2005–2007. In 2007, he founded Xconomy, a national business and technology news and media website based in Boston, for which he is CEO and editor-in-chief. Bob will be signing copies of his new book!

C.A. Webb is an entrepreneurial leader who has spent her career building community and technology platforms to enable connectivity and collaborative problem solving. She has co-founded a foundation (Trinity Boston Foundation), launched an enterprise technology venture capital fund (Underscore), reinvented and run two membership organizations (New England Venture Capital Association and Kendall Square Association) and built numerous tech and consumer products at companies including Whole Foods Market, Preserve, Care.com, and Fast Company magazine.

C.A. and her team at the Kendall Square Association create systems, products, and campaigns to drive connectivity, learning, and social impact for the world’s epicenter of innovation.

Liz Hitchcock is an eclectic entrepreneur, investor, small business owner, and champion for the arts and her community, focused on technology and real estate projects. Her mission is to provide support through guidance, relationships, and capital, in order to build a better community.

She was the first head of sales and marketing at Dyn and later was a co-founder and CFO of Minim, Inc., an IoT startup born from the acquisition of Dyn by Oracle, focused on making consumer WiFi and home networks simpler and safer.

Her current focus is development of The Factory on Willow, a 100,000 sq/ft work/live space for creators, innovators and entrepreneurs. She’s also the proud founder of the independent bookstore and cafe Bookery Manchester. She spends a great deal of time focusing on her passion for the arts by actively participating on several nonprofit boards and committees. She also serves as a Director to St. Mary’s Bank. In 2018, together with her husband Jeremy, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Rivier University for her innovation and focus on technology, workforce development and service to the community.

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