Orange Institute 14

A week-long event, Orange Institute (“IO”) serves as a guide for the digital economy. It’s a well-attended affair with leaders from throughout Orange’s many divisions as well as partner executives. Each edition is held in a different city, from Beijing to Tokyo, Madrid, Paris, Tel Aviv, Seoul, and Silicon Valley.

The fourteenth conference was held in dual cities: the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. As part of my duties, I was tasked with finding appropriate venues and startup offices to host attendees, as well as identifying suitable speakers and topics of interest.

The speakers I brought on board included Brian Doll, former Vice President of Marketing at GitHub; Bill Macaitis, former Chief Marketing Officer at Slack; Andrea Mangini, former Vice President of User Experience at Autodesk; Denny Boil, Director at Silicon Valley Bank; Reetika Grewal, Head of Payments and Solutions at Silicon Valley Bank; Adam Ludwin, CEO of Chain.com; tech journalist Kurt Wagner; and author Ben Parr.

Additionally, I worked with others on the content team to produce an event report with highlights — reviewing photos, editing copy, and promoting it on the Orange Silicon Valley website.