What is HCL Global Meet?

It began six years ago as an annual meeting of HCL customers. Today, it brings together not only customers but also global business executives and thought leaders to spur new thinking on pressing IT, business and social issues.

The Global Meet is called “unstructure” because its aim is to foster thinking that questions the status quo; because it starts with a bias against traditional organizational hierarchies that get in the way of creative reinvention; because its agenda is shaped by the distinct ideas of individual speakers, instead of their being forced into slots of a predetermined program.

Past Global Meets have featured celebrated speakers such as President Bill Clinton, climate change activist Al Gore and management visionary Gary Hamel, as well as IT thought leaders and thought-provoking CEOs and CIOs from companies such as Boeing, Xerox, Allianz, Microsoft and Deutsche Bank. This year, President Clinton and Malcolm Gladwell will be joined by presenters not only from the world of IT but also from fields such as medical research and English literature.