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Activate Networks Announces Its 3rd Annual Connected Insight Summit

NEWTON, MA — (Marketwired) — 09/19/13 — Today, , an innovator in and social network analytics, announced its 3rd annual , taking place October 8-9, 2013 at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA. Bringing together visionaries, industry leaders and world-class experts in business, life sciences and healthcare, the Summit will focus on how to harness people power to drive business results.

“In its third year, the Connected Insight Summit promises to offer disruptive approaches to leveraging social networks for competitive advantage,” said Larry Miller, CEO of Activate Networks. “Attendees will not only learn from the leading visionaries and scientists, they will be able to connect with the leaders who are using the power of social networks to work smarter, faster and better.”

Comprised of three tracks: (focusing on Organizational Network Analysis), , and , the Connected Insight Summit will provide unique networking opportunities while educating attendees on novel social network approaches they can immediately apply to boost business performance, grow sales, and contain costs

Dedicated to corporate leaders and HR professionals, the Enterprise track will offer powerful insights on how leveraging companies- internal social networks can boost employee engagement and performance, improve collaboration, and accelerate innovation throughout an organization. In addition to case examples from Juniper Networks, Cigna and more, featured speakers and themes for the Enterprise track include:

– , DBA, University of Virginia

– , futurist

– , PhD, University of Chicago

Geared toward pharmaceutical sales, marketing, and market research professionals, the Life Sciences track will give attendees the opportunity to discover powerful new ways to target physicians, and boost revenue. Featured speakers and themes for the Life Sciences and Pharma track include:

– , MD PhD MPH, visionary network science leader

– , Excel Ventures

– , MD, Doximity

Dedicated to hospital administrators and healthcare leaders, the Healthcare track will offer powerful new approaches to understanding the ways physicians practice medicine, and how to harness their professional networks to coordinate care and control costs. Featured speakers and themes for the Healthcare track include:

– , MD MBA MSc, Harvard Medical School physician and network investigator

– , Premier, Inc.

– Speaker TBA

The Game Changers general session is a special section that will allow attendees to meet Game Changers who are tackling the world-s biggest challenges with network science and achieving breakthrough results. Themes and featured speakers of the Game Changers track include:

– , Ed.D., managing partner of Bluewater International

– , Executive Vice President, Coalfire

– , PhD, Activate Networks

The full agenda and registration information can be found .

Activate Networks, Inc. is an innovator in social science research and social network analysis. The company provides human and organization network analytics for businesses that identify and provide insights about the key social connections that drive commercial and organizational results. The Activate Social platform and its suite of applications for the Human Capital, Life Sciences and Healthcare markets, enable organizations to do business better, faster for accelerated growth.

Activate Social platform is based on groundbreaking social-science research by the recognized leaders in network science, including Professor Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, of Harvard University; Professor James Fowler, PhD, of UC San Diego; and Professor Rob Cross, DBA, of the University of Virginia. The company combines its access to this intellectual property with recently available computing power. The result is vastly improved precision in mapping social connections, identifying and targeting key influencers, conducting campaigns and improving organizational effectiveness. Headquartered in Newton, MA, Activate Networks caters to the Human Capital Management, Life Sciences/ Pharmaceutical and Healthcare sectors. More information can be found at .

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Susan Watson
Scratch Marketing + Media for Activate Networks
781-254-2731