The Making of Great Stories and New Ideas

Event Schedule:

Connection Collider featuring Connexa: The backbone of Venture Café – come meet the community and make connections with all different kinds of innovators. How will you make your serendipitous moment come true?

Connexa—an AI assistant for remembering, organizing, and acting on professional relationships. Connexa turns LinkedIn connections (and not just LinkedIn) into a searchable memory by letting you add notes and context at the moment you meet someone—and later find the right person using an AI assistant.

Reverse Engineering the Language of Successful Books: Ever stared at a blank page, feeling the weight of writer’s block like an impenetrable wall? What if there was a blueprint to break through it, turning ordinary words into spellbinding stories that captivate readers?

Join Michael Kelly for an interactive session using Auratext, a revolutionary writing system derived from reverse-engineering 20 books from authors who have published over 4.25 billion best-selling books. Drawing from mathematical patterns in works by masters like Hemingway and Grisham, you’ll explore 10 proven algorithms—from time references synced to the human attention span (every 24 words/8 seconds) to cliffhangers that build unbreakable anticipation. This isn’t theory; it’s a hands-on dive into applying these “construction blueprints” to your own writing, whether for emails, essays, novels, or business pitches.