Smart people.
One topic.
Two hours.
Tête-à-Tech is a fireside chat series in our East Village loft. We pour the wine, dim the lights, and put one expert in front of a room of curious people. No panels. No slides. Just a conversation you’ll keep thinking about on the train home.
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Tête-à-Tech: Post-Westphalia: The Future of Money and Nation States
Explore how emerging technologies are reshaping global power, finance, and community in this Tête-à-Tech conversation with Marc Ziade (5th World, ex-Mastercard, Consensys) and Noah Landow. From the future of the US dollar and AI-driven economic shifts to network states, decentralized finance, and the evolving role of trust, this discussion unpacks the forces redefining money and governance in a rapidly changing world.
Tête-à-Tech: Art and Money Need Not be Strange Bedfellows
Creative Capital founder Ruby Lerner shares how to transform arts philanthropy, reclaim money as a tool for creative freedom, and achieve creative sovereignty.
Inside the Tame the Tech Beast launch party
Recap the electric launch of Tame the Tech Beast! Relive the night featuring an insightful interview with legendary founder Cindy Gallop, a unique tech art installation, and the strategic blueprint for turning IT from a burden into a growth engine.
Tête-à-Tech: AI and Consciousness: What Is Actually Happening In There (According to Mathematics)?
Macktez Founder and CEO Noah Landow joins physicist Jeffrey Berger, Ph.D., to explore AI and consciousness: whether AI is truly “thinking,” the math behind transformers, and limits like data poisoning.
Mapping the Invisible, from Technology to Biology
Kevin Slavin (Fairfield Bio) and Noah Landow (Macktez) discuss the global network of genomic information and its role in planetary health.
Hormones, Health, and the New Rules of Access
A discussion with Jessica Halem about how technology and telehealth have finally reached a tipping point for women’s wellness.
Creative Practices and Percussion
Reflections on the Macktez Tête-à-Tech gathering with Lisa Ann Schonberg, on Creative Practices and Percussion.
Beyond the Firewall: A Talk on State-Sponsored Hacking
November’s Tête-à-Tech with Ciprian Iancu dove deep into global tech policy, surveillance and cyber threats, and the fight for human rights online.
Bytes & Balances: Security in the Financial Sector
This discussion will highlight how an integrated approach to cybersecurity is critical for protecting your organization and enabling sustainable growth.
The Neuroscience of Aesthetics
Ed Vessel (Eugene Surowitz Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience at the City College of New York) Joins Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for an informal conversation exploring the fascinating intersection of art, neuroscience, and technology.
Automation Innovations in IaaS (Fueled by JumpCloud)
Join us for an exploration of the fundamentals of identity management and device management and the strategic implementation and practical applications of solutions like JumpCloud in an evolving IT landscape.
Dark Underbelly of FinTech
Underneath the shiny Stripe, Apple Pay, Square and well-heeled Visa, MasterCard, and Amex, lies a sprawling world of companies and services that connect the world’s financial institutions to each other and you.
Anatomy and Physiology of Pre-War Aikido
Rodrigo Kong (emergency room physician and martial artist) joins Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for a conversation about the interplay of anatomy, physiology, and the ancient Japanese art of Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu.
Albinism Illuminated
Meredith Talusan (artist, journalist, and author) joins Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for a conversation about the widely known but poorly understood absence of bodily pigment known as albinism.
Storing Energy is the Hard Part: Keep it Simple with Heat
Join Riad El Soufi (Product Manager at Rondo) and Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for a conversation about one of the rarely discussed challenges and opportunities in decarbonization: industrial heat or electric thermal energy storage (ETES).
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI
Drawing from Ida Benedetto's extensive use and thoughtful examination of AI, this conversation with Noah Landow aims to shift perspectives from skepticism and fear to informed engagement and practical application. Ida's approach—rooted in firsthand experience—encourages a more nuanced understanding of what AI can and cannot do.
Code and Play
Daniel Shiffman comes to Join Noah Landow at Macktez for a conversation on the playful exploration of code.
Embracing complexity: Lessons from the Victorians
Diane Josefowicz and Noah Landow discuss what the Victorians can teach us through their visions of an electromagnetic microworld, their charmingly complex language of flowers, loquacious letter writing, love of densely textured architecture, and joyously decorated aesthetics.
The surprisingly fascinating story of the American chestnut tree
Join Anna Sproul-Latimer, Founding Partner and President of Neon Literary and member of The American Chestnut Foundation's Board of Directors, and Noah Landow, Founder and CEO at Macktez, for an informal conversation between a leading technology solutions firm and an expert in another kind of restoration: the startlingly interesting rise, fall, and coming renaissance of the American chestnut tree, a once-ubiquitous species on the East Coast.
Urban connectivity
Join Mike Egbert (VP, Sales and Real Estate at Pilot) and Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for an informal conversation between a leading Technology Solutions Firm and the largest, local Internet Service Provider in Manhattan, as they talk about the successes and challenges of connecting businesses across NYC, from hair-thin fiber optic cables under the streets of New York to wiring up 1400 ft. skyscrapers.
Resilient design solutions
Join Breanna Horne and Noah Landow for an informal conversation between a leading Technology Solutions Firm and an expert in helping communities plan and design infrastructure such as parks, transportation, and buildings for resilience.
Just Right: How can HVAC give us all our own Goldilocks zone?
Join Berardo Matalucci (Co-founder and CEO at MIMiC) and Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for an informal conversation between a leading technology solutions firm and the founder of an innovative, engineering driven startup reframing heating cooling from a building to a personal scale.
Fast, Cheap, and Good: Cases for local storage in an age of cloud
Our first event at our new office was a conversation about the best circumstances for local storage at time when most organizations are moving file storage to the cloud.
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