Silverweave

Shayne Gilbert has been fueling the entrepreneurial community since starting Silverweave in 1994. Through Future Forward Events, Shayne creates exclusive programs for high technology, life sciences and entertainment executives and investors including the Nantucket Conference and the Convergence Forum.

Shayne is also the founder of Campseekers, a corporate wellness benefit that solves the school break challenge for working parents.

The author of 90 Days to Launch (Wiley, 2000), Shayne’s work has been recognized in The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe and Wired.

Shayne is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She lives in Boston with her husband and daughter.

ALYSSA STERN

Alyssa Stern is also the vice president of Future Forward Events where she manages the high level programs operated by the company. The Nantucket Conference, launched in 2000, delivers an exclusive program for executives and investors in the region’s emerging technology industries. The Convergence Forum, brings together executives and investors in the life sciences industry.

Alyssa received both her undergraduate degree and Masters in Business Administration from Boston University. She lives in the greater Boston area with her husband and three sons.

Founded in 1994, Silverweave delivers program management services for venture firms, non-profit institutions and corporations.  We provide full service program execution including participant management, venue logistics, agenda coordination and marketing and promotion.

Through our subsidiary, Future Forward Events, we have hosted programs on Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Newport, Boston, New York City, San Francisco and London.  These programs, including the Nantucket Conference and the Convergence Forum, are consistently recognized among the premier gatherings for healthcare and technology executives and investors.

Through its subsidiary, Future Forward Events, Silverweave hosts invitation-only dinners and multi-day events for technology and life sciences executives.

Founded in 2000 by industry veterans, Future Forward Events designs executive programs for the technology and life sciences industries. Each program is developed with input from influential advisors within each industry. These advisors help to define the topics and speakers that are most relevant to the industry each year. Each program is intentionally limited to not more than 200 participants to maximize personal interaction and networking. Participants are invited based on input from the board of advisors for each conference.