Overview
Big Boys Toys, is the Innovation and Luxury Lifestyle Exhibition that displays the world’s most innovative and luxurious products and services from a spectacular line up of global manufacturers. After nine editions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, we are delighted to announce the second edition in Las Vegas, making it the 11th edition overall. This upcoming edition in Las Vegas will also premiere the inaugural BBT Innovation Summit 2021.
BBT Innovation Summit 2021 – BBTIS2021 is slated for the 25 – 27 June 2021 at the World Market Center, Las Vegas, alongside the BBT Exhibition. With the aim of supporting America’s intrinsic vision for Innovation, the summit provides an opportunity for global leaders, industry experts, innovators, creators, tech-champions, startups, sponsors, investors, exhibiting partners, students and the brightest minds in technology and innovation to present their passion stories, case studies, innovations and also showcase their latest products and services to a distinct global audience.
Speakers

Joseph Amato
District Director, Nevada, U.S. Small Business Association (SBA)

Dr Brett Trusko
Founder, President, International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP)

Justin Anderson
Chief Executive Officer, and Board Member, Tensor Surgical, Inc.; Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Board Chairman, G9MD, Inc.

Karl J Weaver
Global Business Development Director, Aitos.io

Jason Frame
Chief Information Officer, Southern Nevada Health District

Joseph Amato over thirty years experience as a business development consultant and a leading voice for business ownership and entrepreneurship within the commercial lending industry.
Mr. Amato has been employed as an SBDC executive director, CDC portfolio manager, and direct lender participating in various SBA lending and outreach programs over the past twenty-six years.
He has distinct knowledge of all SBA lending and other SBA support programs.
He is originally from the greater New York area and had spent the better part of the last two decades in the Washington D.C area primarily serving the Mid-Atlantic region as a business development consultant, direct lender and Chief Executive Officer for a major business-consulting firm.
In 2017 Mr. Amato moved to Las Vegas Nevada to take over the District Director position and oversee the SBA program and staff. His impact on the Nevada business community has been critically important in the past several years especially due to the effects of COVID-19 this most recent year.
Mr. Amato was awarded the 1997 Financial Services Advocate of the Year, the year before he sold his small business consulting company to American Express.
His extensive knowledge and experience have been used to stabilize and expand SBA and USDA program opportunities throughout the State of Nevada and beyond.
As a former business executive and lending industry consultant Mr. Amato has evidenced a consistently strong work ethic and knowledge base that has proven to be a valuable asset to the Small Business Administration, the nationwide lending community and hundreds of businesses across the United States.

Brett E Trusko, PhD, MBA
Brett Trusko Is the Founder and President of the International Association of Innovation Professionals, a professor at several universities and a co-founder of Property-Intel, a start-up that allows property-owners to track the important items in your property, rental unit, apartment building or commercial building (Car Fax for your home). Additionally, he is the Secretariat for ISO 279, the Innovation Management Systems standard being produced by the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Brett will address the conference twice. One for the emerging ISO standards for innovation and another with his groundbreaking service for home and property owners
Brett has been a partner at a major consulting firm, a start-up founder (six times over) and a professor at several major universities. He has a doctorate in Business administration and Computer Science and teachies innovation and data science at the university level.



Jason Frame oversees and directs all aspects of the Information Technology program at the Southern Nevada Health District. Jason has more than 10 years of management experience in the fields of information technology, process improvement and innovation. He has been with SNHD for over 11 years, with the last 6+ serving in this current role. Jason is passionate about innovation, automation and disruptive technologies. Under Jason’s guidance, the team was awarded a Government Technology Innovation Award in the Citizen’s category. He was recognized as the Top Tech Exec for Government by Vegas Inc. Magazine in 2020 and 2016 and the 2020 Government Technology Innovation Award for Leadership.
Jason received his B.S. in Computer Science followed by a M.B.A. with an emphasis on Information Technology and Entrepreneurial Management from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Industry Focused Themes
Building a robust infrastructure for a digitized world and embracing latest technologies are imperative for any business to survive a competitive…
Covid-19 accelerates global video gaming market to $170 billion, as reported by Simon-Kucher & Partners. Gaming sales in the US in July…
While companies reopen and restore manufacturing, automakers are enhancing their capacity and capacity of their extended value chain partners…
The pandemic has created a sellers’ market in Ed-Tech. Utilizing technologies for remote learning, distance education and online learning during…
Finance ministries, regulatory bodies, monetary authorities, banking and finance sector worldwide are orienting technology as a paramount…
Global Internet of things (IoT) healthcare market is set to witness a healthy CAGR of 29.65% forecast to 2026. As the pandemic continues…
Why BBT Innovation Summit 2021?
Features:
- 6 distinct leading industry themes
- Keynotes allocations for specific themes
- Panel discussions involving eminent personalities
- Exquisite product/service full paper presentation sessions
- One-to-one on-stage interviews to corresponding theme
- Start-up pitch competition specific to respective theme
- Exclusive exhibition space for product demonstration
Schedule
Innovation in IoT & Emerging Technologies
08:00 | Registration for Day 1 Sessions |
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08:30 | Opening remarks by Conference Chairman |
08:40 | Welcome remarks by Senior Executive,Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) |
08:50 | Opening Keynote address: Leveraging the American free market system to unleash discoveries and innovation by providing scientists, inventors, techpreneurs and entrepreneurs a cornerstone to achieve their full potential Keynote Speaker Joseph Amato, District Director, Nevada, U.S Small Business Administration (SBA), united States of America |
09:05 | Opening Panel: Encouraging responsible innovation to protect consumers, investors and small businesses through potent policies, regulations and law harmonizing to the current changing market perspectives |
09:50 | Presentation: Assessing the short-term and long-term ramifications of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Will sparking new innovations be the demand for Industry 4.0? |
10:05 | Refreshment Break |
10:25 | Keynote On-Stage Interview: On-stage interview with a popular business stalwart / industry veteran. To be moderated by a well-known speaker. |
10:45 | Panel: Women in Technology and Innovation: Enhancing the innovation quotient for defining a better future. |
11:30 | Startup Showcase | Pitch Competition: Inviting startups, innovators, past & new exhibitors and disruptors to showcase their technologies and business ideas to investors, corporates and industry leaders. A platform to introduce and launch new products and solutions. |
12:30 | Session remarks by Conference Chair. |
12:35 | End of Session 1 | Lunch Break |
Innovation in Gaming
13:30 | Keynote Presentation: Assessing the growing gaming consumption: Will the pandemic gaming behavior remain a new normal leading to better game monetization?. |
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13:45 | Panel: Strategizing go-to-market by increasing game app revenue, downloads, subscriptions, in-game content and microtransactions to create deeper customer relationships. |
14:30 | On-stage Interview: Appraising the most innovative approach from regulators towards responsible gaming. Reducing and preventing gambling harm through technology. |
14:50 | Presentation: Winning the game using disruptive technologies like AR/VR, Cloud Gaming, (AI), Mobile Gaming, to engage consumers more effectively and improve customer experience. |
15:05 | Panel: Enhancing capabilities to provide captivating content, intelligent game design, connected, personalized and compelling experiences for gamers demand. |
15:50 | Startup Showcase | Pitch Competition: Inviting game programmers, game designers, hardware manufacturers, cloud gaming producers, software developers to showcase their latest technologies and business ideas to investors, corporates and industry leaders. A platform for latest gaming announcements. . |
16:50 | Closing summary by Conference Chair |
16:55 | End of Session 2 and Day 1 Conference |
Innovation in Automobile & Micromobility
08:00 | Registration for Day 2 Sessions. |
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08:30 | Welcome remarks by Conference Chairman. |
08:35 | Keynote Presentation: Smart Automotive Manufacturing: Transforming conventional automotive manufacturing to smarter factories by adopting cloud computing, 5G technology, advanced automation, virtual assembly technology, autonomous ground vehicle, driverless floor conveyor, remote maintenance portal, metal 3D printing center, collaborative robots drones and more. |
08:50 | Panel: Micromobility, the Innovative transportation strategy for mitigating congestion: With the rising transition to ethical transportation and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) combined with impact of IoT, 5G and autonomous technology, is the current eco-system being conducive for the micro mobility industry to boom? |
09:35 | Presentation: The ‘Intuitive Mobility’ is bouncing back to a strong post pandemic recovery: Choosing an operations management system, end-user app, and IoT to run your micromobility service. |
09:50 | On-stage Interview: On-stage interview with a prominent automobile manufacturer in North America. |
10:10 | Refreshment Break |
10:30 | Panel: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for strategic procurement: Investing in cloud based supply chain management to ease procurement process, from contract management to managing supplier relationships and improving crisis management with data analysis. |
11:15 | Startup Showcase | Pitch Competition: Inviting mobility startups functioning in the range of Artificial Intelligence (AI) mobility solutions, Autonomous Vehicles (AV) or Self-Driving technologies, V2X, AI Powered Traffic solutions, shared mobility, EV charging solutions and micro mobility startups to showcase their latest technologies, products and services. |
12:15 | Remarks by Conference Chairman |
12:20 | End of Session 3 | Lunch Break |
Innovation in Education Technology
13:30 | Keynote Presentation: Revolutionizing education through technology: Democratizing digital learning for more personalized and immersive education, resulting in more automated schools. |
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13:45 | Panel: Panel: Enhancing data-driven insights: Adapting technologies including big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze in-depth individual personalization of content . |
14:30 | On-stage Interview: On-stage interview with an EdTech company who has been driving technology in education. To be moderated by a well-known speaker. |
14:50 | Presentation: Boosting student engagement through gamification in education: Transforming the classroom environment to a game through creativity, collaboration and play to deepen student understanding of subject matter. |
15:05 | Panel: Examining the trends in online learning, up skilling, employability, faculty empowerment, emerging skills and future of work to ensure children and youth are not deprived of opportunities for growth and development. |
15:50 | Innovations By You (IBY) Pitch Competition: Big Boys Toys is providing students from across USA an exclusive opportunity of a lifetime to design, fabricate, test, and showcase their own inventions and innovations that could earn them a reward, recognition and potential investors. |
16:50 | Closing summary by Conference Chair |
16:55 | End of Session 4 and Day 2 Conference |
Tech Innovations in Banking and Financial Services
08:00 | Registration for Day 3 Sessions. |
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08:30 | Welcome remarks by Conference Chairman. |
08:35 | Keynote Presentation: Accelerating innovation investments for rapid digital implementation to drive economic recovery and growth; Shifting to an agile mindset to rebuild a post pandemic future. |
08:50 | Panel: CEO’s Power Table: CEOs from the BFSI sector to discuss smart banking processes, next generation digital strategies for building a future ready financial services ecosystem. A few challenges in focus:
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09:35 | Presentation: Analyzing the future of customer experience in financial services under unprecedented disruption. Servicing consumers devastated by the pandemic with empathy, digital experience and virtualized customer care. |
09:50 | On-stage Interview: On-stage interview with a renowned Tech Guru. |
10:10 | Refreshment Break. |
10:30 | Panel: Inducing Digital Workforce to Banking and Financial Services: Reducing operational costs and compliance risks. Streamlining customer onboarding and loan processing to simplifying regulatory reporting and complex processes at rapid speed using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) combined with Artificial Intelligence (AI). |
11:15 | Startup Showcase | Pitch Competition: Inviting Banks, Financial Institutions, FinTechs, RegTechs, InsurTechs, Startups and Investors to showcase their latest technologies, business ideas and game-changing offerings. |
12:15 | Remarks by Conference Chairman |
16:55 | End of Session 5 | Lunch Break |
Innovation and IoT in Healthcare
13:20 | Keynote Presentation: Breakthrough in Medical Innovation: Scrutinizing how healthcare leaders are driving new digital technologies, tools and strategies for virtual and collaborative care. Improving medication adherence, virtual care, telehealth by connecting world-class clinical competence, health technology, AI and cloud services. |
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13:35 | Panel: New era consumer experience and engagement: Strengthening your brand and extending your organization’s reach by integrating latest technologies for engaging consumers, building loyalty and creating innovative customer experiences. |
14:20 | Presentation: Exploring the critical role of data, analytics and artificial intelligence which are transforming the healthcare ecosystem. Analyzing the recent and future advances in machine learning that are driving innovation in diagnostics, population health, telemedicine, inpatient monitoring, hospital operations, clinical informatics and medication management. |
14:35 | On-stage Interview: On-stage interview with a well-known MedTech expert. |
14:55 | Panel: Robotic Process Automation: Harnessing the demand for RPA post the pandemic. Heightening the need for RPA that will help businesses maintain efficiency and reduce operational costs. |
15:40 | Startup Showcase | Pitch Competition: Increase your brand exposure, launch new products & services and showcase your innovative business models, product breakthroughs, and digital initiatives that are transforming health care through this exclusive showcase session. |
16:40 | BBTIS2021 Startup Showcase, Pitch Competition and IBY Awards Ceremony |
17:10 | Closing Remarks by Conference Chairman |
16:55 | End of Session 6 and close of BBTIS2021 |
For Speaking Opportunities
Registration Fee
After 1st April 2021 | |
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One Day | US$ 499 |
Two Days | US$ 699 |
Three Days | US$ 999 |