We’re thrilled to be helping O’Reilly put together Strata, a new conference on the convergence of big data, ubiquitous computing, and new interfaces.

We live in a connected world, and we have access to petabytes of information. We’re also creating new ways to collect, massage, and collect that information, turning a diaspora of data into insights and advantages. We’re finding new ways to understand this information — augmented reality, interactivity, and immersive worlds. And we’re facing huge ethical dilemmas around privacy and data ownership.

Strata’s going to tackle these. It’s a conference whose time has come, and the response from academia, industry, and investors has been overwhelming.