The elite movers of the technology industry are about to set the 2017 agenda. The next few weeks will be some of the most exciting in the technosphere. What changes are coming to the operating systems that just about everybody in the world use? What are the next steps in the foundations of machine learning and artificial intelligence? Is there a future for bots?

The "why" and "what" questions are fairly straightforward. Why would a company employ machine intelligence? To help mine large data sets, recognize patterns and improve the infrastructure of systems. What is answered through the tools from the likes of Google, Facebook, Microsoft and IBM. Now comes the pertinent questions: how do I get into this to help my business.