The Guardian's newest tech reporter Nellie Bowles has will appear in a fireside chat at the Holmes Report's 3rd Innovation Summit. to talk about Silicon Valley's global impact.

Bowles recently published Silicon Valley Braces Itself For a Fall: 'There'll Be A Lot Of Blood'. Among the observations, Bowles points out that "the last few months have been hard on Silicon Valley startups, as a series of 'down rounds' across the tech world chop established companies in half and stock collapses move billionaires back to millionaires." 

She's also followed how Apple is losing out on talent and in need of a killer new device. "Despite its huge value, Silicon Valley developers are turned off by ‘secretive, controlling’ culture and its engineering is no longer seen as cutting edge," the piece observes.

Bowles will talk about her observations covering Silicon Valley in a fireside chat with Gorkana managing director Jeni Chapman. She joins an  impressive lineup that also includes: 

- GE's Katrina Craigwell 
- Facebook's Michelle Klein 
- LeanIn.org's Kelly Parisi 
- ColorComm's Lauren Wesley Wilson 
- eBay's Dan Tarman
- Accel’s Larry Yu,
- Overstock.com CMO Natalie Malaszenko, among many others.

The action-packed conference on February 16 at the elegant Park Central Hotel in San Francisco. Registration is now open. 

The event will also feature the In2 SABRE Awards dinner on the evening of February 16. The shortlist of Innovation SABRE Award finalists can be seen here. Dinner tickets can be purchased here.

Event partners include H+K Strategies, W2O Group, Olson Engage, Allison + Partners, Porter Novelli, Hoffman Agency, M Booth, Text100 and Gorkana/Cision.