Agenda

agenda

Monday, May 4, 2015

9:00am — 9:05am

Opening Remarks by TechCrunch

9:05am – 9:25am

Fireside Chat with Ron Conway (SV Angel) and Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures) | Watch Video

9:25am – 9:45am

In Conversation with Joanne Bradford (Pinterest) | Watch Video

9:45am – 10:05am

Founder Stories with Paula Long (DataGravity) | Watch Video

10:05am – 10:25am

Cannabis Startups Blaze Up: Brendan Kennedy (Privateer Holdings) and Geoff Lewis (Founders Fund) | Watch Video

10:25am – 10:45am

Fireside Chat with Emily Weiss (Glossier) | Watch Video

10:45am – 11:05am

Founder Stories with Alex Klein (Kano) | Watch Video

11:05am – 11:15am

BREAK

11:15am – 11:35am

In Conversation with Bastian Lehmann (Postmates) | Watch Video

11:35am – 11:55am

Fireside Chat with Chairman Tom Wheeler (FCC) | Watch Video

11:55am – 12:15pm

Fireside Chat with Mayor Bill de Blasio (New York City) | Watch Video

12:15pm – 12:35pm

Hardware Is Eating The World

Limor Fried (Adafruit), Jonathan Grado (Grado Labs), Jacques Panis (Shinola) | Watch Video

12:35pm – 12:55pm

Modern Commerce

Julie Fredrickson (Stowaway Cosmetics), Jennifer Hyman (Rent The Runway), David Tisch (Spring) | Watch Video

12:55pm – 2:00pm

LUNCH

2:00pm – 2:25pm

Fireside Chat with Aaron Levie (Box) | Watch Video

STARTUP BATTLEFIELD WITH JASON KINCAID

2:25pm – 2:30pm

How the Startup Battlefield Works

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Session One – Create

Judges: Noah Lichtenstein (Cowboy Ventures), Shana Fisher (Highline Venture Partners), Jessica Livingston (Y Combinator), Heidi Messer (Collective[i])

3:30pm – 3:45pm

BREAK

3:45pm – 4:45pm

Session Two – Test

Judges: Tara Feener (FiftyThree), Patrick Gallagher (CrunchFund), David Tisch (Box Group, Spring), Joanne Wilson (Gotham Gal)

4:45pm – 5:00pm

BREAK

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Judges: Topher Conway (SV Angel), Mo Koyfman (Spark Capital), Susan Paley (General Motors), Kegan Schouwenburg (Sols)

6:00pm – 7:30pm

BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

9:00pm – Midnight

After Party hosted by RadiumOne at (Le) Poisson Rouge

 

Tuesday, May 5, 2015


9:00am – 9:05am

Opening Remarks by TechCrunch

9:05am – 9:25am

Fireside Chat with Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz) | Watch Video

9:25am – 9:45am

Founder Stories with Sean Rad (Tinder) | Watch Video

9:45am – 10:05am

Fireside Chat with Dennis Crowley (Foursquare) | Watch Video

10:05am – 10:25am

Fireside Chat with Bill Maris (Google Ventures) | Watch Video

10:25am – 10:45am

Founder Stories with Adam Neumann (WeWork) | Watch Video

10:45am – 11:00am

BREAK

11:00am – 11:20am

Fireside Chat with Dave McClure (500 Startups) | Watch Video

11:20am – 11:40am

In Conversation with Leandra Medine (Man Repeller) | Watch Video

11:40pm – 12:00pm

Fireside Chat with Jason Mante (Vine) | Watch Video

12:00pm – 12:20pm

Founder Stories with Brooks Buffington and Tyler Droll (Yik Yak) | Watch Video

12:20pm – 12:40pm

In Conversation with Kayvon Beykpour (Periscope) | Watch Video

12:40pm – 1:40pm

LUNCH

1:40pm – 2:00pm

Fireside Chat with Logan Green (Lyft) | Watch Video

2:00pm – 2:25pm

Fireside Chat with Carly Fiorina (Carly Fiorina Enterprises) | Watch Video

STARTUP BATTLEFIELD WITH JASON KINCAID

2:25pm – 2:30pm

How the Startup Battlefield Works

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Session Four – Accelerate

Judges: Adam Cahan (Yahoo), Susan Lyne (BBG Ventures), Halle Tecco (Rock Health), Hunter Walk (Homebrew)

3:30pm – 3:45pm

BREAK

3:45pm – 4:45pm

Session Five – Extend

Judges: Fabrice Grinda (angel investor), Rachel Sterne Haot (New York State), Serkan Piantino (Facebook), Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital)

4:45pm – 5:00pm

BREAK

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Session Six – Build

Judges: Kanyi Maqubela (Collaborative Fund), Minerva Tantoco (New York City), Matt Turck (Firstmark), Yossi Vardi (angel investor)

6:00pm – 7:30pm

BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

9:00pm – Midnight

After Party at Marquee New York

Wednesday, May 6, 2015


9:00am -9:10am

Opening Remarks by TechCrunch

9:10am – 9:30am

Founder Stories with Kevin Gibbon (Shyp) | Watch Video

9:30am – 9:50am

In Conversation with Sam Shank (Hotel Tonight) | Watch Video

9:50am – 10:10am

Fireside Chat with Alexis Ohanian (Reddit, Y Combinator) | Watch Video

10:10am – 10:30am

Founder Stories with Nate Mitchell (Oculus VR) | Watch Video

10:30am – 10:50am

Fireside Chat with Tristan Walker (Walker & Co.) | Watch Video

10:50am – 11:10am

In Conversation with Philip Krim (Casper) | Watch Video

11:10am – 11:30am

BREAK

11:30am – 11:40am

Hackathon Highlights

11:40am – 12:00pm

Founder Stories with Ben Rubin (Meerkat) | Watch Video

12:00pm – 12:20pm

Fireside Chat with Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital) and Danielle Levitas (App Annie) | Watch Video

12:20pm – 12:40pm

Beyond Bitcoin

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss | Watch Video

12:40pm – 1:40pm

LUNCH

1:40pm – 2:00pm

Fireside Chat with Payal Kadakia (ClassPass) | Watch Video

2:00pm – 2:25pm

Fireside Chat with Bob Bowman (MLB) | Watch Video

2:25pm – 2:40pm

Startup Battlefield Alumni

Ron Palmeri (Layer), Michael Pryor (Trello) Marcela Sapone (Alfred)

2:40pm – 2:45pm

Passing the Disrupt Cup with Alfred

2:45pm – 3:00pm

BREAK

STARTUP BATTLEFIELD FINALS WITH JASON KINCAID

3:00pm – 5:00pm

Startup Battlefield Finals

Finals Judges: John Borthwick (Betaworks), Dennis Crowley (Foursquare), Eric Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau Ventures), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Rich Miner (Google Ventures), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel), Alexia Tsotsis (TechCrunch)

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Closing Cocktail Reception

5:30pm – 6:00pm

Closing Awards Ceremony