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