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Disrupt is officially underway. After an ultra-successful hackathon this weekend, we’re ready to get the show started and, eventually, kick off the Startup Battlefield this afternoon.

There is a lot in store for us today, including a chat with Fred Wilson and Ron Conway, a heart-to-heart with Postmates’ Bastian Lehmann, as well as appearances by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

We’ll then head into our Disrupt Battlefield presentations, where 25 companies compete for $50,000 and the chance to take home the Disrupt Cup.

The live stream (the post you’re looking at right now) will also be packed with extra back-stage interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, so stay tuned in and we’ll all get through this together.

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)

9:25am – 9:45am

In Conversation with Joanne Bradford (Pinterest)

9:45am – 10:05am

Founder Stories with Paula Long (DataGravity)

10:05am – 10:25am

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

10:25am – 10:45am

Fireside Chat with Emily Weiss (Glossier)

10:45am – 11:05am

Founder Stories with Alex Klein (Kano)

11:05am – 11:15am

BREAK

11:15am – 11:35am

In Conversation with Bastian Lehmann (Postmates)

11:35am – 11:55am

Fireside Chat with Chairman Tom Wheeler (FCC)

11:55am – 12:15pm

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

12:15pm – 12:35pm

Hardware Is Eating The World

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

12:35pm – 12:55pm

Modern Commerce

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

12:55pm – 2:00pm

LUNCH

2:00pm – 2:25pm

Fireside Chat with Aaron Levie (Box)

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)

9:25am – 9:45am

Founder Stories with Sean Rad (Tinder)

9:45am – 10:05am

Fireside Chat with Dennis Crowley (Foursquare)

10:05am – 10:25am

Fireside Chat with Bill Maris (Google Ventures)

10:25am – 10:45am

Founder Stories with Adam Neumann (WeWork)

10:45am – 11:00am

BREAK

11:00am – 11:20am

Fireside Chat with Dave McClure (500 Startups)

11:20am – 11:40am

In Conversation with Leandra Medine (Man Repeller)

11:40pm – 12:00pm

Fireside Chat with Jason Mante (Vine)

12:00pm – 12:20pm

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

12:20pm – 12:40pm

In Conversation with Kayvon Beykpour (Periscope)

12:40pm – 1:40pm

LUNCH

1:40pm – 2:00pm

Fireside Chat with Logan Green (Lyft)

2:00pm – 2:25pm

Fireside Chat with Carly Fiorina (Carly Fiorina Enterprises)

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)

9:30am – 9:50am

In Conversation with Sam Shank (Hotel Tonight)

9:50am – 10:10am

Fireside Chat with Alexis Ohanian (Reddit, Y Combinator)

10:10am – 10:30am

Founder Stories with Nate Mitchell (Oculus VR)

10:30am – 10:50am

Fireside Chat with Tristan Walker (Walker & Co.)

10:50am – 11:10am

In Conversation with Philip Krim (Casper)

11:10am – 11:30am

BREAK

11:30am – 11:40am

Hackathon Highlights

11:40am – 12:00pm

Founder Stories with Ben Rubin (Meerkat)

12:00pm – 12:20pm

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

12:20pm – 12:40pm

Beyond Bitcoin

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss

12:40pm – 1:40pm

LUNCH

1:40pm – 2:00pm

Fireside Chat with Payal Kadakia (ClassPass)

2:00pm – 2:25pm

Fireside Chat with Bob Bowman (MLB)

2:25pm – 2:40pm

Startup Battlefield Alumni

Ron Palmeri (Layer), 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), Marissa Mayer (Yahoo), Brian Pokorny (SV Angel)

5:00pm – 5:30pm

Closing Cocktail Reception

5:30pm – 6:00pm

Closing Awards Ceremony