Agenda

Monday, May 21st

8:50am – 9:00am
Register for TechCrunch TechRecs

9:00am – 9:10am
Opening Remarks

9:10am – 9:20am
Welcome

9:20am – 9:40am
Fireside Chat with Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures)

9:40am – 10:00am
Founders Stories with Jason Goldberg (Fab)

10:00am – 10:30am
Building the NY Startup Ecosystem: Brooke Hammerling (BrewPR), Josh Miller (Branch), Alexis Ohanian (Y Combinator), David Tisch (Tech Stars), Jake Schwartz (General Assembly),

10:30am – 10:35am
A Special Product Announcement

10:35am – 10:50am
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

10:50am – 11:15am
When Will Fashion Tech Just Be Fashion?: Neil Blumenthal (Warby Parker), Ashley Granata (Fashism), Jennifer Hyman (Rent the Runway), Alexis Maybank (Gilt Groupe)

11:15am – 11:35am
Power Play with Tom Katis (Voxer)

11:35am – 11:55am
Fireside Chat with David Karp (Tumblr)

11:55am – 12:15pm
Fireside Chat with Brad Garlinghouse (YouSendIt)

12:15pm – 12:30pm
Power Play with Andrew Keen

12:30pm – 2:00pm
LUNCH and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

2:00pm – 2:25pm
Engineering on the Best Coast with Harry Heyman (Foursquare), Jason Pearlman (Zynga), Serkan Piantino (Facebook)

2:25pm – 2:30pm
How the Battlefield Works

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Startup Battlefield: Session 1: Disrupting Learning and Decision Making

Judges:
Josh Kopelman
David Lee
David Tisch
Spencer Wang

3:30pm – 3:45pm
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

3:45pm – 4:45pm
Startup Battlefield: Session 2: Disrupting Processes

Judges:
Adrian Aoun
Fritz Lanman
Dave Samuel
Michelle Zatlyn

4:45pm – 5:00pm
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

5:00pm – 6:00pm
Startup Battlefield: Session 3: Disrupting Media

Judges:
Chris Fralic
Shana Fisher
MC Hammer
Ron Palmeri

6:00pm – 7:30pm
Browse Startup Alley

9:00pm – midnight
After Party hosted by Getaround
Greenhouse
150 Varick Street
Conference badge required for admission

Tuesday, May 22nd

9:00am – 9:10am
Opening Remarks

9:10am – 9:30am
Fireside Chat with Jeff Jordan (Andreessen Horowitz)

9:30am – 9:50am
Power Play with John Borthwick (Betaworks)

9:50am – 10:15am
Fireside Chat with Harjeet Taggar (Y Combinator)

10:15am – 10:40am
New Media: Where We Go Now That We’ve Won: Jonah Peretti (BuzzFeed), Gabe Rivera (Techmeme), Henry Blodget (Business Insider)

10:40am – 11:00am
Fireside Chat with Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital)

11:00am – 11:20am
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

11:20am – 11:30am
A Special Product Announcement

11:30am – 11:55am
Fireside Chat with Ron Conway and David Lee (SV Angel)

11:55am – 12:30pm
Design Office Hours with Mimi Chun (General Assembly), Jamie Divine (design expert), Jason Morrow (Betaworks), Leland Rechis (Etsy)

12:30pm – 2:00pm
LUNCH and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

2:00pm – 2:20pm
How Social Advertising is Working: Tim Armstrong (AOL), Melissa Brenner (NBA)

2:20pm – 2:30pm
How the Battlefield Works

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Startup Battlefield: Session 4: Disrupting Local

Judges:
Cyan Banister
Stephen Messer
David Rosenblatt
Bijan Sabet

3:30pm – 3:45pm
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

3:45pm – 4:45pm
Startup Battlefield: Session 5: Disrupting Collaboration

Judges:
John Auerbach
Tracy Chou
John Frankel
Greg McAdoo

4:45pm – 5:00pm
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

5:00pm – 6:00pm
Startup Battlefield: Session 6: Disrupting Identity Networks

Judges:
Michael Abbott
Soraya Darabi
Pat Gallagher
Charlie O’Donnell

6:00pm – 7:30pm
Credit Suisse Networking Reception

6:00pm – 7:30pm
Browse Startup Alley

9:00pm – midnight
After Party hosted by AT&T
Hudson Terrace
621 West 46th Street
Conference badge required for admission

Wednesday, May 23rd

9:00am – 9:10am
Opening Remarks

9:10am – 9:40am
Brooklyn Makers: Ayah Bdeir (littleBits), Duncan Frazier (Bit Banger Labs), Amol Sarva (Peek),Peter Semmelhack (Bug Labs), Bre Pettis (Makerbot)

9:40am – 10:00am
Founders Stories with Cyrus Massoumi (ZocDoc)

10:00am – 10:25am
Revolutionizing Beer with Churchkey Can Co.: Adrian GrenierJustin HawkinsRyan Sowards

10:25am – 10:35am
Special Product Announcement

10:35am – 11:00am
Government Innovation: Why Tech Companies Need To Pay Attention with Greg Ferenstein; Todd Park (US Chief Technology Officer) and Steven VanRoekel (Chief Information Officer)

11:00am – 11:20am
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

11:20am – 11:40am
Fireside Chat with John Lilly (Greylock)

11:40am – 12:00pm
Power Play with David Lawee (Google)

12:00pm – 12:30pm
Investing: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst of Times: Mike Abbott (KPCB), Josh Kopelman (First Round Capital), Charlie O’Donnell (Brooklyn Bridge Ventures), Greg McAdoo (Sequoia Capital)

12:30pm – 1:45pm
LUNCH and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

12:30pm – 1:30pm
Charity Auction hosted by Outbid

1:45pm – 2:05pm
Fireside Chat with Dan Huttonlocher (Dean of Cornell University Tech Campus)

2:05pm – 2:15pm
Hackathon Hightlights

2:15pm – 2:30pm
Startup Battlefield Alumni

2:30pm – 2:55pm
Fireside Chat with David Kirkpatrick (Author, The Facebook Effect)

2:55pm – 3:15pm
Fireside Chat with Chi-Hua Chien (KPCB)

3:15pm – 3:30pm
BREAK and BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

3:30pm – 5:30pm
Startup Battlefield Finals

5:30pm – 7:00pm
Cocktail Reception hosted by Hatch/IAC

7:00pm – 7:30pm
Closing Awards Ceremony and Passing of the Disrupt Cup

Startup Battlefield Judges: Michael Abbott,  Michael Arrington, Jon Auerbach, Adrian Aoun, Cyan Bannister, Roelof Botha, Chi-Hua Chien, Tracy Chou, Chris Dixon, Soraya Darabi, Shana Fischer, Chris Fralic, John Frankel, Patrick Gallagher, MC Hammer, Josh Kopelman, David Lee, Marissa Mayer, Greg McAdoo, Stephen Messer, Charlie O’Donnell, Ron Palmeri, Shervin Pishevar, David Rosenblatt, Bijan Sabet, Dave Samuel, Spencer Wang, Fred Wilson, Michelle Zatlyn