On October 26th, TechCrunch Disrupt hits Europe for the first time and we’re excited to announce the full agenda. The event spans four days, featuring industry titans, noted thought leaders and experienced entrepreneurs. There will be a hackathon, a hall full of young companies, and of course, Startup Battlefield where 15 startups will launch and compete for the vaunted Disrupt Cup and the grand prize of €40,000.
Founders like Alexander Ljung, Chamath Palihapitiya, and Nate Blecharczyk will speak alongside venture capitalists eager to fund European startups. Christophe Maire, Brent Hoberman and Reshma Sohoni will be onstage talking about how they make the European startup engine hum. ResearchGate founder Ijad Madisch will be joined by Benchmark Partner Matt Cohler, an early ResearchGate investor and board member, to speak about how to get funded in Europe. And that’s just the beginning.
Running alongside the conference, Startup Alley and Hardware Alley will house hundreds of young companies vying for attention.
General admission tickets are still available and there are also spots available for developers and designers looking to participate in the Hackathon. We’d love to see you there.
Have a hardware product? Join us in Hardware Alley on Tuesday. Email john@beta.techcrunch.com if you have any questions about Hardware Alley.
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AGENDA
Saturday, October 26th
12:30pm
Hackathon begins
Sunday, October 27th
2:00pm
Hackathon concludes
Monday, October 28th
10:00am -10:10am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch
10:10am – 10:35am
Fireside chat with Marc Samwer (European Founders Fund)
10:35am – 11:00am
Fireside chat with Marco Boerries (NumberFour)
11:00am – 11:25am
Crossing the Enterprise Chasm: Andy McLoughlin (Huddle), Sebastian Siemiatkowski (Klarna), Mikkel Svane (Zendesk)
11:25am – 11:45am
BREAK
11:45am – 12:10pm
A World of Play: Jens Begemann (Wooga), Misha Lyalin (Zeptolab), Rina Onur (Peak Games)
12:10pm – 12:35pm
Founders Stories with Nate Blecharczyk (Airbnb)
12:35pm – 1:00pm
Is Bitcoin the New Euro?: Michael Jackson (Mangrove Capital), Shakil Khan (Coindesk), Nejc Kodric (Bitstamp)
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Fireside Chat with Benchmark: Matt Cohler, Peter Fenton, Bill Gurley, Mitch Lasky
1:30pm – 3:00pm
LUNCH
3:00pm – 3:25pm
Fireside Chat with Tim Armstrong (AOL)
Startup Battlefield with Mike Butcher
3:25pm – 3:30pm
How the Startup Battlefield Works
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Startup Battlefield Session One – Access
4:30pm – 4:40pm
BREAK
4:40pm – 5:40pm
Startup Battlefield Session Two – Explore
5:40pm – 5:50pm
BREAK
5:50pm – 6:50pm
Startup Battlefield Session Three – Track
10:00pm
After Party hosted by Webrazzi at Week End, Alexanderstraße 7, 10178 Berlin
Tuesday, October 29th
10:00am –10:05am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch
10:05am – 10:30am
Founders Stories with Alex Ljung (Soundcloud)
10:30am – 10:40am
Hackathon Highlights
10:40am – 11:05am
Haute Commerce
11:05am – 11:30am
Building the European Ecosystem: Brent Hoberman (ProCapital, Founders Forum), Christophe Maire (Angel Investor), Edward Shenderovich (Kite Ventures)
11:30am – 11:45am
BREAK
11:45am – 12:10pm
Fireside Chat with Matt Cohler (Benchmark) and Ijad Madisch (Research Gate)
Startup Battlefield with Mike Butcher
12:10pm – 12:15pm
How the Startup Battlefield Works
12:15pm – 1:30pm
Startup Battlefield Finals
1:30pm – 3:00pm
LUNCH
3:00pm – 3:25pm
Fireside Chat with Slava Rubin (Indiegogo)
3:25pm – 3:50pm
Founders Stories with Patrick Collison (Stripe)
3:50pm – 4:05pm
BREAK
4:05pm – 4:35pm
Mind the Funding Gap: Robert Bonanzinga (Balderton Capital), Sonali De Rycker (Accel Partners), Saul Klein (Index), Dave McClure (500 Startups), Ciaran O’Leary (Earlybird Ventures)
4:35pm – 5:00pm
Founders Stories with Sean Rad (Tinder)
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Fireside Chat with Aaron Levie (Box)
5:30pm – 6:00pm
Fireside Chat with Chamath Palihapitiya (Social+Capital)
6:00pm – 6:30pm
Closing Awards Ceremony
6:30pm
Closing Cocktail Reception
10:00pm
After Party At Watergate, Falckensteinstraße 49, 10997 Berlin