AGENDA FOR DISRUPT NYC 2011
Monday, May 23rd
9:00am
Opening Remarks
Fireside Chat with Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
Fireside Chat with Dennis Crowley, Foursquare
Fireside Chat with acclaimed essayist, novelist, screenwriter and director, Nora Ephron; NYU journalism professor, Jay Rosen; and Arianna Huffington, Editor and President Huffington Post Media Group
10:45am
BREAK
11:00am
What Makes Great Entrepreneurs Great? Ron Conway, SV Angel
Founder Stories: Chris Dixon interviews Charlie Cheever, Quora
Power Play: Dave Morin, Path
Disrupting Music With Social: Alexander Ljung, SoundCloud and Steve Jang, SoundTracking
Power Play: Michael Raneri, Zecco
Social Commerce: Kevin Ryan, Gilt Groupe and Aileen Lee, KPCB
12:30pm-2:00pm
LUNCH
2:00pm
Fireside Chat with Tim Armstrong, AOL
Fireside Chat with Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?
2:30pm
Startup Battlefield Session 1
3:30pm
BREAK
3:45pm
Startup Battlefield Session 2
4:45pm
BREAK
5:00pm
Startup Battlefield Session 3
6:00pm
Conference Concludes
9:00pm-Midnight
After Party hosted by Media Temple
Good Units (Hudson Hotel)
356 W 58th Street
Conference badge required for admission
Tuesday, May 24th
9:00am
Opening Remarks
Charlie Rose interviews Paul Graham, YCombinator
Charlie Rose interviews Ashton Kutcher, Katalyst Media
Disrupting Display Advertising With Social, Mobile, And Beyond: Mike Walrath (Moat), Carolyn Everson(Facebook), Eric Litman (Medialets), and Gurbaksh Chahal (RadiumOne)
10:30am
BREAK
10:45am
Disrupting Gaming: Bing Gordon, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Disrupting Publishing: From Links To Tablets: John Borthwick, betaworks and Greg Clayman, publisher, The Daily
Managing Hockey-Stick Growth: Kevin Systrom, Instagram and David Karp, Tumblr
Special Product Announcement: Julia Hu, Lark
Special Product Announcement: Liam Casey, PCH International
New York Startup Scene. What’s Different Now?: Chris Dixon (Hunch), Ron Conway (SV Angel), Eric Hippeau (Lerer Ventures), Shana Fisher (High Line Venture Partners), and John Borthwick (betaworks)
12:30pm-2:00pm
LUNCH
2:00pm
Fireside chat with Roelof Botha, Sequoia Capital
2:15pm
Startup Battlefield Session 4
3:15pm
BREAK
3:30pm
Startup Battlefield Session 5
4:30pm
BREAK
4:45pm
Startup Battlefield Session 6
5:45pm
Conference Concludes
9:00pm-Midnight
After Party hosted by MailChimp
Hudson Terrace
621 W 46th Street
Conference badge required for admission
Wednesday, May 25th
9:00am
Opening Remarks
O2O: Online to Offline Mobile Commerce: Alex Rampell, TrialPay, Stephanie Tilenius, Google Commerce and Payments, and Lewis Gersh, Metamorphic Partners
Success by the Numbers: Chris Farmer, General Catalyst Partners
Disrupting Offline Businesses: Brian Chesky, Airbnb and Travis Kalanick, Uber
Kickstarter Economy: John Biggs (CrunchGear), with Yancey Stickler (Kickstarter), Rafael Atijas (Loog), Dan Provost (Glif, Cosmonaut), and Sean Bonner (RDTN.org)
10:30am
BREAK
10:45am
Special Product Announcement: Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn, Cloudflare
Disrupting Transportation: Electric vs. Efficiency: Craig Bramscher, Brammo and Donald Runkle, Ecomotors
Fireside Chat with Keith Rabois, Square
Power Play: Dom Leca, Sparrow
Office Hours with Paul Graham, Y Combinator
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(Note: six Disrupt attendees/applicants will be selected at the start of the session. You must be present in the main hall when your name is called).
12:45pm-2:15pm
LUNCH
2:15pm
TechCrunch Disrupt Alumni Updates: Tomer Dvir, Soluto and Doug Imbruce, Qwiki
Fireside Chat with Christopher Poole, Canvas Networks
NYC 2011 Disrupt Hackathon Winner Highlights
Fireside Chat with Marissa Mayer, Google
3:15pm
BREAK
3:30pm
Startup Battlefield Final Round
Expert Judges:
Roelof Botha, Sequoia Capital
Ron Conway, SV Angel
Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital
Marissa Mayer, Google
Fred Wilson, USV
5:30pm-7:00pm
Closing Cocktails, Pier 94
7:00pm
Closing Awards Ceremony
Multiple Sponsor Awards
Audience Choice Award
The Passing of the Disrupt Cup and $50,000 Grand Prize from TechCrunch
7:30pm
Ceremony Concludes
9:00pm-Midnight
After Party Hosted by General Electric
Greenhouse
150 Varick Street
Conference badge required for admission