Agenda

Monday, September 9th

9:00am — 9:10am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch

9:10am – 9:35am
Fireside chat with Ron Conway, David Lee and Brian Pokorny (SV Angel)
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9:35am – 9:55am
Founders Stories with Logan Green and John Zimmer (Lyft)
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9:55am – 10:25am
The Future of Higher Education: Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (State of California) and Sebastian Thrun (Udacity)
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10:25am – 10:45am
Keynote: Sir Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital)

10:45am – 11:05am
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11:05am – 11:15am
Special Product Announcement: Google/Automattic (WordPress)

11:15am – 11:35am
In Conversation with Evan Spiegel (Snapchat)

11:35am – 12:00pm
These Aren’t The Droids You’re Looking For: Rob Coneybeer (Shasta Ventures), Matt Rogers (Nest), Christian Sanz (Skycatch), Boris Sofman (Anki)
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12:00pm – 12:20pm
Fireside Chat with Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn)

12:20pm – 12:30pm
How To Lead: Dick Costolo (Twitter)

12:30pm – 1:50pm
LUNCH

1:50pm – 2:00pm
Special Product Announcement: PayPal

2:00pm – 2:25pm
Fireside Chat with Drew Houston (Dropbox)
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Startup Battlefield with Jason Kincaid

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

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Session One – Disrupting Efficiency

Judges: Mike Abbott (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers),  Jess Lee (Polyvore),  Ali Partovi (angel investor), Gentry Underwood (Mailbox)

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3:30pm – 3:45pm
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3:45pm – 4:45pm
Session Two – Disrupting Experience

Judges: Rich Barton (Zillow, Barton Ventures), Tracy Chou (Pinterest), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), Hunter Walk (Homebrew Ventures)

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4:45pm – 5:00pm
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5:00pm – 6:00pm
Session Three – Disrupting Transparency

Judges: Patrick Gallagher (CrunchFund), Julia Hartz (Eventbrite), Rick Klau (Google Ventures), Matthew Prince (CloudFlare)

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9:00pm – Midnight
After Party hosted by New Relic at Mighty

Tuesday, September 10th

9:00am – 9:05am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch

9:05am – 9:35am
Fireside Chat with Doug Leone (Sequoia Capital) and Sanjit Biswas (Meraki)

9:35am – 9:55am
In Conversation with Adi Tatarko (Houzz)

9:55am – 10:20am
Fireside Chat with Reid Hoffman and David Sze (Greylock Partners)

10:20am – 10:45am
The Bitcoin Revolution: Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Balaji Srinivasan (Counsyl), Cameron Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital), Tyler Winklevoss (Winklevoss Capital)
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10:45am – 11:15am
Fireside Chat with Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com)

11:15am – 11:30am
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11:30am – 11:55am
Spies Like Us: Heather Adkins (Google),  James Bamford (author), Ted Schlein (Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers)
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11:55am – 12:05pm
Special Product Announcement: Crowdtilt

12:05pm – 12:30pm
The Investor Perspective:  Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), John Lilly (Greylock Partners), Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Mike Volpi (Index Ventures)

12:30pm – 1:45pm
LUNCH

1:45pm – 2:00pm
Special Announcement: Frontback
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2:00pm – 2:25pm
In Conversation with Max Levchin (HVF)
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Startup Battlefield with Jason Kincaid

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

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Session Four – Disrupting Collaboration

Judges: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst Partners), Jessica Livingston (Y Combinator), Ilya Sukhar (Parse/Facebook), George Zachary (Charles River Ventures)

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3:30pm – 3:45pm
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3:45pm – 4:45pm
Session Five – Disrupting Discovery

Judges: Josh Elman (Greylock Partners), Josh Felser (Freestyle Capital), David Prager (Pitchstarter),  Susan Wojcicki (Google)
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4:45pm – 5:00pm
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5:00pm – 6:00pm
Session Six – Disrupting Measurement

Judges: Jeff Clavier (SoftTech VC), Shervin Pishevar (Sherpa Global), Ruchi Sanghvi (Dropbox), Joe Zadeh (Airbnb)
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9:00pm – Midnight
After Party hosted by SAP Big Data at Temple with DJ Trevor Simpson

Wednesday, September 11th

9:30am -9:35am
Opening Remarks by TechCrunch

9:35am – 9:55am
Fireside Chat with Nicholas Woodman (GoPro)

9:55am – 10:15am
Founders Stories with Eric Migicovsky (Pebble)

10:15am – 10:35am
Fireside Chat with John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers)

10:35am – 10:45am
Special Product Announcement

10:45am – 11:05am
Fireside Chat with Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures)

11:05am – 11:20am
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11:20am – 11:45am
The 30 New Franchises: Chris Kemp (Nebula), Aaron Levie (Box), Mikkel Svane (Zendesk), Scott Weiss (Andreessen Horowitz)

11:45am – 12:05pm
Founders Stories with Tom Preston-Werner (GitHub)

12:05pm – 12:30pm
The New Diagnosis: Erik Douglas (Cellscope), Elli Kaplan (Neurotrack), Dr. Katherine Pollard (Gladstone Institutes), Halle Tecco (Rock Health)

12:30pm – 1:50pm
LUNCH

1:50pm – 2:00pm
Hackathon Highlights

2:00pm – 2:15pm
Hampton Creek Challenge

2:15pm – 2:40pm
Fireside Chat with Marissa Mayer (Yahoo!)

2:40pm – 3:05pm
Something Ventured: Don Valentine (Sequoia Capital) and Tom Perkins (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
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3:05pm – 3:15pm
Startup Battlefield Alumni
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3:15pm – 3:45pm
Fireside Chat with Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

3:45pm – 3:50pm
Passing the Disrupt Cup with Enigma

3:50pm – 4:00pm
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Startup Battlefield Finals with Jason Kincaid

4:00pm – 5:50pm
Startup Battlefield Finals

Finals Judges: Michael Arrington (CrunchFund, TechCrunch), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital), Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), David Lee (SV Angel), Marissa Mayer (Yahoo!), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)
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5:50pm – 6:25pm
Closing Cocktail Reception Hosted by WorldPay

6:25pm – 6:55pm
Closing Awards Ceremony
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9:00pm – Midnight
After Party hosted by Auction.com at 1015 Folsom with DJ’s Talib Kweli and Kevvy Kev