After months of prepping, countless run-throughs and all nighters, it’s time to get this party started. Welcome to TechCrunch Disrupt New York City 2012. I have a feeling this is going to be the best one to date.
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So here’s how the day breaks down:
Monday, May 21st
8:50am – 9:00am
Register for TechCrunch TechRecs
9:00am – 9:10am
Opening Remarks
9:10am – 9:20am
Welcome
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Netflix, Box, a16z, ElevenLabs, Wayve, Hugging Face, Elad Gil, Vinod Khosla — just some of the 250+ heavy hitters leading 200+ sessions designed to deliver the insights that fuel startup growth and sharpen your edge. Don’t miss a chance to learn from the top voices in tech. Grab your ticket before doors open to save up to $444.
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
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