Startups, Industry Experts and Consumers together in one space discovering and pushing the boundaries of thought.

LOVE + TECH

Dating Disrupted: How Technology Is Redefining Romance & Chemistry
Featuring: How About We (Aaron Schildkrout), Cheek'd (Lori Cheek) & Serious Matchmaking (Janis Spindel)
Moderated by: Cindy Gallop, TED 2009 speaker and founder of MakeLoveNotPorn.tv
Sponsors: Projective Space, Bronx Brewery, RUNA tea, WilmerHale
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EDUCATION + TECH

Education Disrupted: How Technology Is Redefining Online Learning
Featuring: Knewton (Ryan Prichard), Thinkful (Dan Friedman), and Flybridge (Matthew Witheiler)
Moderated by: Jeffrey Selingo, Editor in Chief of the Chronicles of Higher Education
Sponsors: Knewton, Bronx Brewery, WilmerHale
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FASHION + TECH

Fashion Disrupted: How Tech Is Changing The Way Consumers Shop
Featuring: Gilt, Bonobos, Of a Kind, Material Wrld, and Snapette
Moderated by: Glamour.com
Special Interactive: "TechSeri.es Digital Runway" powered by Perch Interactive
Sponsors: Conde Nast, WeWork, Mindfile, Bulldog Gin, WilmerHale
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ts. Launchpad #2

Crisis Aversion: Not All Publicity Is Good

In partnership with: top public relations firm Brunswick Group

Featuring: Brandon Borrman (Brunswick Group Partner in San Francisco) - clients include: Facebook, Klout and Dropbox

Sponsor: Brunswick Group (NYC)

Type: Startup Event

MUSIC + TECH

Music Disrupted: Tech, Record Labels & New Distribution Streams
Featuring: VH1/Bennett Media Studios (Ed Bennett), Universal Republic Records (Theda Sandiford), Pandora (Ian Geller), Indaba Media (Sean Rosenberg), and Scratch Music Group (Rob Principe)
Moderated by: Found Objects Music Productions (Jay Wadley)
Special Interactive: Video-Scratching DJ Dirty Digits from Scratch Academy
Sponsors: Bennett Media Studios, Mindfile, Bulldog Gin, Yale Alumni Association, IARU

ts. Launchpad #1

IP 101: The 30,000-ft View of Intellectual Property Protection

In partnership with: legal firm Foley & Lardner LLC

Topics: Copyrights, Patents, Trademark, Trade Secrets, Data Privacy, Publicity Rights

Spnosor: Foley & Lardner LLC (NYC)

Type: Startup Event

STARTUPS + TECH

Startups: Their Journey to Success
Featuring: Go Try It On (Marissa Evans), Urban Cargo (Jennifer Lucy), callTrackingFox (Rodrigo Fuentes), Scene Near Me (Luis Miranda) and Taxonomy (Alastair Coote)
Moderated by: InsideHook (Steve Bryant)
Sponsors: Pivotal Labs, Yale Alumni Association, IARU
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e(BOOKS) + TECH

Publishing Disrupted: Digital Media & Its Effects on the Publishing World
Featuring: J.K. Rowling's Legal Counsel (Dale Cendali), Random House (Matt Schwartz), and Penguin Group's imprint Plume (Cherise Fisher)
Moderated by: The New York Times (Adam B. Ellick)
Sponsors: Pivotal Labs, Yale Alumni Association, IARU
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