Agenda of 5th West Coast Conferences
Summary Agenda for SF & Seattle Area Conferences (speakers listed further below)
June 15
San Francisco: 5PM Roundtables, Female Founders Panel, Private Reception at Tinto Wine Bar & Restaurant (1152 Valencia St., btw 23d and 22d)
June 16:
Berkeley: 8:30-10:30 AM Tour of Bakar Labs and CITRIS;
Menlo Park: 1-7 PM Conference at Rosewood Sand Hill (2825 Sand Hill Rd)
1:00 PM Silicon Valley Zeitgeist Panel
2:00 PM AI Panel
2:30 PM Deep Tech & Dual Use Panel
3:00 PM Investing Outside the Valley by Other Assets & Global Regions
3:30 PM Breakouts
4:15 PM Debrief on Breakout Takeaways
4:30 PM Secondaries
5:00 PM NGens, Philanthropy
5:30 PM Town Hall & Reception
7:00 PM Rosewood Sand Hill
June 17, Bellevue:
4:00 PM Valve Tour with Gaming Focus
5:00 PM VC Showcase at Civility & Unrest (can register separately for this only)
June 18: Seattle:
9AM at the Edgewater Hotel
9:00 AM Conference at the Edgewater Hotel - Welcome, Mingling
9:45 AM Special Introduction by 361Firm and Co-Hosts
10:00 AM Northwest US Zeitgeist Panel
11:00 AM Investing Globally
11:30 AM VC Ecosystems & Other Asset Class Perspectives
12:00 PM Lunch & Breakouts by Assets & Global Regions
12:45 PM Debrief on Breakout Takeaways
1:00 PM AI Panel
1:30 PM Space & Dual Use Panel
2:00 PM Other Emerging Industries Panel
2:30 PM NGens, Philanthropy Panel
3:00 PM Breakouts, Town Hall Debrief
4 PM Amazon Visit, Waterfront
June 15, San Francisco -
Female Founder Panel: Paula Schwarz - SFO, Anna Chukaeva - Alta Holdings, CharuSinghal - Etta.io, Emily Harburg - PairUp, Leila Pirhaji - ReviveMed. Location shared with registrants.
June 16, Berkeley -
Tour Co-Hosts: Connie Koh - Vectors Capital, Cece Zhao - Vectors Capital, Jill Finlayson - Berkeley, De Kai - Berkeley Prof., Jolie Lam - Berkeley.
June 16, Palo Alto -
Silicon Valley Zeitgiest Panel: Heinz Blennemann - SFO, Ed Oates - Oracle Co-Founder, Yiwen Li - SFO, Ken Goldman - Investor.
Investing Across Regions & Assets Panel: Jack Wyant - SFO, Areej Alturki - Investor, Stephen Burke - ARS, Jeany Stein - SFO, Taylor Bench - SVS.
Secondary Markets Panel: Anurag Chandra - Pension Trustee, Lara Druyan - SV Data Capital, Dave McClure - 500 Startups, Raj Gollamudi - One Prime Cap
AI Panel: Paul Kang - SFO, Nick Davidov - DVC Fund, Ankur Gupta - Microsoft Co-Pilot, Byron Alsberg - Prefix
Emerging Industries Panel: Robert Levin - Investor, Kate Lawrence - Bloccelerate, MJ Gottlieb - Loosid, Benjamin Narasin - Tenacity VC, Chris Lawes - TheDomes.com
Philanthropy and Next Gen: Jasmine Pedroso - Marci Foundation, De Kai - Berkeley Prof., Christopher Aw - SFO, Janine Firpo - Activate Your Money.
June 18, Seattle -
Zeitgeist Panel: John Fluke - SFO, Joy Shigaki - Waterfront, Bruce Harrell - Mayor of Seattle, Mark Mueller- Eberstein SFO
Investing Across Regions & Assets Panel: Walter Benadof - Mercosul, Areej Alturki - Investor, Jack Wyant - SFO, Stephen Burke - ARS.
AI Panel: Christopher Kennamer - OneSixOne, Ankur Gupta - MS Co-Pilot, De Kai - Berkeley Prof, Paul Kang - SFO.
Space & Dual Use Panel: Gator Greenwill - SFO, Lisa Rich - Xplore, Keith Rosema - Madrona
Other Emerging Industries Panel: Damon Yuzon - InfraDX, MJ Gottlieb - Loosid, Keith McCall - Pollen Systems, Sam Wen - Square Co-founder.
Philanthropy and NextGen Panel: Dana Frank - SFO, Patti Savoy - Philanthropist, Anne O’Donnell - Waterfront Friends.