| 8:00AM |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:45AM |
Welcome |
| 8:55AM |
Keynote: Social Machines
Peter Semmelhack, founder and CEO, Bug Labs |
| 9:10AM |
Keynote: The Age of Context
Robert Scoble, author of Scobleizer blog and startup liaison, Rackspace |
| 9:25AM |
Evolution of Microcontrollers
Massimo Banzi, co-founder, Arduino
Jason Kridner, co-founder, BeagleBone
Moderated by: Matt Richardson, author and contributing writer, MAKE |
| 10:10AM |
Break |
| 10:45AM |
Detecting Change: Sensors Create New Categories
Aaron Horowitz, Co-founder, Sproutel
Alasdair Allan, scientist, author, hacker, tinkerer
Michael Heimbinder, founder and executive director, Habitat Map |
| 11:15AM |
The Design Advantage
Carla Diana, founder, Smart Interaction Lab
Sean Petterson, president and CEO, Strong Arm Technologies
James Krause, industrial designer, Canary
Jon Troutman, co-founder and design director, Canary |
| 11:45AM |
Trends in 3D Printing
Bre Pettis, CEO, MakerBot®
Christine Furstoss, global technology director, GE Global Research Center
Q&A |
| 12:30PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30PM |
MAKER TO MARKET:
Early Stage Roadmap
Ben Einstein, co-founder, Bolt
Scott Miller, co-founder and CEO, Dragon Innovation
Rob Coneybeer, managing director, Shasta Ventures |
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Getting it Made
Bunnie Huang, co-founder, Chumby
Dorian Ferlauto, founder and CEO, ELIHUU
Nick Pinkston, founder, Plethora |
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Getting it to Market
Zach Kaplan, CEO, Inventables
Brady Forrest, vice president, Highway1
Emile Petrone, founder, Tindie |
| 3:00PM |
Break |
| 3:30PM |
Case Studies in Success
Ayah Bdeir, founder and CEO, littleBits
David Lang, co-founder, OpenROV
Maxim Lobovsky, co-founder, Formlabs
Dulcie Madden, co-founder and CEO, Rest Devices |
| 4:15PM |
Pitches with Prototypes
Six Finalists |
| 5:00PM |
VC Panel: Where they Invest and Why
Chris Dixon, partner, Andreeson Horowitz
Zack Schildorn, vice president and director of operations, Lux Capital
Matthew Witheiler, principal, Flybridge Capital
Eric Wiesen, general partner, RRE Ventures |
| 5:45PM |
Closing Remarks: Future Outlook
Brian David Johnson, futurist, Intel |
| 6:30PM |
Reception:
Prototype Showcase
NYCEDC New York Top Makers |
