Panels

Panel Track 1: My Life Online

Trends in Digital Media and Online Entertainment | 9:40–10:40am | Aldrich 112

Does anyone remember the days when we turned towards to TVs for entertainment?  And while no one knows exactly where digital media and online entertainment are heading, these panelists probably have a better idea than most. 

PANELISTS

Diego Berdakin, EVP of Strategy & Product, Slingshot Labs, a NewsCorporation company

Brad Hoover, Investor, General Catalyst Partners

Mark Pascarella, President & CEO, Gotuit Media Corp.

Sanjay Raman, Co-Founder & VP Product Development, Howcast.com

Matthew Siegel, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Indaba Music

MODERATOR

Camille Garriga, Sales Manager, Entertainment, Google

Gaming - Where Gaming and Social Identity Collide | 2:10–3:10pm | Aldrich 110

From Dungeons and Dragons to World of Warcraft, there has always been a social side of gaming. But what happens when the lines between your real identity and your avatar begin to blend? In this new modern world of 24/7 digital continuity, this panel will take a look at the social, technological, and industry trends of gaming (from social gaming, massively multiplayer, to alternate reality games) and their impact on businesses both small and large.

PANELISTS

Ian Davis, Studio President - Rockstar New England, Rockstar Games

Daniel Kim, CEO, Nexon America

Robert Nashak, Vice President, EA Interactive, Electronic Arts

Rich Roberts, Vice President of Sales & Business Development, PlayFirst, Inc.

Christopher Weaver, Founder, Bethesda Softworks

MODERATOR

Dan Scherlis, Principal, Scherlis.com

Lifestreaming and Social Media Marketing | 3:30–4:30pm | Aldrich 110

The recent rise and proliferation of lifestreaming of applications has been nothing short of stellar. In this panel we will explore the reasons why people lifestream and the various forms it takes. We will also explore the ways companies use these channels for social media marketing to make deep, cost effective connections with consumers.

PANELISTS

Rosa V. Alonso, Founder/CEO, MyLatinoVoice.com

Alex Finkelstein, General Partner, Spark Capital

Tim Fogarty, Director of Business Development, WDDG

David Garrison, Indaba Music

Donna Novitsky, CEO, BigTent Design, Inc.

MODERATOR

Misiek Piskorski, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Marvin Bower Fellow, Strategy Unit, Harvard Business School

The Mobile Consumer  | 3:30–4:30pm | Aldrich 109

Viva la revolución mobile! Will phones be our main computer in the future, simply docking them from station to station? What new and emerging markets are being unlocked through new and exciting mobile devices?

PANELISTS

Todd Brix, Senior Director, Mobile Services and Developer Product Management, Microsoft

Glenn Broderick, Executive Director, Gaming, AT&T

Roger Letalien, Vice President and Partner, Application Innovation Services, IBM Global Business Services

Rich Miner, Managing Partner, Google Ventures

Seth Priebatsch, Founder, SCVNGR

Daren Tsui, CEO & Co-Founder, mSpot

MODERATOR

Andrei Hagiu, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Panel Track 2: Life in the Cloud 

Cloud Providers | 9:40–10:40am | Aldrich 111

This panel explores the benefits and obstacles of cloud computing as seen through the eyes of cloud providers. While many companies extol the scalability that cloud solutions offer, they often express concerns regarding lock-in, loss of control of underlying infrastructure, security, service-level agreements, and regulatory compliance.

PANELISTS

Dr. Steven Bucci, Lead for Cyber, Global Leadership Initiative, IBM

John Considine, Founder & CTO, Cloudswitch

Michael Crandell, CEO, Rightscale

Jim Curry, VP Corporate Development, Rackspace

Joseph Hofstader, Senior Architect, Microsoft Communications Sector, Microsoft

Brad Meiseles, Sr. Manager, vCloud, VMWare

MODERATOR

Lydia Leong, Research Director, Gartner

Killer SaaS Apps | 11:00–12:00pm | Aldrich 110

Want to learn what the characteristics of a Killer SaaS application are? Learn from the experts. We’ll also explore the benefits and challenges of SaaS versus typical desktop/server software for the enterprise, the challenges of converting enterprise customers to SaaS, and the business model implications for SaaS companies.

PANELISTS

Mark Gorenberg, Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Sean Jacobsohn, Vice President, Channel Management, Cornerstone OnDemand

Mike McDerment, Co-founder and CEO, FreshBooks

Tien Tzuo, Founder and CEO, Zuora

Raju Vegesna, Evangelist, Zoho

MODERATOR

Ray Weaver, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Harvard Business School

Big Data Processing  | 2:10–3:10pm | Aldrich 111

With the advent of new sensor technologies and the internet and cloud exposing services and applications to an order of magnitude more users, data volumes are growing exponentially. For many companies, this results in data being discarded or underutilized. This panel will explore how and for what purposes companies are putting data to use.

PANELISTS

Sushil Kumar, Vice President of Product Strategy and Business Development, System and Application Management Products, Oracle

Matt McKeon, Developer, IBM

Mike Olson, CEO, Cloudera

Shyam Sankar, Director of Forward Deployed Engineering, Palantir Technologies

Dr. Michael Stonebraker, CTO and Co-Founder, Vertica

MODERATOR

Richard Reidy, President & CEO, Progress Software Corporation

Panel Track 3: Show Me The Money 

The Commoditization of Search | 11:00–12:00pm | Aldrich 111

Bing has made a big splash and aspirational start-ups continue to enter the market with innovative search products. Now that Google is a verb and continues to dominate search share, has search been truly commoditized? And if so, can Google really be dethroned?

PANELISTS

Larry Cornett, Vice President of Consumer Products, Yahoo! Search

Nidhi Modi, VP of Search Media, Digitas

Steve Papa, CEO, Endeca

John Tinter, General Manager, Strategic Partnerships - Online Audience Business Group, Microsoft - Bing.com

MODERATOR

Peter Coles, Professor, Harvard Business School

Reinventing eCommerce  | 2:10–3:10pm | Aldrich 112

eCommerce has been the backbone of the internet, generating some of the most reliable profits in the sector. Consumers are now demanding more information and personalization from their e-tailers. To remain competitive, companies are focusing on innovations that will reinvent the industry once again. What’s now? What’s next?

PANELISTS

Scott Friend, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures

Chris Homer, Co-Founder, ThredUp

Oliver Lubin, Co-Founder, ThredUp

Scott Savitz, Founder & CEO, ShoeBuy.com

Erik Stuart, Senior Director, Corporate Strategy, eBay

MODERATOR

Misiek Piskorski, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Marvin Bower Fellow, Strategy Unit, Harvard Business School

Future Trends in Online Advertising | 3:30–4:30pm | Aldrich 111

Advertising used to be purely visual. Then search engines introduced the concept of contextual advertising. What is in store for the next wave of advertising innovation? Platforms have continued to evolve; so shouldn’t advertising?

PANELISTS

Ajay Agarwal, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures

Mike Baker, President & CEO, DataXu

Brian Cusack, Google Display Sales Manager, YouTube

Dave Dickman, Senior Vice President - Digital Media Sales, Warner Bros.

JJ Richards, General Manager - Platform Services, Microsoft Advertising, Microsoft

Brian Schmidt, Head of Online Sales and Operations - Cambridge Office, Google

MODERATORS

Ben Edelman, Assistant Professor of Business Administration - Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, Havard Business School

Venture Capital | 3:30–4:30pm | Aldrich 112

Many of today’s most successful technology companies were first funded during tough economic times. In this panel we will explore specific questions concerning how marketing conditions are affecting VCs and the companies they fund.

PANELISTS

John Chory, Partner, WilmerHale Venture Group

Andy Goldfarb, Executive Managing Director / Co-Founder, Globespan Capital Partners

David Hornik, Partner, August Capital

Alan Mattamana, Principal, Fairview Capital

Neil Sequeira, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners

MODERATOR

Shikhar Ghosh, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

Panel Track 4: Changing Landscapes

Healthcare and Technology | 9:40–10:40am | Aldrich 110

Technology is fueling innovation in an evolving healthcare market.  This panel explores opportunities for entrepreneurial value creation in the areas of patient decision-making, physician decision-making, and the patient-provider relationship.

PANELISTS

Nat Findlay, Founder & CEO, Myca

Bryan Roberts Ph.D., Partner, Venrock

Roy Schoenberg M.D., M.P.H., President and Chief Executive Officer, American Well Systems

Jeff Tangney, President, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Epocrates

MODERATOR

Robert F. Higgins, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

Converging Devices | 11:00–12:00pm | Aldrich 112

Convergence is a word that has been at the tip of the tech industry’s proverbial tongue for many years. This panel will take a look at some of the most recent/innovative areas of convergence, and their possible impact on the future of technology. The focus will be on the livingroom.

PANELISTS

Carl Calabria, Vice President, Product Development, Sonos

James DeBelina, Director, Business Development, Motorola

Tom Jasny, Vice President, Wireless and Broadband Networks, Samsung Electronics

Viden Nedialkov, Director, Business Development, eHome, Entertainment and Devices, Microsoft

Vic Odryna, CEO, ZeeVee

Javier Segovia, Founder and CEO, Tap ‘n Tap

MODERATOR

Henry Holtzman, Research Scientist, Chief Knowledge Officer, Co-Director, Digital Life, MIT Media Labs

Cleantech/Greentech | 2:10–3:10pm | Aldrich 109

With many greentech companies unsustainable without government intervention, policy such as Waxman-Moxley, California Prop 25, and the distribution of non-dilutive capital has become a key driver in the economic health of the sector.

PANELISTS

Nick d’Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council

Andrew Friendly, Principal, Advanced Technology Ventures

Daniel Goldman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, GreatPoint Energy

Dr. Robert McGrath, Deputy Laboratory Director for Science & Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Frank van Mierlo, President, 1366 Technologies

MODERATOR

Joe Lassiter, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

Panel Track 5: Start-up Showcase

From PowerPoint to Product - Perspectives on the Day Zero Experience 9:40–10:40pm | Aldrich 109

Hear from several exciting pre-funding and recently launched start-ups (including TechCrunch50 finalists) as they share their experiences in navigating product development, fundraising, and going-to-market.

PANELISTS

Michael J. Collette, Chief Exectuive Office, FluidHTML, Inc.

Charles Forman, Founder, OMGPOP

Jack Groetzinger, Co-Founder, SeatGeek

Sunil Nagaraj, CEO, Triangulate

Mark Watkins, CEO and Co-Founder, Goby

MODERATOR

Don Dodge, Google

Scaling to Success - Perspectives on Growing Pains and Levers for Growth | 11:00–12:00pm | Aldrich 109

Hear from fast growing Boston, NY and Bay area start-ups as they discuss the building blocks of their success to-date and how they have been impacted by the current environment.

PANELISTS

Mike Baker, President & CEO, DataXu

Todd Krizelman, Chief Executive Officer, Magazine Radar

Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Founder and CEO, Care.com

Sanjay Raman, Co-Founder, VP of Business Development, Howcast

Mike Tuchen, CEO, Rapid7

MODERATOR

Don Dodge, Google