Friday, March 8, 2019 |
Fast Company Grill Opens | 10:30 AM | |
The Power of Play
SPEAKERS: JORGE CASIMIRO, VP, Global Community Impact, Nike; CHRIS DOWN, chief design officer, Mattel; and SANYA RICHARDS-ROSS, Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur, and Author, Chasing Grace | 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM | |
The Next Wave of the DTC Revolution Presented by Shopify
SPEAKERS: LILY KANTER, CEO, Boon Supply; and Cofounder, Serena & Lily; BRIAN SPALY, Executive Chairman, Tecovas; Founder, Trunk Club; and Founder, Bonobos; and JEFF WEISER, CMO, Shopify
| 1:10 PM - 1:50 PM | |
A Conversation with Actor Matthew McConaughey and Michael Acton Smith
SPEAKERS: MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, Academy Award-Winning Actor and Founder, just keep livin Foundation; and MICHAEL ACTON SMITH, Cofounder and Co-CEO, Calm | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | |
Women Squared: Female Financiers Meet Female Founders
SPEAKERS: SARAH JONES SIMMER, COO, Bumble; and ELIZABETH GORE, President and Chairwoman, Alice
| 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Happy Hour
Sponsored by INTRINSIC Wine Co.
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | |
Fast Company Grill Closes | 6:00 PM | |
Saturday, March 9, 2019 |
Fast Company Grill Opens | 10:30 AM | |
The Personal Project: One-On-One with Pamela Adlon
SPEAKER: PAMELA ADLON, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, Better Things | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
The New, New Consumer
SPEAKERS: AHSAN RIZVI, Founder and CEO, Kiddom; ALICIA TILLMAN, CMO, SAP | 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM | |
One-On-One with Kendra Scott
SPEAKER: KENDRA SCOTT, Designer, Founder, and CEO, Kendra Scott LLC
MODERATOR: STEPHANIE MEHTA, editor-in-chief, Fast Company
A wide-ranging conversation with the founder of Kendra Scott LLC, a jewelry and lifestyle empire now valued at more than $1 billion. Topics include Scott’s insight into the evolving retail landscape, her move into fine jewelry, winning fickle consumers, and the benefits and perils of having one’s name also be the company brand. | 1:10 PM - 1:50 PM | |
Innovating at Speed: How Big Brands and Scrappy Startups Develop New Ideas Presented by United Technologies
SPEAKERS: JASON CHUA, Executive Director, United Technologies Advanced Projects (UTAP); COTTER CUNNINGHAM, Founder and Chairman, RetailMeNot; and CLARA VU, Cofounder and VP, Engineering, VEO Robotics
| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | |
Tomorrow's Office: How Tech Can Help Keep a Disparate Workforce Productive Presented by Citrix
SPEAKERS: DONNA KIMMEL, EVP, Chief People Officer, Citrix; and SARA SUTTON, Founder and CEO, FlexJobs; and MARTIN WEZOWSKI, Chief Designer at SAP
| 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM | |
Making David Makes Man
SPEAKERS: TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY, Academy Award-Winning Writer; creator, David Makes Man; TINA PERRY, President, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN); and PHYLICIA RASHAD, Award-Winning Actress, Creed and The Cosby Show | 4:30 PM - 5:10 PM | |
Fast Company Grill Closes | 5:20 PM | |
Sunday, March 10, 2019 |
Fast Company Grill Opens | 10:30 AM | |
One-On-One with Christina Tosi
SPEAKER: CHRISTINA TOSI, Chef and Founder, Milk Bar | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
One-On-One with Rep. Will Hurd
SPEAKER: WILL HURD, U.S. Representative, Texas’s 23rd Congressional District
| 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM | |
The Future is Freelance: How to Survive —and Thrive— in the Self-Employed Economy Presented by Intuit
SPEAKERS: TWISHA MEHTA, Senior Impact Manager, Samaschool; and JEREMY SULZMANN, Business Segment Leader for QuickBooks Self Employed at Intuit
| 1:10 PM - 1:50 PM | |
Fast Company Grill Closes | 4:30 PM | |
Monday, March 11, 2019 |
Fast Company Grill Opens | 10:30 AM | |
New Stories, New Platforms
SPEAKERS: CURTIS HICKMAN, Cofounder and Chief Creative Officer, The Void; DAVID MODIGLIANI, Director and Producer, Running with Beto, 61 Bullets, and Crawford
| 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM | |
How Tech Can Solve the Number One Worry for Americans–Financial Stress Presented by SunTrust
SPEAKERS: ED DORAN, Director Product Management, Microsoft Research; WILLIAM ‘WHURLEY’ HURLEY, founder and CEO, Strangeworks; and KEN MEYER, CTO for consumer banking, SunTrust
| 12:20 PM - 1:00 PM | |
The Power of Live
SPEAKERS: KELLY STRICKLAND, Senior Vice President of Tour Marketing, Live Nation; and ROZONDA “CHILLI” THOMAS, Singer-Songwriter, TLC
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | |
Fast Company Grill Closes | 4:30 PM | |