Schedule
OPEN DAILY, 10:00AM
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | ||||
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10:00 AM | Fast Company Grill Opens | More Info | ||
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Inside Another Simple Favor with Director Paul Feig | Featuring Paul Feig, Founder, FeigCo; and Director and Producer, Another Simple Favor | More Info | |
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM | Why "Brands That Matter" Matters | Presented by Purdue University | Featuring Jeff Beer, Senior Staff Editor, Fast Company | More Info |
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM | Innovating What Matters: Driving Pharma Forward | Presented by Purdue University | Featuring Sean Bruich, SVP of Artificial Intelligence and Data, Amgen; Mung Chiang, President, Purdue University and Tatyana Kanzaveli , CEO, Open Health Network | More Info |
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Redefining the Next Generation's Relationship to Tech | Featuring Lauren Antonoff, Chief Operating Officer, Life360; Tom Ballhatchet, VP of Creative, UX, and Innovation, Yoto and Jennifer Betka, Chief Marketing Officer, Yondr | More Info | |
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Branded Entertainment: Where Commerce Meets Creativity | Featuring John Jelley, SVP, Product and User Experience, Peacock and Global Streaming, NBCUniversal; James Kuczynski, Senior Creative Director, Duolingo and Anne-Margot Rodde, Founder and CEO, Creators Corp. | More Info | |
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Pillars of AI: The Executive’s Playbook for Data Deployment | Presented by Lumen Technologies | Featuring Yina Arenas, Vice President, Product, Azure AI Platform, Microsoft, Ashley Haynes-Gaspar, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Lumen Technologies; Sameer Maskey, Founder and CEO, Fusemachines and Scott Likens, Global and U.S. Chief AI Engineering Officer, PwC | More Info |
1:55 PM - 2:55 PM | Inside The Ballad of Wallis Island with the Cast and Director | Featuring Tom Basden, Executive Producer, Writer, and Actor; James Griffiths, Director, Executive Producer, Tim Key, Writer, Executive Producer, Actor and Carey Mulligan, Executive Producer, Actress | More Info | |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Fusing Art, Science, and AI: Standing Out in a Saturated Market | Powered by Canva | Featuring Annalisa Church, VP of Digital Technology, Insights, and Operations, Akamai; Brad Nelson, Chief Marketing Officer, Sotheby's International Realty; Kristine Segrist, VP of Consumer Marketing, Canva and Jennifer Warren, VP of Global Brand Marketing and Creative, Indeed | More Info |
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM | More than a Moment: The Future of the Me Too Movement | Featuring Tarana Burke, Author, Activist, Founder of the "Me Too" Movement | More Info | |
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM | Weighing the Truth: Separating Science from Sensationalism | Presented by Novo Nordisk | Featuring Dr. Deborah B. Horn, MPH, UT Health, Negelle Morris, Senior Vice President, Novo Nordisk Inc. and Lisa S., Patient Advocate | More Info |
4:10 PM | Fast Company Grill Closes | More Info | ||
Sunday, March 9, 2025 | ||||
10:00 AM | Fast Company Grill Opens | More Info | ||
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | The Business of Belonging: Tapping Into the Power of Fandom | Featuring Joon Choi, President, Weverse; Aron Levitz, President, Wattpad Webtoon Studios and Co-President, Wattpad and Gita Rebbapragada, Chief Operating Officer, Crunchyroll | More Info | |
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Customer Obsession at Scale: Building Brand Love in the AI Era | Powered by Canva | Featuring Jenn Garbach, Chief Marketing Officer, PNC Bank; Rob Giglio, Chief Customer Officer, Canva and Amy Hannah, VP of Brand Marketing, Kendra Scott | More Info |
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM | Reconnect with Connection: Building Better Communities IRL | Featuring Andy Dunn, Founder and CEO, Pie; Mélanie Masarin, Founder and CEO, Ghia and Ev Williams, Cofounder, Mozi | More Info | |
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM | Creativity Unbound: How Brands and Creators Are Leveling Up With AI | Presented by Whalar Group | Featuring Jo Cronk, President, North America, Whalar and Chris Do, Founder and CEO, The Futur | More Info |
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM | The Truth About the American Dream | Featuring Elly Dembo, Global Head of Data and Intelligence, McCann and Daryl Lee, Global CEO, McCann | More Info | |
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | The Pivot Playbook: How These CEOs Turned Their Companies Around | Featuring Brad Charron, CEO, Aloha and Carla Vernón, CEO, The Honest Company | More Info | |
1:55 PM - 2:25 PM | How Business Leaders Are Navigating the Trump Administration | Featuring Carolyn Rodz, Cofounder and CEO, Hello Alice | More Info | |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Ready to Go Global? How to Set Up Your Business for International Success | Presented by Wise | Featuring Bashak Ilhan, Founder and CEO, Road; Jennifer Maman, Founder, Matto Espresso; Harsh Sinha, Chief Technology Officer, Wise and Sebastien Taveau, Principal Fintech TPM, Intuit | More Info |
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM | Putting Culture at the Core of Your Business | Featuring Jerry Grammont, CEO, Mabï Artisanal Tea; Jori Miller Sherer, President, Minnetonka and Mika Shino, Founder and CEO, Issei Mochi Gummies | More Info | |
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM | Back from Extinction: How Colossal Is Charting a New Frontier in Genomics | Featuring Ben Lamm, Founder and CEO, Colossal Biosciences | More Info | |
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Built to Boom: Secrets of Fast-Growing Companies | Featuring Danielle Guizio, Owner and Designer, Guizio; Kat Hantas, Cofounder, 21Seeds Infused Tequila and Stacey Tank, CEO, Bespoke Beauty Brands (owner of KimChi Chic Beauty and Jason Wu Beauty) | More Info | |
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM | Protecting the Future of the Internet | Featuring Matthew Prince, Cofounder and CEO, Cloudflare | More Info | |
5:40 PM - 7:10 PM | Happy Hour, Networking, and a Live Musical Performance from Paravi | Featuring Paravi, Singer-Songwriter | More Info | |
7:10 PM | Fast Company Grill Closes | More Info | ||
Monday, March 10, 2025 | ||||
10:00 AM | Fast Company Grill Opens | More Info | ||
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | How Brands Have Mastered the Art of Standing Out | Featuring Fara Howard, Chief Marketing Officer, GoDaddy; Taylor Montgomery. Chief Marketing Officer, North America, Taco Bell and Dan Murphy, SVP, Marketing, Liquid Death | More Info | |
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM | Make It Make Sense: Shattering the Crypto Myths | Presented by NCA | Featuring Stu Alderoty, President, National Cryptocurrency Association; Cesare Fracassi, Professor of Finance, Director of UT Blockchain Initiative, Texas McCombs School of Business; Skylar Olsen, Chief Economist, Zillow and Rich Swisher, Founder and Board Chairman, Motiv | More Info |
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Next-Gen Leadership for an Evolving World | Presented by Williams | Featuring Michelle Froah, Global Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, SVP of Corporate Solutions, ETS; Andy Power, President and CEO, Digital Realty and Eswar Veluri, EVP; Chief Technology Officer, Equinox and Chad Zamarin, EVP of Corporate Strategic Development, Williams | More Info |
12:05 PM - 12:35 PM | Innovate to Eliminate: Tackling the Plastic Crisis and Beyond | Featuring Gene Eidelman, Cofounder, Azure Printed Homes; Kate McLeod, Cofounder and Formulator, Kate McLeod and Nicole Richards, CEO, Allonnia | More Info | |
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM | Lone Star Lens: How Director Robert Rodriguez Is Bringing Hollywood to Texas | Featuring Alexis Garcia, Cofounder, Brass Knuckle Films and Robert Rodriguez, Cofounder, Brass Knuckle Films | More Info | |
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Inside the Fight For Your Digital Freedom | Featuring Stan Adams, Public Policy Specialist, Wikimedia Foundation; Nicole Ozer, Technology and Civil Liberties Director, ACLU of Northern California and Alissa Starzak, Deputy Chief Legal Officer and Global Head of Policy, Cloudflare | More Info | |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Unlocking AI’s Potential: From Attractions to Tech and Everything in Between | Presented by Project Management Institute | Featuring Sarah Bird, Chief Product Officer of Responsible AI, Microsoft, Tom Geraghty, VP of Digital Innovation, Universal Destinations and Experiences (UDX) and Kathleen Walch, Director, AI Engagement and Learning, Project Management Institute | More Info |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Fair Play: Making Women’s Sports a Lasting Powerhouse | Featuring Logan Eggleston, Pro Athlete, LOVB Austin Volleyball; Rosie Spaulding, President, LOVB Pro and Stef Strack, Founder and CEO, Voice in Sport | More Info | |
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | A New Playbook: The Shifting Dynamics of Sports Entertainment | Featuring Monica Dinsmore, Head of Esports, Electronic Arts; Joe Franzetta, Head of Sports, Roku and Tony Khan, Founder, CEO, GM, and Head of Creative, All Elite Wrestling | More Info | |
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM | A Force for Good: Visionaries Redefining the Future | Presented by Texas A&M University | Featuring Col. Michael Edward Fossum, '80, Vice President, Texas A&M University, COO Texas A&M University at Galveston, Superintendent, Texas A&M Maritime Academy; Dean Kamen, Founder, DEKA Research and Development and FIRST and Amy L. Waer, Jean and Tom McMullin Endowed Dean, Texas A&M University College of Medicine | More Info |
5:40 PM - 7:10 PM | Happy Hour, Networking, and a Live Musical Performance from Garrett Talamantes | Featuring Garrett Talamantes, Singer-Songwriter | More Info | |
7:10 PM | Fast Company Grill Closes | More Info |
Saturday, March 8, 2025 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
10:00 AM | Fast Company Grill Opens | More Info | ||
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | Inside Another Simple Favor with Director Paul Feig | Featuring Paul Feig, Founder, FeigCo; and Director and Producer, Another Simple Favor | More Info | |
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM | Why "Brands That Matter" Matters | Presented by Purdue University | Featuring Jeff Beer, Senior Staff Editor, Fast Company | More Info |
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM | Innovating What Matters: Driving Pharma Forward | Presented by Purdue University | Featuring Sean Bruich, SVP of Artificial Intelligence and Data, Amgen; Mung Chiang, President, Purdue University and Tatyana Kanzaveli , CEO, Open Health Network | More Info |
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Redefining the Next Generation's Relationship to Tech | Featuring Lauren Antonoff, Chief Operating Officer, Life360; Tom Ballhatchet, VP of Creative, UX, and Innovation, Yoto and Jennifer Betka, Chief Marketing Officer, Yondr | More Info | |
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | Branded Entertainment: Where Commerce Meets Creativity | Featuring John Jelley, SVP, Product and User Experience, Peacock and Global Streaming, NBCUniversal; James Kuczynski, Senior Creative Director, Duolingo and Anne-Margot Rodde, Founder and CEO, Creators Corp. | More Info | |
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Pillars of AI: The Executive’s Playbook for Data Deployment | Presented by Lumen Technologies | Featuring Yina Arenas, Vice President, Product, Azure AI Platform, Microsoft, Ashley Haynes-Gaspar, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Lumen Technologies; Sameer Maskey, Founder and CEO, Fusemachines and Scott Likens, Global and U.S. Chief AI Engineering Officer, PwC | More Info |
1:55 PM - 2:55 PM | Inside The Ballad of Wallis Island with the Cast and Director | Featuring Tom Basden, Executive Producer, Writer, and Actor; James Griffiths, Director, Executive Producer, Tim Key, Writer, Executive Producer, Actor and Carey Mulligan, Executive Producer, Actress | More Info | |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Fusing Art, Science, and AI: Standing Out in a Saturated Market | Powered by Canva | Featuring Annalisa Church, VP of Digital Technology, Insights, and Operations, Akamai; Brad Nelson, Chief Marketing Officer, Sotheby's International Realty; Kristine Segrist, VP of Consumer Marketing, Canva and Jennifer Warren, VP of Global Brand Marketing and Creative, Indeed | More Info |
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM | More than a Moment: The Future of the Me Too Movement | Featuring Tarana Burke, Author, Activist, Founder of the "Me Too" Movement | More Info | |
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM | Weighing the Truth: Separating Science from Sensationalism | Presented by Novo Nordisk | Featuring Dr. Deborah B. Horn, MPH, UT Health, Negelle Morris, Senior Vice President, Novo Nordisk Inc. and Lisa S., Patient Advocate | More Info |
4:10 PM | Fast Company Grill Closes | More Info |
Sunday, March 9, 2025 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
10:00 AM | Fast Company Grill Opens | More Info | ||
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | The Business of Belonging: Tapping Into the Power of Fandom | More Info | Featuring Joon Choi, President, Weverse; Aron Levitz, President, Wattpad Webtoon Studios and Co-President, Wattpad and Gita Rebbapragada, Chief Operating Officer, Crunchyroll | |
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Customer Obsession at Scale: Building Brand Love in the AI Era | Powered by Canva | More Info | Featuring Jenn Garbach, Chief Marketing Officer, PNC Bank; Rob Giglio, Chief Customer Officer, Canva and Amy Hannah, VP of Brand Marketing, Kendra Scott |
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM | Reconnect with Connection: Building Better Communities IRL | More Info | Featuring Andy Dunn, Founder and CEO, Pie; Mélanie Masarin, Founder and CEO, Ghia and Ev Williams, Cofounder, Mozi | |
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM | Creativity Unbound: How Brands and Creators Are Leveling Up With AI | Presented by Whalar Group | More Info | Featuring Jo Cronk, President, North America, Whalar and Chris Do, Founder and CEO, The Futur |
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM | The Truth About the American Dream | More Info | Featuring Elly Dembo, Global Head of Data and Intelligence, McCann and Daryl Lee, Global CEO, McCann | |
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | The Pivot Playbook: How These CEOs Turned Their Companies Around | More Info | Featuring Brad Charron, CEO, Aloha and Carla Vernón, CEO, The Honest Company | |
1:55 PM - 2:25 PM | How Business Leaders Are Navigating the Trump Administration | More Info | Featuring Carolyn Rodz, Cofounder and CEO, Hello Alice | |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Ready to Go Global? How to Set Up Your Business for International Success | Presented by Wise | More Info | Featuring Bashak Ilhan, Founder and CEO, Road; Jennifer Maman, Founder, Matto Espresso; Harsh Sinha, Chief Technology Officer, Wise and Sebastien Taveau, Principal Fintech TPM, Intuit |
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM | Putting Culture at the Core of Your Business | More Info | Featuring Jerry Grammont, CEO, Mabï Artisanal Tea; Jori Miller Sherer, President, Minnetonka and Mika Shino, Founder and CEO, Issei Mochi Gummies | |
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM | Back from Extinction: How Colossal Is Charting a New Frontier in Genomics | More Info | Featuring Ben Lamm, Founder and CEO, Colossal Biosciences | |
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Built to Boom: Secrets of Fast-Growing Companies | More Info | Featuring Danielle Guizio, Owner and Designer, Guizio; Kat Hantas, Cofounder, 21Seeds Infused Tequila and Stacey Tank, CEO, Bespoke Beauty Brands (owner of KimChi Chic Beauty and Jason Wu Beauty) | |
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM | Protecting the Future of the Internet | More Info | Featuring Matthew Prince, Cofounder and CEO, Cloudflare | |
5:40 PM - 7:10 PM | Happy Hour, Networking, and a Live Musical Performance from Paravi | More Info | Featuring Paravi, Singer-Songwriter | |
7:10 PM | Fast Company Grill Closes | More Info |
Monday, March 10, 2025 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
10:00 AM | Fast Company Grill Opens | More Info | ||
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | How Brands Have Mastered the Art of Standing Out | More Info | Featuring Fara Howard, Chief Marketing Officer, GoDaddy; Taylor Montgomery. Chief Marketing Officer, North America, Taco Bell and Dan Murphy, SVP, Marketing, Liquid Death | |
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM | Make It Make Sense: Shattering the Crypto Myths | Presented by NCA | More Info | Featuring Stu Alderoty, President, National Cryptocurrency Association; Cesare Fracassi, Professor of Finance, Director of UT Blockchain Initiative, Texas McCombs School of Business; Skylar Olsen, Chief Economist, Zillow and Rich Swisher, Founder and Board Chairman, Motiv |
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Next-Gen Leadership for an Evolving World | Presented by Williams | More Info | Featuring Michelle Froah, Global Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, SVP of Corporate Solutions, ETS; Andy Power, President and CEO, Digital Realty and Eswar Veluri, EVP; Chief Technology Officer, Equinox and Chad Zamarin, EVP of Corporate Strategic Development, Williams |
12:05 PM - 12:35 PM | Innovate to Eliminate: Tackling the Plastic Crisis and Beyond | More Info | Featuring Gene Eidelman, Cofounder, Azure Printed Homes; Kate McLeod, Cofounder and Formulator, Kate McLeod and Nicole Richards, CEO, Allonnia | |
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM | Lone Star Lens: How Director Robert Rodriguez Is Bringing Hollywood to Texas | More Info | Featuring Alexis Garcia, Cofounder, Brass Knuckle Films and Robert Rodriguez, Cofounder, Brass Knuckle Films | |
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Inside the Fight For Your Digital Freedom | More Info | Featuring Stan Adams, Public Policy Specialist, Wikimedia Foundation; Nicole Ozer, Technology and Civil Liberties Director, ACLU of Northern California and Alissa Starzak, Deputy Chief Legal Officer and Global Head of Policy, Cloudflare | |
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | Unlocking AI’s Potential: From Attractions to Tech and Everything in Between | Presented by Project Management Institute | More Info | Featuring Sarah Bird, Chief Product Officer of Responsible AI, Microsoft, Tom Geraghty, VP of Digital Innovation, Universal Destinations and Experiences (UDX) and Kathleen Walch, Director, AI Engagement and Learning, Project Management Institute |
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Fair Play: Making Women’s Sports a Lasting Powerhouse | More Info | Featuring Logan Eggleston, Pro Athlete, LOVB Austin Volleyball; Rosie Spaulding, President, LOVB Pro and Stef Strack, Founder and CEO, Voice in Sport | |
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | A New Playbook: The Shifting Dynamics of Sports Entertainment | More Info | Featuring Monica Dinsmore, Head of Esports, Electronic Arts; Joe Franzetta, Head of Sports, Roku and Tony Khan, Founder, CEO, GM, and Head of Creative, All Elite Wrestling | |
5:10 PM - 5:40 PM | A Force for Good: Visionaries Redefining the Future | Presented by Texas A&M University | More Info | Featuring Col. Michael Edward Fossum, '80, Vice President, Texas A&M University, COO Texas A&M University at Galveston, Superintendent, Texas A&M Maritime Academy; Dean Kamen, Founder, DEKA Research and Development and FIRST and Amy L. Waer, Jean and Tom McMullin Endowed Dean, Texas A&M University College of Medicine |
5:40 PM - 7:10 PM | Happy Hour, Networking, and a Live Musical Performance from Garrett Talamantes | More Info | Featuring Garrett Talamantes, Singer-Songwriter | |
7:10 PM | Fast Company Grill Closes | More Info |