Bloomberg Tech Conference 2016: Full Schedule

5:00pm PDT

Welcome Reception and Eureka Lounge

We’ll kick off the Bloomberg Tech Conference with a bang. Join us for cocktails and cool food inventions (you can taste and touch) followed by dinner and evening program.

Monday June 13, 2016 5:00pm - 7:00pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

6:30pm PDT

Opening Night Dinner

Monday June 13, 2016 6:30pm - 10:00pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

7:00pm PDT

Breaking Through

Yuri Milner will discuss his new endeavors in space—and what innovations are catching his eye.

Moderators

Erik Schatzker

Anchor and Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Television

Erik Schatzker hosts conversations with the world's most powerful, interesting and influential executives, investors, financiers and policymakers for Bloomberg Television. His recent interviews include Bridgewater's Ray Dalio, SEC Chair Mary Jo White and Barclays CEO Jes Staley. Schatzker... Read More →

Speakers

Yuri Milner

Founder, DST Global

Yuri founded Mail.ru Group in 1999 and under his leadership it became one of Europe’s leading internet companies. He took that business public in 2010 and founded DST Global to focus on global internet investments. DST Global became one of the world’s leading technology investors... Read More →

Monday June 13, 2016 7:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

8:00pm PDT

Reinventing Twitter

Twitter’s executive chairman Omid Kordestani discusses the company’s future plans.

Moderators

Brad Stone

Senior Executive Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Brad Stone heads Bloomberg's global tech operation, as senior executive editor. He joined Bloomberg Businessweek in August, 2010 as a senior writer covering technology. He has written over twenty cover stories on leading technology companies, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon... Read More →

Speakers

Omid Kordestani

Executive Chairman, Twitter

As Executive Chairman of Twitter, Omid is responsible for providing leadership and support for the executive team, as well as recruiting key talent. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer for Google Inc., from August 2014 to August 2015; prior to... Read More →

Monday June 13, 2016 8:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

7:45am PDT

Registration and Breakfast

Tuesday June 14, 2016 7:45am - 8:30am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

8:30am PDT

Welcoming Remarks

Tuesday June 14, 2016 8:30am - 8:35am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

8:35am PDT

The Spark

Nathan Myhrvold, who spent 14 years as Microsoft’s CTO during its major growth years, has a knack for spotting big ideas. He’ll discuss the current invention environment and what he looks for before investing.

Moderators

Ashlee Vance

Technology Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek

Ashlee Vance joined Bloomberg Businessweek in 2011 as a technology writer where he has written feature stories on topics ranging from cyber espionage and “the Singularity” to DNA sequencing and space exploration. Previously, Vance was a Silicon Valley technology reporter for The... Read More →

Speakers

Nathan Myhrvold

Founder and CEO, Intellectual Ventures

Dr. Nathan Myhrvold founded Intellectual Ventures (IV) in 2000 after retiring from his position as chief strategist and chief technology officer of Microsoft Corporation. During his 14-year tenure at Microsoft, Myhrvold helped spearhead many of the company’s most successful products... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 8:35am - 8:50am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

8:50am PDT

Protecting IP

Despite countless lawsuits and major efforts to bolster Intellectual Property protections, copycats still prevail. A look at solutions and effective ways to protect inventors.

Moderators

Tom Giles

Executive Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Tom Giles is the executive editor of the global technology team at Bloomberg News. He previously served as managing editor of U.S. company news and team leader for U.S. technology. Tom was also the editor of Businessweek.com’s Technology channel, based in Silicon Valley. Before... Read More →

Speakers

Michelle K. Lee

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, USPTO

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Michelle Lee provides leadership and oversight to one of the largest intellectual property offices in the world. Ms. Lee serves as a principal advisor to the Secretary... Read More →

Donald Rosenberg

EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm

Donald J. Rosenberg is executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Qualcomm Incorporated. Mr. Rosenberg reports directly to CEO Steve Mollenkopf and is a member of the company’s Executive Committee. In his role as chief legal officer, he is responsible for... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 8:50am - 9:10am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

9:10am PDT

Global Hot Spots

A conversation with inventors from around the world about what city will be the next big invention hub.

Moderators

Alistair Barr

Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Alistair Barr is an editor and writer on Bloomberg's global technology team based in San Francisco. In a 20 year journalism career, he has reported on stock markets, hedge funds, banking, insurance and technology for Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, MarketWatch, Reuters, USA... Read More →

Speakers

Inbal Arieli

VP, Strategic Partnerships, Start-Up Nation Central

Featured as one of the 100 Most Influential people in Israeli hi-tech and as one of the 100-tech-business-women-speakers in the world. Inbal joined Start-Up Nation Central after more than a decade of experience working with start-ups and building companies of her own. During... Read More →

Fan Bao

Founder and CEO, China Renaissance

Fan Bao is the founder and CEO of China Renaissance, an independent investment bank that serves the financing and business advisory needs of China’s burgeoning technology startup community. Fan began his career with Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley during the 1990’s Internet boom... Read More →

Akiko Naka

Founder and CEO, Wantedly

Born on October 12th 1984 in Japan. Akiko serves as a founder and chief executive officer at Wantedly, Inc., the professional social networking service she started in her apartment. Following its official launch in February 2012, Wantedly grew to 1 million monthly active... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 9:10am - 9:30am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

9:30am PDT

Office 2.0

A look inside Microsoft’s push to build Office products for multiple platforms

Moderators

Emily Chang

Anchor, “Bloomberg West”, Bloomberg Television

Emily Chang is the San Francisco-based anchor of "Bloomberg West," Bloomberg Television's weekday technology program airing at 6pm ET/3pm PT from the network's San Francisco studio. Chang reports on global technology and media companies and the startups that may become them. She... Read More →

Speakers

Julie Larson-Green

Chief Experience Officer, Office Experience Organization, Microsoft Corporation

Julie Larson-Green is a renowned leader in user interface design and a pioneer in product development and engineering. She is a national thought-leader in computing and technology, and she is one of the highest ranking software and hardware engineering female leaders at Microsoft... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 9:30am - 9:45am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

9:45am PDT

Networking Break

Tuesday June 14, 2016 9:45am - 10:05am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

10:05am PDT

Robots for All

Roboticists are on a mission to make our lives easier. Meet the brains behind social robots’ future.

Moderators

Jack Clark

Reporter, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Jack Clark is a reporter with Bloomberg where he specializes in Google, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing. He previously worked at The Register and for ZDNet, where he covered distributed systems and topics in technology. He holds a degree in English Literature with Creative... Read More →

Speakers

Tessa Lau

Chief Robot Whisperer, Savioke

Tessa’s passion is building systems that improve people’s lives. Her background in machine learning enables her to understand what roboticists are saying, while her expertise in human-computer interaction drives her to understand people’s needs and design and build user-focused... Read More →

Wendy Roberts

Founder and CEO, Five Elements Robotics

Wendy Roberts is the CEO and founder of Five Elements Robotics. Five Elements Robotics was founded in 2012, with the goal of revolutionizing the human robot relationship. Mrs. Roberts’ vision is to have robots as an integral part of our everyday lives by providing affordably priced... Read More →

Melonee Wise

CEO, Fetch Robotics

Melonee Wise is the CEO of Fetch Robotics, which is delivering advanced robots for the logistics industry. The company introduced their robot system, including Fetch and Freight, in May of 2015. Prior to joining Fetch, Melonee was CEO and co-founder of Unbounded Robotics. Before... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 10:05am - 10:25am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

10:25am PDT

What's Next for Dropbox

The company's founder and CEO talks invention, innovation, and his plans for Dropbox.

Moderators

Brad Stone

Senior Executive Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Speakers

Drew Houston

Co-founder and CEO, Dropbox

Drew Houston is CEO and co-founder of Dropbox, leading Dropbox’s growth from a simple idea to a product used by millions around the world. Before founding Dropbox, Drew received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2006. While at MIT... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 10:25am - 10:40am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

10:40am PDT

Monetizing Invention

How can companies that spend heavily on R&D recoup their investments? A debate about the cost of invention.

Moderators

Tom Giles

Executive Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Speakers

Pat Gelsinger

CEO, VMware

Pat Gelsinger joined VMware in September 2012, bringing more than 30 years of technology and leadership experience. Most recently, Gelsinger led EMC’s Information Infrastructure Products business as president and COO, overseeing engineering and operations for information storage... Read More →

Jay Simons

President, Atlassian

Jay Simons is the president of Atlassian, a collaboration software company that helps teams organize, discuss and complete work. More than 57,000 large and small organizations - including some of the biggest names in media, manufacturing and technology such as Citigroup, eBay, Coca-Cola... Read More →

Stephanie Tilenius

Co-founder and CEO, Vida Health

Stephanie Tilenius is CEO and Co-Founder of Vida Health, a next generation mobile health expert marketplace for consumers and businesses. Prior to Vida, Stephanie was an Executive-in-Residence at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm, primarily focusing on companies... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 10:40am - 11:00am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

11:00am PDT

Inventing Uber's Future

How is Uber building for the long-term?

Moderators

Brad Stone

Senior Executive Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Speakers

Jeff Holden

Chief Product Officer, Uber

Now Uber’s Chief Product Officer, Jeff Holden spent nine years at Amazon building the company’s supply chain optimization technology from the ground up. He ultimately served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Consumer Applications, responsible for all of Amazon’s consumer-facing... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 11:00am - 11:20am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

11:20am PDT

Capturing the Ocean's Power

Marine energy has the potential to be the new wind energy. This inventor explains how.

Moderators

Ellen Huet

Reporter, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Ellen Huet covers startups for Bloomberg's tech team. She joined the newsroom in December from Forbes, where she spent time covering Silicon Valley culture and the burgeoning on-demand economy. She got her start in journalism covering crime and breaking news at the San Francisco... Read More →

Speakers

James G.P. Dehlsen

Chairman, Aquantis

Jim Dehlsen has a three-decade legacy of technology development in renewable energy and is now leading Aquantis in marine current turbine development for grid and subsurface data center electric power. Named Power Engineering’s Top 10 most influential people over the past 25 years... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 11:20am - 11:30am PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

11:30am PDT

Big Bets on Big Ideas

What motivates leaders to bank on blue sky ideas?

Moderators

Emily Chang

Anchor, “Bloomberg West”, Bloomberg Television

Speakers

Roelof Botha

Partner, Sequoia Capital

Roelof F. Botha focuses on Internet, services and software investments. He is a Director of Eventbrite, Evernote, Inside.com, MongoDB, Natera (NTRA), Plain Vanilla, Square (SQ), Unity Technologies, Weebly, and Whisper. He is also involved with Sequoia Capital portfolio companies including... Read More →

Jennifer Fonstad

Co-founder, Aspect Ventures

Jennifer Fonstad co- founded Aspect Ventures in 2014 after almost two decades in the venture business with Draper Fisher Jurvetson. Aspect Ventures is an early stage, mobile-focused firm with $150MM under management. Prior to Aspect and while a Managing Director at DFJ, Jennifer co-founded... Read More →

Young Sohn

President and Chief Strategy Officer, Samsung Electronics

Young Sohn is president and chief strategy officer for Samsung Electronics. He leads development and implementation of the strategy behind the global innovation and future business agenda for Samsung. In this role, he is responsible for accelerating open innovation and investment... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 11:30am - 11:50pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

11:50am PDT

Special Lunch Session: Inventing the Future of Finance

Sponsored by PowerShares QQQ
Automated financial advising has seen remarkable adoption rates as more people turn to high-tech tools to manage and grow their portfolios. So what's next for this fast-growing sector?

Moderators

Cory Johnson

Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Radio and Television

Cory Johnson covers technology, innovation and the future of business throughout the day on Bloomberg Television. He also anchors "The Advantage" on Bloomberg Radio with Carol Massar, daily from 7 am to 11 am PT/ 10am to 2 pm ET. Johnson provides in-depth coverage of Internet companies... Read More →

Speakers

Bill Harris

Founder and CEO, Personal Capital

Bill Harris is the founder and CEO of Personal Capital. He has spent 25 years building financial technology, notably serving as CEO of Intuit and PayPal. He is the founder of several financial technology companies and has served on the boards of numerous technology firms, such as... Read More →

Adam Nash

President and CEO, Wealthfront

As President and CEO of Wealthfront, Adam Nash has built the company around a centralized mission to always put the client first and change the bad practices that plague the financial services industry. Adam joined Wealthfront from Greylock Partners, where he was an Executive-in-Residence... Read More →

Simon Roy

President, Jemstep

Simon Roy is President and has overall responsibility for managing the investment systems function, which develops and maintains sophisticated financial modeling applications that support investment decision-making on the Jemstep platform. He is also responsible for leading business... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 11:50am - 12:50pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

11:50am PDT

Networking Lunch

Tuesday June 14, 2016 11:50am - 1:05pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

1:00pm PDT

Fireside Chat

A wide-ranging conversation with entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen.

Moderators

Emily Chang

Anchor, “Bloomberg West”, Bloomberg Television

Speakers

Marc Andreessen

Co-founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an innovator and creator, one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Marc... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 1:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

1:30pm PDT

The Next Frontier

What are Planet Labs tiny satellites capturing as they orbit Earth?

Moderators

Ashlee Vance

Technology Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek

Speakers

Steve Jurvetson

Partner, DFJ

Steve Jurvetson is a partner at the venture capital firm DFJ. His current board responsibilities include Planet Labs, SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics, and Tesla Motors (TSLA). He was the founding VC investor in Hotmail, Interwoven (IWOV), Kana (KANA), and NeoPhotonics (NPTN). He also led... Read More →

Will Marshall

Co-founder and CEO, Planet Labs

Will Marshall is the Co-Founder and CEO of Planet Labs. He leads the overall company strategy and direction. Prior to Planet Labs, Will was a Scientist at NASA/USRA where he was Deputy Systems Engineer on lunar orbiter mission “LADEE”, a Science Team member for the lunar impactor... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

1:50pm PDT

Sand, Silicon and Servers

The general manager of Intel’s Data Center Group discusses the company’s past, present and future.

Moderators

Max Chafkin

Technology Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek

Max Chafkin joined Bloomberg Businessweek in January 2016 as a writer covering the tech industry. His cover stories to date include features on Snapchat and Yahoo!. Chafkin was previously a contributing writer to Fast Company, producing cover stories on Udacity and Apple’s design... Read More →

Speakers

Diane Bryant

EVP and General Manager, Data Center Group, Intel Corporation

Diane M. Bryant is executive vice president and general manager of the Data Center Group for Intel Corporation. Bryant leads the worldwide organization that develops the data center platforms for the digital services economy, generating $16 billion in revenue in 2015. In her current... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 1:50pm - 2:10pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

2:10pm PDT

Managing Mad Scientists

A panel discussion featuring the leaders of disparate R&D organizations, discussing the challenges and rewards of managing researchers, and the lessons the rest of the business world learn from research lab culture.

Moderators

Cory Johnson

Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg Radio and Television

Speakers

Geneviève Berger

Chief Research Officer, Firmenich

Professor Geneviève Berger is the Chief Research Officer at Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned company in the fragrance and flavor business. She is responsible for driving world-class research and innovation across Firmenich’s business in areas such as biotechnology... Read More →

John Lepore

SVP, R&D Pipeline, GlaxoSmithKline

John Lepore is SVP for R&D Pipeline at GlaxoSmithKline, where his group is responsible for R&D activities across neuroscience, rare diseases, respiratory, and metabolic and cardiovascular disease. His group is also responsible for novel models of drug discovery based on partnerships... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 2:10pm - 2:30pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

2:30pm PDT

Investing in the Impossible

Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris shares his thoughts on the industries ripe for disruption

Moderators

Eric Newcomer

Reporter, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Eric Newcomer covers privately held, venture-backed technology companies for Bloomberg -- in a word, startups. In particular, he tracks Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. He's written about startups trying to get into gas delivery, DNA printing and international freight-forwarding. He's dug into... Read More →

Speakers

Bill Maris

CEO, GV

Bill founded GV in 2009 and oversees all of the fund’s global activities. GV is one of the most active investors in the world, with approximately $2 billion under management, 300 portfolio companies, and offices in Mountain View, San Francisco, Boston, New York, and London. Investments... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 2:30pm - 2:50pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

2:50pm PDT

The Art of War

As technology advances, so does the way its used in combat. A group of experts across sectors discuss the ways invention is changing the defense industry.

Moderators

Jillian Ward

U.S. Technology Team Leader, Bloomberg

Jillian Ward is the U.S. Technology Team Leader at Bloomberg. Previously, she was an editor for the U.S. technology team, specializing in coverage of computer hardware, software, Internet and e-commerce companies, covering companies such as Apple, Intel, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Ward... Read More →

Speakers

Shahar Abuhazira

CEO, Roboteam North America

Roboteam is one of the global top 3 tactical robotic suppliers, engaged in the development, manufacture and support of cutting edge, user-oriented, multi-purpose, unmanned ground vehicles and controllers for defense, law enforcement and public safety missions. The company was recently... Read More →

Tom Arseneault

COO, BAE Systems

BAE Systems, Inc. is a global, U.S.-based defense, aerospace, and security company with approximately 32,300 employees and annual revenues of $10.4 billion in 2015. As COO, he serves as deputy to President and CEO Jerry DeMuro and is responsible for driving operational performance... Read More →

William Chappell

Director, Microsystems Technology Office, DARPA

Dr. Chappell joined DARPA as a program manager in July 2011 and became Director of the Agency’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) in June 2014. His interests include advanced packaging, adaptable RF systems, and antenna arrays. Prior to DARPA, Dr. Chappell served as a professor... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 2:50pm - 3:10pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

3:10pm PDT

The Future of Work, Workers, and Technology: The Great Uncertainties

Tuesday June 14, 2016 3:10pm - 3:20pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

3:20pm PDT

Networking Break

Tuesday June 14, 2016 3:20pm - 3:45pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

3:45pm PDT

The Search for a Cure

There remains no easy solve for cancer, but advancing technologies are getting closer to providing an answer.

Moderators

Caroline Chen

Health Reporter, Bloomberg

Caroline Chen is a healthcare reporter covering the drug industry and the intersection of health and technology. In the past year, she has written about innovations in gene editing and cancer immunotherapies, the challenge of pricing novel treatments, and co-authored a Bloomberg Businessweek... Read More →

Speakers

Helmy Eltoukhy

Co-founder and CEO, Guardant

Helmy Eltoukhy, PhD, is Guardant Health's chief executive officer and co-founder. After receiving his PhD, MS and BS degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University, he joined the Stanford Genome Technology Center (SGTC) as a post-doctoral fellow in 2006 to work on low-cost... Read More →

Michael Polansky

CEO, Parker Media and Executive Director, Parker Foundation

Michael Polansky is an entrepreneur, investor, and executive. Michael co-founded and serves as Executive Director of the Parker Foundation, a $600 million private philanthropy vehicle dedicated to the aggressive pursuit of large-scale systemic change in Life Sciences, Global Public... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 3:45pm - 4:05pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

4:05pm PDT

The Invention Playground

Andy Rubin is most well-known as Android’s inventor. Though the company (and product) sold to Google in 2005, Rubin’s never rested on his laurels. He shares what he's up to now.

Moderators

Brad Stone

Senior Executive Editor, Global Technology, Bloomberg

Speakers

Andy Rubin

Founder and CEO, Playground

Andy Rubin is the Founder and CEO of Playground and Venture Partner at Redpoint. Andy Rubin is best known for his leadership role at Google and his work in mobile at both Android and Danger. Andy was the founder and CEO of Danger Research, which he co-founded with fellow Playgrounder... Read More →

Tuesday June 14, 2016 4:05pm - 4:40pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

4:40pm PDT

Closing Remarks and Cocktail Reception

Tuesday June 14, 2016 4:40pm - 4:45pm PDT
The St. Regis San Francisco 125 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94103

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