SESSIONS
Scroll down for a preview of the sessions at the Innovation Festival. Check back often – new sessions will be added frequently.
92 Y STAGE
92 Y will be home to more than a dozen sessions with the biggest names in business: you’ll hear directly from the voices shaping our world.
CONVENE HUB
Convene will serve as the festival hub where you can expect one-of-a-kind experiences, dynamic discussions, and powerful networking.
FAST TRACKS
Fast Tracks give you insider access to New York's most buzzed-about companies. They are hosted by company leaders at the very work spaces where their ideas come to life.
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
The Innovation Hall, located in the Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal, will host innovative demonstrations and interactive branded experiences.
| Session | Type | Theme | Time | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 22, 2018 | ||||
You Deserve to Be Heard
Hosted by Barre3 | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Heartbeat of the American Sports Fan
Hosted by Bleacher Report | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
The Frontiers of Design: A film by Doberman
Hosted by Doberman | Fast Track | Creativity, Design | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
The Science of Creativity: Cultivating ‘Creative Consciousness’ in the Modern Workplace
Hosted by Havas | Fast Track | Creativity, Leadership | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Taking a Niche Subject Mainstream: How to Stay True to Your Brand's Identity Throughout Massive Growth
Hosted by The Dodo
| Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Join SoulCycle for a SPECIAL RIDE & Q+A with CEO Melanie Whelan and Senior Instructor Trammell
Hosted by SoulCycle | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
How Sneakers Became a Major Commodity in the Luxury Market
Hosted by Stadium Goods | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Learn How to Build a Drone at The Drone Racing League
Hosted by The Drone Racing League | Fast Track | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | ||
Experience How (and Why!) sparks & honey Unpacks Culture Every Day in One Hour
Hosted by sparks & honey | Fast Track | Leadership, Tech | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | |
Nordstrom Takes a Bite of the Big Apple with its New Men’s Store
Hosted by Nordstrom | Fast Track | Leadership | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | |
Design Thinking for a Healthier Future
Presented by Johnson & Johnson | Fast Track | Design | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Brand Content in a Mobile World: Why Captivating Commerce is Imperative for Growth
Hosted by Landor | Fast Track | Leadership | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Why Deeper Understanding and Clearer Connections Are Good for Business: A Q&E(mpathy) Workshop at Sub Rosa
Hosted by Sub Rosa | Fast Track | Leadership | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Indoor Vertical Farming and Reinventing the Supply Chain with AeroFarms and Dig Inn
Hosted by AeroFarms and Dig Inn | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Help, Did We Pivot to Video?
Hosted by Buzzfeed | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Redesigning the American Dream
Hosted by the New School and PBS | Fast Track | Creativity, Wellness, Social Good | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Digital Hallucinations: Mixed Reality and Dreaming the Future
Hosted by the Mill | Fast Track | Creativity, Tech | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Future of Fitness: Come Experience Orangetheory and Learn About the Brand’s New Technology Initiatives
Hosted by Orangetheory | Fast Track | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | ||
Technology’s Role in Media, Data Journalism, and Fighting Fake News?
Hosted by Columbia Journalism School, New York University, The Int’l Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and Neo4j | Fast Track | Leadership, Social Good, Tech | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Pop-Up with Purpose: Brandless Comes to NYC
Hosted by Brandless | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Igniting Movements: How Brands Can Rise To the Occasion
Hosted by RedPeak and MoveOn | Fast Track | Creativity, Design, Social Good | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Tweet by Tweet: Building Online Conversation with Twitter
Hosted by Twitter | Fast Track | Leadership, Tech | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Creativity for Change: How Agencies Can Shape Non-profit Brands to Create Even More Impact Hosted by Jones Knowles Ritchie | Fast Track | Creativity, Social Good | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Tasting the Future: Crafting Innovation at an Iconic Brand
Hosted by Anheuser-Busch
| Fast Track | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Brand Survival When Everything is #PoliticalAF
Hosted by Venables, Bell & Partners Featuring PAUL VENABLES, Founder, Chariman, Venables, Bell & Partners, FELIX SCHEIN, President, Rally | Fast Track | Creativity, Leadership, Social Good | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Lab100 Tour — Step into the Future of Healthcare: How Innovations in Design & Technology Will Transform Modern Medicine
Hosted by Mount Sinai and Cactus | Fast Track | Wellness, Tech | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Not Just Another “G”. How 5G can Transform Businesses and the World (Partner) Featuring Jason Silva, Emmy-Nominated TV Personality, Filmmaker & Futurist, Jonathan Wood, General Manager of Development & Partnerships, 5G, Intel, Ken Stewart, CEO, AirXos, Rich Wilmot, Head of Philips Health Technology Ventures, Robert Powers, Executive Director, Global Business Technology Strategy, Twentieth Century Fox | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Tech | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Beers at the Bar with Ceros: Create Experiences, Not Content | Fast Track | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
How to Affect Real Change in the C-Suite: Business Leaders Talk (and Take) Action
Hosted by SWIFT, Wunderman, LinkedIn, and CNN | Fast Track | Leadership | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Without Fail: Learning to talk about Failure, Recovery, and Evolution
Hosted by Betaworks and Grey | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
The Future (of Design) is You
Hosted by SY Partners | Fast Track | Creativity, Design | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Short Form Stories: Creative Problem-Solving for Title Design
Hosted by Method Studios | Fast Track | Creativity, Design | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Overcome the Uncomfortable with Tommy John
Hosted by Tommy John | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Fast Company Innovation Festival Welcome Party Brought to You by Intel | Party | 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM | ||
| Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | ||||
New Kids on the Block: How to Reach the Under 30 Audience
Hosted by NowThis News | Fast Track | Leadership, Social Good | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | |
Digital Do-Gooders: Fundraising in the Online Age with Paddle8 and The New York Academy of Art | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Social Good, Tech | 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | |
What Is a Modern Elder? And Why Your Company Needs One Now: Lessons From Airbnb
Featuring CHIP CONLEY, author and strategic advisor, Airbnb | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Wellness, Leadership | 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM | |
Experiential Marketing and AR/VR
Featuring TONY PARISI, Global Head of AR/VR Brand Solutions at Unity Technologies | Presentation | Design, Leadership, Tech | 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM | |
Creative Teams - Ignite your Potential, Together
Featuring JORDANA GLOBERMAN, Designer and Graphic Facilitator and SEAN MCSORLEY, designer and illustrator | Workshop | Creativity, Leadership | 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM | |
The Enduring Power of Live Performance | Keynote | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | ||
Master Your Night. Own Your Day. Presented by Equinox.
Hosted by PROJECT by Equinox
| Fast Track | Wellness | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Designing the Employee Experience of the Future — an Interactive Workshop hosted by Lippincott (Partner)
Hosted by Lippincott | Fast Track | Leadership, Tech | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
The Wellness Incubator: An Inside Look at the Wellness Industry with Well+Good Experts
Hosted by Well+Good | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
From the Nomad to Eleven Madison Park: How Make It Nice Raises the Bar in Hospitality
Hosted by Make it Nice | Fast Track | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
The Currency of Otherness: How Acknowledging the Limitations of Your Own Perspective and Authentically Channeling That of the Other Creates New Opportunities
| Presentation | Wellness, Leadership, Social Good | 10:15 AM - 10:55 AM | |
Small Businesses, Big Hearts: Technopreneurial Models for Doing Good
Presented by Dell
Featuring Dell’s DAVID LEAR , NIKKI REED, co-founder, BaYou with Love, and SANTHIL BALASUBRAMANIAN, cofounder, Sistine Solar | Panel | Leadership, Social Good, Tech | 10:55 AM - 11:35 AM | |
The Platform Is the Master: Disrupting and Reshaping Fragmented Industries Featuring MAELLE GAVET, chief operating officer, Compass, SHAN-LYN MA, cofounder and CEO, Zola, and JOSÉ NEVES, founder and CEO, Farfetch | Keynote | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | ||
Data, Creativity, and the Future of Design
Hosted by HUSH | Fast Track | Creativity, Design, Tech | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | |
Technology for Good: Behind the Scenes with Planned Parenthood and Work & Co
Hosted by Work & Co | Fast Track | Social Good, Tech | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | |
Creative Negotiation
Featuring ART MARKMAN, professor of psychology and marketing at the U of Texas | Workshop | Creativity | 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM | |
Good to Go: Mobilizing Brand Loyalists as Environmental Activists
Featuring JOHN GOODWIN, brand creative director, Patagonia, and CHRIS EICHENSEER, founder and creative director, Someoddpilot | Panel | Leadership, Social Good | 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM | |
The Trees of Central Park : A Picnic, a Walk and Notes from an Arborist (Partner)
Hosted by Arbor Day Foundation | Fast Track | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | ||
Bringing Innovation Into the Design Room (and Kitchen) with Food52
Hosted by Food52 | Fast Track | Creativity, Design, Entrepreneurship | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | |
A Tour of Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018 at the Whitney
Hosted by the Whitney | Fast Track | Creativity | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | |
Autonomy at Your Service: Gear Up for the Driverless Revolution
Hosted by Intel
Featuring SARAH KAUFMAN, Associate Director of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation &
& Adjunct Assistant Professor, Urban Planning, GREG LINDSAY, Mobility Futurist, KATHY WINTER, Vice President & General Manager, Automated Driving Solutions, Intel, PAM ALLISON, Director of Digital Partnerships, Warner Bros Technology, and DR. PHILIP KOOPMAN, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | |
Tweet by Tweet: Building Online Conversation With Twitter
Featuring SARAH HAIDER, director product management, and MIKE KRUZENISKI, senior director, product design | Panel | Creativity, Leadership, Tech | 11:50 AM - 12:30 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 12:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | ||
The Manager: Scooter Braun on Talent, Investing, and Marketing to Global Audiences | Keynote | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | ||
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | ||||
Escape Room with Prudential 12:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | ||
Escape Room with Prudential 1:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | ||
Touch-ups With The New Dyson Airwrap™ Styler: The Engineering of Hair (Partner) | Design, Wellness, Tech | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | ||
Flipping the Script: How Blumhouse and Amazon Studios Are Rewriting the Rules of Media | Keynote | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | ||
Stop Trying to Change Your Culture! Human-Centered Design for Organizations
Hosted by frog | Fast Track | Design, Leadership | 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 2:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | ||
What Are the Ethical Boundaries for AI?
Presented by Intel
Featuring JACKIE SNOW, Fast Company contributing writer, ANNA BETHKE, Head of AI for Social Good, Intel, DAVID HOFFMAN, Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer at Intel, JACOB METCALF, Data and Society AI Ethics Researcher, NAVEEN SUNDAR GOVINDARAJULU, RPI Computer Scientist, PARSA MIRHAJI, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Health Data Innovation at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, and HEATHER PATTERSON, Senior Research Scientist, Intel Labs | Panel | Wellness, Leadership, Tech | 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | |
Are You Experienced? How Live Nation and Barneys New York are Wooing the Young Consumer | Keynote | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | ||
From Ideation to Execution: Creativity Comes to Life
Hosted by Fiverr | Fast Track | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | ||
The Augmented Brand: How AI is Changing Business
Hosted by R/GA | Fast Track | Leadership, Tech | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Superunion: Genius is Not Required
Hosted by Superunion | Fast Track | Creativity | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
What Gets Reported and Why? Step Inside the Newsroom at Mic
Hosted by Mic | Fast Track | Leadership, Social Good | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Seeing is Believing: The Power of Re-Picturing Stereotypes
Hosted by Getty Images | Fast Track | Leadership, Social Good | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
The Science of Play: An Interactive Session on How BARK Designs for Dogs!
Featuing Bark! | Workshop | Design, Wellness | 2:15 PM - 2:55 PM | |
Design the Work You Love / Ayse Birsel
Featuring AYSE BIRSEL, author, Design the Life You Love | Workshop | Design, Wellness | 2:15 PM - 2:55 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 2:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | ||
When Big Brands Go Startup
Featuring JULIA STEYN, Vice President Urban Mobility, Maven and General Motors; ANDREW MORSE, Executive Vice President, Great Big Story/CNN | Panel | Creativity, Leadership | 2:55 PM - 3:35 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 3:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | ||
Creative Teams - Ignite your Potential, Together
Featuring JORDANA GLOBERMAN, Designer and Graphic Facilitator and SEAN MCSORLEY, designer and illustrator
| Workshop | Creativity, Leadership | 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM | |
Changing the World in Two Hours With Huge and Global Citizen
Hosted by Huge | Fast Track | Creativity, Design | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | |
A Lesson in Creativity From The Next Generation
Hosted by 72andSunny | Fast Track | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | ||
Express Yourself: Foster A Culture of Innovation Through Art Presented by Balance Integration | Workshop | Creativity, Design, Wellness | 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM | |
Growing Up Fast: A Conversation With Entrepreneurs
Featuring CHRISTINE HUNSICKER, CEO, Gwynnie Bee, KATHERINE POWER CEO, Clique, and MARCELA SALOME, CEO, Hello Alfred, CHRIS KELLY, co-founder & President, Convene | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 3:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | ||
Be Entrepreneurial in Everything You Do: An Inside Look at Tory Burch’s Motto
Hosted by Tory Burch Foundation | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Social Good | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Solving Marketing's Biggest Bottleneck
Hosted by Percolate | Fast Track | Leadership, Tech | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Fotografiska New York: Inspiring a More Conscious World Through Photography
Hosted by Fotografiska
| Fast Track | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Render to Reality: Inside We're Magnetic’s Award-Winning Approach to Experiential Success
Hosted by We're Magnetic | Fast Track | Creativity, Design, Leadership | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Plus-Size Fashion Has No Future: How Universal Standard Has Disrupted the Clothing Industry
Hosted by Universal Standard | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
How Your Creative Credo Can Be Your Greatest Asset
Hosted by Sid Lee | Fast Track | Creativity | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
A Conversation with Arlan Hamilton
Featuring ARLAN HAMILTON, Founder and Managing Partner, Backstage Capital and J.J. MCCORVEY, writer, Fast Company | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 3:50 PM - 4:30 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 4:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | ||
Meet-Up: Entrepreneurship | Networking + Cocktails | Leadership | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Meet-Up: Creativity | Networking + Cocktails | Creativity | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
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| Networking + Cocktails | Leadership | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Meet-Up: Design Thinking | Networking + Cocktails | Design | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Back to the Future: Fixing the Web to Save the World
Featuring JUSTIN BINGHAM, CTO, Janeiro Digital | Presentation | Leadership, Social Good, Tech | 4:05 PM - 4:45 PM | |
The Business of Happiness
Featuring NAOMI HIRABAYASHI and MARAH LIDEY, cofounders, Shine, MICHAEL ACTON SMITH, cofounder and co-CEO, Calm, and DAVID GELLES, reporter, New York Times | Panel | Wellness, Leadership | 4:05 PM - 4:45 PM | |
Where the Wild Things Are: How to Spot and Lure Innovative Talent in a Crowded Marketplace
Presented by Johnson & Johnson Featuring KATHRYN MINSHEW, CEO and Founder, The Muse; SJOERD GEHRING, Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Johnson & Johnson; and JENSEN HARRIS, Co-Founder & CTO of Textio
| Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 4:50 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Owning Authentic Experiences in a Competitive Landscape
Hosted by Sofar Sounds | Fast Track | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
From the Ground Up: How One Man Launched a Natural Beauty Startup From Within the World’s Biggest Beauty Company
Hosted by L'Oreal | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Food as Medicine with Sakara Life
Hosted by Sakara Life | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Designing for Families at the Intersection of Urbanism and Nature
Hosted by COOKFOX | Fast Track | Design | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Experiential is the New Viral: How to Unite Communities IRL
Featuring KELLY MARKUS, VP of Experiential Marketing, Refinery29, and SHANNON SIMPSON JONES & YADIRA HARRISON, co-founders, Verb | Panel | Creativity, Design, Entrepreneurship | 5:05 PM - 5:45 PM | |
Slaying Sacred Cows: Imagining the Unimaginable
Presented by Intrinsic Wine Co. Featuring JUAN MUNOZ-OCA, founder, winemaker, Intrinsic Wines; TRINA SPEAR, cofounder and co-CEO, FIGS, HEATHER HASSON, cofounder and co-CEO, FIGS, and ANDREW STEINTHAL, co-founder and CRO, the Infatuation | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Brand Early, Not Often
Hosted by Red Antler | Fast Track | Creativity | ||
| Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | ||||
Profit With a Purpose: Brands That Are Driving Social Innovation: Breakfast + Panel
Presented by Nasdaq and SAP Featuring: NELSON GRIGGS, Executive Vice President, Corporate Services & President, Nasdaq; ALICIA TILLMAN, Global Chief Marketing Officer, SAP; and KIM RUBEY, Global Head of Social Impact and Philanthropy, Airbnb | Panel | 8:30 AM - 9:40 AM | ||
Escape Room with Prudential 10:00 AM - Requires a group of 4 - 6 people Presented by Prudential No bags allowed, bags must be checked at Convene. | Workshop | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | ||
Master Class: Igniting Your Team’s Potential Presented by Post-it Brand
Convene 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Convene Room: Forum
| Panel | Leadership | 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM | |
Modern Meditation for Modern Minds—How and Why to Infuse Mindfulness Into Every Day
Hosted by Inscape | Fast Track | Wellness | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Sylvain Labs on Going Beyond the Cliché of “Purpose” and Staying Human at Work
Hosted by Sylvain Labs | Fast Track | Leadership | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
The Power of Business as a Force for Good, a Closer Look at Leesa and The Bowery Mission
Hosted by Leesa and The Bowery Mission | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Social Good | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Creating Shinola’s Modern American Products via Astro’s 5D Design Process
Hosted by Astro Studios x Shinola | Fast Track | Design | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
How to Be an Intrapreneur: Learn the Key to Success From the Women of IAC
Hosted by IAC | Fast Track | Leadership | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
It’s Not About You: The Lesson in Empathy Corporate America Should Take to Heart
Featuring MICHAEL VENTURA, founder and CEO Sub Rosa | Presentation | Wellness, Leadership, Social Good | 10:15 AM - 10:55 AM | |
Happier Listening: How to Master Audience Engagement with Panoply Media’s Andy Bowers and Gretchen Rubin
Featuring host of Happier, GRETCHEN RUBIN and ANDY BOWERS, co-founder and COO of Panoply Media | Panel | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Tech | 10:15 AM - 10:55 AM | |
The Future of Food (and Flavor)
Featuring Dan Barber, executive chef and co-owner, Blue Hill and Nic Jammet, cofounder and CEO Sweetgreen | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Good | 10:50 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 11:00 AM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
How Tory Burch Learned to Embrace Ambition and Build a $3 Billion Brand Featuring TORY BURCH, CEO and Creative Director, Tory Burch | Keynote | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | ||
Teamwork in Action Presented by Post-it Brand
Featuring AMY EDMONSON, Harvard Business School professor and author, and JENNIFER SUKIS, design principal, AI practices and leadership, IBM | Workshop | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 11:10 AM | |
Politics: The Next Generation
Featuring MARNE PIKE, COO of Veracity Media, GLYNDA CARR, cofounder Heigher Heights, and SARAH ULLMAN founder of One Vote at a Time | Panel | Leadership, Social Good | 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM | |
Mobile Collapsed the Marketing Funnel. Now What?
Featuring CAROLANN MCKAY, director of business development, MikMak | Presentation | Design, Entrepreneurship, Tech | 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 11:30 AM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | ||
Front of House, Front Seat: What Really Happens Behind the Scenes at Your Favorite Restaurant
Hosted by Resy | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | |
Post-It to Prototype in 90 Minutes with Market Gravity
Hosted by Market Gravity and Deloitte Digital
| Fast Track | Creativity | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | |
Who's Responsible? Embracing Humanism and Ethical Design beyond Silicon Valley
Featuring ALBERT SHUM, CVP of Design, JENNY FRIEDLER, Senior Director, Digital Product Lab at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and MOLLY HEINTZ, Chair of the Masters of Design Research Program at School of Visual Arts | Panel | Design, Leadership, Social Good | 11:40 AM - 12:20 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 12:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | ||
Design The Work You Love / Ayse Birsel
Featuring AYSE BIRSEL, product designer and author of Design the Life You Love
| Workshop | Creativity, Design, Wellness | 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM | |
Turning the Kitchen Counter into the Pharmacy of the Future: With Hero
Featuring Founder & CEO KAL VEPURI, Hero | Presentation | Design, Entrepreneurship, Wellness, Social Good, Tech | 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM | |
Pure “Genius:” Remaking a Legacy and Finding the Next Generation of Prestige Content Featuring BRIAN GRAZER, Cofounder, Imagine Entertainment, and Courteney Monroe, CEO, National Geographic Networks | Keynote | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | ||
Escape Room with Prudential 12:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | ||
Escape Room with Prudential 1:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | ||
Touch-ups With The New Dyson Airwrap™ Styler: The Engineering of Hair (Partner) | Design, Wellness, Tech | 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | ||
Pharrell Williams and Illumination’s Chris Meledandri on Creativity and Collaboration | Keynote | Creativity | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 1:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | ||
Escape Room with Prudential 2:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | ||
Creative Conversation, Live! With Larry Wilmore
Featuring host KC IFEANYI, Fast Company and special guest LARRY WILMORE, Wilmore Films | Panel | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Good | 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | |
Cult Brands Grow Up | Keynote | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | ||
Are You Really in the Business You Think You’re In?
Hosted by Redscout | Fast Track | Leadership | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Leading the Pact for Impact: Why it’s Paid to Pave the Way in Conscious Retail
Hosted by West Elm | Fast Track | Leadership, Social Good | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Pitch with Purpose: Changing the World for Good
Hosted by Alice | Fast Track | Leadership | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
The Future of Retail
Hosted by Nike | Fast Track | Design, Leadership, Tech | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Cowork Toward Enlightenment: Step Inside a New Community at the Assemblage
Hosted by: The Assemblage | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Let's Design Everything Better: Ideating Superior Products and Spaces with CannonDesign
Hosted by CannonDesign | Fast Track | Creativity, Design | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Secrets of the Most Productive People, Live!
Featuring LAURA VANDERKAM, author, time management expert, SCOTT BARRY KAUFMAN, psychologist, author and podcaster, Barnard College and Columbia University, and Fast Company’s KATE DAVIS and ANISA PURBASARI HORTON.
| Panel | Wellness, Leadership | 2:15 PM - 2:55 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 2:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | ||
Escape Room with Prudential 3:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | ||
Both Sides Now: How Apple and the Ford Foundation Take on the World’s Biggest Problems Featuring LISA JACKSON, Vice President, Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, Apple, and DARREN WALKER, President, Ford Foundation | Keynote | 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | ||
Cannabusiness
Featuring MICHAEL STEINMETZ, CEO, Flow Kana, KARAN WADERA, Partner, Casa Verde Capital, and VERENA VON PFETTEN, cofounder, Gossamer
| Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM | |
The Brand Doctor is In : Red Antler is Your Start-Up Shrink
Featuring DANIEL ROMANO, Head of Performance Marketing, KYLE MARZONIE, Business Development Director, EMILY GRUBMAN, Strategy Lead & Copywriter, MARNI KLEINFIELD-HAYES, Strategy Director | Panel | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 3:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | ||
Maximizing Your Impression With Augmented Reality
Hosted by Unity AR | Fast Track | Creativity, Tech | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
American Ballet Theatre in Rehearsal at Lincoln Center
Hosted by American Ballet Theatre | Fast Track | Creativity | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Sharpen Your Creativity with Improv Comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade
Hosted by Upright Citizens Brigade | Fast Track | Creativity | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Togetherness for Tomorrow: How Businesses Can Innovate to Create Unity
Hosted by Grey | Fast Track | Leadership | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
The Experience is Everything: Exploring the Future of Retail, Entertainment, and Consumer Engagement
Presented by TSX Broadway
Featuring: ANDREW ESSEX, former vice chairman and CEO, Droga5, DAVID OROWITZ, SVP Development L&L Holding Company, TSX Broadway, SAMANTHA DORFMAN, Global head of Retail, Design and Construction, Citi, ELEANOR MORGAN, Chief Experience Officer, Casper | Fast Track | Creativity, Leadership | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Flying With an Icon: Eero Saarinen’s Historic TWA Terminal & Design Innovation at the TWA Hotel at JFK
Hosted by MCR/MORSE, Beyer Blinder Belle, Lubrano Ciavarra, Stonehill Taylor, and INC | Fast Track | Design | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
What If.. Your Cause Sparked a Movement
Featuring ROB ACKER, CEO of Salesforce.org, DAVID HOGG, cofounder of March for Our Lives, and ARIA FINGER, CEO of Do Something | Panel | Leadership, Social Good | 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 4:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | ||
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| Networking + Cocktails | Leadership | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Meet-Up: Entrepreneurship | Networking + Cocktails | Leadership | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Meet-Up: Creativity | Networking + Cocktails | Creativity | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Meet-Up: Design Thinking | Networking + Cocktails | Design | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Direct Connect: The Future of People-Powered Commerce
Featuring TINA SHARKEY cofounder and CEO, Brandless and RICK WISE, CEO, Lippincott | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 4:05 PM - 4:45 PM | |
| Panel | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | ||
Escape Room with Prudential 4:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | ||
The Trust Economy: How Data Privacy is Driving Innovation
Presented by Grant Thornton
Featuring MATHEW NEWFIELD, Chief Information Security Officer, Unisys (DC), DEREK HAN, Principal, Cyber Risk and Data Privacy Specialist, Grant Thornton, and WILLIAM MIN, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy and Data Governance Officer, Western Union | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Tech | 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 5:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | ||
Creating New Modes of Innovation by Fusing Art and Technology
Hosted by Nokia Bell Labs and NEW INC at the New Museum | Fast Track | Creativity, Tech | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
In a Time of Rising Consumer Expectations, Innovative Ways Brands Can Power the Experiences They Deliver
Hosted by Salesforce | Fast Track | Leadership | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Bands into Brands: The Evolution of Merch with Bravado CEO Mat Vlasic
Hosted by UMG and Bravado
| Fast Track | Creativity, Design, Leadership | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Social Media: What Could Go Wrong?
Hosted by UTA | Fast Track | Leadership | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Cocktails with Convene
Featuring Joyce Bromberg, Chief Strategy Officer, Convene | Networking + Cocktails | Creativity | 5:15 PM - 5:55 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 5:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM | ||
Innovating Entertainment
Featuring BRYN MOOSER CEO and cofounder, RYOT, TRICIA CLARKE STONE, CEO, WP Narrative, and KAREEM RAHMA, CEO Nameless Network | Panel | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 5:30 PM - 6:10 PM | |
| Thursday, October 25, 2018 | ||||
Escape Room with Prudential Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | ||
Democratizing Your Enterprise: The Impact of an Employee-first Approach on Culture, Customers and the Bottom Line Hosted by &Pizza | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Social Good | 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | |
From Good to WOW: How to Drive a Culture of True Innovation Within Your Company
Presented by PwC
Featuring TOM PUTHIYAMADAM, PwC Digital Global Leader, ALI RAYL, Vice President of Customer Experience, Slack, and AMY STOLDT, VP of the People Team, Peloton
| Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM | |
Building Brands and Delighting Fans: Nurturing Talent and Creating Compelling Content in the Digital Age Featuring ADAM SILVER, Commissioner, NBA, and RICHARD L. PLEPLER, Chairman and CEO, HBO | Keynote | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | ||
Immediate Enjoyment: How Handy Makes Sure You Never Put Together Another Piece of Furniture
Hosted by Handy | Fast Track | Design, Tech | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Hashtags and Heroes: Marvel in the Digital Age
Hosted by Marvel Entertainment | Fast Track | Creativity, Design | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
How Will AI Change the Way We Work?
Hosted by IBM | Fast Track | Leadership, Tech | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Doing Things with Outdoor Voices
Hosted by Outdoor Voices | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Changing the Cultural Paradigm: How Casper is Elevating Sleep as a Pillar of Wellness
Hosted by Casper:The Dreamery | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Wellness | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Everything I Thought I Knew: How Failure Fosters Creativity
Feauring artist, entrepreneur JESSICA LAURETTI, Heroic Endeavors | Presentation | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 10:15 AM - 10:55 AM | |
A Smarter, Faster, Creative Process with Funworks | Workshop | Creativity, Entrepreneurship | 10:15 AM - 11:50 AM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 10:30 AM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | ||
Indistractable / Nir Eyal
Featuring NIR EYAL, author, Indistractible
| Presentation | Design, Wellness, Social Good | 10:50 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 11:00 AM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | ||
Creative Teams - Ignite your Potential, Together
Featuring JORDANA GLOBERMAN, Designer and Graphic Facilitator and SEAN MCSORLEY, designer and illustrator
| Workshop | Creativity, Leadership | 11:00 AM - 11:40 AM | |
View From the Top: Leadership and Values in Uncertain Times Featuring ED BASTIAN, CEO, Delta Air Lines and SARA BLAKELY, Founder and CEO, Spanx | Keynote | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | ||
Alexa, Can You Hear Me?
Featuring: Daniel Rausch, Vice President, Amazon
| Presentation | Creativity, Design, Wellness, Leadership, Tech | 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 11:30 AM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | ||
The Power of Play | Fast Track | Leadership, Social Good | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | |
Gigi Pritzker in Conversation with Stephanie Mehta
Featuring Gigi Pritzker | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Good | 11:40 AM - 12:20 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 12:00 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | ||
Next For Uber: Shaping the Future for Cities
Featuring Jai Ranganathan, Senior Director of Product, Uber | Presentation | Design, Leadership, Tech | 12:00 PM - 12:40 PM | |
Pioneers With Purpose: Entrepreneurship and Empowerment With the Founders of Bumble and DVF Featuring DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, Founder and Chairman, DVF Studio, and WHITNEY WOLFE HERD, Founder and CEO, Bumble | Keynote | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | ||
The Secrets of Joyful Design
Featuring INGRID FETELL LEE, former IDEO designer, founder and author, Joyful | Presentation | Design, Wellness | 12:00 PM | |
Escape Room with Prudential 12:30 PM Presented by Prudential | Workshop | 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM | ||
"Farm” Fresh: Inside Jennifer Garner and John Foraker’s Burgeoning Organic Brand Featuring JENNIFER GARNER, Actress, Cofounder, and Chief Brand Officer, Once Upon a Farm, and JOHN FORAKER, Cofounder and CEO, Once Upon a Farm | Keynote | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | ||
Creative Teams - Ignite your Potential, Together
Featuring JORDANA GLOBERMAN, Designer and Graphic Facilitator and SEAN MCSORLEY, designer and illustrator
| Workshop | Creativity, Leadership | 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | |
Making Connections That Matter
Presented by Lincoln MKC Featuring Becca Anderson, client experience manager, Lincoln, Jen Mazer, cofounder, Sparked, and Andy Holton, head of creative strategy, Pinterest
| Panel | 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | ||
A Deep Dive Into Design With IDEO
Featuring Michael Hendrix, Partner and Executive Design Director of IDEO | Panel | Creativity, Design | 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM | |
American Original: A Conversation with Levi Strauss & Co.’s Chip Bergh
Featuring CHIP BERGH, president and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co., interviewed by STEPHANIE RUHLE, anchor, MSNBC, and correspondent, NBC News
| Keynote | Creativity, Design, Entrepreneurship | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | |
A Conversation with Drybar Found Alli Webb
Hosted by Drybar | Fast Track | Design, Leadership, Tech | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Create your 3D designs with BGC
Hosted by Black Girls CODE Lab | Fast Track | Social Good, Tech | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Finding the Right Fit: Why Employer Branding Isn’t About Being “The Best”
Hosted by The Muse and Bonobos | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Leveraging Data for Good with Enigma: From Climate Change to Human Trafficking, Addressing The World's Most Pressing Challenges
Hosted by Enigma | Fast Track | Social Good, Tech | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Move Out of the Way NY and LA: How Brands Can Tap Into the Cultural Diversity of the Southeast
Hosted by Chemistry and Fabian Williams | Fast Track | Leadership | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Brands That Take a Stand
Featuring: JASON HARRIS, CEO and President of Mekanism, cofounder Creative Alliance, ZEPPA KREAGER, director, Creative Alliance, BRITTA VON SCHOELER, president, Broadway Video Enterprises, and co-chair Creative Alliance, and
MAXWELL ZORICK, Social Impact Director, MTV | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 2:15 PM - 2:55 PM | |
The Future of Diversity in Design
Featuring IAN SPALTER, head of design, Instagram, IMRAN CHAUDHRI, designer, inventor, and Pat Bosch, Design Director, Principal, Perkins+Will
| Panel | Design, Social Good | 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM | |
Run at Something Huge: How Flocabulary Balances Mission and Growth
Featuring ALEX RAPPAPORT, cofoundfer and CEO, Flocabulary | Presentation | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Good | 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM | |
Truth in the Age of Deep Fakes
Featuring HANY FARID, professor, Dartmouth College and JOHN MOORE photojournalist, Getty Images and CHRIS BREGLER, senior staff scientist and engineering manager, Google AI | Panel | Leadership, Social Good, Tech | 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM | |
Droga5 and Second Child on Fast Creativity
Hosted by Droga5 and Second Child | Fast Track | Creativity | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Welcome to Gen-Z: An In-Depth Look at Tomorrow’s Buying Power With RPA and Twitter
Hosted by RPA x Twitter | Fast Track | Tech | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
What is Computer Vision AI and What Can it do for Business Today?
Hosted by Clarifai | Fast Track | Tech | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Experience a Modern Living Lab Inside a New York City Landmark
Hosted by M Moser Architects | Fast Track | Design | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
The Power of StoryDoing
Hosted by Co:collective | Fast Track | Leadership | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
How to Bend and Not Break When Designing for Human-centered Innovation
Hosted by Fjord, Design and Innovation from Accenture Interactive | Fast Track | Creativity, Design | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | |
Watch These Spaces: Creating Content Across Multiple Platforms
Featuring SARAH HARDEN, CEO, Hello Sunshine, DEVIN JOHNSON, president, UNINTERRUPTED, and BRAD HAUGEN president, ATTN: | Panel | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 3:40 PM - 4:20 PM | |
Meet-Up: Design Thinking WeWork 450 Lexington
450 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10017 | Networking + Cocktails | Design | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
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| Networking + Cocktails | Leadership | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Meet-Up: Creativity | Networking + Cocktails | Creativity | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Meet-Up: Entrepreneurship | Networking + Cocktails | Leadership | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
Talent Grab: The New Business of Design
Featuring: KATE ARONOWITZ, design partner, GV, KHOI VINH, principal, Adobe, MATT ROLANDSON, partner, Ammunition, and SUZANNE LABARRE, co.design editor, Fast Company | Panel | Design, Entrepreneurship, Leadership | 4:05 PM - 4:45 PM | |
Touch-ups With The New Dyson Airwrap™ Styler: The Engineering of Hair (Partner | Design, Wellness, Tech | 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM | ||
It’s 10PM, Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
Featuring DENELLE DIXON, COO, Mozilla, KATE BLACK, global privacy officer, 23andMe, and JOHN BORTHWICK, CEO, Betaworks
| Panel | Wellness, Leadership, Tech | 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM | |
Hudson Yards: Celebrating New York from New Heights
Hosted by Hudson Yards/Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group | Fast Track | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | ||
Attracting (and Keeping) Millennial Attention
Hosted by General Catalyst, GIPHY, and Lemonade
Featuring SPENCER LAZAR and DENALI TIETJEN, General Catalyst, ALEX CHUNG, CEO and Co-Founder, GIPHY, MAYA PROSOR, Founding team and VP business development, Lemonade, ZACHARIAH REITANO, CEO and co-founder of Roman | Fast Track | Leadership | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Watch the Big Game from the Best Seats with LiveLike
Hosted by LiveLike | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship, Tech | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
Passion Pieces: MediaMonks Shares Its Love for Experiential
Hosted by MediaMonks | Fast Track | Creativity, Tech | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | |
A Unified Theory of Financial Wellness
Presented by Prudential
Featuring NAVEEN AGARWAL, Chief Customer Officer, Prudential; ALEXANDRA DRANE, CEO, Rebel Health; ERIN LOWRY, author, Broke Millenial | Panel | Entrepreneurship, Wellness, Leadership | 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM | |
Hudson Yards: Cocktail Party
Presented By Hudson Yards | Party | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | ||
| Friday, October 26, 2018 | ||||
The Future of OTT
Hosted by NRG, PBS, and EPIX | Fast Track | Leadership | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Inside Influencer Marketing: A Global Disruption Driving Local Relevance
Hosted by Whalar | Fast Track | Creativity, Leadership | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Breakfast with Parachute - The Truth about Your Linens
Hosted by Parachute | Fast Track | Entrepreneurship | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Wieden+Kennedy
| Fast Track | Leadership | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | |