Forbes Under 30 Summit will bring together 1,000+ members of Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list with business leaders and mentors. The Summit will include panel discussions, keynote presentations, parties and “Shark Tank”-style pitches in front of the world’s top venture capitalists. Forbes will also host an exclusive music festival featuring top ‘30 Under 30 bands’ and a food festival with top ‘30 Under 30’ chefs. The goal: to create partnerships that will change the world over the next 50 years.
Forbes Under 30 Summit
October 19-22, 2014
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
*All Sessions subject to change.
Sunday, October 19th, 2014
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3:30pm
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Registration (Piazza at Schmidt’s-1001 N. 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA., Hancock Street @ Germantown Avenue)
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4:00pm
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Welcome & Music Festival (Piazza at Schmidt’s) The Under 30 Music Festival, produced in partnership with Global Citizen and AEG Live, will draw more than 5,000 people to the Piazza at Schmidt’s in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood for a for a lineup of trending new acts, mashed up with famous musical mentors.Under 30 Summit attendees will enjoy VIP passes for the entire event, allowing them to eat, drink and chill with the artists and other Summit attendees at the private block party in our backstage lounge, with direct access to the front row at any time during the show.Including:
OCD: Moosh And Twist
LP
Wiz Khalifa
Afrojack
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8:30pm
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Registration closes
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9:00pm
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Music Festival ends
Monday, October 20th, 2014
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9:00am
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Registration (Pennsylvania Convention Center – Ballroom Foyer)
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10:00am
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Welcome and Introduction (Ballroom) Randall Lane, Editor Forbes Magazine
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10:10am
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Peter Thiel—The Next Great Startup Arguably the most disruptive thinker in America, Peter Thiel has reinvented money (by co-founding Paypal), spying (by co-founding Palintir) and human interaction (he was the first investor in Facebook). He has helped fund, either individually (LinkedIn, Yelp) or through his Founders Fund (Airbnb, Space X) some of the great companies of the digital age. His Thiel Fellowships grant $100,000 to 20 people under 20 on the condition they drop out of college to pursue their entrepreneurial ideas. He shares his new vision for building the next great startup—one which involves not beating the competition, but eschewing it all together.
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10:30am
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Is College For Suckers? Two Thiel Fellows (and 30 Under 30 Members) join Peter Thiel to debate the perils and opportunities inherent in dropping out to pursue your dreams.Delian Asparouhov, Co-founder, Nightingale
Laura Deming, Partner, The Longevity Fund
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10:45am
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Monica Lewinsky and the Internet’s Reputation Shredder In January 1998, Monica Lewinsky made Internet history: before Facebook or Twitter or even Google existed, the 24-year-old became the first person to have her reputation globally destroyed via the Internet. Lewinsky, of course, quickly emerged at the center of a scandal that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. He and the rest of the world moved on—but she could not, a fate now realized, on various scales, by millions of people—from Jennifer Lawrence to random junior high schoolers—who find themselves tarred in public, permanent ways. Lewinsky, who last talked publicly 13 years ago, will offer a singular perspective on what happened to her, and the scourge of harassment in the digital age.
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11:10am
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Breaking the Rules to Save the World What’s more powerful than a burning desire to heal the planet? A model that turns everything upside down. Three of the world’s most groundbreaking young social entrepreneurs—a “30 Under 30” activist who turns music into billions in commitments for the world’s poor; a supermodel focused on the child victims of disaster; a doctor who might hold the key to solving the Ebola crisis—lay out their blueprints.Hugh Evans, Co-Founder, The Global Poverty Project, Global Citizen Festival
Petra Nemcova, Founder, Happy Hearts Foundation; Ambassador-at-Large, Haiti; Fashion Supermodel
Dr. Raj Panjabi, Co-Founder, Last Mile HealthModerator: Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green
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11:40am
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Afrojack: DJs and the Art and Science of Leading a Crowd At 29, Nick “Afrojack” van de Wall has emerged as one of the world’s most popular DJs, ranking sixth on the most recent Forbes DJ rankings with $22 million in annual earnings. But getting an arena or a club to move in unison isn’t a simple matter of mixing good songs. It’s leadership. Afrojack will demonstrate how he reads a room – and gets them to follow him.Interviewer: Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Senior Editor, Forbes Media
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12:10pm
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Networking Break – Lunch (Ballroom Foyer)
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12:30pm
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Breakout Panels (Main floor – below Ballroom)
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How To Manage Your Future Millions Let’s bet on the upside: Someday soon you will be filthy rich, and by the time you are, entirely new ways of managing your money will emerge to make your money… make even more money. Meet the entrepreneurs harnessing technology and millennials’ distrust of big banks to build the lenders, money managers and financial advisors of the future.Josh Reich, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Simple
Jon Stein, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Betterment
Alexa von Tobel, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, LearnVestModerator: Samantha Sharf, Reporter, Forbes Media
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Media Moguls Tell All: Making and Breaking the News The last 10 years have witnessed a complete upending of the established order in the media world. Now small screens are more important than big ones, individuals have as much clout as institutions and upstarts like Vice are worth more than The New York Times. Is the much-dissected future of media finally here, or could the next decade possibly bring even more disruption than the last one? Is the next big thing in media virtual reality, as Mark Zuckerberg thinks? Is it wearable computing? Or is it something no one’s even thought of yet?Trip Adler, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Scribd
Matt Galligan, Co-Founder, Circa
Shane Snow, Chief Creative Officer, ContentlyModerator: Jeff Bercovici, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine
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In Business, it’s Personal: Brutally Honest Tales of Successful Women Three women in their 30s, breaking barriers in business and beyond, share their stories about getting through their 20s, navigating their 30s amid relationships and biological clocks, and making their mark. How to become president of a $1 billion company by age 32 . . . or help start a revolution in Afghanistan at 30.Ruzwana Bashir, Founder, PEEK.com
Kat Cole, President, Cinnabon
Shannon Galpin, Founder, Mountain2MountainModerator: Denise Restauri, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, GirlQuake
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The Death of Privacy We face a far more open world—and a vastly less private one—than those who came before us. In the post-Snowden age, the right to privacy conflicts with the ability of Google, Facebook, Twitter—and the NSA—track your every move at will. Is the ability to live anonymously dead?Adam Ghetti, Founder, Ionic Security
Birgitta Jonsdottir, Pirate Party, Icelandic Parliament
Amie Stepanovich, Senior Policy Counsel, AccessnowModerator: Bruce Upbin, Managing Editor, Forbes Media
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1:25pm
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Session Switch
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1:35pm
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Breakout Panels
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STEMming the Bro-Culture The tech community’s male biases are well documented. What can be done to turn the tide, and make Silicon Valley and other tech hubs gender neutral? An all-star panel of doers presents their game plan.Julie Ann Horvath, Designer, Developer, & Visual Storyteller, &yet
Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code
Debbie Sterling, Founder, GoldieBloxModerator: Moira Forbes, President & Publisher, ForbesWoman
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Music Goes Moneyball How big data changed what you listen to, and what you share—and whether, somehow, there is something wrong with that.Sachin Doshi, Vice President of Content & Distribution, Spotify
Taylor Hanson, Chief Executive Officer, 3cg Records
Alex White, Founder, Next Big SoundModerator: Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Senior Editor, Forbes Media
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Forever Young? Tomorrow’s Medicine Today The science that will lead to the next leap forward in medicine. How biology is changing prenatal testing, the way we understand disease, and the very idea of what a gene is.Paige Cramer, Associate Principal Scientist, Merck, Sharp & Dohme
Mitchell Guttman, Assistant Professor, Caltech
Cigall Kadoch, Assistant Professor, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Reshma Shetty, Founder, Gingko BioWorks
Adam de la Zerda, Assistant Professor, StanfordModerator: Matthew Herper, Senior Editor, Forbes Media
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How to Be the Boss When You’ve Never Had a Boss By starting businesses before they’ve ever worked for someone else, tens of thousands of young entrepreneurs find themselves needing to lead without any “real-world” training or experience. Join a conversation on how to help your startup thrive without encountering an HR, technological, legal (or personal) nightmare.Lisa Falzone, Chief Executive Officer, Revel Systems
Ben Parr, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, DominateFund
Raj Mukherji, Director of Marketing, AT&T
Nick Taranto, Co-Founder, Plated.com
Robby Stein, Director of Product Management, Yahoo Mobile & Emerging ProductsModerator: Kathryn Dill, Reporter, Forbes Media
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2:30pm
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Networking Break (Ballroom Foyer)
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3:00pm
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One-on-One: Sean Rad, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Tinder The hottest dating app in the world might soon be one of the most valuable startups in America. The same technology that creates some 5 million matches a day could change any number of human interactions. The 27-year-old Tinder Co-Founder reveals what’s coming next.Interviewer: Steven Bertoni, Associate Editor, Forbes Media
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3:30pm
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10 Minutes to Change the World: Nikolai Begg
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3:40pm
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The Under 30 Fashion Show Get ready to meet the next Tom Ford or Diane von Furstenberg. Three of the best young designers in America tell their stories—and show their collections—as the Pennsylvania Convention Center becomes the world’s largest runway. Supermodel Petra Nemcova and rapper-turned-fashion-mogul Wiz Khalifaprovide the expert commentary.Designers:
Stephen Mikhail
Chanwong Kang
Dom StreaterDJ Zeke Thomas
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4:20pm
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10 Minutes to Change the World: David Kwong
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4:30pm
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So You Want to Get Your Startup Funded? There’s never been a better time for young entrepreneurs to drum up big money. What are the trick and tips that get the top VCs in the world to say yes in today’s fundraising environment? Two all-time investing legends (including the billionaire who gave Facebook its first venture investment) and two of the most influential VCs under 30 share what it takes to bring home the big money.Peter Boyce II, Co-Founder, Rough Draft Ventures
Jim Breyer, Founder, Breyer Capital; Partner, Accel Partners
Josh Kushner, Managing Partner, Thrive Capital
Josh Kopelman, Managing Director, First Round Capital; Founder, Half.comModerator: Randall Lane, Editor, Forbes Magazine
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5:00pm
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Wrap Up
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6:00pm
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The City of Philadelphia Presents: Dinner With Philly (Private dinners, set up organically by Under 30 Summit participants across the city)
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9:00pm
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The Under 30 Quizzo Tournament
(Field House Sports Bar-1150 Filbert St @ 12th Street) Quizzo, the now-ubiquitous bar trivia game, was born 20 years ago in Philly. In commemoration, we’re renting out a giant bar for a record-breaking Quizzo game. Under 30 Summit mentors and speakers will serve as team captains, as Summit attendees compete for big prizes at the largest tourament in Philadelphia’s history.Team Captains:
Monica Lewinsky
12:00amQuizzo ends
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
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7:30am
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The Under 30 Rocky Run
Start the day the Rocky way, jogging up the beautiful Ben Franklin Parkway, led by a pace team of Philadelphia’s top athletes and track stars. It culminates in the run Sylvester Stallone made famous, up the legendary steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum for a fist-pumping moment of immortality, complete with a musical surprise. All paces welcome.
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9:00am
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Registration (Pennsylvania Convention Center – Ballroom Foyer)
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10:00am
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Welcome and Introduction
The Honorable Michael Nutter, Mayor, City of Philadelphia
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10:10am
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One-on-One: Palmer Luckey, Founder, Oculus Rift
Early this year, at age 21, Palmer Luckey shocked the world by selling his virtual reality headset company, which had no revenue, to Facebook for $2 billion. What drove the deal? His product, the Rift, may change the way we all see the world. Luckey explains how he started his company and his Facebook courtship—and reveals how Oculus’ plans to redefine reality.
Interviewer: David Ewalt, Contributor, Forbes Media
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10:30am
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10 Minutes to Change the World: Leila Janah
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10:40am
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Sara Blakely: Billionaire by 40
Never in human history have so many people achieved such dizzying financial success at such a young age. Sara Blakely explains how she started her 20s inside a costume at Disney World and wound up starting the Spanx juggernaut, how she coped with success and how she’s turned her windfall into a force for good.
Sara Blakely, Founder, Spanx
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11:10am
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The $400,000 Pressure Cooker
Build a better mousetrap, and this panel might throw four hundred thousand dollars at you. Participants pitch their ideas—live!—to the world’s most influential funders. The reward: an investment of $150,000 from Steve Case, Troy Carter and Forbes Media, plus $250,000 in free advertising and services. Total prize: $400,000, winner take all. No pressure!
Judges:
Troy Carter, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Atom Factory
Steve Case, Chief Executive Officer, Revolution LLC; Co-Founder, America Online
Mike Perlis, Chief Executive Officer, Forbes Media; Former partner, Softbank Capital
Moderator: Bruce Upbin, Managing Editor, Forbes Media
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12:10pm
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Networking Break – Lunch
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12:30pm
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Breakout Panels
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Advertising Is Dead — Branding Will Make Your Business
Thirty years ago, Apple ran the most famous ad of all-time, ‘1984,’ spurring what would become of the most valuable companies in the world. Times have changed: marketers and consumers are one and the same, with brands and their customers on equal footing. So rather than brands driving purchasing preferences for consumers, the new rules invite the consumers to control the brands. Some of the most revolutionary marketing minds reveal the new playbook.
Raymond Braun, LGBT Marketing Lead, Google/YouTube
Todd Hunter, Creative Executive, CAA
Rachel Tipograph, Founder-Chief Executive Officer , TIPO Entertainment
Brian Wong, Co-founder, Kiip
Moderator: Jenny Rooney, CMO Network Editor, Forbes Media
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She-Commerce: The Retail Revolution
The emergence of young tech founders and executives reflects sweeping change in the worlds of start-up companies and angel funding. There’s a pressing need for commerce sites that cater to women, who control 70% of online purchases worldwide, underscoring the enormous purchasing prowess of women online. Who are the leaders fueling innovation and reimagining the possibilities of the digital economy?
Hayley Barna, Co-Founder, Birchbox
Jenny Fleiss, Founder, Rent The Runway
Jodie Snyder, Co-Founder, Dannijo
Moderator: Moira Forbes, President & Publisher, ForbesWoman
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How To Get on The 30 Under 30: And What Happens Next?
30 Under 30 editors Caroline Howard and Michael Noer take you behind the scenes to discuss how they put together the list: who’s on the list, why and what’s the right stuff for each category. This is an open-forum for all 30U30 alumni to take the mic and discuss their work and what’s happened since they made the list. Come and share your stories.
Bing Chen, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Victorious
Danielle Fong, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, LightSail Energy, Inc.
Jordan Passman, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, scoreAscore
Shiza Shahid, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Malala Fund
Co-Moderators: Caroline Howard, Senior Online Editor, Forbes Media
Michael Noer, Executive Editor, Forbes Media
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1:25pm
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Session Switch
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1:35pm
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Breakout Panels
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The Lost Vote
Studies have shown that younger voters no longer feel a major draw to a political party and don’t trust their government given the recent barrage of party politics occurring in DC. But how will politicians sell themselves to voters in the upcoming elections? And how are they going to win back the trust of young voters?
Josh Blackman, Assistant Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston
Nate Levine, Founder, OpenGov
Nathaniel Loewentheil, Policy Advisor, The White House National Economic Council
Moderator: McKay Coppins, Senior Political Writer, Buzzfeed
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From Geek to Great
Geekiness now have the cachet—and cash. Three of the most successful geeks in the world describe how the revenge of the nerds is complete.
Alexander Garfield, Chief Executive Officer, Evil Geniuses
Jon Oringer, Founder, Shutterstock
Thomas Tull, Chief Executive Officer, Legendary Pictures
Moderator: Steven Bertoni,Associate Editor, Forbes Media
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Download or Die: These Apps Can Save Your Life
Medicine is finally being dragged into the digital age with apps that aim to help patients lose weight, manage diabetes,and more. Can technology empower patients, or is this just more marketing noise?
Joshua Liu, Co-Founder, Seamless MD
Halle Tecco, Founder, Rock Health
Grant Verstandig, Founder, Audax Health
Moderator: Matthew Herper, Senior Editor, Forbes Media
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Turning Funny into Money
When it comes to viral videos on the web – comedy rules. But our attention is fleeting. We’ll talk about feeding the public’s endless demand for comedy online and how to turn funny into money.
Mickey Meyer, Co-Founder, Jash
Ricky Van Veen, Co-Founder, CollegeHumor
Moderator: Alex Leo, Editor-at-Large, Newsweek
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2:30pm
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Networking break
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3:05pm
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Two Years to Build a Billion-Dollar Brand—With Meaning
Creating a product has never been easier. Creating a global brand? That’s still tricky. And one that carries a positive message, to boot? That’s a huge riddle, albeit one solved by these four panelists, who have all conquered the world and made it better in the process.
Neil Blumenthal, Co-Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Warby Parker
John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, John Paul Mitchell Systems & The Patrón Spirits Company; Co-Founder ROK Mobile
Lauren Bush Lauren, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, FEED
Danny Meyer, Chief Founder, Union Square Hospitality Group, Shake Shack
Moderator: Jean Case, Chief Executive Officer, Case Foundation
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3:30pm
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10 Minutes to Change the World: Josh Sommer
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3:35pm
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Show and Tell: America’s Best Under 30 Inventors Face-Off
Six brilliant inventors. Six gizmos that will blow your mind. Watch, listen—and buckle up.
David Cohen-Tanugi, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Materials, MIT
Jonny Cohen, Founder, Greenshields
Alex Klein, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Kano
Jessica Matthews, Founder, Uncharted Play
Kavita Shukla, Founder, Fenugreen
Changxi Zheng, Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Moderator: Michael Noer, Executive Editor, Forbes Magazine
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4:20pm
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One-on-One: Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai just told everyone she wanted to go to school. For that crime, the Taliban shot her in the head, and left her for dead. But Malala miraculously survived the assassination attempt and, at 17, has become the planet’s leading voice on the rights of girls to attend school. And a global inspiration. The youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner, who detailed her amazing story in her bestseller “I Am Malala… ” takes the stage at the Under 30 Summit, to reveal her new initiatives that she believes can help millions achieve their goal of going to school.
Moderator: Ronan Farrow, Host, Ronan Farrow Daily, MSNBC
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5:00pm
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Closing remarks
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7:00pm
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Under 30 Food Festival (Trocadero -1003 Arch Street, Philadelphia)
The best young chefs, winemakers and brewers from the Forbes 30 Under 30 list show their stuff at the historical Trocadero—and compete for the title of America’s best young chef, as judged by Questlove, Danny Meyer, Forbes Magazine Editor Randall Lane—and the attendees of the Under 30 Summit. The Food Festival, and last full day of programming ends with a bang. The legendary leader of The Roots, Questlove, will serve as the night’s DJ.
Chefs include:
Philip “Ippy” Aiona, The Three Fat Pigs and Ippy’s Hawaiian BBQ
Natasha Case, Coolhaus
Christopher Coombs, Deuxave
Sam Gorenstein, My Ceviche
Joseph “JJ” Johnson, The Cecil
Adam Leonti, Vetri
Aditi Malhotra, Tache Chocolate
Jason Pfeifer, Maialino
Jesse Schenker, Recette
Max Sussman, The Cleveland
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9:00pm
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Under 30 Afterparty (Trocadero -1003 Arch Street, Philadelphia)
The Food Festival, and last full day of programming ends with a bang. The legendary leader of The Roots, Questlove, will serve as the night’s DJ.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
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10:00am
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Social Entrepreneurship Tour
Case Foundation Chief Executive Officer Jean Case and Malala Fund Chief Executive Officer Shiza Shahid lead the greatest young philanthropists and social entrepreneurs on a site visit of some of America’s innovation social entrepreneurship initiatives.
Old City
10:25 AM – 11:10 AM – Impact Hub Philly
1227 N. 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA Organizations: Teal Orbit, Here’s My Chance, Generocity, FastFwd, Witty Gritty, Mobilize.org
11:25 AM – 12:10 PM – North 3rd Street
Multiple locations along N. 3rd Street & Market Organizations: I-Site, Weblinc, Indy Hall, Jarvus Innovations, Seer Interactive
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM – Brunch
Center City
2PM–2:30 PM – Benjamin’s Desk
1701 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA
2:40 PM–3:00 PM – Innovation Lab
1401 JFK Blvd, 16th Floor, Room C
Plus: seeking to inspire the next generetion of leaders, 30 Under 30 honorees give talks at schools across Philly.
