Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored: Full Schedule

7:45am PST

Registration

Tuesday November 11, 2014 7:45am - 5:00pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Registration

8:30am PST

Welcome Remarks

Tuesday November 11, 2014 8:30am - 8:40am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

8:40am PST

The Business of Altruism

Vivienne Harr, a 10-year-old entrepreneur, wants to help end child slavery. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wants to make supporting social causes easier through the power of technology. Hear about the unlikely partnership that launched a new mobile platform designed to spur social change.

Speakers

Eric Harr

CEO, Stand

Eric Harr is the CEO of Stand, reporting to a 10-year-old boss. Stand was inspired by his then 8-year-old daughter Vivienne, who “made a stand” against child slavery for 365 days in a row at her lemonade stand. The moment became a moment, featured on CBS News, ABC News, NBC News... Read More →

Vivienne Harr

Founder, Stand

With the power of social media, ten-year-old Vivienne Harr launched one lemonade stand into a global movement to combat child slavery. “Stand,” a socially innovative lemonade company, is a leading example of a new wave of hybrid “benefit” corporations dedicated to making charity... Read More →

Biz Stone

Cofounder, CEO, Jelly Inc.

Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and cofounder of Twitter. Today, Stone is cofounder and CEO of the startup Jelly. A progenitor of social media, Stone has been developing large-scale systems that facilitate the open exchange of information for more than 15 years. Having started... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 8:40am - 9:10am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

9:10am PST

Successfully Sustainable: Inside Patagonia’s Mission-Driven Business

Patagonia, the outdoor clothing company, is the poster child for doing business to help the planet. From launching a venture fund to developing and producing a feature-length environmental documentary to adopting an open-source approach to sustainable product development, Patagonia’s team is crossing more innovative terrain than ever before.

Speakers

Rose Marcario

President and CEO, Patagonia

Rose Marcario is the president and CEO of Patagonia. After joining the company in 2008, Marcario quickly embarked on transforming Patagonia’s infrastructure, broadening business throughout Europe, Japan, and Australia, and helping the company focus on innovation and the development... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 9:10am - 9:40am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

9:40am PST

Up Close: Designing the Next-Generation Sub

The Navy is rethinking its massively complex submarines with some of the most common products in consumer technology: an Xbox, iPad, and a smartphone. Step inside the process that’s rapidly changing how subs perform their missions.
JOSH SMITH, TANG Director, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Speakers

Josh Smith

Director, Johns Hopkins University

Josh Smith is the director of Tactical Advancements for the Next Generation (TANG) program, a design-thinking initiative at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory that has brought together the United States Navy, Ideo, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, and other companies... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 9:40am - 9:50am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

9:50am PST

Lessons for Leading Creatively

How do you inject creativity into a corporate culture? Learn the secrets of how to manage creatives, develop the best creative ideas from your team, and build an office environment where every voice is heard.

Speakers

Ed Catmull

President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios

Ed Catmull, Ph.D, is cofounder of Pixar Animation Studios and President of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios. Previously, he was Vice President of the computer division of Lucasfilm, where he managed development in the areas of computer graphics, video editing, video games... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 9:50am - 10:20am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

10:20am PST

Networking Break

Creativity, Inc. book signing with Ed Catmull.

Tuesday November 11, 2014 10:20am - 10:40am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Break

10:40am PST

Redefining the Regulators

Learn how Lyft, the popular ride-sharing startup, navigates one of the most difficult barriers to entry in a new city: local regulators. With a mission to redefine how we use transportation around the country, find out how the company plans to disrupt the status quo city by city.

Speakers

John Zimmer

Co-Founder & President, Lyft

John Zimmer’s interest in peer-to-peer transportation began at Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration. Upon learning that only 20% of seats in cars on highways are occupied, he began working on ways to use existing information infrastructures to solve the problem of unused... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 10:40am - 11:00am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

11:00am PST

Diversity Matters: How Tristan Walker is Changing the Valley

Meet the entrepreneur who wants to not only transform health and beauty products for people of color, but also the ethos of who works (and succeeds) in Silicon Valley.

Speakers

Tristan Walker

Founder, CEO, Walker & Co.

Before founding Walker & Co., Tristan Walker—a former entrepreneur-in-residence at Andreessen Horowitz—was the director of business development for Foursquare, where he oversaw strategic partnerships and monetization. In this role, Walker managed integrations with large brands... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 11:00am - 11:25am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

11:25am PST

The Reinvention of Milk

In this unique storytelling format—“performance journalism” narrated by Fast Companysenior writer Chuck Salter—you embark on the surprising journey to a healthier glass of milk and a dairy farm like no other.

Speakers

Steve Jones

CEO, Fairlife, LLC.

Steve Jones is the CEO of Fairlife, LLC, a health and wellness company that markets great-tasting, effective nutrition that starts with the highest-quality milk and gives people the vitality they need to live life to the fullest. Jones spent 18 years at the Coca-Cola Co. where his... Read More →

Michael J. McCloskey

Cofounder of Fairlife, LLC; Cofounder and CEO of Select Milk Producers, Fairlife, LLC./Select Milk Producers

Mike McCloskey is cofounder and CEO of Select Milk Producers, the fifth largest milk cooperative in the country. He is also chairman of the board for Fair Oaks Farms, a highly rated and visited agritourism destination in Northwest Indiana that also brands and processes its own bottled... Read More →

Sue McCloskey

Cofounder and Owner, Fair Oaks Farms

Sue McCloskey, born and raised in New Jersey, was an art and art history student before being swept up in the world of dairy cows upon meeting her husband, Mike. Together they ran a successful dairy veterinary consulting practice in Southern California before moving to New Mexico... Read More →

Mike Ohmstede

Vice President, Coca-Cola Co.

Mike Ohmstede is the vice president of investments and ventures for the Coca-Cola Co.’s North American Venturing and Emerging Brands Business unit, a position he assumed in June 2007. In this capacity, he leverages his strategic finance and general business capabilities in helping... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 11:25am - 11:55am PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

11:55am PST

Up Close: The Future of Light

A skilled team of inventors has developed the world’s thinnest LED light technology, called Lightpaper. Experience the invention for yourself, and step into the future as the company’s CEO illuminates its many possible applications.

Speakers

Cody Peterson

CEO, Rohinni

Cody Peterson is an avid inventor and the CEO of Rohinni. He began exploring what has become an obsession: rethinking light. Now working with the world’s thinnest light, he and his team are exploring a future where anyone will be able to design and create their own light. Prior... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 11:55am - 12:00pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

12:00pm PST

Lunch

Tuesday November 11, 2014 12:00pm - 1:00pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Break

1:00pm PST

So Funny I Forgot I Was Being Manipulated

There’s more to comedy than laughter alone. It has the power to raise awareness, communicate empathy, and bring a dose of humanity to innately inhuman interfaces. Our host Baratunde Thurston and his Cultivated Wit co-founder Brian Janosch will share examples that they promise will make you laugh more than this description does.

Speakers

Baratunde Thurston

Writer, CEO, Cultivated Wit

Baratunde Thurston is the CEO, co-founder, and hashtagger-in-chief of Cultivated Wit. He wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black and served for five years as director of digital for the satirical news outlet, The Onion.

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:00pm - 1:10pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

1:10pm PST

Creating New Mobile Categories

Listen in as Samsung’s head of design paints a picture of the wearable future.

Speakers

Dennis Miloseski

Vice President Samsung Design Studio, Samsung

It takes both creativity and design savvy to turn an idea of something that doesn’t exist into reality and, as vice president of Samsung’s Design Studio, Dennis Miloseski is doing just that. Since joining Samsung in 2012, Dennis has led the company’s foray into mobile wearables... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:10pm - 1:20pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

1:20pm PST

Our Phones in 2020

Top designers predict the next phase of the world’s most transformative device.

Speakers

Matias Duarte

VP Design, Android, Google

Matías Duarte leads the Android Design team at Google. He is responsible for all aspects of the software and visual experience across the Android platform, core applications services, and the design of Nexus tablets and phones. Recently, his team designed the critically acclaimed... Read More →

Gentry Underwood

CEO, Dropbox

Gentry Underwood is the head of design at Dropbox and a cofounder of Mailbox (now a part of Dropbox), the mobile email experience for a world on the go. Previously, he cofounded Orchestra, the Apple App Store’s 2011 Productivity App of the Year, and led Ideo’s Knowledge Sharing... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:20pm - 1:40pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

1:40pm PST

What’s Next for Google Ventures?

Hear from the founder of the VC firm that has placed bets on the hottest household names in tech such as Uber and Nest. What trends and companies are next?

Speakers

Bill Maris

Managing Partner, Google Ventures

Bill Maris is the managing partner at Google Ventures, which he launched in the spring of 2009 to invest some of Google's prodigious cash hoard in startups. Bill's formula includes an unusual emphasis on data--and a team of researchers to quantify elements that lead to successful... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 1:40pm - 2:10pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

2:10pm PST

How to Own YouTube

Meet the next generation of celebrity: the stars from YouTube who have used the platform to launch careers, create products, and even sell out concerts.

Speakers

Grace Helbig

Comedian, it’sGrace

Grace Helbig is a comedian, actress, and YouTube personality. In early 2014, Helbig created her YouTube channel, it’sGrace, which has more than 1.8 million subscribers and 150 million views to date. Prior to establishing her own channel, Helbig hosted the video blog series DailyGrace... Read More →

Alejandro Manzano

Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Boyce Avenue

Brothers Alejandro, Fabian, and Daniel Manzano make up the band Boyce Avenue. In 2007, three years after coming together, the Manzano brothers began filming themselves performing their own songs and favorite covers, and posting the videos to YouTube. The videos instantly resonated... Read More →

Daniel Manzano

Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Boyce Avenue

Fabian Manzano

Guitar, Vocals, Boyce Avenue

Ingrid Nilsen

YouTube Personality, MissGlamorazzi

Ingrid Nilsen (aka MissGlamorazzi) started out on YouTube in 2009, making videos around beauty, fashion, and healthy food how-tos. Since then, she has amassed 209 million video views from 2.9 million subscribers who can’t get enough of her refreshing sense of wit and humor bound... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 2:10pm - 2:50pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

2:50pm PST

Networking Break

Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up book signing with Grace Helbig.

Tuesday November 11, 2014 2:50pm - 3:10pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Break

3:10pm PST

Comedy for the Digital Age

Learn how Comedy Central, a network that targets the tech-savvy demographic of 18- to 34-year-olds, is keeping up with the digital age of cross-platform content consumption. One of the network’s newest breakout stars, Nathan Fielder, will also join the conversation to weigh in on creating a comedy series for multiple screens.

Speakers

Kent Alterman

President of Content Development, Comedy Central

Kent Alterman is the president of content development and original programming at Comedy Central. Since rejoining Comedy Central in January 2010, Alterman and his development team have undertaken an ambitious launch of original programming, more than doubling the amount of original... Read More →

Michele Ganeless

President, Comedy Central

Having led Comedy Central since 2004, president Michele Ganeless has seen the prominence of the network grow as many of the network’s most popular series have permeated the zeitgeist. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, South Park and The Colbert Report, and more recent series... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 3:10pm - 3:40pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

3:40pm PST

The Salon Renaissance

Beauty brand Julep focuses on translating the social atmosphere of founder and CEO Jane Park’s Seattle-based brick-and-mortar salons for the online community. Learn how the company has leveraged grassroots outreach and social media marketing to create this new consumer experience—one that continues to drive the company’s rapid product development, consumer brand loyalty, and staggering success.

Speakers

Jane Park

Founder and CEO, Julep

Jane Park's parents cried when the founder and CEO of Julep took her two Ivy League degrees and her executive experience at Starbucks and channeled it into owning and operating a nail parlor. With $56 million in venture capital, Jane has taken her passion for girl time and transformed... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 3:40pm - 4:00pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

4:00pm PST

A Founder’s Next Chapter

The founder and former CEO of Groupon opens up about Detour, his startup designed to share the untold stories of cities.

Speakers

Andrew Mason

Co-founder and CEO, Detour

Andrew Mason is cofounder and CEO of Detour, a location-based audio tours app. He formerly founded Groupon in 2008 and as CEO grew the company into a global brand with 12,000 employees. In 2013, Andrew relocated from Chicago to San Francisco to record a music album, Hardly Workin... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 4:00pm - 4:20pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

4:20pm PST

The Secrets of Generation Flux: Find Your Mission

Meet the new breed of business leaders who are driven by not only money, but also the pursuit of societal purpose, and hear their tips for achieving success in business and life.

Speakers

Casey Gerald

Co-Founder and CEO, MBAs Across America

Casey Gerald is the co-founder and CEO of MBAs Across America, a national movement of MBAs and entrepreneurs working together to revitalize America. He began his career in economic policy & government innovation at the Center for American Progress, and has worked as a strategist with... Read More →

Aaron Levie

Cofounder and CEO, Box

Aaron Levie is Cofounder and CEO of Box, which he launched in 2005 with cofounder and CFO Dylan Smith. Levie is the visionary behind Box’s product and platform strategy, which is focused on incorporating the best of traditional content management with an easy to use user experience suited to the way people collaborat... Read More →

DJ Patil

VP of Product, RelateIQ

Dr. DJ Patil is the VP of Product at RelateIQ, which focuses on helping making better decisions through your relationships. This summer, Salesforce acquired RelateIQ for $400M. Dr. Patil has held a variety of roles in academia, industry, and government, including positions as the... Read More →

Padmasree Warrior

CTO, Cisco

Cisco Chief Technology & Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior is charged with aligning technology development and corporate strategy to enable Cisco to anticipate, shape, and lead major market transitions. She helps direct technology and operational innovation across the company and... Read More →

Tuesday November 11, 2014 4:20pm - 4:50pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

4:50pm PST

Wrap-Up

Tuesday November 11, 2014 4:50pm - 5:00pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Conference Sessions

5:00pm PST

Cocktail Reception

Tuesday November 11, 2014 5:00pm - 8:00pm PST
City View at Metreon 135 4th St., San Francisco, CA

Cocktails