16 July
9:00am
CHECK-IN AND BREAKFAST
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10:00am
OPENING REMARKS
Bonnie Brennan, CEO, Christie’s
Devang Thakkar, Global Head of Christie’s Ventures
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Morning Sessions | SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT
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10:30am
PERFORMANCE, PATRONAGE, AND IMPACT
Panelists to be announced
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11:00am
ENTERTAINMENT RENAISSANCE
Panelists to be announced
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11:30am
SPORTS AS A GLOBAL UNIFIER
Panelists:
Gabrielle Bird-Vogel, Partner, Klossy
Courtney Carter, Chief Revenue Officer, Sounders FC and Reign FC
Brady Stewart, CEO, Bay FC
Moderator:
Randall Boe, Senior Counsel in the Media, Entertainment and Sports Group, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Fled
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12:00pm
A VIEW FROM THE LEAGUES
Panelists:
David Lehanski, EVP, Business Development & Innovation, NHL
Gary Brantley, Chief Information Officer, NFL
John Nicastro, Chief Technology Officer, MLS
Moderator:
Jason Pollack, General Counsel, Americas, Christie’s
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12:30pm
EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS
Panelists:
Darren Aronofsky, Director
Refik Anadol, Artist
Moderator:
Devang Thakkar, Global Head of Ventures
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1:00pm
Lunch break
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Afternoon Sessions | AGE OF INNOVATION
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1:45pm
REMARKS FROM THE HOUSE TASK FORCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Panelist:
Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-23)
Moderator:
Marcus Fox, Global Managing Director, Christie’s
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2:00pm
THE MACHINE MIND: AI, IMAGINATION, AND WHAT COMES NEXT
Panelists:
Ali Farhadi, CEO, Allen Institute for AI
Richard Kerris, VP and General Manager, Media & Entertainment, NVIDIA
Moderator:
Laurie Segall, Founder and CEO, Mostly Human Media
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2:30pm
CRYPTO’S QUIET COMEBACK
Panelists:
Arianna Simpson, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Caroline Pham, Acting Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Robert Alice, Artist
Moderator:
Omid Malekan, Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School
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3:00pm
INTELLIGENCE, AUTONOMY, AND HUMANITY
Panelists:
Tekedra Mawakana, Co-CEO of Waymo
Kinsey Fabrizio, President, Consumer Technology Association
Moderator:
Sujeet Indap, Financial Times
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4:00pm
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES IN ART AND FASHION
Panelists to be announced
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5:00pm
AGE OF INNOVATION
Panelists:
Cathie Wood, Founder and CEO, ARK Investment Management
Meredith Whittaker, President, Signal Messenger
Moderator:
Angela Dalton, CEO and Founder, Signum Growth
17 July
9:00am
CHECK-IN AND BREAKFAST
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10:00am
Morning Sessions | THE ART MARKET
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STATE OF THE UNION: THE ART MARKET
A conversation led by Alex Rotter, Global President, Christie’s
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10:15am
THE EVOLUTION OF MEDIA AND ART
Panelists:
Noah Horowitz, CEO, Art Basel
Moderator:
Gillian Gorman Round, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Christie’s
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11:00am
DISRUPTORS IN THE ART WORLD
Panelists:
Jeff Rosenheim, Head of Department of Photography, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Kira Pollack, Photo Editor and Visual Storyteller
Hank Willis Thomas, Artist
Moderator:
Darius Himes, Deputy Chairman, International Head of Photographs, Christie’s
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11:30am
STORIES FROM THE STUDIO
Panelists:
Adam Heft Berninger, Artist and Curator, Heft Gallery
Marina Zurkow, Artist
Nancy Baker Cahill, Artist
Moderator:
Sebastian Sanchez, Digital Art Sales, Christie’s
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12:30pm
ART AS AN ASSET 3.0
Panelists:
Tad Smith, Former CEO, Sotheby’s
William Goetzmann, Professor of Finance and Management, Yale University
Moderator:
Robert Frank, Wealth Editor, CNBC
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1:00pm
Lunch break
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Afternoon Sessions | FUNDING THE FUTURE
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2:00pm
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF VENTURE CAPITAL
Panelist:
Tom Hulme, Managing Partner & Head of Europe, Google Ventures
Moderator:
Brooke Masters, Managing Editor, Financial Times
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2:45pm
INVESTING IN AI INNOVATION: FROM MODELS TO APPLICATION
Panelists:
Jason Stoffer, Partner, Maveron
Michael Stewart, Managing Partner, M12
Susannah Shipton, Partner, AlleyCorp
Vivek Ladsariya, General Partner, PSL Ventures
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3:30pm
BUILDING LASTING BRANDS
Panelists to be announced
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4:00pm
INNOVATIONS IN DEPLOYING CAPITAL
Panelists to be announced
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4:30pm
FILM SCREENING
Day two will conclude in collaboration with Andreessen Horowitz to present the film, Any Problem is No Problem—a documentary from an Oscar-nominated team of filmmakers. The film follows the personal journeys of three teams selected for a16z's Crypto Startup School as they vie for investment at demo day.
Special thanks to MSG Entertainment and Radio City Music Hall