Agenda – November 8th |
08:00-09:00 AM |
Registration and Refreshments |
Conference Chair: Mr. David Teten, Managing Partner, HOF Capital |
09:00-09:15 AM |
Opening Remarks: Mr. Jonathan M.A Melmed, Partner and Co-Chair, Global Private Equity Group, Morrison & Foerster LLP |
Mr. Denny Chared, Founder & CEO, DC Finance |
09:15-09:30 AM |
Global Startup Seed Investing at Scale – Mr. Mark Solon, Managing Director, Techstars Ventures |
09:30-09:40 AM |
Powerful, Persistent Authentication by iDefend- Mr. Ori Katz Oz, Co-Founder & CEO, iDefend |
09:40-10:10 AM |
Will your Children be Better than you? Investing in Edtech |
Moderator: Mr. Jason L. Ma, Founder & CEO, ThreeEQ |
With: Mr. Chakrapani Appalabattula, Founder & CEO, Bloomz.com, Mr. Zach Sims, CEO, CodeAcademy, Mr. Naguib S. Sawiris, Founder & CEO, Yup Technologies, Mr. Paul Gollash, CEO, Voxy |
The global education market is huge—about $5 trillion per year. A new education and learning world has finally awakened. How will edtech, a major category within education, transform schools? Students and families? Communities? What are some investment possibilities? |
10:10-10:40 AM |
Bleeding Edge: Select Emerging Companies – From Blockchain to Artificial intelligence |
Moderator: Ms. Sheryl WuDunn, Co-Founder of FullSky Partners, and author of A Path Appears |
With: Mr. Mutisya Ndunda, Founder & CEO, Alpha Vertex, Mr. David H. Brill, Founder and general Counsel, Celsius, Ms. Josh Klayman, Co-head, Morrison & Foerster’s Blockchain + Smart Contracts Group |
10:40-11:10 AM |
How to Invest with the Best as a Family Office |
Moderator: Mr. Patrick Huard, Corporate Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP |
With: Mr. Jason Klein, Founder & CEO, On Grid Ventures LLC, Mr. Thomas Wisniewski, Partner, Rose Paul Investments, Mr. Mark Ghermezian, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Appboy, Mr. Douglas Libby, Member of the Board of Directors, ELMC Group |
The Tech Investor’s Panel: What Tech Sectors are Hot? What’s right for Your Family Office? |
11:10-11:40 AM |
Refreshment Break |
11:40-12:00 PM |
Keynote Presentation: Defending Digital Democracy: Deterrence in the Information Age – Mr. Eric Rosenbach, Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense; Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School |
The Health Care Session |
12:00-12:20 PM |
Keynote Presentation: Human and Robotic Intersection, Mr. Larry Jasinski, CEO, Rewalk Robotics |
The Amazing Story of the Revolutionary Company That helped Paralyzed People Start Walking |
12:20-12:35 PM |
Simple and Rapid Blood Testing at the Point Of Care, |
Mr. Avishay Bransky, Ph.D. Founder& CEO, PixCell Medical |
12:35-12:50 PM |
Hygieacare – A Healthcare Scale-Up, Mr. Gavriel Meron, Chairman & CEO,HyGIeaCare |
12:50-01:20 PM |
The Health Care Panel – Family Offices Discuss the Healthcare Space |
Moderator: Dr. Dale Nordenberg, MD, President, Medical Device Innovation, Safety, and Security Consortium and Co-CEO for Strategy, Novasano Health and Science |
With: Mr. Neil E. Wyant, Managing Director, Fir Hill, LLC and Everett Partners, Ltd., Mr. Gavriel Meron, Chairman & CEO, HyGleaCare, Mr. Kevin Schimelfenig, Founder and Managing Partner, McGeever LLC (SFO) |
01:20-02:20 PM |
Lunch |
02:20-02:50 PM |
Drones are Flying High, but what about their Valuations? |
Moderator: Dr. Thomas A. Campbell, Founder & President, FutureGrasp, LLC |
With: Mr. Andrew Tang, Partner, Draper Dragon Fund & Draper Associates; CEO, Draper University & Hero City, Dr. Long Phan, CEO & CTO, Top Flight Technologies, Mr. Jonathan Nutzati Fontaine, Founder, CEO at Mothership Aeronautics, Mr. Alexsey Matyushev, CEO & Co-Founder, Natilus |
02:50-03:20 PM |
Who is Disrupting the Investing Industry? – Innovative New Approaches to Putting Money to Work |
Moderator: Mr. David Teten, Managing Partner, HOF Capital |
With: Ms. Stephanie Choo, Partner, Portag3 Ventures, Mr. Benjamin Elbaz, Managing Partner, BlackRock, Mr. Andrew Robson, President & Chief Revenue Officer, Earnest Research |
Asset management shows the traditional earmarks of an industry ripe for disruption – extremely profitable incumbents and many unhappy customers. Our panel of experts will identify innovative new approaches to putting money to work, which are challenging the established industry leaders. |
03:20-03:30 PM |
Closing Remarks: Mr. Eric McCrath, Partner, Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco |
05:00-07:00 PM |
Cocktail Reception at Mosafer – 24 W 57th St. |