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STARTUP VILLAGE HILTON AUSTIN DOWNTOWN: 500 EAST 4TH STREET FRIDAY, MARCH 11 11:00 AM Hilton Austin Downtown: Room 400-402 Accelerators: Flaming Out or Burning Hot? Startups going through accelerators have raised well over 10 billion dollars of capital, created thousands of jobs and have a combined value of over fifty billion dollars. But some speculate this is an accelerator bubble that's sure to pop. We discuss and debate these questions and more, concluding with the 2016 Seed Accelerator Rankings – the list of the hottest accelerator programs in the country. Susan Cohen, Yael Hochberg Dual • Advanced 11:00 AM Hilton Austin Downtown: Room 408 McDonald's Pitch Event: Mobility On-Demand Innovations in on-demand services have enabled us to get groceries delivered in under an hour and easily access traffic and arrival times from our phones. We're just at the start of this shift allowing for increased convenience, and in this session, we'll hear from startups further ushering us into the next wave of mobility and their applications to the everyday food space. Presented By McDonald's. Atif Rafiq, TBD Pitch Event • Intermediate 11:00 AM Hilton Austin Downtown: Room 412 How to Use Neurobiology to Make a Successful Pitch RSVP REQUIRED. You will learn the enlightening secrets behind pitches that succeed and principles to apply immediately. In preparing PitchCraft, Bates enhanced his own extensive experience by interviewing many top funders in the world. From leading grant reviewers and high stakes venture fund managers to startup founders, Bates has distilled the principles, practices and gems no one ever discusses. John K Bates, Sharon Bates Workshop (2 hours) • Advanced 11:00 AM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon B ReleaseIt at SXSW ReleaseIt at SXSW is a special pitch competition in Startup Village on the opening day of the SXSW Interactive Festival. Ten cutting-edge companies launching a new product or service during the 2016 SXSW season will present to a panel of industry experts and a winner will be chosen based on which product or service is most likely to succeed in the marketplace. Trey Bowles, Susan Amat, Marc Nager, Julie Kirk Pitch Event • Intermediate 11:00 AM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon C UT Austin's Best Undergrad Startups In sixty minutes you'll learn about five of UT Austin's Best Undergrad Startups in a fun and fast-paced pitch session. Each entrepreneur will get five minutes to demo their solution, and then they will get grilled by a panel of Alumni CEOs and investors. These startups are all part of the Longhorn Startup Lab at The University of Texas at Austin. Presented By The University of Texas. TBD Pitch Event • Beginner 11:00 AM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon D The Coming Fight for the Front Door An opportunity is emerging in the delivery world for public-private partnerships be- tween entrepreneurs and traditional package delivery providers. Will consumers choose FedEx, UPS or the US Postal Service, or are customers looking for flexible ser- vices from alternative delivery companies? There's a fight for your front door between the new disruptors and the old line delivery companies. Anita Bizzotto, Neel Murphy, Robert Reisner Panel • Advanced 11:00 AM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon E Southern Entrepreneurship Takes Root Increasingly robust entrepreneurship organizations, e.g., Delta Regional Authority, Memphis Entrepreneurship-Powered Innovation Center (EPICenter), Nashville's Entre- preneurs Center and Mississippi's Golden Triangle Region Link (GTR Link), are changing the Deep South. Today, there is more to be seen behind the region's southern charm: thriving startups, IT networks and strong universities and colleges. Eric Mathews, Chris Massingill, Leslie Smith, Blake Hogan Panel • Intermediate 12:30 PM Hilton Austin Downtown: Room 400-402 The 170 Year-Old Startup: AP Celebrating 170 years in 2016, The Associated Press is now a 170 year-old startup innovating, investing and inventing in technologies like automation, analytics, data and virtual reality. It is a model for brands and companies facing predicted death in the years ahead as Millennials, apps, mobile and social media take over around the planet. Kathleen Carroll Solo • Advanced 12:30 PM Hilton Austin Downtown: Room 408 McDonald's Pitch Event Session: Internet of Things (IoT) IoT allows us to understand our world in real time in ways we never could before. Enabling IoT in our 14,000 US stores and kitchens helps us to better know and under- stand consumer behavior. IoT has the ability to upend almost every facet of our lives, and in this session, we'll hear from startups making waves in this space. Presented By McDonald's. Julia Vander Ploeg, TBD Pitch Event • Intermediate 12:30 PM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon B ReleaseIt at SXSW ReleaseIt at SXSW is a special pitch competition in Startup Village on the opening day of the SXSW Interactive Festival. Ten cutting-edge companies launching a new product or service during the 2016 SXSW season will present to a panel of industry experts and a winner will be chosen based on which product or service is most likely to succeed in the marketplace. Trey Bowles, Susan Amat, Marc Nager, Julie Kirk Pitch Event • Intermediate 12:30 PM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon C Austin's Best EdTech Startups In sixty minutes you'll learn about five of Austin's best EdTech startups in a fun and fast-paced pitch session. Each entrepreneur will get five minutes to demo their solution and then will get grilled by a panel of EdTech CEO's. Already recognized as one of the top cities for entrepreneurs in the US, Austin is also emerging as a global EdTech hub. Come see what everyone's so excited about! Presented By Capital Factory. Charles Thornburgh, David Palumbo, Sid Krommenhoek Pitch Event • Beginner 12:30 PM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon D Is the Venture World a Meritocracy? Few would disagree that the venture capital world is male dominated; 97.7 percent of VC backed companies have male CEOs and 94 percent of VC partners are men. But are these two facts connected? Is the venture community biased? Some would go as far as to call it sexist. This panel will tackle the disconnect between talk and reality, what it means and what attendees can do about it. Elizabeth Gore, Sara Brand, Joshua Henderson, Lisa Lambert Panel • Advanced 12:30 PM Hilton Austin Downtown: Salon E Dev. Evangelism: Building a Community of Advocates Developer evangelists can serve technical teams by equipping them with the best tools and inspiring them to think beyond the raw code to produce revolutionary ideas. Join Venmo, Braintree and Twilio, who all have top developer evangelism programs, as they discuss what it takes to build a successful program that benefits both developers and your company. Rob Spectre, Jonathan LeBlanc, Cassidy Williams Panel • Beginner FESTIVAL SESSIONS 1 6 6 S TA R T U P V I L L A G E S X S W. C O M