WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH
7:45am Doors Open & Breakfast Served
8:45am Welcome to Forum
9:00amInnovation Contrast: Public Giant Versus Private Equity
An interview of Tony Muscato, President and CEO Ignite Growth Partners,
by Dave Mawhinney, Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon Swartz Center.
9:45am Hype vs Reality - First Presentation
10:05am Coffee Break
10:20am Technology Transformation in Retail
In collaboration with CMU ENAiBLE, we’ll have a block of programming exploring
how technology has transformed retail. This will block of content will include:
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A short presentation from a Google Commerce Product Manager
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A panel of industry experts
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An overview of the startup landscape
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Two startups providing brief elevator pitches
While the emphasis will be on retail, we believe the transformation retail has
been through are relevant for all industries today.
Noon Lunch, presented by Sopheon
12:45 Presentations from Entrepreneurial Grad Students
1:10 Data Based Corporate Startups
Over the last few years, we’ve observed that often the best IP for your next
corporate startup is sitting on the servers as “exhaust” from other products /
customer interactions. Given the increasing interest in AI & Machine Learning,
this should only increase. Across this block of content will include:
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A presentation by Rebecca Nugent, The Stephen E and Joyce Fienberg Professor in Statistics & Data Science and Head, Department of Statistics & Data Science @ CMU on building data pipelines
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A panel moderated by Adam Paulisick with industry leaders at companies leveraging data today.
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An interview of Matt DeLorenzo, Business Director at SafetyIO by Laurie Barkman Adjunct Professor of Corporate Entrepreneurship @ CMU/Founder of SmallDotBig
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A conversation around the learning and development issues around changing your culture to be ready to capitalize on these opportunities.
3:05 Coffee Break
3:20 Hype vs Reality - Second Presentation
3:40 Tips on Recruiting Students
A brief presentation from Carnegie Mellon Career Services on recruiting at CMU.
3:50 Corporate VC
An interview of Janis Naeve, Partner at Cota Capital, by Joseph Cabral, an Assistant
Professor at the Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems (LSU)
The discussion will center on how CVCs can add value beyond their investment dollars.
4:30 Hype vs Reality - Third Presentation
4:50 Innovation Plus R&D
This panel will look at how R&D and Innovation groups can (and must)
collaborate closer together and examples of successful internal innovation from
those collaborations.
5:30 Networking Reception & Heavy Appetizers