Agenda

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the fifth annual WIRED Business Conference.
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  • 8:00-9:00AM Breakfast & Registration
  • 9:00AM Welcome Howard Mittman, VP & Publisher, WIRED
    Miles S. Nadal, Founder, Chairman, & CEO, MDC Partners
  • Think Bigger Scott Dadich, Editor in Chief, WIRED
  • Where Big Ideas Come From Clive Thompson, Author, Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better
  • Building World-Changing Startups Evan Williams, Cofounder, Medium & Twitter
    in conversation with Steven Levy, Senior Writer, WIRED
  • 10:15AM Break
  • 10:45AM How to Take On a Monopolistic Industry Neil Blumenthal, Cofounder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker
    in conversation with Jason Tanz, Executive Editor, WIRED
  • The Internet of Things Paul Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm
    in conversation with Bill Wasik, Senior Editor, WIRED
  • The Future of Protein Ethan Brown, Founder & CEO, Beyond Meat
    in conversation with Robert Capps, Deputy Editor, WIRED
  • 12:30PM Lunch
  • 1:45PM Power Platon, Award-Winning Photographer
  • All Media is Now Social Media Jonah Peretti, Founder & CEO, BuzzFeed
    in conversation with Bill Wasik, Senior Editor, WIRED
  • It’s Only The World's Greatest Software Franchise: Now Start Over Julie Larson-Green, Corporate VP for Windows, Microsoft
    in conversation with Michael V. Copeland, Senior Editor, WIRED
  • The Truth About Competition Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman,
    Coauthors, Top Dog: The Science Of Winning And Losing
  • 3:30PM Break
  • 4:00PM The Flash Trading Detectives Eric Hunsader, Founder & CEO, Nanex
  • Cover Everything, All the Time Jill Abramson, Executive Editor, The New York Times
    in conversation with Scott Dadich, Editor in Chief, WIRED
  • Entrepreneurship by Design Miles S. Nadal, Founder, Chairman, & CEO, MDC Partners
    in conversation with Tory Burch, CEO & Designer, Tory Burch
  • Remaking an Internet Giant Marissa Mayer, President & CEO, Yahoo!
    in conversation with Steven Levy, Senior Writer, WIRED
  • 5:30PM Closing Remarks Howard Mittman, VP & Publisher, WIRED
  • 5:30-7:00PM Networking Reception