The 4th annual F50 Global Capital Summit
The 4th annual F50 Global Capital Summit (F50 Summit) brings to the investor community a select group of industry leaders, domain experts and key players in an exclusive two-day forum that features over 60 sessions on multiple stages for 700 investment professionals and leaders from around the world. Join us at this elite gathering!
Day 1 – Oct 15
9:00 am:
- MC: Ralph Morales
- Welcome Remarks, Debby Hindus, Partner, F50
- Keynote: Amy Pressman, Co-Founder, Medallia
- Special Presentation: Sean Randolph, Senior Director, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
- Corporate Venturing: Syndication and Strategy Louis Rajczi, Partner, Forté Ventures
- Presentation: Bill Li, Knightscope
- Panel: Strategic Opportunities Using AI in Corporate Decision Making Norman Winarsky, President, Winarsky Ventures Mikihide Yamazaki, Co-CEO, Luqman Weise Capital David Hartford, Founding Partner, Aeris Capital Moderator:KG Charles-Harris, CEO, Quarrio
- Keynote: Global Insights on Early Stage Investing David Cao, Managing Partner, F50 Elevate
- Spotlight: Crossboard with French Mireille Helou, CEO, Orange US. Rockstar
- F50 Elevate Lightning Round MC: Barbra Higgins, Program Director, F50 Elevate
- Special Presentation: Keith Teare, Executive Chairman, ADV
- Special Presentation Vish Mishra, Managing Director, Bluevine Capital; former President, TiE SV
- Special Presentation Bill Weihl, Former Director of Sustainability, Facebook
11:45: Lunch break
1:00 pm:
- F50 Global Insight Presentation: Most Active Incubators
- Panel: Charging into Biomedical Investment: Challenges and Opportunities in 2020 Dr. Mark Yu, Co-founder & Chairman, Abimmune BioPharma Hongbo Lu, Ph.D./MBA, Managing Partner at Lilly Asia Ventures Karen Liu, Ph.D. Foundering Partner 3E Bioventures Yuwen Liu, MS/MBA, Founding Partner of BOHE Angel Fund
- Special PresentationRonald Kohanski, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Aging Biology, National Institute on Aging, NIH
- Panel: From Research to Reality: New Progress in Human Longevity Ronald Kohanski, Health Scientist Administrator, Division of Aging Biology, National Institute on Aging, NIH Paul A. Spiegel, Founder & CEO, LIBERTAS Biomedical Steven Hilbert, Head of Corporate Strategy/Development Oisin Biotechnologies and Pre-Clinical OncoSenX Steve Garan, Director of Bioinformatics, Center for Research & Education on Aging (CREA)
- Trends and Opportunities in AgTech Innovation & Investment Roger Royse, Partner, Royse Law Firm
- Fireside Chat:Silicon, Sensors, and IoT – The Future of Edge MedicineAjith Amerasekera, Executive Director of the Berkeley Wireless Research Center Moderator: Michael Fox, SVP, Green Prosperity Group
- Fireside Chat with Andy Tang, Managing Director, Draper Dragon Fund
- Panel: 2020: Bubble Bust or Goldmine?
- Presentation: Ravinder Paul Singh, CEO, Startup Strategies
- F50 Global Insight Presentation: Most Active New VCs Merwan Benhabib, VP Engineering, OndaVia, Inc
- Presentation: Jun Axup, Scientific Director and Partner, IndieBio
- Power Panel: Leveraging the Tools of Design Thinking for Global Institutional Capital Nathan Shedroff, Pioneer and icon in Design Thinking Lorraine Justice, International Design keynote speaker, a TED presenter and owner of the firm Justice Design Gino Yu, HK PolyU, Design Thinker International Thought Leader Moderator: Erin Rand, COO, Plastic Bank; Advisor, Quarrio
5:30 pm: Wine Tasting (Oakville East Wines)
6:30 pm: F50 Global Awards Ceremony
Mike Loftus, Partner, F50 Elevate
Chuck House, Executive Director, Novim Group
Chuck House, Executive Director, Novim Group
Day 2 – Oct 16
9:00 am:
- MC: Paul A. Spiegel, Founder & CEO, LIBERTAS Biomedical
- Welcome Remarks and Day 1 Recap: Michael Fox, F50 Summit Committee
- Panel: Social Impacts of Longevity Amy Yotopoulos, Director, Mind Division, Stanford Center on Longevity Tania Coke Abedian, Co-Founder & CEO, Tellus Seth Sternberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Honor Mark Silverman, Founder & CEO, Amava
- Spotlight: Cross-Border Innovation with India
- Power Panel: Unlocking Cross-Border Innovation & Investment Bill Bao Bean, SOSV & Chinaccelerator Duncan Davidson, General Partner, Bullpen Capital Bill Swartz, ex-CEO Static Control and ex-CSO for Ninestar Austin Noronhna, Managing Director, SONY Innovation Fund
- Fireside Chat: Satjiv Chahil, Angel Investor, Former SVP, HP
- Presentation: John Ricci, Managing Director, US Angels
- Fireside Chat: Ossama Hassanein, Chairman, Rising Tide VC
- Presentation: Kurt Buecheler, Senior Manager, BCG
- Keynote: Innovations in Consumer Facing Care Dr. Patrick Carroll, Cheif Medical Officer, hims & hers
- Effectively Investment strategies across the capital spectrum: PE, Venture, angel and family offices Anton Generalov, Managing Director, Industrial Investors Group
- Panel: Empowering Innovation by Community Partnership
- Keynote Dr. Thomas Sudhof, Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine; Professor, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
- Panel: Is Now the Winter for Startups or Investors or Both?
- Panel: Trends in Angel Capital Investors and Investing
- Morning Closing: Chuck House, Executive Director, Novim Group Special Presentation: From Silicon Valley to the Central Valley – A Technology Luminary Tells All Kasava Dinakaran, CEO & Co-founder, Digital Brain
12:15 pm: Lunch break
1:00 pm:
- Special Presentation: Jeff Gruen, Founder & Chairman, Intus
- AgTech Innovation MC: Roger Royse, Partner, Royse Law Firm
- Panel: Controlled Environment Agriculture Alex Huang, Liveleaf David Ceaser, Urban Agriculture Consultant Danielle Davenport, Cannabis Inc.: A Journey from Compassion to Industry Consolidation Nicola Kerslaske, Newbean Capital Jay Albere, Lumigrow
- Panel: Robotics & AI Nathan Dorn, CEO, Food Origins Bakur Kvezereli, CEO, Ztractor Filip Reese, Senior Product Manager, Blue River Sebastian Boyer, Co-founder, FarmWise
- Panel: Soil Health Adrian Ferrero, BiomeMakers Diane Wu, Trace Genomics Jim Loar, Coolplanet Khanh Le, CisBay Global Marshall Mermell Advanced Resilient Technology Ltd
- Roundtable: Approaching the Market Aaron Magenheim, Ag Tech Insights Kevin Zussman, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
- Roundtable: Investments in AgTech Erica Riel-Carden, Principal, Global Capital Markets Laurie Menoud, BASF Venture Capital America Salil Pradhan, Draper Nexus Geoffrey Eisenberg, Ecosystem Integrity Fund
- Closing Session
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