IT’S ABOUT CON TENT eMERGE 2015 AGENDA eMERGE’S SHOW GUIDE 2015 | 1 MON DAY 4TH 7:30-9:00AM REGISTRATION 9:00-9:05AM WELCOME 9:05-10:05AM KEYNOTE DREAM BIG, START SMALL Maria Contreras Sweet, Administrator of the Small Business Administration + Anupam Pathak, PhD Lift Labs, Google R&D + Mel l. Martinez JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman of the Southeast US & Latin America + David Ramadge, eBay Director, Entrepreneurship and Venture Outreach + Michelle Caruso Cabrera CNBC Chief International Correspondent, moderator 10:15-10:55AM 11:05-11:45AM Manuel D. Medina, eMerge TOMORROW TODAY READY, SET, ACCELERATE! Esteban Sosnik, Executive Director of co.lab + Anthony Frasier, Founder of The Phat Start-Up + George Gordon, Executive Director of Healthbox + Matt Haggman, Program Director Miami, Knight Foundation, moderator NOTHING’S SACRED: DATA SECURITY & PRIVACY BIG DATA, BIG OPPORTUNITIES THE MOBILE EVOLUTION Beth Smith, GM Analytics, Platform IBM + Diane Fanelli,COO SAP+ Dave Copps, CEO of Brainspace + Larry Williams, President & CEO, The Beacon Council, moderator DIGITAL MUSIC IN LATIN AMERICA: DISRUPTION, HARMONY OR GROWTH? Alex Kisch, Executive Vice President, Vevo + Gustavo Diament, Managing Director of LATAM Spotify + Jose Tillan, Adjunct Professor of Music Business, University of Miami + Seth A. Schachner, Managing Director, Strat Americas, moderator DISRUPTING THE FINANCIAL STATUS QUO Eli Broverman, COO of Betterment + Hardeep Walia, Co-Founder & CEO of Motif Investing + Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin + Melissa Lee CNBC, moderator LESSONS IN GROWTH: START LOCAL, SCALE GLOBAL CROSSING-FRONTIERS: CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT WITHIN LATIN AMERICA Anabel Perez, Co-Founder of Novopayment + Emiliano Kargieman, CEO Satellogic + Sebastián Valin, Founder & CEO Comparaonline + Adriana Cisneros, moderator Sara Hall, Ads Marketing and Sales Strategy, Latin America Waze + Guilherme Ribenboim, VP of Latin America Twitter + Edward de Valle CEO of 3A + Gaston Taratuta, Co-Founder of IMS, moderator KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM KEYNOTE Martine Rothblatt, Founder, Sirius Satellite Radio; Founder, KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM Laura Gonzalez-Estefani Head of International Business Development LATAM Facebook + Gil Beyda, Founder & Managing Partner Genacast Ventures + Matt Gromada Director, Head of Global Product Launch & Execution at PayPal + Daniel Cohen SVP & Group Head, Emerging Payments MasterCard + Peter Blacker, EVP Digital Media & Emerging Businesses & Content, NBCUniversal, Inc. moderator 12:40-1:25PM KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM Edenilson Fleischmann Managing Director North America at Indra + Darren Ware, Director Smart & Connected Communities, Cisco Latin America + Kim Nelson,Executive Director State & Local Government Solutions Microsoft + Katy Sorenson, The Good Government Initiative, moderator Stan Wisseman//CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, CCSK, TOGAF, Security Strategist, ESP// HP + Matt Anthony SVP of Consulting & Remediation Services at Herjavec Group + Ian C. Ballon, Greenberg Traurig + Myrna Soto SVP & CIISO Comcast, moderator 11:55AM-12:35PM KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM KEYNOTE Julian Castro United States Secretary of Housing & Urban Development LUNCH 2:55-3:40PM 3:50-4:30PM 4:40-5:20PM Chairman & CEO United Therapeutics, & Author of Virtually Human: The Promise–and the Peril–of Digital Immortality CONSUMERIZATION OF HEALTHCARE EDTECH 2.0: PRESIDENTS EDITION TRANSFORMING TRANSPORT Dr. Prakash Patel, COO Guidewell Health + Pat Basu, CMO of Doctor on Demand+ Manuel Wiechers, Director, Education Transformation and Healthcare Practice Leader, Cisco Mexico+ Jeff Woods Managing Director, U.S. Healthcare Practice EY + Barbara Ryan CNBC contributor, moderator Mark Rosenberg President FIU + Thomas LeBlanc, Provost of UM + John W. Kelly, President of FAU + George L. Hanbury II, President NOVA + Eduardo J. Padron, President Miami-Dade College + Dan Cane, CEO of Modernizing Medicine, moderator Ben Baldanza, CEO Spirit Airlines + Basil Khalil, VP of Planning & Engineering, FedEx Express LAC + Andres Irlando, CEO Verizon Telematics + Michelle Caruso Cabrera, CNBC, moderator FOUNDER’S STORY: HOW TO MEASURE SUCCESS FUTURE ADVANCES IN MEDICINE CUBA: THE NEXT CHAPTER Michael S. Weiner, DO, MSM, MSIST - IBM Director of Healthcare Strategic Services + Anatoly Geyfman, CTO of Carevoyance+ Dr. Lou Gidel, Medical Director eTele Medicine Baptist Hospital + Dr. Norma Kenyon, Vice Provost for Innovation University of Miami & Chief innovation Office of the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine University of Miami, moderator Yosbel Ibarra, Shareholder; Co-Chair, Latin American and Iberian Practice + Bill Lane, Caterpillar Director of Global Government Affairs + Guillermo Santa CruzIMG, VP LatAm, MX, US Hispanic Audiences + Michelle Caruso Cabrera, CNBC, moderator Martin Migoya, Co-Founder of Globant + Marco Giberti, Managing Partner Vesuvio Partners, moderator 5:30-6:15PM 6:20-6:50PM KEYNOTE Daan Roosegaarde, Founder Studio Roosegaarde KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM FASHION SHOW In between each session there is a 10 minute Networking Break. INNOVATE FINANCE SMART CITIES HEALTH MEGA EDTECH TUES DAY 5TH 7:30-9:00AM REGISTRATION 9:00-9:05AM WELCOME 9:05-10:05AM KEYNOTE 10:15-10:55AM THE POWER OF HUMAN-TO-HUMAN MARKETING: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS CHANGED ONLINE MARKETING Manuel D. Medina, eMerge Americas KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM INCLUSIVE INNOVATION: TECH FOR EVERYONE OPEN SOURCE CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON Francesca de Quesada Covey Strategic Partnerships Manager Facebook + Margarita Cedeño de Fernandez,VP of the Dominican Republic + Ricardo Santos, Director Education Transformation, Cisco Brasil + Alexandra Villoch, President & Publisher Miami Herald moderator Bobby Patrick, Chief Cloud Marketing Officer HP + Rodolfo Molina, Director Cloud & Managed Services Cisco Latin America + David Keasy, CEO of Catbird + Stuart Rosenberg, President of WhiteOwl, moderator MEDICAL RECORDS WITHOUT BORDERS CONNECTED CITIES Romero Rodrigues, CEO and Founder of Buscapé Company + Fred Gelli, Designer Tatil Design + Francisco Jardim, Co-Founder of SP Ventures + Lourenco Bustani, CEO of Mandalah, moderator Joaquin Blaya, founder of EHS + Dr. David Lubarsky, Chief Medical and Systems Integration Officer UM + Albert Santalo, CEO of CareCloud + Dr. Ana Viamonte-Ross Director, Medical Staff Development Baptist Hospital, moderator Dr. David Post, Executive Manager, IBM Global Smarter Cities + Manny Miranda, VP, Power Delivery FPL + Greg Lindsay, writer FastCompany, moderator KEYNOTE KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM FROM BEING DISRUPTED TO BECOMING DISRUPTORS: THE CHALLENGES IN LATIN AMERICA Fernando Valenzuela CEO, President Latin America at Cengage / National Geographic Learning + Osvaldo Di Campli President of Caribbean & Latin America Regional Unit at Alcatel-Lucent + Jose Maria Zas, President Global Card Services LATAM, American Express + Melissa Lee, CNBC, moderator Deepak Chopra, Founder, The Chopra Foundation ‘The Soul of Leadership’ moderated by George D. Crowley, Jr., Founder/CEO of The Crowley Group Karen Comas Media Partnerships at Facebook for the US Hispanic Market + Carlos Garcia, CEO of Nobox+ Andrés Felipe Díaz, Co-Founder of TheMidGame + Martin Parlato CEO of Possibl + Myriam Marquez, Executive Director, El Nuevo Herald, moderator 11:05-11:45AM 11:55AM-12:40PM STORIES FROM THE SOUTH: BRAZILIANS RISING AND SHINING ON THE GLOBAL STAGE LUNCH 2:15-2:55PM 3:05-3:45PM PROGRAMMATIC: ROAD TO HEAVEN OR HELL? DISRUPTION OF EDUCATION THE MOBILIZATION OF THE AMERICAS Alberto Pardo, CEO of Adsmovil + Zachary Chapman, VP of Global Digital Publishing Sales ESPN + Jayson Dubin, CEO of Intergi, moderator Ed Toro, Head Instructor Wyncode + Gregg Pollack, Code School+ Chris Boniforti, CIO Lynn Unviersity + Jaret Davis, Greenberg Traurig, moderator Pablo Suarez, President of Latin America, Brightstar + Susanna Brown,Managing Director, Operations Technology American Airlines + Carmen Gonzalez, VP of Latin America & Caribbean, Intelsa + Derek Mead, Editor-in-Chief, Motherboard, moderator CROWDFUNDING 201: BEYOND ANGELS & VCS THE POWER OF 58M TRAILBLAZERS INFLUENCING 300M MAKING SMALL BIG: TRENDS IN SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Ryan Feit, Co-Founder & CEO SeedInvest + Rodrigo Nino, Founder & CEO Prodigy Network + Brad Harrison, Scout Ventures + Joanna Shwartz, CEO of Early Shares + Luan Cox, Crowdnetic, moderator 4:00-4:45PM KEYNOTE Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder of Square & Founder of LaunchCode In between each session there is a 10 minute Networking Break. Joe Uva, Chairman, Hispanic Enterprises and Content, NBCUniversal + Jose Diaz Balart, Anchor NBCUniversal KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM INNOVATE FINANCE Theresa Boyd, SVP Chase Business Banking + Lindsay Rosbrook, Vicepresident Morgan Stanley Investment Management + Eddie Ariolla CEO Apollo Bank + Michael Santoli Senior Columnist Yahoo Finance, moderator KEYNOTE LIVE STREAM SMART CITIES HEALTH MEGA EDTECH MON DAY 4TH 9:30-11:25AM TUES DAY 5TH IGNITE ENTREPRENEURSHIP YOUTH BIZPLAN CHALLENGE NFTE COMPETITION & AWARDS NETWORKING BREAK 11:30AM-12:00PM BREAKING BAD: HOW TO MOTIVATE MILLENNIALS + OTHERS TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE Michael McCord, Founder of LearnerNation 9:30-9:35AM UNIVERSITY PITCH COMPETITION 9:40-11:00AM EARLY STAGE PITCH COMPETITION BREAK/SETUP BREAK/SETUP 11:05-11:25AM NETWORKING BREAK 12:05-12:35PM CLOUD VISION CISCO KEYNOTE NETWORKING BREAK 12:40-1:10PM DISRUPTIVE BUSINESSES BEGIN WITH DISRUPTIVE IT Kerry Bailey, SVP HP Cloud GTM WW HP BREAK 11:30AM-12:00PM US PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO) LAUNCHES FLORIDA PATENT PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP Jenny McDowell, The Florida Institute (Jane Teague) 12:05-12:20PM 12:50-1:20PM 2:40-3:10PM IBM VERSE: A NEW WAY TO WORK Mac Guidera, IBM Social Workforce Strategist NETWORKING BREAK 3:15-3:45PM 1:25-3:25PM FIU MEDINA AQUARIUS REEF BASE: GATEWAY TO INNER SPACE Thomas Potts, FIU Aquarius Reef Base Program Director + Aileen Soto, FIU Marine Education & Research Initiative, Assistant Director of Education and Administration NETWORKING BREAK 4:35-5:25AM CURRENT TRENDS IN EURASIAN CYBERCRIME AND FINANCIAL ACCESS DEVICE FRAUD WITH A LIVE ‘REAL WORLD’ DEMO Robert Villanueva, Secret Service Agent LATE STAGE COMPETITION BREAK 3:30-4:00PM TRANSFORMING CITIES THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP Susan Amat, Founder VentureHive BREAK 4:05-4:45PM NASDAQ BELL 4:00-4:30PM MUSIC + TECHNOLOGY: CREATING THE NEXT CENTURY OF MUSIC BREAK SKILL PATTERNS OF SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS AND HOW TO GET THEM! Dr. Eugene W. Anderson, Dean of the School of Business, UM + Dr. Daniel Gropper, Dean of the College of Business, FAU + Dr. David Klock, Dean of the College of Business, FIU + Dr. J. Preston Jones Dean of the College Nova, moderator Kevin Pasha, Vice President, Complex Business Development Manager Morgan Stanley Colby N. Leider, Associate Professor & Program Director, Music Engineering Technology Frost School of Music, University of Miami FACEBOOK START-UP WORKSHOP NETWORKING BREAK MILLENNIAL-IN-CHIEF BREAK NETWORKING BREAK 1:50-2:35PM CIO MIAMI HEAT/CHRIS BOSH BREAK NETWORKING BREAK 1:15-1:45PM MIYUKI MATSUMOTO/GOLDMAN SACHS THE INVESTOR MIND Ric Falup, Northbridge VC + Chris Fountas, Arsenal VC + Anderson Thees, RPEV + Marco Giberti, moderator 4:50-5:20PM START UP AWARDS 5:30-6:00PM MANNY MEDINA & PITBULL MON DAY 4TH 7:30-9:00AM REGISTRATION & COFFEE 1:30-2:00PM KEYNOTE 9:00-9:15AM WELCOME 2:00-2:45PM WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP 9:15-9:45AM KEYNOTE 9:45-10:00AM Melissa Medina Abigail Posner, Head of Strategy Google 10:00-10:30AM 2:45-3:00PM USING MOBILE TO FUEL SOCIAL CHANGE Marah Lidey, Director of Mobile Products & Messaging, dosomething.com HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CREATES SOCIAL CHANGE Anastacia Khoo, Marketing Director Human Rights Campaign GAME CHANGERS Felecia Hatcher, Co-Founder of Code Fever Miami + Laura Maydon, Managing Director of Endevour Miami + Tracy Laflamme Ortega, CEO of Prepworks + Maria Celeste, Telemundo, moderator 10:30-10:45AM Martina Trucco, Strategic Planning & Communications Manager, HP + Monique Manso, Publisher People en Español + Maria Winan VP World Wide Commerce, Social and Mobile, IBM + Jacqueline Hernandez, CMO of Hispanic Enterprises & Content NBC + Pamela Silva Conde, anchor Primer Impacto, Univision, moderator THE TRANS-EVERYTHING CEO Martine Rothblatt HUMANIZING DIGITAL: HOW DIGITAL ENHANCES HUMAN EXPERIENCE Genevieve Bell, Intel NETWORKING BREAK 3:15-3:30PM HOW TO BE HAPPY IN A WORLD OF SOUL-LESS TECHNOLOGY Kate Unsworth, Founder Kovert Designs 3:30-3:45PM THE GENERATIVE GROWTH NETWORK Roberto Martini, Founder of Flag NETWORKING BREAK 11:00-11:30AM THE MISS CONCEPTIONS WE HAVE & HOW TO OVERCOME THEM 3:45-4:15PM Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Co-Founder Gilt Groupe + Mary Spio, President Next Galaxy + Ana Quincoses + Vicki Saunders, CEO of SHeO, moderator Poornima Vijayashanker, Founder of Femgineer 11:30-11:45AM HOW TO INNOVATE IN (ALMOST) ANYTHING? MINDSETS AND TOOLSETS Carlos Osorio, Associate Professor & Founder Director of the Master in Innovation – Adolfo Ibanez School of Management 11:45AM-12:15PM CLOSING THE GAP: DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE Yoani Sanchez, cuban blogger & Jackie Nespral, journalist LUNCH ENTREPRENEURS BUILDING EMPIRES 4:15-4:30PM BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS Rodolphe el-Khoury, Dean, Miami University School of Architecture NETWORKING BREAK 4:45-5:00PM 5:00-5:30PM FACEBOOK Francesca de Quesada Covey Strategic Partnerships Manager Facebook DESIGNING FOR HUMANS ON A DIGITAL AGE Billie Whitehouse, Co-Founder Wearable Experiments 5:30-5:45PM 5:45-6:00PM DECODED FASHION Liz Bacelar, Founder & President, Decoded Fashion ART TO WEAR Ariel Swedroe, 11 years old 6:00-6:15PM CLOSING REMARKS MON DAY TUES DAY 4TH 5TH 7:30AM MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER REGISTRATION 9:00-10:05AM eMERGE AMERICAS WELCOME REMARKS Manuel D. Medina, Founder & Chairman of eMerge Americas eMERGE AMERICAS KEYNOTE 8:00AM REGISTRATION Maria Contreras Sweet, Administrator of the United States Small Business Adminstration NETWORKING BREAK 10:15-10:55AM 9:00-9:10AM WELCOME 9:10-9:50AM TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP FOR DIGITAL CITIES TOMORROW TODAY Edenilson Fleischmann, Managing Director Brazil, Managing Director North America, Indra + Kim Nelson, Executive Director, State and Local Government Solutions, Microsoft + Darren Ware, Director Smart & Connected Communities, Cisco Latin America + Katy Sorenson, The Good Government Initiative, moderator NOTHING’S SACRED: DATA SECURITY & PRIVACY Ian C. Ballon, Greenberg Traurig + Robert Herjavec, Founder & CEO, Herjavec Group + Stan Wisseman, Security Strategist, HP + Myrna Soto, SVP & CIISO, Comcast, moderator NETWORKING BREAK 11:55AM-12:25PM PRIVATE TOUR OF EXPO FLOOR FOR eGOV PARTICIPANTS 9:50-10:15AM eMERGE AMERICAS eGOV KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1:25-2:45PM WELCOME REMARKS AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR eGOV Introductory Remarks: Carlos A. Gimenez, Mayor of Miami-Dade County + Julian Castro, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, former Mayor of San Antonio NETWORKING BREAK 10:15-10:55AM Richard Florida, Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Global Research Professor at NYU, co-founder and editor-at-large of The Atlantic’s CityLab and Visiting Fellow of the FIU-Miami Creative City Initiative. NETWORKING BREAK NETWORKING BREAK 11:05-11:45AM SENSEABLE URBAN DESIGN: ONE SOLUTION AT A TIME TECH TRENDS IN URBAN MOBILITY: KEEPING PACE WITH DEMANDS ON AIR AND GROUND Ing. Ronnie Araneda, Director of Planning, Cuenca , Ecuador + Lewis Gaskell, North American Transportation Leader, IBM Corporation + Emilio Gonzalez, Director, Miami International Airport + Ralph Menzano, Industry Director, Transportation, Oracle + Carlos Plaza Vegas, Senior Vice President, Public Sector & Health, Indra USA, Inc. + Jorge Macri, Mayor, Vincente Lopez, Argentina, moderator CIVIC VOICES AT THE FOREFRONT OF TRANSFORMING 21ST CENTURY GOVERNMENT Catherine Bracy, Director of Community Organizing, Code for America + Antonio Garrastazu, Resident Director, Central America, The International Republican Institute + Matthew McNaughton, Founder and Executive Director, Slashroots Foundation + Carlos Humberto Prado Bravo, Vice Mayor, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Chief Creative Officer, Laboratorio para la Cuidad, Mexico City + Carlo Ratti, Director, MIT SENSEable City Lab + Rodolphe el-Khoury, Dean, School of Architecture, University of Miami, moderator NETWORKING BREAK 3:50-4:30PM IMPACT OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ON URBAN LANDSCAPE: CHANGING THE MINDSET Pru Ashby, Vice President, Business Development, North America, London & Partners + Jordi Botifoll, President, Cisco Latin America + Leandro Rodriguez, General Manager, Latin America & Caribbean, Esri + Marcela Sabino Riquet, Innovation Consultant & Creative Strategist + Helen Aguirre Ferre, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Miami Dade College, moderator Master of Ceremonies: Richard Sear, Global VP - Visionary Innovation, Frost & Sullivan + Welcome Remarks: Manuel D. Medina, Founder, eMerge Americas CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AS ECONOMIC CHANGE AGENTS 2:55-3:40PM HIGH IMPACT INNOVATION FOR THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Miami -Dade County Public Schools (i) + Mariano Mayer, Director of Entrepreneurship, Innovation Committee member, Buenos Aires, Argentina NETWORKING BREAK 12:40-1:15PM Philip Levine, Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida Pedro Perácio, Chief Digital Officer, New Digital Media Department, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil + Julian Robinson, Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Jamaica + Xavier Salvador, Chief Information Officer, Guayaquil, Ecuador + Elidio Espinoza, Mayor, Trujillo, Peru + Pedro Julio Uribe, Senior Manager of Latin America, International Organization/CityNext, Microsoft + Erik Fresen, Representative, District 114, Florida House of Representatives + Tim Padgett, Americas Editor, WLRN, moderator NETWORKING BREAK 11:05-11:45AM MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER NETWORKING BREAK 11:55AM-12:55PM CONNECTING CONTINENTS Michel de Almeida Porcino, Advisor, Techsampa, São Paulo, Brazil + Carlos A. Gimenez, Mayor, Miami - Dade County, Florida, USA, + Fernando Moncayo, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisor to the Mayor, Quito, Ecuador + Kasim Reed, Mayor, Atlanta, Georgia, USA + Asaf Zamir, First Deputy Mayor, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel + Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC Chief International Correspondent, moderator NETWORKING BREAK 4:40-5:20PM CAN GOVERNMENT CATCH UP TO THE DIGITAL WORLD? Miguel Escassi, Executive Director of Chile Digital Agenda at Government of Chile + Vivian Graubard, Founding Member of the United States Digital Service (USDS) + Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer, USA + Chuck Todd, Host of Meet the Press and Political Director of NBC News, moderator 12:55-1:30PM CLOSING REMARKS
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