2016 EDITION/ CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
9AM
Welcome Reception & Introduction
Speakers:
Margarise Correa, Founder & CEO, BayBrazil
Ambassador Pedro Borio, Consul General of Brazil in SF
Roy Glasberg, Founder, Global Mgr, Google Global Accelerator
9:30AM
Destination Brazil
Speakers:
Alex Tsai, Head Business Development, Alibaba
Andre Madeira, Engineering, Snapchat
Daniel Topel, New Markets, Brazil Lead, Stripe
Rodrigo Schmidt, Head of Engineering,Luxe.com, Former Dir Instagram
Vicente Goetten, Executive Director, TOTVS Labs
Moderator: Pedro Donati, Founder Round Pegs, former Dir Digital Channels, Itaú
10:30AM
The Digital Revolution in Latin America
Speakers:
Ricardo Neves, Partner, PwC, Brazil
Alice Ferraz, CEO of F*hits & fashion connector
Moderator: Nelson Mattos, Chairman of the Board, BayBrazil
11:30AM
Complimentary Lunch
12:30PM
Surprise Speaker
1:00PM
The Brazilian investment market
Speakers:
Brett Rochkind, Managing Director, General Atlantic
Carlos Kokron, Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures, LatAm
Julie Ruvolo, Director of Venture Capital, LAVCA
Romero Rodrigues, Managing Director, Redpoint e.ventures
Moderator: Andy Tsao, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
2PM
Transportation as a service – the Uber trip in Brazil
Speaker:
Vicente Silveira, Head of Fraud Data Science, Uber
Moderator: Fernanda Baker, Business Development, Apex-Brasil
2:45PM
Coffee Break
3PM
Navigating uncertainty: meet the Brazilian entrepreneurs who are building great companies while riding the crises
Speakers:
Leila Velez, Founder & CEO, Beleza Natural
Rogerio Salume, Founder & CEO, Wine.com.br
Romero Rodrigues, Co-founder, Buscapé, Managing Director, Redpoint e.ventures
Moderator: Fred Aslan, Founder & CEO, Adavium Medical
Cocktail Reception
5:30PM
2015 EDITION/ CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Norman Winarsky
Co-founder of Siri
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Considerations on the momentous Siri acquisition by Apple.
Brian Acton
Co-founder of WhatsApp
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Why WhatsApp had such an impressive take off in emerging markets.