SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2013) -
Core News Facts:
- Glimpse, the first conference on social discovery, today announced new details for the June 12 event in San Francisco.
- Examining the future of how we live, decide and buy, Glimpse will seek to uncover what social discovery is today, where it is headed and why it matters.
- Tagged Co-Founder & CEO, Greg Tseng, and Tinder Co-Founder & CEO, Sean Rad, will join the stage with Bloomberg Businessweek's Doug MacMillan for the 2013 keynote.
- The morning fireside chat will be an interview between Startup Grind's Derek Andersen and Wanelo's Founder & CEO, Deena Varshavskaya.
- They join Glimpse's agenda of leading founders, CEOs and senior executives in social discovery, including:
- 7x7, David Weir, technology blogger
- about.me, Ryan Freitas, co-founder & CPO
- Airbnb, Ann Montgomery, product manager; former co-founder of NabeWise
- AllThingsD, Mike Isaac, senior editor
- AngelList, Naval Ravikant, founder & CEO
- BandPage, J. Sider, founder & CEO
- BlogHer, Elisa Camahort Page, co-founder & COO
- Blumberg Capital, Chris Gottschalk, vice president
- BuzzFeed, Terry City, vice president of west coast
- CNN Worldwide, Lila King, senior director for social news
- DFJ Growth, Barry Schuler, founder & managing director
- Disqus, Daniel Ha, co-founder & CEO
- eBay Inc., David Geisinger, head of retail business strategy
- The Ecommerce Group, John Lawson, founder; CEO of ColderICE Media
- Facebook, Ime Archibong, strategic partner manager
- Fan TV, Jenna Busch, entertainment editor
- Flywheel, Steve Humphreys, CEO
- Forbes, Kashmir Hill, senior online editor
- Fortune, JP Mangalindan, writer
- GigaOM, Eliza Kern, staff writer
- Goodreads, Otis Chandler, co-founder & CEO
- Highlight, Paul Davison, founder & CEO
- LinkedIn, Brad Mauney, identity team lead
- Lyft, Logan Green, co-founder & CEO
- Mashable, Chris Taylor, deputy editor
- MeetMe, Geoff Cook, co-founder & CEO
- ModCloth, Jennifer Grasso, director of product
- Nextdoor, Sarah Leary, co-founder & VP of marketing
- Ning, Bernard Desarnauts, GM & SVP of social products
- Pandora, Tom Conrad, CTO & EVP of product
- Poshmark, Manish Chandra, founder & CEO
- RelayRides, Andre Haddad, CEO
- Shop It To Me, Charlie Graham, founder & CEO
- SideCar, Sunil Paul, co-founder & CEO
- Skout, Christian Wiklund, co-founder
- Sōsh, Rishi Mandal, co-founder & CEO
- SoundCloud, Alexander Ljung, founder & CEO
- Storenvy, Jon Crawford, founder & CEO
- SV Angel, Brian Pokorny, managing partner
- TechCrunch, Ryan Lawler, writer
- Twitter, Reeve Thompson, product manager
- VentureBeat, Dylan Tweney, executive editor
- Wall Street Journal, Evelyn Rusli, reporter
- @WalmartLabs, Robert Yau, director of product management
- Zappos, Will Young, director of Zappos Labs; general partner of VegasTechFund
- Zoosk, Alex Mehr, president
Conference Details and Contact Information:
- When: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
- Where: Bently Reserve, 301 Battery Street, San Francisco, California 94111
- Master of Ceremonies: Casey Newton, senior reporter, The Verge (@CaseyNewton)
- Tickets: available for purchase at http://glimpseconf13.eventbrite.com/
- For more information on media passes or sponsorship packages, email glimpse@innercirclelabs.com
- Follow the Glimpse conversation on Twitter @glimpseconf or at www.glimpseconf.com
About Glimpse:
Glimpse, the social discovery conference, is the first conference focused on the future of social discovery. Companies and products in the social discovery space aim to connect people with new places, people and products that they will enjoy based on their social interactions and existing interests. The day-long event will return to San Francisco on June 12, 2013, at the Bently Reserve. Glimpse will bring together leading experts in social discovery to discuss the future of how we live, decide and buy. For more information on Glimpse, go to www.glimpseconf.com