SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Techmanity 2014, Silicon Valley’s first official technology conference, today announced its lineup and open registration for its inaugural event, taking place in San Jose October 1-2. Headline speakers include Houzz founder and CEO, Adi Tatarko; Samsung Electronics president, Young Sohn; and a keynote by actor/musician turned tech entrepreneur, Jared Leto.
“Techmanity summons the best minds of our generation—the firestarters, malcontents, trailblazers and dreamers to rethink and re-imagine the future of work, play and life in a networked age”
The two day event, curated by Fast Company, will feature rapid-fire presentations from dozens of “radical entrepreneurs and vanguard geeks” representing the most disruptive and compelling ideas from Silicon Valley. After-hours entertainment and networking is being produced by Live Nation, and includes national music acts such as Grammy-award winner Weezer, who will be debuting its new album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End. Top-level sponsors include Samsung Electronics, Silicon Valley Bank and Adobe.
Designed as a next-generation conference experience and networking festival, Techmanity is a gathering of the Silicon Valley tribes celebrating the region’s future-bending companies, entrepreneurs, inventors and ideas. Techmanity will feature a riveting mix of the Valley’s movers and shakers – people who are cultivating new business models and disrupting the status quo – alongside passionate social entrepreneurs leveraging new innovations to improve the lives of those who might otherwise be left behind by technological progress.
“Techmanity summons the best minds of our generation—the firestarters, malcontents, trailblazers and dreamers to rethink and re-imagine the future of work, play and life in a networked age,” said Tom Hayes, the tech executive who founded Techmanity. “Techmanity is about doing business in a whole new way in a profoundly connected global economy—about new ideas to improve human creativity, productivity and quality of life for a planet made much smaller by technology.”
In addition to Leto, Techmanity will provide an opportunity for two days of high-energy networking, socializing and idea-sharing with disruptive industry leading executives including:
- Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, co-founders, SoulCycle
- Leah Busque, founder and CEO, TaskRabbit
- James Freeman, founder and CEO, Blue Bottle Coffee
- Troy Carter, music industry pioneer and tech investor, Atom Factory
- Catherine Hoke, founder & CEO, Defy Ventures
- Ido Leffler, co-founder, Yes To brands; founder, Yoobi
- Marissa Sackler, founder, BeeSpace
Topics on the agenda include the Internet of Us, the future of post-job work, building a cult brand in a media-saturated world and the power of second chances, among many others. In addition to these conference sessions, Techmanity will also celebrate the winners of its Techmanitarian Awards, and showcase the hottest, most disruptive startups in its Startlandia exhibit.
In the evening, attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy networking events featuring performances by Weezer, Thievery Corporation,Kongos, Crown and the Mob, Young Rising Sons and more acts to be announced.
To register for Techmanity 2014, please visit www.techmanity.com/registration. Media registration can be found here:www.techmanity.com/media.
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About Techmanity
Techmanity is Silicon Valley’s first annual technology and lifestyle event celebrating the companies and people whose products and services are revolutionizing our world.
Techmanity is Silicon Valley’s first annual technology and lifestyle event celebrating the companies and people whose products and services are revolutionizing our world.
For two days in October 2014, Techmanity will command center stage on the tech world with mind-blowing conversations with the brightest people in the industry, dozens of exciting networking events hosted by leading Silicon Valley companies and an incredible line-up of special programs showcasing the best new apps, business models and startup ideas on the planet.
C2SV was the first official technology conference in San Jose, you produced a beautiful post about that event on Friday September 20, 2013.
ReplyDeleteI'm hopeful that Techmanity will be a great event, but its not the first official, and since its ridiculous to label it the first annual event of its kind. (well, ridiculous to anyone who has lived for more than one year in San Jose...)
Sorry - since this is the first year of Techmanity, its ridiculous to label it an annual event.
ReplyDeleteO'Reilly OSCON (Open Source Convention) was in SJ in 2009.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this whole thing sounds insufferable, like a Tony Robbins convention for would-be tech millionaires.
Speaking of, what the heck IS going on with C2SV this year? Their website lists it as September 10-14 this year and it mentions the bands that are playing...but the tech conference has been moved from the Convention Center to Zero1 Garage (???) and given that the event is less than a month away...there’s been awfully little buzz on it.
ReplyDeletewww.c2sv.com