AGENDA:

​1:00 – 1:30 PM: Doors Open & Registration

​1:30 – 1:45 PM: Welcome & Opening Remarks

​1:45 – 2:35: Keynote w/ Denis Yarats, PhD (Courant ’22), Co-Founder & CTO of Perplexity.

Moderated by Clay Shirky, Vice Provost for AI and Technology in Education at NYU

​2:40 – 3:20 PM: Starting a Startup while in School Panel:

• ​Asser El Ashwah (Tandon ’26), founder of Vitalis
• ​Dario Anaya (Gallatin ’26), founder of Pupil
• ​Julia Kingsley (Stern ’26), founder of Context Data
• ​Sachin Dasari (Stern ’25), founder of Athlitix
• ​Moderated by: Aleksandra Medina (Abu Dhabi ’20), founder of Frich

​3:20 – 4:20 PM: Startup Exhibition & Networking

​4:20 – 5:50 PM: Demo Day with Stern Venture Fellows & Summer Launchpad teams

​5:50 – 6:00 PM: Closing Remarks

Check out our recap of the 13th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival

Date: Friday, October 4

Location: NYU Stern School of Business, Paulson Auditorium

1:00- 1:30 pm: Doors Open & Networking

1:30 – 1:45 pm: Welcome & Opening Remarks with the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute & the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

1:45 – 2:35 pm: Keynote with Dan Porter (GSAS ’95), Founder of Overtime

Moderated by Joshua Pierce (Tisch ’18), Founder of The Diversity Org

2:40 – 3:20 pm: Starting a Startup While in School panel

• • Dror Margalit (Tisch ITP ’24), Founder of Context
  • Ugochi Obidiegwu (Wagner ’24), Founder of The Safety Chic
  • Lokesh Sharma (Tandon ’24), Co-Founder of CaroRhythm
  • Srushti Katore (Tandon ’23), Co-Founder of Cara Systems, Inc

• • Moderator: Stephanie Shyu, Associate Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

3:20 – 4:00 pm: Networking Break

4:00 – 5:00 pm: 7th Annual NYU Startup Demo Day with Stern Venture Fellows and Summer Launchpad teams

5:00 – 5:15 pm: Best Pitch: Audience Choice Announcement: Winner was Synaptrix Labs, founded by Aryan Govil (CAS ’24) and Eric Yao (CAS ’24)

5:15 – 5:30 pm: Closing Remarks 

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Startup Exhibition & Networking

Check out our recap of the 12th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival

Date: Friday, October 20

Location: NYU Stern School of Business, Paulson Auditorium

1:00- 1:30 pm: Doors Open & Networking

1:30 – 1:45 pm: Welcome & Opening Remarks with the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute & the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

1:45 – 2:35 pm: Keynote with Michael Montero (CAS ’96), Founder of Resy

Moderated by Ope Runsewe, Head of Business Development, Amex Ventures

2:40 – 3:20 pm: Starting a Startup While in School panel

• Anja Westhues (Gallatin ’24), Founder of Endure
• Calvin Mahinda (Tandon ’23), Founder of Vital Audio
• Caroline Huber (Stern ’23), Founder of Jones
• Megan Fricke (Tandon ’22), Founder of Peeramid
• Moderator: Stephanie Shyu, Associate Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

3:20 – 4:00 pm: Networking Break

4:00 – 5:00 pm: 6th Annual NYU Startup Demo Day with Stern Venture Fellows and Summer Launchpad teams. 

5:00 – 5:15 pm: Best Pitch: Audience Choice Announcement. Winners Alexandr Pak, PhD (GSAS) founder of Flection AI and Marcos Brisson (Shanghai ’23) founder of Kaizntree.

5:15 – 5:30 pm: Closing Remarks 

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Startup Exhibition & Networking