SURGE is unlike any other program in the market. From 1:1 meetings to roundtables conversations, we built your experience around small batch conversations and added on-stage presentations, premier networking, unparalleled thought leadership, and much more.
Built to advance business conversations, showcase innovation, and accelerate commercial company growth, the small batch conversation format was first introduced in 2018 and the full SURGE Conference was piloted in 2019.
Featuring senior executives and product leaders from corporations and growth companies, active institutional and corporate investors, leading university and industry researchers, plus competitively-selected startups, SURGE moves the needle on company growth through targeted conversations, curated technology and use case roundtable discussions, and so much more.
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Representative Schedule
Sessions open to all ticketholders unless otherwise noted.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24
10-11am: WELCOME & KICKOFF CONVERSATION
The New Political Landscape and What it Means for Tech
11-12pm: 1:1 MEETINGS
Reserved for Accredited Investors, Corporate Strategic & Venture, and Competitively Selected Startups
THURSDAY, FEB. 25
10-11am: ROUNDTABLE KICKOFF
Warp Speed Acceleration to Digital – Looking Forward to the Demands and Opportunities Across Industry
11-12pm: 1:1 ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATIONS
Reserved for Companies (public, newly public, growth, venture-backed, and competitively selected start-ups); Accredited Investors (institutional; corporate VC+); and Researchers (academic, corporate and federal), to convene around shared interests across tech and industry sectors
1pm-3pm: GENERAL SESSION, including
- Industry Panel: Tech, Innovation and Clinical Knowledge Intersect to Improve Care and Lower Costs
- The Business of Sports & Online Entertainment / Esports / iGaming
- Disrupting the Art of Seach: A Conversation with Yext (NYSE: YEXT) and Campbell’s Soup (NYSE: CPB)
FRIDAY, FEB. 26
10:00am-1:00pm: GENERAL SESSION, including
- Federal vs Commercial Priorities for a SaaS Companies in 2021: Capitalizing on Opportunities – A Discussion with David Link, CEO, ScienceLogic
- Open Forum Discussions: Sustainability, Digital Health and Cyber Security
- Meet The Companies
- A Discussion with Tamar Yehoshua, Chief Product Officer, Slack
CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHT:
TECHNOLOGY & USE CASE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
SURGE features exclusive, invitation-only sessions focused on market-leading technologies and use case applications of mutual interest to corporate industry, active investors, academia, and high-growth companies. Executives, product leaders, researchers and researchers led conversations on: AI, AR/VR/MR, Autonomy & Robotics, Cyber/Security, Data, Energy, Cloud, IoT/Networks, Medical Devices, Supply Chain & Logistics, Mobility & Transportation and more.
SURGE FEATURES A SLATE OF COMPETITIVELY-SELECTED STARTUPS
SURGE features senior executives and product leaders from multinational corporations and growth companies, active institutional investors, leading university and industry researchers, plus competitively-selected startups coming together for a year-long program that culminates in a one-day technology and industry conference designed to accelerate company development, technological innovation, and customer problem-solving.
SURGE also features competitively-selected startups from across the country, each reviewed and vetted by an independent Review & Selection Committee chaired by active institutional investors. Selected startups have the unique opportunity to engage in 1:1 meetings with pre-registered investors and join closed-door roundtable discussions with potential customers and partners, including Fortune 500 companies via two distinct tracks. Learn more about the application process.
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