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The Next Billion

The only morning meetup that matters

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Quartz’s conference on the
future of the connected world

san francisco • october 13

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ABOUT

The Next Billion is a metaphor for the future of the internet—both the exponential growth in connectivity in emerging markets and the growth of next-level technology in mature markets.

This October, Quartz will bring together thought leaders, industry experts, and others in our community to discuss the expansion of the connected world and what it means for every industry that touches it.

In past years, we've held The Next Billion in London, New Delhi, New York, and Seattle. Join us as we host in San Francisco for the first time.

When

OCTOBER 13, 2016

9 AM – 7 PM

Where

Speakers

Allen Blue

Co-founder

Benedict Evans

Partner

Andreessen Horowitz

Brian Behlendorf

Executive director

Hyperledger Project

Daniela Perdomo

Founder and CEO

goTenna

Deb Roy

Chief media scientist

Twitter

Esther Wojcicki

Chief learning officer

Planet3

Hans Tung

Managing partner
GGV Capital

Joe DeSimone

Co-founder and CEO

Carbon

Kate Mitchell

Co-founder

Scale Venture Partners

Katharina BorcheRt

Chief innovation officer

Mozilla

Kimberly Bryant

Founder

Black Girls Code

Matt Grob

CTO

Qualcomm

Nathan Blecharczyk

Co-founder

Airbnb

PATRICK COLLISON

Co-founder and CEO

Stripe

Rick Levin

CEO

Coursera

Rodney Brooks

Founder and CTO

Rethink Robotics

RusslyNn Ali

CEO, XQ Institute; managing director, education, Emerson Collective

Sara Menker

Founder and CEO

Gro Intelligence

Vivek Ravisankar

Co-founder and CEO

HackerRank

The Next Billion Coders Challenge

Quartz is conducting a coding challenge with HackerRank for amateur coders and undergraduate computer science and engineering students to win complimentary tickets ($1,495 value) to The Next Billion.

The challenge ends at October 2nd at 11:59pm ET.

Click here to begin

AGENDA

8:00 am

REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00 am

WELCOME TO THE NEXT BILLION

Benedict Evans, partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Deb Roy, chief media scientist, Twitter

Sara Menker, founder and CEO, Gro Intelligence

Matt Grob, CTO, Qualcomm

10:40 am

MORNING BREAK

11:10 am

INNOVATION ON THE EDGE

Hans Tung, managing partner, GGV Capital

Brian Behlendorf, executive director, Hyperledger Project

ATLAS INTERLUDE

Joe DeSimone, founder and CEO, Carbon

Rodney Brooks, founder and CTO, Rethink Robotics

12:40 pm

LUNCH

2:05 pm

THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION AND WORK

Allen Blue, co-founder, LinkedIn

Rick Levin, CEO, Coursera

Kate Mitchell, co-founder and partner, Scale Venture Partners

Vivek Ravisankar, co-founder and CEO, HackerRank

Kimberly Bryant, founder, Black Girls Code

ATLAS INTERLUDE

Esther Wojcicki, chief learning officer, Planet3

Russlynn Ali, CEO, XQ Institute; managing director, education, Emerson Collective

3:35 pm

AFTERNOON BREAK

4:10 PM

FRICTION FREE

Katharina Borchert, chief innovation officer, Mozilla

Patrick Collison, co-founder and CEO, Stripe

ATLAS INTERLUDE

Daniela Perdomo, co-founder and CEO, goTenna

Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder and CTO, Airbnb

5:30 PM

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

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