Gold Coast Way Ahead
GOOGLE, HOTMAIL , TESLA, PAYPAL, APPLE, SPACE-X and MORE are coming to the GOLD COAST
CITY OF GOLD COAST HAS COLLABORATED WITH MYRIAD TO BRING SEVEN OF THE WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS AND TECH EXPERTS TO CONNECT WITH GOLD COAST BUSINESSES.
There are two ticket opportunities;
Ticket Option 1: Premium Experience ( limited tickets) 12.30pm – 6pm
Exclusive Lunch * Private Networking Hour * Gold Coast Way Ahead Main Event * Blues on Broadbeach Launch *
Ticket Option 2: Gold Coast Way Ahead 4pm – 6pm
Gold Coast Way Ahead Main Event
The Day…
Exclusive lunch - Rick Shores, Burleigh Heads
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Get close and personal at an exclusive lunch with these global entrepreneurs. You will be part of this ‘toes in the sand’ experience, showcasing what the Gold Coast has to offer and giving our guests the opportunity to get to know our own local businesses and entrepreneurs.
Private networking hour - The Star Gold Coast
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
You and the global entrepreneurs will attend the invitation only, networking hour, also joined by our City's Student Ambassador's for a curated engagement experience. Includes light catering.
Gold Coast Way Ahead - The Star Gold Coast
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Join the seven global entrepreneurs as they share industry trends, tips and insights on how to shape our economy, leadership and lifestyle.
Take part in the curated Q & A session, and pose questions directly to the entrepreneurs.
Moderated by Sky News Chief Business Reporter Ingrid Willinge. Includes canapes and drinks.
Blues on Broadbeach Launch – The Star Gold Coast
6PM onward access for Premium ticket holders
Steve Jurveston - Founder - DFJ Steve Jurvetson is a managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a leading venture capital firm and one of the most active energy and clean tech investors, with affiliate offices around the world and $6 billion under management. Steve was the founding venture investor in Hotmail, Interwoven and Kana. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired for $8 billion) and has also worked in product marketing at Apple and NeXT.
He was honored as "The Valley's Sharpest VC" on the cover of Business 2.0 and chosen by Forbes as one of "Tech's Best Venture Investors," by the VC Journal as one of the "Ten Most Influential VCs", and by Fortune as part of their "Brain Trust of Top Ten Minds."
Jayni Shah - Venture Capitalist - Menlo Ventures Jayni is an early stage investor at Menlo Ventures. She covers companies in the mobile, fintech, healthcare, new media, social, ecommerce and gaming sectors. Prior to Menlo, Jayni worked within the PayPal family of companies in the Bay Area. Most recently, she was a part of Venmo’s Product team where she focused on product strategy and marketing initiatives. She helped design Venmo’s product architecture, launch iOS integrations with Apple and map out the go-to-market plans for Venmo’s first monetizable product.
Before that, Jayni was a member of PayPal’s Global Corporate Strategy in which developed a feature roadmap for PayPal’s ‘Digital Wallet,’ which is now used by over 200 million users globally. She also helped with the company’s M&A activities, including the acquisition of Braintree and Venmo.
Clementine Jacoby - Product Manager - Google Maps Clementine is the Product Manager for Google Maps, including the new gaming offering from Google Maps APIs. She’s passionate about helping developers build next generation experiences that use geo data and helping users engage with the real world in inventive and immersive ways. Before joining Google, she worked in a circus as an acrobat and on fighting climate change as a software engine.
Jody Medich - Director - SU Labs Jody is the Director of Design for SU Labs, where she provides design and innovation direction for corporate, startup and field impact teams. She employs a radical approach to Human-Centered Design to create exponential solutions to the world’s toughest problems.
Tony Conrad - Founder and Partner, True Ventures Tony is a Partner at True and Co-Founder & CEO of about.me (acquired by AOL in 2010). Prior to about.me, Tony co-founded Sphere (acquired by AOL in 2008) with Toni Schneider. Tony is a board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation, an advisor to SF-based Noise Pop and a T40 National Co-Chair of Technology for Obama.
Jeremy Bloom - World Champion Skier and Entrepreneur, Integrate Jeremy Bloom is the only athlete in history to ever ski in the Winter Olympics and also be drafted into the NFL. In case that wasn't enough, Jeremy is the founder and CEO of marketing software company Integrate and host of CNBC's 'Adventure Capitalists'.
Jacqueline Garavente - Venture Capitalist, Union Square Ventures Jacqueline Garavente joined Union Square Ventures in August 2016. She began her career in Artificial Intelligence at IBM Watson before moving to the NYC based startup, Dataminr. Her past areas of research include machine learning, application of open source data and the intersection of technology and economic development.