New York Ideas Forum
The third annual New York Ideas forum will gather cutting-edge innovators with a simple goal: to draw out the strands of genius from leaders whose work and passions are changing our world. Taking place at the New-York Historical Society, New York Ideas will bring together over 600 New York and national thought leaders. Through interviews, panels, debates, displays, and break-out sessions, we will showcase the trends, innovations, and technologies driving the business, political, and cultural landscape.
AGENDA
8:55 am Remarks
9:00-9:10 am Spinning Into the Next Gear
- Elizabeth Cutler, co-founder, SoulCycle
- Julie Rice, co-founder, SoulCycle
- Interviewer: Jessica Pels, features editor and online deputy editor, Teen Vogue
9:10-9:20 am True Grit: Hanging Tough with Tough Mudder
- Will Dean, founder, Tough Mudder
- Interviewer: Steve Clemons, Washington editor-at-large, The Atlantic
9:20-9:30 am Technicolor: Making Silicon (V)alley Look Like America
- Christina Lewis Halpern, founder, All-Star Code
- Taofeek Rabiu, AOL
- Nikolas Rassoules, student
- Interviewer: Megan Garber, staff writer, The Atlantic
9:30-9:45 am Mumbai Tenement to LinkedIn Leadership: A Journey of Economic Empowerment
- Deep Nishar, senior vice president of products and user experience, LinkedIn
9:45-10:00 am To Make a Difference, Click ‘Enter’
- Ben Rattray, founder and chief executive officer, Change.org
- Interviewer: Justin Brown, founder, Ideapod
10:00-10:15 am Random, Interesting, Amazing: How Millennials Connect
- Mangesh Hattikudur, co-founder, Mental Floss
- William Pearson, co-founder, Mental Floss
- David Burstein, author, “Fast Future: How the Millennial Generation is Shaping Our World”
- Interviewer: Derek Thompson, senior editor, The Atlantic
10:15-10:40 am: The Pop-Up Paradigm
- Garance Doré, founder, Garancedore.com
- Tracy Dinunzio, founder, Tradesy.com
- Erik Eliason, co-founder and chief executive officer, Storefront
- Tristan Pollock, co-founder and chief operating officer, Storefront
- Interviewer: Connie Wang, style director, Refinery29
10:40-10:55 am And You Think Parallel Parking is Hard?
- Adam Steltzner, lead mechanical engineer of the Curiosity landing, NASA
- Interviewer: Megan Garber, staff writer, The Atlantic
10:55-11:10 am Being American in a Post-9/11 World
- Anand Giridharadas, New York Times columnist and author, “The True American”
11:10-11:25 am Crisis Caught on Camera: VICE’s Documentary-Style News
- Jason Mojica, editor-in-chief, VICE News
11:25-11:45 am Gawking: New Media’s Personality-Driven Journalism
- Ryan Schreiber, CEO, Pitchfork
- Choire Sicha, co-founder, The Awl
- Maureen Johnson, New York Times bestselling author
- Interviewer: Andrew Golis, general manager, The Wire
11:45 am-12:00 pm A Cell’s Eye View of Designing Life and Preventing Death
- Andrew Hessel, distinguished scientist, Autodesk
12:00 pm Remarks
LUNCH: (12:00 PM – 1:15 PM)
[SMITH STAGE]
8:55 am Remarks
9:00 – 9:20 am Where Did My Privacy Go?
- George Dyson, tech historian
- Interviewer: David Kirkpatrick, CEO, Techonomy
9:20-9:40 am A Tree Grows Under Manhattan
- Daniel Barasch, co-founder and executive director, The Lowline
- Mitchell Joachim, co-founder, Terreform ONE
9:40-10:00 am What’s So Funny? Secrets from the Cartoonist
- Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor, The New Yorker
- Interviewer: Jim Kelly, contributing editor, Vanity Fair
10:00-10:20 am Old Masters, New Markets, Plentiful Profits
- Steven Murphy, chief executive officer, Christie’s
- Interviewer: Kevin Delaney, editor-in-chief and co-founder, Quartz
10:20-10:45 am Changing the Stock Image of Women
- Pamela Grossman, director of visual trends, Getty Images
- Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan
- Interviewer: Hanna Rosin, national correspondent, The Atlantic
10:45-11:05 am Art: The Upper East Side Meets Harlem
- Ian Wardropper, director, The Frick Collection
- Thelma Golden, director and chief curator, The Studio Museum
- Interviewer: Keli Goff, columnist at The Daily Beast and special correspondent, The Root
11:05-11:25 am Checking Up on Checking In
- Dennis Crowley, founder, Foursquare
- Interviewer: Kevin Delaney, editor-in-chief and co-founder, Quartz
11:25-11:40 am Feeding the Foodies
- Matt Salzberg, founder and chief executive officer, Blue Apron
- Eric Demby, co-founder, Smorgasburg
- Jonathan Butler, co-founder, Smorgasburg
- Interviewer: Hanna Rosin, national correspondent, The Atlantic
11:40-11:55 am Doing Well While Doing Good
- Judith Rodin, president, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Margot Brandenburg, fellow, The Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Interviewer: Derek Thompson, senior editor, The Atlantic
11:55am -12:10 pm Running to Trouble: Giving Instant Cities Roots
- David Miliband, president, International Rescue Committee
- Interviewer: Steve Clemons, Washington editor-at-large, The Atlantic
12:10-12:30 pm It’s Not Spinach if He Cooks It
- Mark Bittman, food writer, The New York Times
- Interviewer: Corby Kummer, senior editor, The Atlantic
12:30 pm Remarks
LUNCH: (12:30 PM – 1:15 PM)
1:15 pm Remarks
1:15-1:30 pm What’s for Dessert?
- Dominique Ansel, chef
- Interviewer: Corby Kummer, senior editor, The Atlantic
1:30-1:50 pm The Cosmos in Twenty Minutes
- Brian Greene, scientist and author
- Interviewer: Walter Isaacson, president and CEO, The Aspen Institute
1:50-2:10 pm It’s All Greek to Me
- Hamdi Ulukaya, founder and CEO, Chobani
- Interviewer: Derek Thompson, senior editor, The Atlantic
2:10-2:40 pm Cash, Credit, or Digital: What Happened to My Money?
- Phil Bruno, McKinsey & Company
- Nicolas Cary, founder, Blockchain.info
- Interviewer: David Kestenbaum, NPR’s “Planet Money”
2:40-3:00 pm Crowdsourcing Your Dreams
- Yancey Strickler, founder and CEO, Kickstarter
- Interviewer: Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times columnist and co-anchor, CNBC’s “Squawk Box”
3:00-3:20 pm Broadcast Empire: The TV Revolution
- Richard Plepler, CEO, HBO
- Interviewer: Willie Geist, co-anchor, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
3:20-3:40 pm The Big Bank Speaks: The Future of Finance and Investing
- James Gorman, CEO, Morgan Stanley
- Interviewer: Steven Rattner, chairman of Willett Advisors LLC and economic analyst, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
3:40-3:55 pm Taking Philanthropy Back to School
- Charles Best, co-founder and chief executive officer, donorschoose.org
- Interviewer: Darren Walker, president, The Ford Foundation
3:55-4:15 pm Your Services are No Longer Needed – Meet the Robot
- Andrew McAfee, associate director of the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management and author, “The Second Machine Age”
- Interviewer: David Brooks, author and op-ed columnist, The New York Times
4:15-4:30 pm King of the Skyline
- Robert Stern, dean of Yale University School of Architecture and senior partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects
4:30-4:45 pm An Art Deco Couch in Every Living Room
- Jonathan Adler, designer
- Interviewer: Megan Garber, staff writer, The Atlantic
4:45-5:05 pm Leading the NYPD in de Blasio’s New York
- Bill Bratton, police commissioner, New York City
- Interviewer: James Bennet, editor-in-chief, The Atlantic
5:05-5:30 pm The Second Amendment in the 21st Century
- Gabby Giffords, former member, House of Representatives (D-AZ); co-founder, Americans for Responsible Solutions
- Mark Kelly, Former Astronaut; co-founder, Americans for Responsible Solutions
- Interviewer: Hanna Rosin, national correspondent, The Atlantic
5:30 pm Closing Remarks and Cocktail Reception
On May 6, 2014, the third annual New York Ideas forum will gather cutting-edge innovators with a simple goal: to draw out the strands of genius from leaders whose work and passions are changing our world. Taking place at the New-York Historical Society, New York Ideas will bring together over 600 New York and national thought leaders. Through interviews, panels, debates, displays, and break-out sessions, we will showcase the trends, innovations, and technologies driving the business, political, and cultural landscape.