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San Diego is a city rich with innovation and talented individuals creating a great place for startups to call home.  Be part of SDSW 2014. 

This event is where innovators collide, connect, and inspire.

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TRANSPORTATION

Parking 

 

  • $1.25 for each 20 minutes or part of 20 minutes

  • $5 all day before 5pm, Eventbrite fee applies

 

Bring Ticket from Automated Teller to Registration, if preregistered for parking you will recieve a VOUCER for your exit. Garage Entrance on Park Blvd. 

 

Bus, Trolley, Coaster 

 

The Central Library and school are located midway between 12th & Imperial Transit Center to the south and Park & Market Trolley Station to the north. All three Trolley lines (Blue, Green, and Orange Lines) serve one or both of these stations. In addition, there are more than 18 bus routes which stop within a few blocks of the library and school. North County travelers can take an Amtrak or COASTER train to Santa Fe Depot and transfer to either an Orange Line or a southbound Green Line Trolley.


330 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101

Preview of the Program

 

Talks are centered around a few key elements: Community, Innovation, Collaboration, New Economy, OpenSource, CrossPollination, Looking Forward, Overcoming Barriers, Taking Action, Policy.  

 

Collectivley event speakers offer a big picture perspective on these topics. 

 

  • 10am - Morning Mingle with Pablo Fernandez, Founder & Head Chef Secret Table preparing a delicious start to the day accompanied by Sister Speak performance.

 

  • 11am - San Diego City Policy Panel; Innovating a city from the inside out.

    • Moderator:  Kris Michell of the Downtown Partnership

    • Panel Participants:     

    • Assembly member Brian Maienschein

    • Bill Fulton, Mayor Faulconer’s designate on the innovation economy

    • Sean Barr, EDC’s VP of Economic Development

    • City Council President Pro Tem Sherri Lightner

 

  • 12pm - Lunch (limited to 300)

  • 1pm -  Scott Case Startup America CEO, Founding CTO Priceline

  • 1:30 - Greg Horowitt Co-founder T2Ventures & Global CONNECT 

  • 1:45 - Katie Rast, Founder FABLAB, 

  • 2:00 - Michael Sacca Founder Brandisty, Building Community 

  • 2:10 - Performance by Gayle Skidmore. 

 

  •   Break

  • 2:30 - Jim Brown, Founder Bread & Salt Factory, Civic Innovation

  • 2:45 - Don Mirra, Art Innovator, Beyond the Lens 

  • 3:00 - Brian Hawkins, Founder PreFab, Fabrication and Collaboration

  • 3:15 - Miguel Marshall, Founder HUBSTN, A New Story 

  • 3:30 - Joseph Jackson: CoFounder, Bio Tech and Beyond. DIY-BIO Movement and Citizen Science.

 

  • 3:45 - Break

  • 4:00-  Ari Hoffman, GOBIE, Be the Mayor 

  • 4:15 - Parker Harris, Junto 

  • 4:25 - Neal Bloom, Founder Portfolium

  • 4:35 - Summer Rogers Founder NPRUV

  • 5:00 - Nan Renner Director AoSl and Deborah Forster Both cognitive scientists, design researchers, and educators.  ENGAGE: Analog Interaction

 

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