Global Conference

Feb 11, 2020, 4:00 PM – Mar 1, 2020, 2:00 AM

Global 2020 is the most important event for startups, tech leaders, and big brands at the forefront of innovation. 10,000 people from around the globe converge on Silicon Valley for 2-days of nonstop education, inspiration, and invaluable networking spanning 10 stages, 100+ sessions, and social events. Pre-registration will take place on Feb 10. Main conference will take place on Feb 11-12.

About this event

A global community unlike any other.

Game-changers, curious investors, world-class speakers, the leading brands for startups - we’ve got it all.

Global 2020 is the most important event for startups, tech leaders, and big brands at the forefront of innovation. 10,000 people from around the globe converge on Silicon Valley for 2-days of nonstop education, inspiration, and invaluable networking spanning 10 stages, 100+ sessions, and social events. Whether you’re a large enterprise, a founder in the midst of the grind, or an innovator looking for what’s next - there’s something for everyone.

The community speaks for itself. The experience is one of a kind.

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Speakers

  • Aileen Lee

    Cowboy Ventures

    Founder + Managing Partner

  • Justin Kan

    Justin.tv, Twitch, Atrium, Y Combinator

    Entrepreneur & Investor

  • Jennifer Hyman

    Rent the Runway

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Jay Williams

    NBA, ESPN

    Business Owner, Former Athlete, Broadcaster

  • Geoff Ralston

    Y Combinator

    President

  • Steve Huffman

    Reddit

    CEO

  • Bobby Wagner

    Seattle Seahawks

    Linebacker, Investor

  • Mathilde Collin

    Front

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Thuan Pham

    Uber

    CTO

  • Jaya Kolhatkar

    Hulu

    Chief Data Officer

  • Andrew Dudum

    hims & hers

    Founder + CEO

  • Kirsten Green

    Forerunner Ventures

    Founding Partner

  • Tristan Walker

    Walker & Company Brands

    Founder + CEO

  • Irina Kofman

    Facebook AI

    Director

  • David Rogier

    MasterClass

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Scott Belsky

    Adobe

    Chief Product Officer

  • Jennifer Tejada

    PagerDuty

    CEO

  • Roy Mann

    Monday.com

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Megan Quinn

    Spark Capital

    General Partner

  • Chris Lyons

    Andreessen Horowitz

    Cultural Leadership Fund

  • Yancey Strickler

    Kickstarter

    Cofounder/ex-CEO

  • Jewel Burks Solomon

    Google

    Head of Google for Startups, US

  • Joshua Reeves

    Gusto

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Eddy Lu

    GOAT Group

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Eric Sager

    Plaid

    COO

  • Angela Strange

    Andreessen Horowitz

    General Partner

  • Marco Zappacosta

    Thumbtack

    CEO

  • Austen Allred

    Lambda School

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Amy Pressman

    Medallia

    Co-founder

  • David Heath

    Bombas

    Co-founder

  • Heidi Zak

    ThirdLove

    Co-founder + Co-CEO

  • Tyson Clark

    GV

    General Partner

  • Cyan Bannister

    Founders Fund

    Partner

  • David Sacks

    Craft Ventures

    Co-founder + General Partner

  • Janine Pelosi

    Zoom

    CMO

  • Rory Cellan-Jones

    BBC

    Technology Correspondent

  • Mike Volpi

    Index Ventures

    General Partner

  • Kat Mañalac

    Y Combinator

    Partner

  • Chris Urmson

    Aurora

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Stacey Bishop

    Scale Venture Partners

    Partner

  • Tony Donohoe

    SoFi

    CTO

  • Mada Seghete

    Branch

    Founder & Head of Strategy

  • Niko Bonatsos

    General Catalyst

    Managing Director

  • Jaime Bott

    Sequoia

    Partner, Human Capital

  • Kobie Fuller

    Upfront Ventures

    Partner

  • Frederic Kerrest

    Okta

    Co-founder + COO

  • Allison Swope

    VSCO

    VP of Product

  • Mike Jones

    Science, Inc.

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Sarah Cannon

    Index Ventures

    Partner

  • Chris Beals

    Weedmaps

    CEO

  • David Siegel

    Meetup

    CEO

  • Annie Jean-Baptiste

    Google

    Head of Product Inclusion

  • Henrik Werdelin

    BARK

    Co-founder

  • Steven Tristan Young

    Poshmark

    CMO

  • Allison Pickens

    Investor, Author, Board Director

  • Sam Yam

    Patreon

    Co-founder + CTO

  • Sarah Nahm

    Lever

    Founder + CEO

  • Peter Colis

    Ethos

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Jordana Kier

    LOLA

    Co-founder + Co-CEO

  • Ali Shah

    ICO

    Head of Technology Policy

  • Megan Holston-Alexander

    Investor

  • Saam Motamedi

    Greylock

    Partner

  • Maren Bannon

    Jane VC

    Co-founder + Partner

  • Anish Acharya

    Andreessen Horowitz

    General Partner

  • Iman Abuzeid

    Incredible Health

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Tess Hatch

    Bessemer

    Investor

  • Thomas Sponholtz

    Unison

    Founder + CEO

  • Lila Preston

    Generation Investment Management

    Partner + Co-head, Growth Equity + Sustainable Solutions Fund

  • Jason Williamson

    Oracle

    Vice President, Oracle for Startups

  • Karen Appleton Page

    B Capital Group

    Partner

  • Adam Ward

    Growth by Design Talent

    Founder + Partner

  • Morgan Sokol

    MedMen

    EVP, Regulatory Affairs

  • Blake Roney

    Nu Skin Enterprises

    Founder

  • Sargun Kaur

    Byteboard

    Co-founder + CEO

  • John O'Farrell

    Andreessen Horowitz

    General Partner

  • Dylan Field

    Figma

    Co-founder

  • Amy Elisa Jackson

    Glassdoor

    Director of Content Marketing

  • Peter Platzer

    Spire Global

    CEO + Founder

  • Francesca Warner

    Ada Ventures

    Partner

  • Jason Nazar

    Comparably

    CEO + Co-founder

  • Amy Jin

    Amy Jin Coaching

    Principal

  • Derek Andersen

    Bevy / Startup Grind

    Co-founder & CEO

  • Ram Palaniappan

    Earnin

    Founder + CEO

  • Sara Mauskopf

    Winnie

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Dr. Philip Bolton

    RB Health

    Interim VP Innovation + Director, Outside Innovation

  • Russ Heddleston

    DocSend

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Gleb Polyakov

    Nylas

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Andrea Cutright

    Disney+

    VP, Product Marketing and Global Insights

  • Andrew Graunke

    Toptal

    Head of Enterprise Design

  • Jory Des Jardins

    AWS

    Head, Global Startup Marketing

  • Kate Rooney

    CNBC

    Reporter

  • Mike Podobnik

    Confluent

    VP, Global Talent

  • Ilan Twig

    TripActions

    Co-founder + CTO

  • Summer ParkerPerry

    Zoho

    Customer Advocacy Manager

  • Tyler Jewell

    Dell Technologies Capital

    Managing Director

  • Jacqueline Chen

    ChiBird/Stripe

    Creator/Engineer

  • David Hua

    Meadow

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Allie K. Miller

    Amazon (AWS)

    US Head of AI Growth, Startups + Venture Capital

  • Brian Rothenberg

    Defy

    Partner

  • Adrienne Palmer

    Insite Interactive

    Founder

  • Ariel Kramer

    CELLINK

    Chief Communications Officer

  • Jeff Russakow

    Boosted, Inc

    CEO

  • Nahid Samsami

    Heroku

    Director of Product Management

  • Jennie Yang

    15Five

    Director of Customer Success

  • Imran Khan

    Co-founder + CEO

    Verishop

  • Annie Scranton

    Pace PR

    Founder + President

  • Tom Jameson

    CMS

    Partner

  • Jim Doorn

    IWG plc

    Executive Vice President

  • Evan Hamilton

    Reddit

    Community Team Manager

  • Salman Lakhani

    Cubix

    Founder + CEO

  • Nicole Johnson

    NicJohn Media

    Founder + CEO, Author, Storyteller

  • Natalie Hwang

    Simon Ventures

    Partner

  • David Spinks

    Bevy

    VP of Community

  • Dr. Laura Gallaher

    Gallaher Edge, LLC

    Founder + CEO

  • Rich Razagitis

    FloWater

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Christa Carone

    CSM Sport + Entertainment

    President

  • Mackenzie Kosut

    Amazon

    Global Startup Advocate

  • Jessica Nuñez

    TruePoint Communications

    Founder + President

  • Kevin Busque

    Guideline

    Founder + CEO

  • Elizabeth Kinsey

    Slack

    Senior Marketing Manager

  • John Rampton

    Calendar.com

    CEO

  • Lukas Ault

    CBRE

    Manager, Client Strategy & Consulting

  • Tiffany Thompson

    Oracle for Startups

    Head of Global Marketing

  • Andy Johns

    Unusual Ventures

    Partner

  • Jodi Glodberg

    Google

    Head of Industry, eCommerce

  • Paige Hendrix Buckner

    Founder Gym

    Program Director

  • Rob Bonta

    California State Assemblymember

  • Victoria Treyger

    Felicis Ventures

    Managing Director + General Partner

  • Ian Massingham

    AWS

    Director, Developer Technology & Evangelism

  • Matthew Hillman

    Cut + Sew

    Founder + Partner

  • Dasha Maggio

    Felicis Ventures

    Partner

  • Cameron Mullen

    Spin

    Head of Marketing

  • Darren Yan

    FaZe

    VP, Head of Talent

  • Pramod B Raheja

    Airgility, Inc.

    Co-founder + CEO

  • JP Mangalindan

    Protocol

    Contributing Editor

  • John Foreman

    Mailchimp

    Chief Product Officer

  • Allyson Letteri

    Handshake

    VP of Marketing and Student Experience

  • Nino Marakovic

    Sapphire Ventures

    CEO + Managing Director

  • Melinda Byerley

    Timeshare CMO

    Founding Partner

  • Jon Silverman

    Grove Collaborative

    SVP of Physical Product and Own Brands

  • Louis Glass

    CMS UK

    Partner

  • Ryan Caldbeck

    CircleUp

    CEO

  • Eryn McVerry

    Vision Venture Partners

    VP, Marketing + Content

  • Christine Cruzvergara

    Handshake

    VP of Higher Education and Student Success

  • Lyndsey Boucherle

    Better Ventures

    Principal

  • Nirav Shah

    Sentinel Healthcare

    CEO

  • Mariam Lashki

    Innovate Georgia

    Head of International Relations

  • Emily Canal

    Inc.

    Staff Writer

  • Sydnee Goodman

    IGN

    Streamer, Host + Producer

  • Lauren Murrow

    Andreessen Horowitz

    Editor

  • Stewart Rogers

    Grit Daily

    Managing Editor

  • Anabel Pasarow

    Refinery29

    Tech Writer

  • Michael Gasiorek

    Truth Cartel

    CEO

  • John Frye

    Finesse Media

    Founder

  • Cory Weinberg

    The Information

    Reporter

  • Phin Mpofu

    Startup Grind

    Senior Community Lead

  • Madeline Ulivieri

    Startup Grind

    Community Manager of the Americas

  • Brian Rinker

    San Francisco Business Times

    Startup and Innovation Reporter

  • Professor Natalie L. Rasgon

    Professor

    Stanford School of Medicine

  • Katie Chen

    Slack

    Staff Product Designer

  • Chirag Chotali

    Threshold

    Partner

  • Bill Walker

    Unison

    Chief Revenue Officer

Facilitators

  • Marc Andreessen

    Andreessen Horowitz

  • Stewart Butterfield

    Slack

  • Lorraine Twohill

    Google

    Chief Marketing Officer

  • Logan Green

    Lyft

    CEO

  • Katrina Lake

    Stitch Fix

  • Aaron Levie

    Box

    Co-founder + CEO

  • Reid Hoffman

    LinkedIn, Greylock Partners

    Co-founder, Partner

  • Anne Wojcicki

    23andMe

    Co-founder/CEO

  • Patrick Collison

    Stripe

  • Clayton Christensen

    Innovators Dilemma; HBS

  • Vinod Khosla

    Khosla Ventures

  • MC Hammer

    Artist, Producer

  • Biz Stone

    Jelly Industries; Twitter

  • Fei-Fei Li

    Stanford, Google Cloud

  • Emily Chang

    Bloomberg Technology; BROTOPIA

    Host, Author

  • Jan Koum

    WhatsApp

  • Arlan Hamilton

    Backstage Capital & Runner

    Managing Partner & Founder

  • Eric Yuan

    Zoom

  • Dr. Andrew Ng

    deeplearning.ai, Stanford, Coursera

    Founder + CEO, Professor

  • Julia Hartz

    Eventbrite

    Co-Founder, CEO

Organizers

  • Derek Andersen

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Organizer

  • Startup Grind

    Silicon Valley

    The world’s largest startup community

  • Karlie Valine

    Startup Grind

    CMO

Presenting

Google logo

Google

CBRE logo

CBRE

Oracle for Startups logo

Oracle for Startups

Chase Ink logo

Chase Ink

Gold

AWS logo

AWS

Mailchimp logo

Mailchimp

Heroku logo

Heroku

Comcast LIFT Labs logo

Comcast LIFT Labs

CMS logo

CMS

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) logo

Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)

Reckitt Benckiser logo

Reckitt Benckiser

Spaces logo

Spaces

Toptal logo

Toptal

Industrious logo

Industrious

Atrium logo

Atrium

T-Mobile for Business logo

T-Mobile for Business

Plaid logo

Plaid

Maryland Delegation logo

Maryland Delegation

Silver

Dell Technologies logo

Dell Technologies

Verisign logo

Verisign

Lever logo

Lever

HireMe logo

HireMe

Flywheel logo

Flywheel

Nylas logo

Nylas

15Five logo

15Five

Freshworks logo

Freshworks

Zoho logo

Zoho

Bevy logo

Bevy

Georgia Innovation & Technology Agency logo

Georgia Innovation & Technology Agency

Elevoro logo

Elevoro

Cubix logo

Cubix

Zapier logo

Zapier

Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business logo

Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business

Trends logo
Wefunder logo

Wefunder

Turing logo

Turing

Privacy logo

Privacy

Vtrio logo

Vtrio

Deskera logo

Deskera

Knowable logo

Knowable

Draper University logo

Draper University

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AnitaB.Org

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