Global 2020 | Startup Grind | 11 February 2020 | Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA

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.

2020 Speakers

Aileen Lee
Founder and Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures

Andrew Dudum
Founder and CEO, hims & hers

Justin Kan
Co-founder and CEO, Atrium

Jennifer Hyman
Co-founder and CEO, Rent the Runway

Scott Farquhar
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Atlassian

Kirsten Green
Founding Partner, Forerunner Ventures

Austen Allred
Co-founder and CEO, Lambda School

Jennifer Tejada
CEO, PagerDuty

Eddy Lu
Co-founder and CEO, GOAT Group

Jaya Kolhatkar
Chief Data Officer, Hulu

Joshua Reeves
Co-founder and CEO, Gusto

Mathilde Collin
Co-founder and CEO, Front

Scott Belsky
Chief Product Officer, Adobe

Frederic Kerrest
Co-founder, COO, EVChair Person, Okta

Angela Strange
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Thuan Pham
CTO, Uber

Amy Pressman
Co-founder, Medallia

Marco Zappacosta
CEO, Thumbtack

Yancey Strickler
Co-founder and Author, Kickstarter

Heidi Zak
Co-founder and Co-CEO, ThirdLove

Chris Urmson
Co-founder and CEO, Aurora

Megan Quinn
General Partner, Spark Capital

David Sacks
Co-founder and General Partner, Craft Ventures

Annie Jean-Baptiste
Head of Product Inclusion, Google

Kobie Fuller
Partner, Upfront Ventures

Henrik Werdelin
Co-founder, BARK

Stacey Bishop
Partner, Scale Venture Partners

Marlon Nichols
Founding Managing Partner, MaC Venture Capital

Jordana Kier
Co-founder + Co-CEO, LOLA

David Heath
Co-founder, Bombas

Janine Pelosi
CMO, Zoom

Niko Bonatsos
Managing Director, General Catalyst

Mada Seghete
Founder & Head of Strategy, Branch

Ian Siegel
Co-founder and CEO, ZipRecruiter

Allison Pickens
Chief Operating Officer, Gainsight

Alex Garden
CEO and Chairman, Zume

Kat Mañalac
Partner, Y Combinator

Tyson Clark
General Partner, GV

Allison Swope
VP of Product, VSCO

Eric Sager
COO, Plaid

Eric Ryan
Serial Entrepreneur, Welly Health PBC

Mike Volpi
General Partner, Index Ventures

David Siegel
CEO, Meetup

Sarah Cannon
Partner, Index Ventures

Anish Acharya
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Peter Colis
Co-founder and CEO, Ethos

Megan Holston-Alexander
Investor

Sam Yam
Co-founder and CTO, Patreon

Maren Bannon
Co-founder and Partner, Jane VC

Iman Abuzeid
Co-founder and CEO, Incredible Health

Matt Marshall
Founder and CEO, VentureBeat

Jaime Bott
Partner, Human Capital, Sequoia

Mike Jones
Co-founder and CEO, Science, Inc.

Cyan Bannister
Partner, Founders Fund

Tess Hatch
Investor, Bessemer

Chris Beals
CEO, Weedmaps

Amy Elisa Jackson
Director of Content Marketing, Glassdoor

Thomas Sponholtz
Founder and CEO, Unison

Lila Preston
Partner and Co-head, Growth Equity and Sustainable Solutions Fund, Generation Investment Management

Tony Donohoe
CTO, SoFi

Karen Appleton Page
Partner, B Capital Group

Adam Ward
Founder and Partner, Growth by Design Talent

Morgan Sokol
EVP, Regulatory Affairs, MedMen

Blake Roney
Founder, Nu Skin Enterprises

Sargun Kaur
Co-founder and CEO, Byteboard

Peter Platzer
CEO and Founder, Spire Global

Francesca Warner
Partner, Ada Ventures

Guy Michlin
Head of Community (Experiences), Airbnb

Amy Jin
Principal, Amy Jin Coaching

Summer ParkerPerry
Customer Advocacy Manager, Zoho

Dylan Field
Co-founder, Figma

Mike Podobnik
VP, Global Talent, Confluent

Emma Riley
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Lonely Whale

Salman Lakhani
Founder and CEO, Cubix

Jason Williamson
Vice President, Oracle for Startups, Oracle

Dr. Laura Gallaher
Founder and CEO, Gallaher Edge, LLC

Nicole Johnson
Founder and CEO, NicJohn Media

Dr. Philip Bolton
Interim VP Innovation and Director, Outside Innovation, RB Health

Gleb Polyakov
Co-founder and CEO, Nylas

Michelle Arbov
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, IAC

Russ Heddleston
Co-founder and CEO, DocSend

Jacqueline Chen
Creator/Engineer, ChiBird/Stripe

David Hua
Co-founder and CEO, Meadow

Adrienne Palmer
Founder, Insite Interactive

Ram Palaniappan
Founder and CEO, Earnin

Ariel Kramer
Chief Communications Officer, CELLINK

David Spinks
Founder/VP of Community, CMX/Bevy

Annie Scranton
Founder and President, Pace PR

Ilan Twig
Co-founder and CTO, TripActions

Jennie Yang
Director of Customer Success, 15Five

Tyler Jewell
Managing Director, Dell Technologies Capital

Nahid Samsami
Director of Product Management, Heroku

Brian Rothenberg
Partner, Defy

Natalie Hwang
Partner, Simon Ventures

Rich Razagitis
Co-founder and CEO, FloWater

Christa Carone
President, CSM Sport and Entertainment

Kate Rooney
Reporter, CNBC

Jim Doorn
Executive Vice President, IWG plc

Sara Mauskopf
Co-founder and CEO, Winnie

Jessica Nuñez
Founder and President, TruePoint Communications

2020 Partners

• Google
• CBRE
• Oracle for Startups
• Chase Ink
• AWS
• Heroku
• Comcast Universal
• CMS
• EO
• Reckitt Benckiser
• Spaces
• Toptal
• Industrious
• Atrium
• Plaid
• Dell
• Verisign
• Lever
• HireMe
• Flywheel
• Nylas
• 15Five
• Zoho
• Elevoro
• Cubix
• Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business
• Trends
• Vtrio
• Deskera