20th annual Venture Capital + Innovation Conference 2018 | MIT VC & Innovation | 9 February 2018 | MIT Sloan School, Samberg Conference Center 50 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA, US

One of MIT Sloan's oldest conferences in its 20th year

A Convening of Movers and Shakers

It's that time of the year again. The event this February will showcase the latest cutting edge research and technology in development at MIT, along with TED-style talks and fireside chats (and even some debates) among interesting people. No long, boring panels.

2018 Speakers:

Jennifer Lum
Co-founder and Coo, Forge.ai

Geoff Ralston
Partner, Y Combinator

Gerry Laybourne
Founder, Oxygen Media

Ken Shimberg
Chief Investment Officer, Mercer

Yair Shoham
Intel Capital

Vanessa Grellet
Enterprise and Strategic, Consensys

Krishna Gupta
Founder and Managing Partner, Romulus Capital

Shakeel Avadhany
Ceo and Co-founder, Clearmotion

Peter Boyce
Investor, General Catalyst

Tracy Chadwell
1843 Capital

Lindiwe Matali
Founder and Ceo, Africa Teen Geeks

Steve Vassallo
Foundation Capital

Erin Kutner Mccafferty
Yard Ventures

Kathryn Hume
Vice President Product & Strategy, Integrate.ai

Alain Hanover
Venture Capitalist, Castor Ventures

Philip Rotner
Chief Investment Officer, Boston Children's Hospital

Angeliki Diane Rigos
Executive Director, Mit Tata Center for Technology and Design

Dave Welsh
Kkr Growth Equity

Jackie Snow
Associate Editor for Artificial Intelligence, Mit Tech Review

Kyle Adkins
Principal, Savano Capital Partners

Natalie Bruss
Fifth Wall Ventures

Ed Pease
Corporate Lawyer, Wilmerhale

2018 Sponsors:

GOLD:
• IBM Research

SILVER:
• Justworks

CONTRIBUTING:
• Fenox Venture Capital
• WilmerHale
• MIT Office of Corporate Relations
• MIT Alumni Association
• MIT Startup Exchange
• MIT Venture Capital and Private Equity Club

PARTNERS:
• Boston New Technology
• MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
• StartHub Boston
• BoConcept
• SWIM