The twitter hash tag for the 2012 event is #ack2012.
| Time | Title | Speakers/Moderators |
| Thursday, June 7th | ||
| 2:00pm-5:30pm Westmoor Club |
Registration | |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Founder's Dilemmas Workshop: Avoiding the Pitfalls that Sink Startups | Speaker: Noam Wasserman, PhD, Professor, Harvard Business School; Author, "The Founder's Dilemmas" |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Networking Break |
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| 4:30pm-5:30pm Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Better Brainstorming |
Speaker: Brian Matt, CEO, Altitude, Inc. |
| 5:30pm-7:00pm Westmoor Club Clubhouse Terrace |
Cocktail reception | |
| 7:00pm - |
Dinner on the town with
fellow attendees |
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| Friday, June 8th | ||
| 7:30am-4:30pm Westmoor Club |
Registration | |
| 7:30am-8:30am Westmoor Club Dining Room |
Breakfast | |
| 8:45am-9:00am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Conference welcome and
first-timer introductions |
|
| 9:00am-9:45am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Changing Consumer Behaviors: How It's Done |
Speakers: Israel Ganot, CEO, Gazelle Rob May, CEO, Backupify James Reinhart, CEO, ThredUp Moderator: Fred Destin, Partner, Atlas Venture |
| 9:45am-10:15am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Networking Break |
|
| 10:15am-11:15am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Growing Great Companies, and Growing With Your Company |
Speakers:
Scott Griffith, CEO, Zipcar Andy Ory, CEO, Acme Packet Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai Moderator: Bouzha Cookman, Managing Partner, Catlin & Cookman Group |
| 10:30am-11:30am White Elephant Sun Deck |
Children's
Activity: Light/Color Workshop. Learn about the colors
in sunlight through experiments using kaleidoscopes,
tops and other fun things. (Children under 5 must
attend with an adult.)
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| 11:15am-11:30am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Networking Break |
|
| 11:30am-12:15pm Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Tackling
Tough Engineering Challenges
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Speakers: Ken Lazarus, CEO, Lilliputian Systems Maxim Lobovsky, Co-Founder, Formlabs Adam Rein, co-Founder, Altaeros Energies Moderator: Marina Hatsopoulos, Director, Angel Investor, Windy Street, Inc. |
| 12:15pm-1:45pm Westmoor Club Dining Room |
General Lunch | |
| 12:15pm-1:45pm Westmoor Club Vanderbilt Room |
Lunch discussion: Inside
the IPO Process: A Lunchtime Case Study Hosted by: Foley & Lardner LLP |
Speaker:
David Friend, CEO, Carbonite |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm
Vanderbilt Room Clubhouse Terrace
|
Concurrent discussions -
Select one A. Understanding the Implications of the New "Lifestyle" Social Networks (Pinterest, Facebook, and other social networks that matter now) B. A Briefing on the Evolving Energy Sector: Wind, Solar, IT, Storage, Energy Efficiency and More C. Companies Built on Networks of Contributors |
Speakers: Matt Nichols, CFO, Gemvara Michelle McCormack, CMO, Swapfish; founder, LoveTheCool Speaker: Ian Bowles, Managing Director, WindSail Capital Group; former Secretary of Energy for Massachusetts Speakers: Hardi Meybaum, CEO, GrabCad Michael Karnjanaprakorn, CEO, Skillshare Doron Reuveni, CEO, uTest Moderator: Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder's Collective |
| 3:15pm-4:00pm Westmoor Club Great Hall |
What's Next in E-Tailing? |
Speakers: Steven Conine, CTO and Co-Founder, Wayfair Ben Fischman, CEO, Rue La La Moderator: Scott Savitz, Founder and former CEO of Shoebuy.com; Owner/Executive Chairman Smart Lunches |
| 4:30pm-5:30pm White Elephant Lawn |
Attendee and
Guest Activities: Ice Cream Social |
|
| 4:30pm-6:30pm Meet at Children's Beach |
Attendee and Guest Activity: Bike Tour led by
Nantucket Bike Tours |
|
| 6:30pm-8:00pm White Elephant Lawn |
Attendee and
Guest Activities: Wine Tasting Hosted by: Sentient Jet |
|
| 6:30pm- 9:00pm |
Children's
Program: An Evening of Art and Science Discovery. Experiment and build with magnetic tiles, play games, build and race your own racecar and watch a movie! Dinner will be provided for the children. |
|
| 7:00pm-9:30pm White Elephant Sun Deck |
Our 13th Annual Clambake |
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| Saturday, June 9th | ||
| 8:00am-12:00pm Westmoor Club |
Registration | |
| 8:00am-9:00am Westmoor Club Dining Room |
Breakfast | |
| 9:00am-9:45am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
The TripAdvisor Story, 2000 - 2012: From two-person startup to the online travel leader |
Speaker: Stephen Kaufer, CEO, TripAdvisor Moderator: Maria Cirino, Managing Partner, .406 Ventures |
| 9:45am-10:15am Westmoor Club |
Networking Break |
|
| 10:15am-10:30am Great Hall |
Presenting
"Epic Life" |
Speaker: Steven Martinez, Founder, Epic Life |
| 10:30am-11:15am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
The
Future of Games, and the Games Industry in
Massachusetts |
Speakers: Noah Heller, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Atlas Venture; former product director, "Call of Duty" Robert E. Johnson, PhD, President, Becker College (home of the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute) Moderator: Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner, Matrix Partners |
| 10:30am-11:45am White Elephant Sun Deck |
Children's
Activity: Treasure Hunt. Decorate your own treasure
box and head out for a big hunt using a compass and
clues. Followed by activities on the yard. (Children under 5 must attend with an adult.) |
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| 11:15am-11:30am Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Networking Break |
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| 11:30am-12:15pm Westmoor Club Great Hall |
Alien Entrepreneurs from
Silicon Valley Land on Nantucket |
Speakers: Rich Aberman, COO, WePay Damien Patton, CEO, Banjo Moderator: Don Dodge, Developer Advocate, Google |
| 12:15pm-1:30pm Westmoor Club Dining Room |
Boxed Lunch | |
| 12:15-1:30pm Westmoor Club Clubhouse Terrace |
Group Therapy for Entrepreneurs |
Speaker: Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder and CTO, HubSpot; angel investor |
| 2:00pm-4:00pm | Attendee and Guest Activity: Tour and tasting at Cisco Brewers | |
| *Agenda subject to change. Activity sign-ups on-site. |
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