LDV Vision Summit 2015
May 19 & 20, 2015
SVA Theatre, NYC
Day 1: Technology Deep Dive
Join the smartest people working in Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Augmented Reality and all technology related to Visual Content
Day 2: Business & Product
How can you increase revenue and avoid being disrupted by competitors. Topics range from the future of Cameras, Analytics, Social, Advertising, Distribution, Monetization, and Publishing.
2015 Highlights: Video
Organizers
Presented by Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital
Video Program: Rebecca Paoletti, CakeWorks, CEO
Computer Vision Program: Serge Belongie, Cornell Tech Computer Vision Advisors: Jan Erik Solem, Mapillary; Silvio Savarese, Stanford University; Peter Welinder, Dropbox; Kristen Grauman, University of Texas
Universities: Cornell Tech, School of Visual Arts, Stanford University, International Center of Photography,
Sponsors: Dropbox, JWPlayer, Sprout by HP, Orrick, Qualcomm, Vidcaster, Olapic, AWS Activate
Media Partners: Kaptur,
“Really impressive and most important - amazing founders presenting.”
— Adam Singolda, Taboola, Founder & CEO
“Like any VC, I go to a lot of tech industry events and I’ve gotta say… I have rarely if ever been to a first time event that came out of the gates as strong as this one. Hats off, and I look forward to next year!”
— Brad Svrluga, Primary Venture Partners
Who should attend?
» Technology executives evaluating imaging and video companies for partnerships & acquisitions
» Media and brand executives interested in boosting revenue by leveraging new imaging and video products and technologies
» Investors: Visual technologies & businesses deliver tremendous upside - don't miss the next Instagram, Youtube, Oculus, Snapchat...
» Imaging and video startups interested in meeting investors, customers, recruiting and potential partners
» Creatives: Photographers, Videographers and anyone creating content
» Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence experts and professionals
2015 Speakers
Julian Green
Google, Group PM Mobile Vision
Sold Jetpac > Google
San Francisco, U.S.
Claudia Perlich
Dstillery
Chief Scientist
NYC, U.S.
Ching-Yu Hu
Google. Head of Skybox Business Operations. Sold Skybox > Google
San Francisco, U.S.
Anu Duggal
Female Founders Fund
Founding Partner
NYC, U.S.
Joanne Wilson
Gotham Gal Ventures
Angel Investor
NYC, U.S.
Lane Becker
Code for America
Director of Products & Startups
San Francisco, U.S.
Andrew Cleland
Comcast Ventures
Managing Director
NYC, U.S.
Nathan Brown
The Huffington Post
SVP & GM of Video
NYC, U.S.
Andrew Rabinovich
Magic Leap
Principal Engineer
San Francisco, U.S
Andrew Weissman
Union Square Ventures
Partner
NYC, U.S.
Peter Welinder
Dropbox, Engineer
Sold Anchovi Labs > Dropbox
San Francisco, U.S
Kegan Schouwenburg
Sols
CEO & C0-Founder
NYC, U.S.
Vivek Sharma
Movable Ink
Founder & CEO
NYC, U.S.
Matt Meeker
Bark & Co., Founder & CEO
Meetup, Co-Founder
NYC, U.S.
Rebecca Paoletti
Cake Works,
CEO & Co-Founder
NYC, U.S.
Adi Siderman
YouNow
CEO
NYC, U.S.
Happy 2014 attendees:
“It was a very informative and useful summit for me to attend.”
“You brought a lot of great thinkers in the space together. I enjoyed it!”
“What an amazing event you put on yesterday. You and your team did a stellar job in putting on a well orchestrated program, engaging speakers, great venue, I could go on and on. Fantastic! ”
“I had a fantastic experience doing the challenge and coming to the summit, and it was wonderful to meet so many other amazing people.”
“Thank you for all your tremendous work organizing yesterday. It’s bold to bring everyone together from deep machine learning to publishers as brands - but it worked so well! I learnt a lot and met some great people, so thank you so much for including me!”
“As comedians, we weren’t quite sure what to expect at the LDV Summit. But seeing as we do much of our work on YouTube and in the digital space, it was really cool to learn about how future technologies will change the ways in which we develop and create content.”
Competitions
At least 9 companies who presented or competed at the last Summit have since raised venture capital funding.
Many others have joined startups or formed companies with people they met at the Summit.
Startup Competition: Are you one of the most promising imaging & video companies? Compete for limited presentation slots in front of ~400 attendees including judges, investors, customers and potential partners.
Entrepreneurial Computer Vision Challenge: Face off against your fellow Computer Vision and Machine Learning enthusiasts for a chance to present your solutions to top industry VCs, judges, media executives and hiring companies.
Competition Details and Sign up >>
Winner: Entrepreneurial Computer Vision Challenge 2014
Serena Yeung, Stanford University: EgoStitch
More 2014 videos >>