Where do big ideas come from? How can you take on a monopolistic industry? If you grow your own meat does it taste like chicken? Is Marissa Mayer ever going to let the Yahooligans work from home? These are some of the questions that will be asked and answered during the 5th annual WIRED Business Conference at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City.
In addition to Yahoo CEO Mayer closing out the program, the lineup of upstarts, entrepreneurs and thought leaders in discussion with Wired editors in the order they will appear on the main stage includes:
Clive Thompson, Contributing Editor, WIRED
Evan Williams, Cofounder, Medium & Twitter
Neil Blumenthal, Cofounder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker
Paul Jacobs, Chairman & CEO, Qualcomm,
Ethan Brown, Founder & CEO, Beyond Meat
Platon, Award-Winning Photographer
Jonah Peretti, Founder & CEO, BuzzFeed
Julie Larson-Green, Corporate VP for Windows, Microsoft
Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman, Coauthors, Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing
Eric Hunsader, Founder & CEO, Nanex
Jill Abramson, Executive Editor, The New York Times
Tory Burch, CEO & Designer, Tory Burch
Registration for the one-day event hosted in partnership with MDC Partners is now open here, and free livestreaming of the conference will be available at Wired.com.
Check here for the full agenda. Follow day-of coverage on Wired.com and via Twitter: @wired and @WIREDBiz.
