Just Announced: RockJazz Sensation “ELEW” to Perform at
The Business of APIs NY!
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Currently on tour with Josh Groban, ELEW will make a stop at The Business of APIs Conference – New York to perform during our cocktail reception.
A sonic and visual experience, ELEW will simply amaze!
Click here to view his official music video
- Opening Reception 1:00 pm
- Conference Topics 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
- Cocktail Hour/Reception 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- San Francisco – October 4th
- New York City – October 19th
- London – October 25th
- The only conference dedicated to the business of APIs
- Attendees range from corporate development, business development, strategy, product development, publishing and other content and business management roles at major corporations.
- Now in its fifth year
- Attracted over 600 participants in 2010
Schedule
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BAPI is a half-day conference from 1:00 – 5:30.
GENERAL AGENDA
- Opening Reception 1:00 pm
- Conference Topics 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
- Cocktail Hour/Reception 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
*London – October 25th
LONDON AGENDA
1:30 - Welcome Remarks and Introduction
Oren Michels, CEO and Co-Founder, Mashery
Randi Barshack, Chair of BAPI and VP, Marketing, Mashery
The Guardian: Open Platform
Sharath Bulusu, Group Product Manager, Guardian News and Media
Qwerly: An API-Only Business
Max Niederhofer, Founder and CEO, Qwerly
Turn Left For Coffee; Making APIs Personally Relevant
Gary Gale, Director Places Registry of Nokia, Nokia
2:30 - What Developers Want: Lightning Talks and Panel
Moderator: Neil Mansilla, Director of Product Management, Mashery
APIs: A New, Flexible Interface
David Mytton, Founder, Boxed Ice/ ServerDensity
Realtime APIs and the Future of the Web
Damien Tanner, Co-founder, Pusher
3:00 BREAK
3:30 - Instant Mash – Just add APIs!
Gabriel Ortiz, CEO, ClickSlide
Twilio: The Business of APIs
Jeff Lawson, CEO, Twilio
APIs and (Scientific) Publishing
Chandran Honour, Business Analyst/ Product Manager, Nature.com
4:20 - Premier Farnell
Phillip Perks, eCommerce Suppliers and Partnerships Manager, Premier Farnell
ASOS: APIs and the Future of Fashion
Marie Hamblin, Senior Business Analyst, ASOS
Expedia Affiliate Network
Benoit Jolin, VP of Product Management, Expedia Inc.
Conclusion and Observations
Oren Michels
5:30 - Cocktail Reception and Networking to Follow Immediately After
*New York – October 19th
NY AGENDA
1:30 - Welcome Remarks and Introduction
Oren Michels, CEO and Co-Founder, Mashery
Ellis Henican, Moderator
1:35 - APIs in the Big Apple
Andrew Nicklin, Director Enterprise Architecture, New York City Department of Information
Technology & Telecommunications
1:50 - +K on API and Platform
Matt Thomson, VP of Platform, Klout
2:05 - Using APIs to Power Next-Generation Connected Entertainment
Brian Fife, Director of Technology Alliances, Rovi Corporation
2:20 - Hubspot: From APP to Platform
Arjun Moorthy, VP of Business Development, Hubspot
2:35 - APIs in Action: API Powered Advertising
Kence Anderson, Director of Ad Products, Flite
2:45 - What Developers Want Lightning Talks
Moderator: Delyn Simons, Vice President Developer Platform, Mashery
Lightning Talkers:
Frank Denbow, Founder, Startup Threads, Songsicle
Jesse Emery, Co-founder, YourTrove
Andrew Mager, Developer Community Manager, Spotify
3:20 - BREAK
3:45 - APIs in Action: From API to APP in 300 Seconds Flat
Reeve Thompson, Co-CEO, Cabana
3:55 - Rocket Fuel for Your API
Jean-Luc David, Senior Product Manager, YellowAPI
4:10 - Panel Discussion: APIs in Media and Publishing
Erik Bursch, Director Operations and Content Systems, USA Today
John Donovan, Founder, Daylife
Ryan Bloom, Senior Director Engineering, Lulu.com
4:30 - Don’t Give Out Our Secret Sauce! Or Should We?
Ryan Patrick, Director of Product Development, Dunn & Bradstreet/Hoover’s
4:45 - Panel Discussion: APIs in Retail
Paul Gelb, VP Mobile Practice Lead, Razorfish
Larry Glenn, Senior Director Application Development, Saks.com
Justin Kerr Sheckler, Developer API Lead, Etsy.com
5:05 - Fireside Chat with Jason Guenther, VP of Technology and Product Development, ESPN
Reception, cocktails and special performance by Rock Jazz artist ELEW to follow immediately after.
Musical Performance by ELEW – A modern day pop artist and musical revolutionary, piano iconoclast ELEW is making a substantial impression on the music world with a thunderous new style of playing: an inspired melding of ragtime, rock and pop that he calls Rock Jazz.
SF AGENDA
1:30
Welcome Remarks and Introduction
Victoria Barret, Associate Editor, Forbes
1:35
The State of APIs: Industry Overview
John Musser, Founder, Programmable Web
1:50
+K on API and Platform
Tyler Singletary, Developer Evangelist, Klout
2:05
Using APIs to Power Next-Generation Connected Entertainment
Neel Ketkar, Senior Director Product Management, Cloud Services Platform, Rovi
2:20
Why Our CEO Cares About Our API
Adam Trachtenberg, Director of Developer Network, LinkedIn
2:35
What Developers Want Lightening Talks
Lightening Talkers:
Seth Blank, Founder and CEO, Your Trove
Abraham Williams, Unicorn Herder, InboxQ
Ben Metcalfe, Founder and Lead Consultant, Swordfish
Moderator: Delyn Simons, Director of Developer Relations, Mashery
3:15
BREAK
3:45
From API to APP in 300 seconds flat
Reeve Thompson, Co-CEO, Cabana
3:55
To a Billion and Beyond: Salesforce’s API Journey
Dave Carroll, Director of Developer Evangelism, Salesforce.com
4:10
OMG! How Could They Compete With Their Developers?
Steve Citron-Poust, Technology Evangelist, deCarta
4:25
The Business of APIs
Jeff Lawson, CEO and Co-founder, Twilio
4:45
Fireside Chat with Quova CEO, Marie Alexander
5:05
Transforming the Streaming Business through APIs
Daniel Jacobson, Director of Engineering, Netflix
5:25
Fireside Chat with Twitter Director of Platform Ryan Sarver
Reception and Cocktails to follow immediately after
*London – October 25th
Full agenda coming soon
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