[June 22, 2015]

LA's Largest & Most Influential Tech & Entertainment Event Kicks off this Week in Los Angeles

Digital influencers, drones, startups, and virtual reality will be some of the topics of discussion at the fourth annual Silicon Beach Fest, which kicks off this Wednesday, June 24, at the Marina del Rey Hotel in Los Angeles. The four-day fest will celebrate LA's shining and rising stars in the tech and entertainment worlds, featuring more than 80 panel topics ranging from the 3D printing revolution to leadership tips from the titans of LA Tech. For the full Silicon Beach Fest 2015 schedule and registration, please visit: www.siliconbeachfest.com.

Highlights for the Silicon Beach Fest 2015 schedule, featuring over 350 speakers, include:

• Tony Goncalves, DIRECTV, Senior Vice President of Digital Product Group
• Will Keenan, Endemol (News - Alert) Beyond, President
• Sean Moriarty, Demand Media, CEO
• William Hsu, Mucker Capital, Partner
• Beatriz Acevedo, MiTu Network, Founder and President
• Scott Painter, TrueCar, Founder & CEO
• Justine Bateman, SECTION 5
• Chet Pipkin, Belkin, CEO

Key Events include:

Wednesday, June 24

• Playa Vista Open House Day, 10am-7pm
Women's Luncheon at CTRL Collective, 12-2pm
• SBF Opening Party, 7-10pm

• Gadget Sandbox (June 25-26), 10am - 4pm - "Tech you can touch" with 3D printers, drones, virtual reality, and more.
• SBF Tech Theme Park Party, 8-11pm - Explore Startup Main St., Drone Arena, 3D Adventure, VR Land and Club CTRL as the new CTRL Collective workspace in Playa Vista is transformed into a startup tech theme park party.
• Startup Showcase Semi-Finals: More than 20 startups will pitch their entertainment, health, social network, and other companies, and teams of investor judges will select winners to advance to the Finals on Friday.

Friday, June 26

• Startup Showcase: Judges will pick which of the 10 up-and-coming LA startups will advance to the final round for a chance to win the Startup Showcase title and prize package.
• VIP Yacht Cruise, 6-9pm
• Closing Party, 8-11pm

Saturday, June 27

• Beach Games: Surfing, basketball and beach volleyball

Silicon Beach Fest 2015 sponsors showing support for LA's tech community include Media Temple, Demand Media, DIRECTV, City National Bank, Richardson (News - Alert) Patel LLC, Business Wire, Grindr, Instantly, Maker Square, Univision, Delta, and many more. Sponsorship opportunities are still available; email [email protected] with SPONSOR as the subject for more info.

Silicon Beach Fest was created by Digital LA, the largest digital startup professional group based in Los Angeles, reaching more than 60,000 professionals weekly via its newsletter, Facebook (News - Alert), Twitter and LinkedIn groups. http://digitalla.net @DigitalLA

Silicon Beach Fest real time updates are available on social media at @SBFestLA, @DigitalLA and hashtag #SBF15 and on Facebook http://facebook.com/siliconbeachfest.

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