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IDEAS Los Angeles Conference Announces Initial Speaker Lineup
[April 12, 2016]

IDEAS Los Angeles Conference Announces Initial Speaker Lineup


The second annual IDEAS Los Angeles Conference, a two-day event focusing on the future of digital technology in media, entertainment, lifestyle and health, today announced its initial lineup of speakers and startups for the upcoming conference on June 15-16, 2016 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA (News - Alert). Additional presenters and keynote speakers will be announced in the coming months.

IDEAS LA (Israel, Digital, Entrepreneurs, Arts, and Science) is hosted by American Friends of Tel Aviv University, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Israel's largest institution of higher learning.

This year's impressive list of speakers includes entrepreneurs, investors, studio heads, movie and television producers, healthcare providers, doctors, and university professors, who will be taking to stage to discuss the world's most exciting innovations.

Bringing together three of the world's most entrepreneurial ecosystems - Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv - the conference will feature dozens of TED Talk-style lectures, panel discussions, workshops and digital startup presentations, as well as opportunities to network with global leaders, innovators, and investors across industries.

The initial lineup of featured speakers includes:

  • Adam Becker, Founder & CEO, Egg Stage
  • Adam Mendler, CEO, The Veloz Group
  • Alexis Madrigal, Editor in Chief, Fusion TV
  • Alicia Menendez, Anchor & Special Correspondent, Fusion TV
  • Alon Shtruzman, CEO, Keshet International
  • Andrew Wallenstein, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Variety
  • Audrey Melnik, Founder, Funnel Ventures
  • Billy Shaw Susanto, Co-Founder & CEO, Pundit
  • Brendan Farrell, Founder, How Loud Inc.
  • Dr. Bonnie Feldman, Principal, Dr Bonnie 360
  • Dr. Brennan Spiegel, Director of Health Services Research, Cedars-Sinai Health System
  • Brian MacMahon, Head Honcho, Expert Dojo
  • Caitlin Thompson, Director of Content, Acast
  • Caspar Van Winterfeldt, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Baron VR
  • Chris Aston, Co-Founder & COO, Pundit
  • Dave Whelan, Managing Director, Bespoke Business Strategy Inc.
  • Rabbi David Wolpe, Chif Rabbi, Sinai Temple
  • Edmond Banayan, Founder & Editor, iHealthcare Perspectives
  • Fern Langham, Co-Founder, Amplify Effect
  • Gene Gurkoff, Founder & CEO, Charity Miles
  • George Eleftheriou, Co-Founder & CEO, Feel
  • Gilad Neumann, CEO, DogTV
  • Haris Tsirmpas, Co-Founder & CTO, Feel
  • Harry Nelson, Founder & Managing Partner, Nelson Hardiman
  • Heather Rees, Founder, Amplify Effect
  • Hillary Frey, Executive Editor, Fusion TV
  • Indu Subaiya, Co-Founder, Health 2.0
  • James Poole, Co-Founder & CTO, PopChest
  • Jessica Naziri, Tech Contributor, USA Today
  • John Bates, Principal, Executive Speaking Success
  • Jordan Mendler, CTO, The Veloz Group
  • Dr. Julian Henley, Co-Founder, HealOra
  • Prof. Joseph Klafter, President, Tel Aviv University
  • Karen Allen, Karen Allen Consulting
  • Katherine Lehr, VP of Operations, POLITICO
  • Klaus Badelt, Co-Founder, Kinonation
  • Lia Kislev, CEO, Wishi
  • Liz Plank, Senior Producer & Correspondent, Vox.com
  • Marc Graboff, President of Global Business & Legal Affairs for Production, Discovery Communications, Inc.
  • Mayaan Cohen, CEO, Hello Heart
  • Mette Dyrberg, Founder, MyMee
  • Mike Stone, CEO & Founder, MakersKit
  • Miriam Illions, Co-Founder & CMO, Hometalk
  • Moe Mernick, Head of Business Development, Hometalk
  • Neal Kaufman, Chief Medical Officer, Canary Health
  • Nick Desai, Founder & CEO, Heal
  • Oren Gavriely, CEO, BeatMed
  • Oron Afek, CEO, BookMD
  • Rob Rader, General Counsel, Ovation TV
  • Robert Watson, President, NantHealth
  • Roey Tsemah, Founder, Whitestone music
  • Ron Levi, Chief Content Officer, DogTV
  • Ryan Foland, Director, Blackstone LaunchPad at UCI
  • Seth Shapiro, CEO, New Amsterdam Media
  • Steve Baltin, Host, Riffing With on Hulu (News - Alert)
  • Steve Bradbury, Principal, Vlocity Digital
  • Valerian Bennet, Founder & CEO, PopChest
  • Dr. Uri Nevo, Dept. of BioMedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University
  • Prof. Yair Bar Haim, School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University
  • Prof. Yael Hanien, Head of Nano Lab, Tel Aviv University



The initial lineup of featured start-ups includes:

  • Amplify Effect
  • Beatmed
  • CharityMiles
  • DinTV
  • EggStage
  • Heal
  • Healora
  • Hometalk
  • How Loud
  • Kinonation
  • MakersKit
  • PopChest
  • Pundit
  • Sentio Solutions
  • Whitestone Music

For more information or to purchase tickets to the IDEAS LA conference, please visit: www.ideaslosangeles.com.


IDEAS Los Angeles is a project by Tel Aviv University-American Friends in partnership with dozens of corporations, private businesses, community organizations, institutes of higher learning and media outlets to create a space where global business leaders, futurists, studio heads, movie and television producers, healthcare providers, doctors, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, Tel Aviv University administrators, professors, and alumni can come together and share ideas. IDEAS wants to inspire people to think deeper and more broadly by engaging with inventors and innovators tackling some of the most exciting challenges in the world today.

American Friends of Tel Aviv University supports Israel's most influential, comprehensive, and sought-after center of higher learning, Tel Aviv University (TAU). TAU ranked #75 globally and #1 in Israel in a 2015 Reuters (News - Alert) survey of the 100 most innovative universities. It is one of a handful of elite universities rated as the best producers of successful startups, and TAU alumni rank #9 in the world for the amount of venture capital they attract.


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