Tuesday, November 17, 2026

2:00pm - 7:00pm ET

Agenda

1:30 pm

Doors open for mainstage conversations

2:00 pm

Opening remarks with Dan Primack

2:04 pm

HGGC's Steve Young with Dan Primack

2:30 pm

Google's Dr. Karen DeSalvo with Ina Fried

2:50 pm

Perplexity's Aravind Srinivas with Kia Kokalitcheva

3:10 pm

View From the Top: Latham & Watkins' Rick Kline with Nicholas Johnston

3:20 pm

Programming break: enjoy snacks and mingle

3:40 pm

Yahoo's Jim Lanzone with Kia Kokalitcheva

4:00 pm

Haun Ventures' Kathryn Haun with Dan Primack

4:20 pm

Craft Ventures' David Sacks with Dan Primack

4:50 pm

Programming concludes

5:00 pm

Reception with networking and cocktails

7:30 pm

Event concludes

Catch up quick: past BFD clips

A conversation with Dan Primack and Jared Kushner, BFD Miami 2024.

A conversation with Hope King and Mark Cuban, BFD NYC 2022.

A conversion with Kia Kokalitcheva and Cathie Wood, BFD San Francisco 2023.

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