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Conference Schedule
Day One:
Start Time
End Time
Session
Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
9:00 AM
9:15 AM
Opening Keynote
9:15 AM
9:55 AM
Brighthouse Financial Pitch Party
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
Class 19 Pitch Party, First Wave
11:15 AM
12:15 PM
Lunch
12:15 PM
1:30 PM
Class 19 Pitch Party, Second Wave
1:30 PM
2:30 PM
Panel Discussion | Navigating the Shift: Venture Funding to Growth Funding
2:35 PM
3:15 PM
Cookie Break
3:15 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
4:30 PM
TURF Pitch Party
Reception
4:30 PM
6:00 PM
Day Two:
Start Time
End Time
Session
Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Masterclass
8:15 AM
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
9:00 AM
9:05 AM
Fireside Chat with DebtBook
9:05 AM
9:45 AM
Accelerator Partner Introductions
9:45 AM
10:00 AM
Fifth Third Pitch Party
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
Panel Discussion | Collaborative Dynamics Between CVC & VC
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
AIG Pitch Party
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Investor Reverse Pitches
2:00 PM
2:45 PM
Closing Remarks
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
Speakers
Opening Keynote
 Rahul Baig | Managing Director, Head of Venture Capital Coverage, Wells Fargo |  Mark McDowell | Board Member, Real Ventures |
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 Vanessa Vreeland | Founder & Managing Partner, Vree Ventures |
Panel Discussion
Navigating the Shift: Venture to Growth Funding
 Michael Lee | Principal, Bull City Venture Partners |  Ryan Stone | President & Co-Founder, SmartSky Networks |  Ammar Kazi | Associate, Truebridge Capital Partners |
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 Greg Brown | Administrator, Charlotte Angel Fund |
Panel Discussion
Collaborative Dynamics Between CVC & VC
 William Crowder | Managing Partner, Aperture Venture Capital |  McKeever Conwell II | Founder & Managing Partner, RareBreed Ventures |  Kerri Sauer | Managing Director, Sia Partners |
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Fireside Chat with DebtBook
 Tyler Traudt | Co-Founder & CEO, DebtBook |
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 John Yates | Attorney, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP |
Payzer Closing Keynote
 Joe Giordano | Co-Founder & CEO, Payzer |
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 Dan Roselli | Co-Founder & Managing Director, RevTech Labs |
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