Keeping It Urban Summit: AI, Robotics, Design @ Cornell NYC
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What's Included:
+ Lunch & Coffee
+ Happy Hour w/ Charcuterie
+ Full-day w/ 3 Powerhouse Panels
+ Curated NYC early-stage startups
+ Art Gallery & Artist Talks
+ Lo-fi DJ
+ Chance to visit Roosevelt Island via tram!
About Event: keepingiturban.com
One-day summit with early-stage startups, investors, culture, and creative technology that can emerge only from the density of cities and people — that looks like physical AI, agents, culture & media.
Panelists include founders from Hopscotch Labs, Fauna Robotics, Everywhere VC, Samsung, Google Sidewalk Labs, and an NYC Council Member.
Agenda:
Fireside Chat:
Dennis Crowley: 3x Founder @ Foursquare, HopScotch Labs, BeeBot
Jenny Fielding (mod): Founder @ Everywhere Ventures, ex-Managing Director @ Techstars
Panel 1: New Media Interfaces
Adaora Udoji: ex-VP @ PBS, Google Creative Lab, Filmmaker @ Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto Film Festival
Niko Koppel: AR/VR artist, ex-VR Producer & Technologist @ NYT
Mauhan Zonoozy: 2x Founder (A Vinyl in Shibuya), ex-Head of Innovation @ Spotify
Panel 2: Robotics
Josh Merel: CTO @ Fauna Robotics, ex-Research @ Meta, Deepmind
Daniel Lee: Flatiron Institute, Professor @ NYU, Cornell Tech, UPenn, ex-Head of AI @ Samsung Research
Michael Schneider: CEO @ Media Architecture VOLVOX LABS
Jacob Hennessy-Rubin: Co-founder and Executive Director @ NY Robotics
Panel 3: Building for Belonging & Civic Innovation
Ariel Kennan: Director @ Georgetown Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, ex-Design Director @ Google Sidewalk Labs
Sonam Velani: Co-founder @ Streetlife Ventures, ex-NYC Mayor's Office, World Bank, Goldman Sachs
Ariel Noyoman: Research Scientist @ MIT Media Lab
Startup & Creative Pitches:
5+ Early-stage NYC startups like InPress, Haptic Nav, changing how we navigate culture.
4 Creative pitches including Subway Builder with cult following on Steam and film-makers!
** Funding Supported by GPSA **