PLEASE NOTE:

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 2013.

To purchase tickets, please go to:

http://ts2013lovetech.eventbrite.com/

DATING DISRUPTED:

How Technology is Redefining Chemistry & Romance

What is the role of technology in modern love? Join us for a candid discussion with leading and emerging dating platforms in NYC about the role of technology in modern dating, relationship maintenance, and the rise of the hookup culture. Topics include the ever-growing impact of big data, mobile, and geolocation technologies on online and offline dating behaviors.

Thursday, August 1st, 2013

@ 7:00PM - 9:00M

at

Projective Space

(L.E.S. | 72 Allen St., 3rd Floor, NYC)

Twitter Hashtag for event: #tsLoveTech

Moderator.

Cindy Gallop

Founder & CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn/
IfWeRantheWorld

Website: MakeLoveNotPorn.com

Twitter: @cindygallop | @makelovenotporn | @ifwerantheworld

Cindy started up Bartle Bogle Hegarty New York in 1998 and in 2003 was named Advertising Woman of the Year. She is the founder ofwww.IfWeRanTheWorld.com, marketing software (and Harvard Business School case study) that enables co-action programs for brands and consumers that result in Action Branding: ‘Feel it, do it, be it’. She also founded www.makelovenotporn.com and recently launched https://www.makelovenotporn.tv/ in beta: ‘Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference’. She speaks at conferences around the world and consults, describing her consultancy approach as ‘I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.’ Follow her on Twitter @cindygallop.

Featuring Panelists.

Aaron Schildkrout

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, HowAboutWe

Website: HowAboutWe.com
Twitter: @Schildkrout | @HowAboutWe

Aaron Schildkrout is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of HowAboutWe.com, the modern love company. Recognizing technology's capacity to facilitate offline experiences, Aaron launched HowAboutWe in 2010 with childhood friend, Brian Schechter, with the goal of creating a new way for people to find and sustain love in the modern world.

Joel J. Rodriguez

Co-Founder and CEO,
Acquaintable

Website: Acquaintable.com
Twitter: @joeljrod | @acquaintable

Joel J. Rodriguez is the Co-Founder and CEO of Acquaintable.com. Joel recognized that traditionally, 70% of people meet their significant others through friends, but most online dating sites focused on introducing users to strangers. He created Acquaintable to help friends of friends meet each other in a low-pressure online environment.

Lori Cheek

Founder and CEO, Cheek'd

Website: Cheek'd
Twitter: @loricheekNYC | @cheekd

Lori Cheek graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Architecture. She spent 15 years working in the fields of architecture, design, and furniture for companies such as Christian Dior, Vitra & Karkula. A few years ago she came up with the idea for connecting singles via personal cards with clever catch phrases and unique ID numbers. This idea led to her 2010, self-funded launch of Cheek'd. Lori has been a staple on the NYC Tech Scene ever since.

Panel Topics.

.Online vs. offline dating dynamics

.Data vs. Chemistry

.Quality vs. Quantity

.Art of love vs. Science of love

If you have topics/questions you'd like the panelists to discuss, please send them to:

panel@techseri.es

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