Reboot America Summit

On November 8th and 9th, Reboot America will hold its inaugural two-day summit. The summit will focus on how startups, corporations, and policymakers are literally reinventing entire industries by collaborating on private sector solutions to public sector challenges - including energy, education, health, politics, advocacy, government efficiency, national security, and cyber security.

Featured speakers:

Steve Case, Co-Founder of AOL, Chairman & CEO, Revolution

Senator Mark Warner

The Honorable Tom Davis

Full Schedule:

Thursday, November 8th:

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Welcome Reception (Atrium)

Friday, November 9th:

8:30 am – 9:00 am Breakfast & Registration (Atrium)

General Session: Amphitheater

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome by Evan Burfield, Chairman of Startup DC

9:10 – 10:00 Consumerizing the Public Sector Panel

• Moderator: Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Senior Advisor, The Advisory Board Company
• Aaron McKethan, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Rx Ante
• Ari Matusiak, Director of Private Sector Engagement, the White House
• Blake Hall, Founder & CEO, TroopSwap
• Dan Kasun, Senior Director, Public Sector Evangelism, Microsoft
• Erik Kimel, Founder & CEO, Peer2Peer Tutors
• Marci Harris, CEO, POPVOX
• Michael Sachse, VP of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel, OPower

10:00 – 10:15 Remarks by the Honorable Tom Davis

10:15 – 10:30 Grand Challenge

• Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

10:30 – 11:00 Boosting Startups through Innovative Public Policy

• Fireside Chat with Senator Mark Warner

11:00 – 11:40 Open Innovation Series

• Georgetown University
• Hungry Academy, LivingSocial
• Microsoft
• Verizon
• Foster.ly
• American Airlines
• CEA Innovation Movement
• Springboard Enterprises
• Patriotic.ly

11:40 – 12:15 Startups: Rise of the Rest

• Fireside Chat with Steve Case, interviewed by Evan Burfield

12:15 – 1:00 Lunch (Atrium)

1:00 – 4:00 Track Breakouts (Democracy, National Challenges, & Government)

4:00 – 4:45 Final Startup Pitch Competition & Prize Announcement (Amphitheater)

Track Breakouts:

Democracy: Media, Advocacy, and Politics

Hosted by Kim Hart, Director of Corporate Communications, Neustar

Amphitheater

1:00 – 1:30 Democracy Keynote Speaker

• Jason Putorti, Co-Founder, Votizen

1:30 – 2:15 Major Disruptions in Politics Panel

• Moderator: Peter Cherukuri, Vice President, General Manager – DC Bureau, Huffington Post
• Justin Smith, President, Atlantic Media Company
• Kahlil Byrd, CEO, Americans Elect
• Nathan Daschle, Founder & CEO, Ruck.us

2:15 – 3:00 The Future of Social Media for Citizen Advocacy Panel

Moderator: Kim Hart, Director of Corporate Communications, Neustar

• Andrew Rasiej, Founder, Personal Democracy Media
• Daniel O'Connor, Board Member, DisCo
• Marvin Ammori, Board Member, Fight for the Future
• Mindy Finn, Strategic Partnerships, Twitter

3:00 – 4:00 Startup Pitch Competition

Presenting companies:

• BlastRoots
• Cont3nt
• ElectNext
• POPVOX
• NewsiT
• Ruck.us
• TrakBill
• Votifi

National Challenges: Energy, Education, & Health

Co-hosted by Dr. Mark Drapeau, Director of Civic Innovation, Microsoft and Brandon Pollak, Policy Advisor, Bryan Cave

Atrium Hall

1:00-1:30 National Challenges Keynote Speaker

• Dave Girouard, Founder and CEO, UpStart

1:30-2:15 Youth and Education Panel

• Moderator: Jeff Selingo, Editorial Director, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Erik Huey, VP of Government Affairs, Entertainment Software Association
• Patrick Dowd, Founder, Millennial Trains Project
• Sean McElrath, Co-Founder & CEO, Hallway

2:15-3:00 Series of National Challenges Short Talks

• Dr. Eric Schulze, Founder and Chief Creative Nerd, thirst
• Dr. Christopher Tucker, Founder, MapStory
• Yoav Lurie, Founder and CEO, Simple Energy

3:00-4:00pm Startup Pitch Competition

Presenting Companies:

• Bookend Technology
• Cor
• Emath.com
• Ethical Electric
• LearnSprout
• Luminate Health
• WeRX
• Re-Nuble
• StumpworX

Government: Public Sector Efficiency, National Security, & Cyber Security

Hosted by Donna Harris, Managing Director of Startup Regions, Startup America

Polaris Room

1:00 – 1:35 Government Keynote speaker

• Sean Greene, Associate Adminstrator for Investment and Special Advisor for Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration

1:35 - 1:45 Remarks by Adam Becker, Presidential Innovation Fellow, Project

RFP-EZ

1:45 – 2:45 Innovation in Government Panel

• Moderator: Alex Howard, Government 2.0 Washington Correspondent, O'Reilly Media

• Ed Bersoff, Chairman, ATS Corporation

• Jesse O'Gorman, Executive Director, Blackstone

• Lewis Shepherd, General Manager and Director, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments

• Navroop Mitter, CEO, Gryphn

• Stefen Smith, Chief Security Officer, SecureForce

2:45 - 3:05 Series of Short Talks

• Erie Meyer, Technology Innovation, CFPB

• Mike Binko, President & CEO, kloudtrack

3:05 – 4:00 Startup Pitch Competition

Presenting Companies:

• Karsun
• Pengo Loans
• SCIT
• Sickweather