Bloomberg to Host Top Technology and Media Innovators and Entrepeneurs at Next Big Thing Summit in New York City

New York, NY September 26 – Bloomberg LINK announced today its second annual Next Big Thing Summit: East on October 16 at Location 05 in New York City.

The Summit assembles the most influential investors, innovators and entrepreneurs in media, entertainment and technology. The program will look at the most promising emerging new technologies from high tech food, to space ventures and underwater living. The conversations will also dive into the greater debate around regulation and Washington’s role in stifling innovation around the sharing economy, over the top, and net neutrality.

Bloomberg has once again amassed an all-star list of speakers, including:

• James Blake, Professional Tennis Player
• Adriana Cisneros, CEO and Vice Chairman, Cisneros
• Fabien Cousteau, Oceanographic Explorer
• Julius Genachowski, Managing Director, Carlyle Group; Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Steve Jurvetson, Partner, DFJ
• Ben Lerer, Managing Director, Lerer Ventures; Co-Founder and CEO, Thrillist Media Group
• Alexis Ohanian, co-founder, Reddit; Partner, Y Combinator
• James D. Robinson, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, RRE Ventures
• Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
• David Tisch, Managing Partner, BoxGroup; Co-Founder and Chairman, Spring

“After the great success of last year’s Next Big Thing Summit in New York, we’re excited to bring this conference back to a city that truly exemplifies the intersection of technology, media and entertainment,” said Jason Kelly, managing editor of Bloomberg LINK. “Our roster of speakers will provide our audience an inside look into how innovation is changing the future of technology, media and entertainment in New York and beyond.”

Additional key speakers include:

• Ned Brody, Head of Americas, Yahoo
• Amanda Hesser , CEO and Co-Founder, Food52
• Julia Hartz, Co-Founder and President, Eventbrite
• Danae Ringelmann, Founder and Chief Development Officer, IndieGoGo
• Tom Rogers, CEO & President, TiVo

Sponsors of the Summit: Platfora; Samsung; RetailMeNot, Inc.

For more information on the program and speakers, please visit: https://www.bloomberglink.com/events/nbt-east/

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Bloomberg LINK, the executive conference arm of Bloomberg LP, leverages the resources of a global news and information organization to convene events that break news and generate content in live and digital forums. The LINK portfolio focuses on business, technology, finance and world affairs. Since its creation in 2009, LINK has hosted more than 140 events in 14 countries. For more information, please visit www.bloomberglink.com, on the Bloomberg Professional service at LINK <GO> or via Twitter @BBGLink.