/ About this event
Movie Stars, Unicorn Founders, Hollywood Legends, Midas List Investors. One night. One room — and the night Civil goes public. Bel Air Estate.
VIP begins at 6pm, GA begins at 7:30pm
Hosts: Legendary Film Writer and Director George Nolfi: upcoming Star Wars, Oceans 12, Bourne Ultimatum hosts us for an evening! Founder, Rotten Tomatoes Patrick Lee Gold House BLOOM XO Media, Ariel Sara R.
Speakers (not exhaustive list) Director, Writer, Artist, Hayley Kiyoko Founder of E! Entertainment Larry Namer Head of GenAI Jiostar Stephan Bugaj 3x Emmy Winner Bernie Su Timothy Telleen-Lawton, Early employee, Anthropic
Agenda: 6:00 – 9:00 PM | VIP Cocktail Reception (only VIP guests will be admitted, if general admission please arrive at 7:30pm) Meet the room over cocktails, sushi, with curated introductions for our VIP guests.
8:00 – 10:25 PM | The Talks
8:00 The Launch of Civil George Nolfi, Director and writer, Star Wars, Oceans12, Bourne Ultimatum Movies Ian Allen, Former CIA paramilitary officer; former executive producer, Fox News Jeannie Yang, Former CPO, Smule; former SVP, SmartNews
8:20 A Special Set by Gil Gil Rief, 13-time Emmy® winning head writer for The Ellen Show
8:35 Panel George Nolfi, Director and writer Hayley Kiyoko, Director, author, and musician Bernie Su, Three-time Primetime Emmy® winning creator; AI leader
9:05 Fireside Chat with Melanie Uno Stephan Bugaj, SVP of Generative AI, JioStar
9:25 Fireside Chat with Melanie Uno Larry Namer, Founder, E! Entertainment Bob Sabouni, Global Head of Brand, Stan Lee Universe; former EVP, Marvel Entertainment
9:45 to 10:05 PM Capital meets content: AI and the business of media Moderated by James Steinberg YC founder Ranjit Raju, AI leader, Google; media and entertainment technologist Melissa Daniel, Partnerships, MTS Bryan Liu, Investor, Alumni Ventures
10:05to 10:25 PM Panel — Built to last: founding a company in the age of AI Moderated by James Steinberg YC founder Ethan Anderson Cofounder and COO, San Francisco Compute Eric Menees Cofounder, San Francisco Compute Susan Barnes Founder and CEO, Before The Rain Timothy Telleen-Lawton Early employee, Anthropic
10:25 PM – Midnight | Afterparty The formalities end and the evening opens up, dancing, DJ sets and more
View up-to-date schedule here: https://melanieuno.com/hollywood-tech-soiree/
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This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com
