Business Insider's 2014 IGNITION Conference Brought Some Of The Best Minds In Tech And Media Together
On Monday, Business Insider senior correspondent Alyson Shontell gave opening remarks, welcoming visitors and speaking about the future of all things digital.
Founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, Jim Breyer, right, spoke with founder and chairman of Gilt, Kevin Ryan.
John Sculley, former CEO of Apple, left, sat down with Steven Levy, founder and editor-in-chief of Backchannel.
To round out day one, Business Insider founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief Henry Blodget, right, interviewed the maverick entrepreneur Mark Cuban.
On day two, things started going at full tilt. To start, Business Insider's Henry Blodget gave his annual "Future of Digital" presentation.
John Doerr, managing partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers, right, spoke with Jessi Hempel, a senior writer at Wired.
Following that, Jarah Euston, VP of analytics and marketing at Flurry, gave a presentation on mobile media.
An esteemed panel: Kelly Abcarian, SVP of Watch Product Architecture at Nielsen, second from right; Benedict Evans, a partner with Andreessen Horowitz, third from right; David Krantz, CEO of YP, left; Miha Mikek, CEO and cofounder of Celtra Inc., second from left; and moderator, Business Insider's senior editor Steve Kovach, right. They discussed the successes and challenges facing what users can do with their mobile phones.
Led by one of Business Insider's deputy editors, Jay Yarow, right, a panel of Beau Avril, global head of product commercialization at Google, second from left; Bethany Mota, YouTube personality, left; and Ze Frank, president of BuzzFeed Motion Pictures, second from right, spoke about YouTube's world domination and its next step toward conquering TV.
Afterwords, Brian McAndrews, CEO of Pandora, left, was interviewed by James Cooper, editorial director at Adweek.
Just before lunch, Jeff Bezos, chairman and CEO of Amazon, was interviewed by Business Insider's Henry Blodget.
Jonathan Bush, the cofounder, president, and CEO of athenahealth, and Steve Lohr, a reporter for The New York Times, discussed digital healthcare.
A panel with John Kosner, EVP of digital and print media at ESPN, right; Isaac Lee, CEO of Fusion, second from left; Joshua Topolsky, CDO at Bloomberg Media Group, second from right; moderated by NPR News' David Folkenflik, left.
Martin Clarke, publisher of MailOnline, center; Jon Steinberg, CEO, North America MailOnline, right; and Gordon Crovitz, cofounder of Press+, left.
Our panel of eight super-smart teenagers prepared backstage with IGNITION program director Spencer Reiss.
Brian Morrissey, editor-in-chief of Digiday, left, spoke with Shailesh Prakash, CIO of The Washington Post.
Then it was time for the teenagers to discuss what media teens really use, with moderator Stephanie Retblatt, chief brainiac at Smarty Pants.
Next, Judy McGrath, president of Astronauts Wanted, right, and Jason Hirschhorn, founder and CEO of ReDEF Group, spoke about kids and media.
Michael Heyward, founder and CEO of Whisper, center. and Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed Capital, right, spoke with Business Insider's Alyson Shontell.
Wrapping up the second day, Business Insider's Steve Kovach, left, spoke with Brendan Iribe, CEO of Oculus VR, about immersive technology.
Alyson Shontell, right, spoke with Dustee Jenkins, VP of social media for Target, left; Dao Nguyen, publisher for BuzzFeed, second from right; Jan Rezab, CEO of Socialbakers, second from left; and Rob Tarkoff, CEO of Lithium, third from right, about brands and publishers using Facebook.
Next, Brian Boland, VP of ad products marketing and Atlas at Facebook, right, spoke with Nicholas Carlson, chief correspondent at Business Insider.
Darren Huston, president and CEO of The Priceline Group, left, sat with Dan Frommer, tech editor at Quartz.
Diane Brady, senior editor at Bloomberg, left, interviewed Owen Mahoney, CEO at Nexon.
Then there was an exciting presentation on drones from Chris Anderson, cofounder and CEO of 3D Robotics.
Lisa Weinstein, president of global digital, data, and analytics for SMG, second from left; Tim Vanderhook, CEO of Interactive Media Holdings, second from right; Pete Spande, CRO at Business Insider, right, and Dave Morgan, CEO of Simulmedia, left, discussed automated advertisements.
Business Insider's Henry Blodget, left, had a spirited discussion with AOL's chairman and CEO, Tim Armstrong.
John Greenough, research analyst for BI Intelligence, presented on the concept of "the Internet of Things."
A panel with Kevin Meagher, GM of Smart Home, Lowe's, second from left; Sonny Vu, CEO of Misfit Wearables, right; and Jim Buczkowski, director of electrical and electronics systems, research, and advanced engineering at Ford Motor Co., second from right; moderated by Jay Yarow, deputy editor for Business Insider, left, discussed the smart world of the future.
David Karp, CEO of Tumblr, center, and Beth Comstock, CMO of GE, right, sat down with Abbey Klaassen, director of corporate development and strategy at Dentsu Aegis Network.
Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp, left, was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo, anchor and global markets editor for Fox News.
Brian Stelter, host and senior media correspondent at CNN, left, spoke with Matt Strauss, SVP of Comcast.
To cap the whole conference off, Business Insider's Henry Blodget returned to the stage to speak with Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive at IAC and Expedia Inc.
Now see what people like this do when they let loose!
Popular Right Now
Advertisement