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July 14, 2014, 12:00 PM ET

Fortune’s annual technology conference took place Monday, July 14 through Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The schedule of main stage sessions below links to the Fortune write-up, which includes an on-demand video of the full session. Pictures from the event are also available on our Flickr page.

All times local (Mountain) time

MONDAY, JULY 14

3:10 PM – (UN) WIRING THE WORLD
Hans Vestberg, CEO, Ericsson
Interviewer: Michal Lev-Ram, Senior Writer, Fortune

3:40 PM – FINANCE: FROM SEED TO SALE
Jim Breyer, CEO, Breyer Capital
Josh Kopelman, Managing Partner, First Round Capital
James B. Lee, Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Moderator: Dan Primack, Senior Editor, Fortune.com, and Co-chair, Brainstorm TECH, Fortune

4:15 PM – INTEL 2.0: THE NEW (NEW) INTEL
Renée James, President, Intel
Interviewer: Michal Lev-Ram, Senior Writer, Fortune

4:45 PM – DEMO
Brian Mullins, CEO, DAQRI

4:50 PM – SMART SOFTWARE
Paul Maritz, CEO, Pivotal
Interviewer: Adam Lashinsky, Senior Editor-at-Large and Co-chair, Brainstorm TECH, Fortune

5:10 PM – THINK AGAIN: MEDIA + TECH 2014
Michael Wolf, Managing Director, Activate

5:30 PM – BIG DATA, BIGGER CHALLENGES
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
Interviewer: Walter Isaacson, CEO, The Aspen Institute

 

TUESDAY, JULY 15

9:00 AM POLICY MEETS CAPITAL
Glenn Hutchins, Co-founder, Silver Lake
Interviewer: Andy Serwer, Fortune

9:25 AM HOW IT ALL CONNECTS
John Chambers, CEO, Cisco
Interviewer: Andy Serwer, Fortune

9:45 AM LET’S TALK ABOUT STEM
John Chambers, CEO, Cisco
Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
Clara Shih, CEO, Hearsay Social
Moderator: Colin Bodell, Chief Technology Officer, Time Inc.

10:45 AM IT’S WATSON’S WORLD, WE JUST LIVE IN IT
Bridget van Kralingen, SVP, Global Business Services, IBM
Interviewer: Jessi Hempel, Fortune

11:10 AM AT YOUR SERVICE
Andy Jassy, SVP, Web Services, Amazon.com
Interviewer: Adam Lashinsky, Fortune

11:35 AM BIG BANG QUERY: WHAT’S NEXT FOR VIDEO?:
Jim Lanzone, CEO, CBS Interactive
Les Moonves, CEO, CBS Corp.
Moderator: Adam Lashinsky, Fortune

2:45 PM PICTURE PERFECT
Kevin Systrom, CEO, Instagram
Interviewer: Jessi Hempel, Fortune

3:10 PM ETHICS OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY
Vijaya Gadde, General Counsel and Secretary, Twitter
Gen. (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal, Co-founder, The McChrystal Group
Brad Smith, CEO, Intuit
Moderator: Michael Schrage, Fellow, Center for Digital Business, Sloan School, MIT

3:40 PM DEMO
Jeff Evenson, SVP, Corning

3:50 PM LISTICLES, GIFS, AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Jonah Peretti, CEO, Buzzfeed
Interviewer: Jessi Hempel, Fortune

4:10 PM THE FUTURE OF ENTERPRISE
Aaron Levie, CEO, Box
Interviewer: Dan Primack, Fortune

4:30 PM STARTUP IDOL
Susan Cooney, CEO, Givelocity
Ryan Harwood, CEO, PureWow
JP Labrosse, CEO, Stir
Karen Moon, CEO, Trendalytics
Kyle Wong, CEO, Pixlee

Judges:
David Bell, Chairman, gyro, and Member, Time Inc. Board of Directors
Jeff Fagnan, Partner, Atlas Venture
Wenda Harris Millard, COO, MediaLink
Host: Jessi Hempel, Fortune

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16

9:00 AM FASHION FORWARD
Jennifer Hyman, CEO, Rent the Runway
Interviewer: Jennifer Reingold, Fortune

9:40 AM REACHING THE NEXT BILLION
Jan Chipchase, Founder, Studio D Radiodurans
Javier Olivan, VP, Growth and Analytics, Facebook
Moderator: Miguel Helft, Fortune

10:10 AM THE DIGITAL CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CUSTOMER
Adam Brotman, Chief Digital Officer, Starbucks
Devin Wenig, President, eBay Marketplaces
Moderator: Jennifer Reingold, Fortune

10:35 AM LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER
David Kenny, CEO, The Weather Company

10:40 AM SECURITY: WHAT SHOULD BE KEEPING US UP AT NIGHT?
Stephen Gillett, COO, Symantec
Dan Kaufman, Director of the Information Innovation Office, DARPA
Christy Wyatt, CEO, Good Technology
Moderator: Michael Schrage, Fellow, Center for Digital Business, Sloan School, MIT

11:05 AM MAKING CENTS OF MUSIC
Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify
Interviewer: Jessi Hempel, Fortune

11:30 AM CLOSING REMARKS AND ADJOURN

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