“Get Inspired” Kick-Off Series Events

9:00-9:10 am | Welcome:
President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, President of Stanford University, welcomed the global community of Stanford Rebuild and provided inspiration for the innovation sprint.

9:10-9:50 am | Keynote Fireside Chat:
A conversation between Dean Jonathan Levin, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business and Dean Lloyd Minor, Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine.  They discussed the various issues related to recovery and the opportunities for innovation.

10:00-10:45 am | Innovating for Recovery:
Professor Stefanos Zenios, Investment Group of Santa Barbara Professor of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Director for the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, led Rebuild participants through examples of innovation in COVID-19 times, the Embark process, and the importance of adapting customer interviews for the socially distant realities of today and as the world reopens. Download Slides from Professor Stefanos Zenios’ Session

10:45-11:00 am | A New Story:
Professor Jennifer Aaker, General Atlantic Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, wrapped up Day 1 with inspiration and motivation.

9:00-9:45 am | Morning Keynote: The Post COVID-19 Economy
Professor Paul Oyer, Mary and Rankine Van Anda Entrepreneurial Professor and Professor of Economics, led a panel with economic experts to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. Panelists include:

• Emily Oster, Professor of Economics, Brown University

• Nicholas Bloom, William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University

• Edward Lazear, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Professor of Economics at Stanford GSB

10:00-10:45 am | Where Do the Opportunities Lie?
Lyndsey Boucherle, Principal at Better Ventures, led a panel of leading Silicon Valley venture capitalists as they discuss various sectors and where they see the biggest opportunities/needs to innovate.

• Kirthiga Reddy, Softbank Vision Fund

• Priya Saiprasad, Mayfield

• Mar Hershenson, Pear VC

11:00-11:45 am | The Future of Workplaces
Stewart Butterfield, Founder and CEO of Slack, and Professor Brian Lowery, Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor of Organizational Behavior and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs discussed the shift to remote work, the role of businesses and leaders in influencing workplace culture, diversity, and equality, and opportunities for change.

3:00 - 3:45 pm | Sector Talk: Longevity Innovations
Every aspect and infrastructure for Older Adults and their longevity has been challenged by the pandemic, and has put a spotlight on needs ranging from caregiving to working longer to digital literacy and housing. All these needs create important opportunities for innovation.  This session covered different needs and opportunities, the marketing challenges, and who is the customer vs the payer for many of these products and services that are needed to enhance longer life and successful aging. Download Slides from June 23 Afternoon Session

• Dr. Susan Golden, Director of dciX and Fellow, Stanford Center on Longevity

• Carol Hymowitz,
  Journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg
  Consulting Fellow, Stanford Center on Longevity

9:00-9:45 am | Morning Keynote: Inequities of COVID-19 and Strategies for Change
In collaboration with the VMWare Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
COVID-19 has been dubbed the “great equalizer” but in reality it has created and exacerbated inequalities — racial, gender, ability, parental status, socio-economic — while perhaps making more visible the privileges of those who already had it. As we think about the “new normal”, how might we redesign workplaces, healthcare, education, and society at large, with a lens of preventing those inequalities from becoming salient so we can build a more just and equitable world?

• Professor Sarah Soule, Senior Associate Dean at Stanford GSB and Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior

• Lori Mackenzie, Lead Strategist, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

10:00-10:45am | Reimagining Business
Dana Mauriello, COO at Mighty, led a panel discussion on the major challenges facing small businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, their immediate needs during the recovery phase, and potential long-term implications for the industry.

• Carrie Denning Jackson, Director, Development, Sidewalk Labs

• Mike Polner, Global Head of Product Marketing, Uber Eats

• Lauren Foundos, Founder and CEO at FORTË

11:30 am-12:30 pm | Founder Discussion: Identifying and responding to opportunities

Covid-19 has created business challenges around the world but also presents opportunities to serve customers in new ways. Fern Mandelbaum, Lecturer in Management at Stanford GSB, moderates a panel of founders who creatively responded to customer needs. They discussed how they planned to manage their workforces going forward, and how they strengthened their businesses while facing the new realities of living in a Covid-19 world. This session will also touch on how we can design businesses to better support a more equitable, connected world. 

1:00-1:45 pm | Tech Push: Finding Market Applications for Innovative Technologies

Startups that develop new or innovative technologies struggle with how to bring those innovations to market. Professor Baba Shiv, Sanwa Bank, Limited, Professor of Marketing, discussed an approach for technology-push founders who start with technology capabilities and need to move through the process of identifying market needs to create a viable business.  Download Slides from Professor Baba Shiv’s “Tech Push” Session