The Lean Startup Conference

2015 Lean Startup Conference Program Details

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Morning Plenary9:45 AM - 12:30 PM

• Intro to USDS and 18F
  Hillary Hartley, 18F, @hillary
  Emily Wright-Moore, United States Digital Service - Department of Veterans Affairs

  Erica Deahl, 18F, @edeahl

  Leah Bannon, 18F, @leahbannon

  Room: Herbst

  Hillary Hartley introduces us to USDS and 18F. She will also faciliate three brief case studies including:
  — Vets.gov, VA, Emily Wright Moore
  — MyUSCIS, Immigration + 18F + USDS, Erica Deahl
  — betaFEC, FEC + 18F, Leah Bannon

  InnovationGovernmentAll/GeneralPresentation

Afternoon Breakouts2:00 PM - 4:45 PM

• Lean Methodologies When the Organization is the Product2:00 - 3:00 PM
  Hillary Hartley, 18F, @hillary
  Garren Givens, Presidential Innovation Fellows, @InnovFellows
  Jen Tress, 18F/GSA, @jdtress
  Noah Kunin, 18F - General Service Administration, @noahkunin
  Nick Brethauer, 18F, @nbrethauer
  Room: Herbst

  Hillary Hartley offers an overview of 18F as a lean startup inside government with four case studies:
  — Presidential Innovation Fellowship as a lean startup – Garren Givens, Director, PIF Program
  — Hacking the Bureaucracy: Acquiring Talent – Jennifer Tress, 18F Talent Director
  — Hacking the Bureaucracy: Deploying Software – Noah Kunin, 18F Infrastructure Director
  — LeanUX for Organizational Growth – Nick Brethauer, 18F Designer
  InnovationGovernmentMission-drivenCase StudyPresentation
• Lean - From Campus to Startup2:00 -3:00 PM
  Errol Arkilic, M34 Capital, @earkilic
  Frank Rimalovski, New York University, @rimalovski
  Sophie Lebrecht, Neon , @lebrechts
  Keith McGreggor, Georgia Tech, @keithmcgreggor
  Room: Southside

  In this panel, participants from leading academic institutions and entrepreneurs with technologies that have been spun out will discuss how Lean Startup is being applied in a campus setting and beyond. You will learn how Lean Startup has restructured the innovation ecosystem at Georgia Tech, and how NYU has spread it throughout campus to foster cross-boundary collaboration. You will also learn about the genesis of The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and hear what it takes to transition from search to execution from one of I-Corps’ emerging success stories, Neon Labs.
  InnovationEducationStartupDiscussion
• How Lean Startup Accelerates (open) Innovation2:00 - 2:20 PM
  Vincent Thamm, Transavia , @Vincent_Thamm
  Room: C210

  This presentation looks at the learnings and challenges faced when Transavia started using Lean Startup to accelerate customer experience innovation, how we engaged the Transavia Management Team, how we scaled Lean Startup for other business ideas, how we combined different methods of work into a continuous innovation process and how we apply Lean Startup in an Open innovation context.
  InnovationAll/GeneralCase StudyPresentation

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Afternoon Breakouts2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

• View from the Trenches: What Went Wrong with Our Lean Startup Program?2:00 - 3:00 PM
  Ken Durand, Ericsson, @atlideafactory
  Room: General's Residence Ballroom

  With all of the success of Lean in the startup community, this should be pretty easy to implement in the Corporate environment, right? After launching with very little to show in the way of success, the team in Ericsson’s Atlanta Idea Factory had to take a step back and evaluate what changes were necessary to implement Enterprise Lean Startup with success. One key principle had to be learned… People are an organization’s greatest asset, AND its greatest barrier to success.
  InnovationEnterprise/Corporate InnovatorsPresentation
• GE–Fuel Cells: Running a Lean Startup Inside a Big Corporation3:30 - 4:30 PM
  Johanna Wellington, GE, @GEResearch
  Room: Herbst

  In 2014, GE launched an internal start-up business, GE-Fuel Cells, inspired by an advanced manufacturing breakthrough at our research center. Specifically, we’re developing solid oxide fuel cell systems that will provide businesses and communities around the world the ability to efficiently generate clean, reliable power locally at the point of use in a factory, data center or small, remote neighborhood. Learn how we are applying lean startup principles in this long cycle, equipment based business in order to dramatically accelerate our path to commercialization and reduce risk. As part of this journey we have pushed the envelope with out-of-the-box opportunities to apply lean startup methodologies including a “Manufacturing MVP”.
  InnovationAll/GeneralPresentation
• Spanning the Schism: How Enterprises & Startups Can Accelerate Innovation Together4:00 - 4:30 PM
  Garrett Dunham, DunhamLabs , @garrettdunham
  Room: C260

  Large corporations have capital, distribution, and brand. Small startups can innovate at lightspeed. Learn how to use Lean Startup methodologies to leverage each other effectively for absurd ROIs.
  InnovationAll/GeneralPresentation
• Exploring the Fertile Boundaries Between Faith and Business // #leanfaith3:30 - 4:30 PM
  Ken Howard, FaithX , @paradoxy101
  Toby Rubin, UpStart Bay Area , @upstartbayarea
  Spencer Burke, Hatchery LA , @hatchery_la
  Room: C210

  Author, extrapreneurial faith leader, and church futurist, Ken Howard, will lead a curated discussion of the fertile ground that lies at the boundaries of faith and business. He will be joined by entrepreneur and community innovator Toby Rubin, of UpStart Bay Area, and innovator and author Spencer Burke, of HatcheryLA. Topics like: Experimental Faith-Based Communities & Organizations, Lean in the Jewish Space, and Incubation & Acceleration of Faith Communities are just a few of the things Ken and his guests will be discussing at this first-of-its-kind program at the Lean Startup Conference.
  InnovationMission-drivenNon-Profit/Social EnterprisesDiscussion