Folks,
We are on the home stretch for the 2019 Pan IIT Conference with close to 300 attendees registered already. If you have not registered yet, please do so ASAP so that we can plan accordingly. Here is the
The conference will be held from 1230 PM to 7 PM on May 18th (Saturday) at the Grand Pacific Ballroom of Seattle Marriott Waterfront, 2100 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98121.
The detailed agenda for the conference is as follows:
Registration begins at 1230 PM sharp
Welcome by Vijay Vashee (former GM at Microsoft)
Keynote: Fireside chat with Steve Singh (Chairman/CEO of Docker, founder of Concur), moderated by Erika Shaffer (Head of Marketing at Madrona)
Robotics: Past, Present and Future, a lightning talk by Sidd Srinivasa (UW professor, Director of Robotics at Amazon)
Panel: Technology Trends for the Next Decade, by Joseph Sirosh (CTO of Compass), Dilip Wagle (Senior Partner at McKinsey), Heather Redman (VC at Flying Fish Partners) and Soma Somasegar (VC at Madrona); moderated by Bharat Shyam (entrepreneur and former CIO of Washington)
Panel: Starting a Startup - The Do’s and Don’ts, by Kabir Shahani (CEO of Amperity), Rashmi Gopinath (VC at M12/Microsoft Ventures), Rishi Daga (CEO of EagleView), Anoop Gupta (CEO of Seekout); moderated by Tushar Garg (Founder/COO of FlyHomes)
Keynote: Fireside chat with Glenn Kelman (CEO of Redfin), moderated by Stuti Jain (Senior PM at Amazon)
Networking reception, 6 to 7 PM
Event parking: For attendees living in downtown Seattle, we recommend either walking over or taking a Uber/Lyft to the venue. For others, we recommend street parking or any of these parking facilities nearby:
Thank you for the great response so far and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday, May 18th! Please feel free to share the event invite and encourage your fellow alumni to register (
Best wishes,
The Pan IIT Alumni Seattle Chapter
Abhishek (abhishej@amazon.com), Sudip (
With heartfelt thanks to our sponsors: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Silicon Valley Bank, Tech Mahindra, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and The Madrona Venture Group