Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and Initialized Capital, comes to Ad Age Next

The list of founders, innovators, marketing leaders and visionaries at Ad Age Next is adding one more: Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of Reddit and Initialized Capital, the seed-stage venture fund with over $230 million under management. Ohanian will discuss how his team seeks, evaluates and creates innovation at Initialized Capital, whose investment portfolio includes Instacart, Coinbase, Patreon and Cruise. This summer the company led a round of funding for AdQuick, which Ohanian, now a board member, describes as the software bridge between out-of-home and digital advertising. There will be a lot to talk about. He's just the latest addition to Next, which takes place on Nov. 13 and 14 in New York. As a whole, the program will give attendees a look at the near future across the spectrum of innovation. Day One features an afternoon of stimulating keynotes and conversations, culminating in Next Titans, a new live experience about six startups seeking funding and marketing support. They will pitch live to former Mondelēz chief media and e-commerce officer Bonin Bough, BlueRun Ventures General Partner Cheryl Cheng, former GE chief marketing officer Beth Comstock, MediaLink Chariman and CEO Michael Kassan and VaynerX chairman Gary Vaynerchuk. Day Two will take a full day to map the Next Blockbusters, from esports to mobility tech. Midday tracks will let attendees drill down on areas that particularly matter to them. And there will be networking. The Next lineup includes: Sophia Amoruso, CEO and founder at Girlboss on connections as the future of currency Sharmeen Browarek, senior director of viewer engagement at Twitch on using machine learning to fight bias in gaming Jess Carbino, Bumble's sociologist on the next workforce Daniel Cherry, CMO at Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues on gaming's next play IRL David Dancer, CMO at MedMen on the cannabis boom to come Kass Dawson, global head of marketing at Softbank Robotics with the Pepper robot, on the future of human-robot interactions Amy Emmerich, chief content officer at Refinery29 on content's next mission Tony Magee, founder of Lagunitas on cannabis in Lagunitas drinks and the culture Jason Mars, CEO and co-founder at Clinc on the rise of conversational AI Claudia Mata, co-founder of Vertly on cannabis in beauty Megan Maloney, investor at General Catalyst on the real future for blockchain Pras Michél, founder of Blacture on the future of media and tech for black culture Glenn Minerley, head of esports at Momentum Worldwide on brands' role in the entertainment culture ahead Natalia Oberti Noguera, CEO and founder of Pipeline Angels on changing the "white bro" culture of Silicon Valley Alexis Ohanian, general partner at Initialized Capital on finding, evaluating and driving innovation Delane Parnell, CEO and co-founder at PlayVS high school esports league on the future of competitive gaming Bozoma ("Boz") Saint John, CMO at Endeavor on Next Reinvention: How people and businesses across media and entertainment can stay head of disruption—or even drive it. Ralph Santana, CMO at Harman on the 65-mile-per-hour living room David Shing, digital prophet at Verizon's Oath on screens and our mental health Meiling Tan, head of marketing at Waymo on bringing self-driving cars to the public Dara Treseder, chief marketing officer at GE Ventures on how to accelerate change Randall Wilkinson, CEO and co-founder of The Wilkinson Group on the future of food and his company's robotic Wilkinson Mini Bakery Jen Wong, chief operating officer at Reddit on the future of community trust Be there, just over the horizon, at Ad Age Next on Nov. 13 and 14. All the info is here.

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and Initialized Capital, comes to Ad Age Next

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