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Today we’re thrilled to release the detailed Big Kansas City 2014 schedule.
Below you’ll find a comprehensive list of every speaker, party, meal and special event.
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Wednesday, October 8
| 9:00 a.m. | 1 Million Cups at The Kauffman Foundation |
| 5:00 p.m. | Sprint Accelerator powered by Techstars Healthcare Reverse Pitch |
| 6:00 | KC Convergence presented by VML, Triple-I and UP Global |
| 8:00 | Big Kansas City 2014 Opening Party with The Kauffman Foundation |
| – Open to the public. $5 at the door for non-badge holders or free with RSVP. | |
| – Badge holders will be able to pick up their badges. |
Thursday, October 9
| 8:00 a.m. | Doors open at Hangar 9 |
| Messenger Coffee breakfast provided by CRM Point | |
| 9:00 | Jeff Slobotski & Regan Carrizales – Silicon Prairie News |
| 9:05 | MC Jason Zone Fisher |
| 9:15 | John Wirtz – Hudl |
| 9:50 | Nancy Lublin – DoSomething.org |
| 10:25 | Gary Shapiro – CEA |
| 11:00 | Morning break sponsored by Google Fiber |
| 11:30 | Maxine Bédat – Zady |
| 12:05 | Kimber Lockhart – One Medical Group |
| 12:40 | Black Dog lunch provided by NIC |
| 1:30 | Doors open to the public |
| 1:50 | Marissa Sackler – Beespace |
| 2:30 | Fireside Chat with Steve Case |
| 3:20 | Afternoon break sponsored by Google Fiber |
| 3:30 | Rise of the Rest $100,000 Pitch Competition |
| 5:00 | Jason Zone Fisher |
| 5:30 | The Big Happy presented by KCnext and KCADC |
| 6:00 | The Future of Ed Tech presented by Mozilla Gigabit Fund |
| 8:00 | Big Kansas City Middle Party presented by Sprint at The Bauer |
| – Badge holders only |
Friday, October 10
| 7:00 a.m. | Morning Run with 1MiliionMiles (1821 Wyandotte St) |
| 8:30 a.m. | Doors open at Hangar 9 |
| Messenger Coffee breakfast provided by CRM Point | |
| 9:30 | MC Jason Zone Fisher |
| 9:35 | Eric Schweikardt – Modular Robotics |
| 10:10 | Mike Johnston – MikesLessons.com |
| 10:45 | Morning break sponsored by Google Fiber |
| 11:20 | Shradha Agarwal – ContextMedia |
| 11:55 | Neil Blumenthal – Warby Parker |
| 12:30 | Black Dog lunch provided by DST Systems |
| 2:00 | Anita Newton – Adknowledge |
| 2:40 | Kimberly Bryant – Black Girls Code |
| 3:20 | Marc Hemeon – Google Ventures/North Technologies |
| 4:00 | Closing Ceremonies |
| 4:30 | Happy Hour presented by About.me |
| 8:00 | Big Kansas City Closing Party presented by Polsinelli at 2101 Broadway |
| – Open to the public. $5 for non-badge holders or free with RSVP. |
