2024 Event Agenda & Topics
Day 1 | Tuesday, June 18 | Allianz Field
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration & Networking
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Black Founders Reception
Location: Brew Hall
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Opening Remarks
12:45 PM - 1:50 PM
gener8tor Insurance & Wealth Accelerator Finalist Spotlight
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Startup Showcase
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Networking
Day 2 | Wednesday, June 19 | Allianz Field
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration & Networking
Morning Plenary
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Opening Remarks
Speaker Sessions: Stage 1
Speaker Sessions: Stage 2
8:50 AM - 9:15 AM
Designing Personalized and Holistic Customer Experiences in Life Insurance
Madeleine Donner, Director, Head of Partner Success, Empathy | Stephanie Snyder, Product Development Manager, Securian Financial | Ben Lacke, Consultant Corporate Development, Securian Financial | Ron Gonen, Managing Director, Allianz Life Ventures
8:50 AM - 9:15 AM
Defined Contribution Deep-Dive - Tech Innovations, Challenges and Key Learnings
Trevor Gary, Founder & CEO, Micruity | Anuraag Tripathi, Founder, Manifest | Kelby Meyers, Founder & CEO, Nestimate | Collin Bhojwani, Venture Investor, Allianz Life
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
Insurtech and the VC Index - How Early Stage Insurtech Investing Compare to Other Areas of Venture Investing
Galen Shaffer, Principal, Eos Venture Partners | Brittany Clements, Managing Director, American Family Ventures | Collin Bhojwani, Venture Investor, Allianz Life | Eddie Olson, Senior Managing Director, gener8tor
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
Why Insurance Products Fail (and Four Tools to Avoid the Same Fate)
Kyle M. Hales, ACAS, MAAA, Principal & Consulting Actuary, Director | Risk Strategies & Solutions, Perr&Knight
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Redefining Retirement
Ewelina (Evie) Mroczek, VP Digital Product Transformation, Liconln Financial Group | Dan Beck, Founder, 401Go | Kim Rosenberg, Head of Revenue, Micruity Inc | Joel Brightfield, Principal, SixThirty
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Innovative Benefits - Attracting & Retaining Talent
Sid Pailla, CEO, Sunny Day Fund | Becca Hagen, VP of Talent Management, Securian Financial | Dave Jacobs, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Homethrive
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
The Pulse of Wealthtech in Venture Capital
Matt Risley, Partner, QED Investors | Abhi Tiwari, Founder and General Partner, Blank Ventures | Chad Virgin, Managing Director, Allianz Life Ventures | Adit Shekar, Co-Founder & CEO, Zeta
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
Establishing InsurTech Growth Channels through Non-Traditional Distribution
Carl Leader, CMO, Guarantee Trust Life | Chase Huey, VP Innovation Pipeline, RGAX | Andrew Parr, Business Development Manager, Chubb | Ali Ahmadi, CEO, TCARE
11:10 AM - 11:35 PM
Designing an Ecosystem to Drive Economic & Social Impact with Northwestern Mutual and MSP Equity Fund
Moiz Dawoodbhai, Senior Director of Strategic Investing, Northwestern Mutual | Al Cornish, General Partner, The MSP Equity Fund | Precious Drew, Senior Managing Director, gener8tor
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM
AI Shaping the Future of Insurance
Stephen Goldstein, Founder & Managing Principal, TETRA G | Emi Gal, Founder & CEO, Ezra
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
Escape the Compliance Trap - Best Practices for Businesses at Every Stage
11:45 AM - 12:10 PM
Evolving Wealthtech Trends: Past, Present and Future
Ashlyn Lackey, Director Innovation Strategy, Prudential Financial | Jason Ray, President & Chief Investment Officer, Zenith Wealth Partners | Jessica Chen Riolfi, Uprise | Jeremy Vaughn, Founder & CEO, Rimark
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Shaping the Future of Claims
Josh Klug, Co-Founder, Aethero | Dan Schuleman, Co-Founder & CEO, Qumis | Christine Izuakor, PhD, Founder & CEO, Cyber Pop-up
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Reshaping P&C Insurance
Aaron Mooney, Founder, Tugboat | Cameron Mooney, CEO, Tugboat
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Lightning Rounds
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Startup Workshops