NewCo New York 2015

Atavist

Session Title: Reinventing the Digital Publishing Toolset

A big challenge in digital publishing today is not just the design and development of meaningful, engaging stories for any device. It’s giving creators, in home and at the office, the tools they need to compose and publish those projects just the way they need it. How do you make those tools intuitive, powerful, flexible, affordable, collaborative, and dare we say, enjoyable? Join the Atavist product team, as they tell the story of how over the last year, they reinvented a content management system developed originally for their very own award-winning magazine into a software that really anyone can use to create stunning stories and projects their way. To be covered: hard product choices, awkward pivots, sticky design challenges, unknown development territory – and how all of it came together.

Atlas Obscura

Session Title: The World Is Amazing: Let's Explore It Together

We'll talk about how to cultivate user-generated content--how to balance quality and volume. What can you do to prompt users to create content for your site without getting swamped by poor writing and stolen photos? Atlas Obscura has also attracted more than 30,000 paying customers to our live events: We'll explain how brands can--and must--use real-world experiences to build a grassroots community.

CartoDB

Session Title: Visualization and Location: How emerging geo technology platforms and tools are changing how we see and understand the world around us

Are you interested in learning how location and visualization technology is helping to change our world view? Chief Science Officer, Andrew Hill will showcase how mapping technology is changing and enhancing storytelling, which in turn is modifying our understanding of our surroundings, both physically or digitally. Andrew will invite participants to explore how CartoDB is building a culture and community of innovation, focused on location and visualization tools and platforms and invite them to make maps of their own, as well as present and explain opportunities available through “CartoDB Start-Up Grants,” which fund emerging companies and working citizens who build digital tools for social good.

City Harvest

Session Title: How to rescue some 500,000,000 pounds of food and counting...

How does food that would otherwise go to waste become rescued from restaurants, farms, grocery stores, etc. and end up on dinner tables of hungry New Yorkers across NYC? Come visit City Harvest¹s Food Rescue Facility for an interactive and close-up view of our 45,000 square foot facility. We'll offer the audience a view into our operations, community programming, hands on produce repacking as well as how we work so closely with New York¹s unparalleled culinary industry.

Special Message to Attendees from Host Company: We look forward to hosting you as part of NewCo! City Harvest Food Rescue Facility is 55-01 2nd Street, Long Island City. You will find City Harvest’s gate to be the last one on 2nd Street on the right hand side. You may enter the facility at the far entrance. It is accessible by the 7 and G trains, the Q103, B62 and Q67 buses, Long Island Railroad and East River Ferry. We look forward to seeing you then. 

Maker's Row

Session Title: Manufacturing Made Easy: Meet the Future of Domestic Production

Tanya Menendez, Co-Founder and CMO of Maker’s Row, will host a discussion on the resurgence of American production and how Maker’s Row is using tech to disrupt the age-old manufacturing industry. Participants will get a peek into the Maker’s Row community, will hear success stories from brands and factories, and will learn about exciting job opportunities at Maker’s Row.  

VHX

Session Title: VHX: How video creators are leveraging the power of the Internet

VHX is counted among "the new disruptors" in tech and film because they're making it possible for anyone to build a business by connecting directly with their audience — from Aziz Ansari to Dave Grohl to Grace Helbig. Meet their team, learn more about how technology is prompting a revolution in the film industry, and learn more about job opportunities at VHX.

BioLite

Session Title: How a Stove Can Save a Life: Designing for Impact

In an increasingly digital age, hardgoods still play a vital role in our lives. Hear the story of BioLite and how the idea for an alternative camping stove turned into a mission to bring a market-based solution to the 3 billion people still living in energy poverty.

Gimlet

Session Title: How a narrative podcast gets made.

Visit the Brooklyn studio & office of Gimlet Media, a podcast network producing high quality, narrative audio. Get behind the scenes of our editorial process and learn how we make our stories work.

HUSH

Session Title: Designing The Future: Polymath Thinking & Tactics

Do you love the worlds of design, creativity and technology? Founder/Partner David Schwarz will explain how design agency HUSH leverages innovative processes, unconventional thinking, and a polymath mindset to take on contemporary brand design challenges — from revolutionizing the intersection of digital and retail, to building football-field size brand experiences, to crafting artistic expressions from huge data sets and human input. We’ll present the behind-the-scenes design methodologies that have led to both huge, award-winning brand projects as well as internal, never-seen inspirational advances — some that require your input and participation in real-time!

Made in NY Media Center by IFP

Session Title: Create, Connect, Collaborate, in a Workspace Dedicated to You

As a co-working space and incubator, the Made in NY Media Center is a community for storytelling and technological innovation in the heart of DUMBO, Brooklyn. We are opening up our community and inviting some of our members to speak about the projects that excite them, along with letting you know about the exciting programs and classes we have coming up.

Red Antler

Session Title: Grow Something New: A Branding Session with Red Antler

This session will include a discussion on how branding can profoundly influence the success of any business and give an overview of Red Antler’s strategic and creative process for bringing brands to life. Case studies will provide real life examples of recent branding work for startups. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how cohesive strategy and design can directly impact growth potential.