Collision Conference
| Collision Conference | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Technology |
| Venue | Ernest N. Morial Convention Center |
| Location(s) | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Country | United States of America |
| Inaugurated | 2014 (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| Founders | Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey |
| Attendance | 20,000 (2017) |
| Organized by | Web Summit |
| Website | http://www.collisionconf.com |
Collision is a technology conference held annually since 2014. The conference is organised by Web Summit, which was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey. The topic of the conference is centered on internet technology and attendees range from Fortune 500 companies to smaller tech companies. This contains a mix of CEOs and founders of tech start ups together with a range of people from across the global technology industry, as well as related industries.
Collision is part of Web Summit's global portfolio of events including f.ounders,[1] RISE in Hong Kong,[2] SURGE in India,[3] and MoneyConf in Dublin.[4]
For the first two years the event was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In June 2015, Paddy Cosgrave, Web Summit co-founder and CEO, announced that Collision would be held in New Orleans, Lousiana starting in 2016.[5]
2017
The three-day event was held over 3 days from May 2 until May 4 in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. 19,732 people from 119 countries attended the conference as well as 605 startups.[6]
Among the almost 300 speakers across the event were a number of the biggest names in tech, including Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital,[7] Reddit CEO Alexis Ohanian, WeWork's Miguel McKelvey and Kevin Lin of Twitch. Other notable speakers from non-tech areas included Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, actress and activist Sophia Bush, and digital entrepreneur Tyler Oakley.[8][9]
2016
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Held for the first time in New Orleans, Louisiana, in what was hailed "a major win for the city as it seeks to raise its profile as a tech hub", Collision gathered 11,382 attendees for the three day period from April 26 to April 28.[10][11][12] Speakers included Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital, Sam Altman of YCombinator, Kathryn Petralia of Kabbage, and Naveen Jain of Moon Express.[13]
2015
The final iteration of Collision in Las Vegas, Nevada took place from May 5 to May 6.[14] Speakers included Mark Suster, Tim Draper,[15] Scott Cook of Intuit and Mitchell Baker of Mozilla.
2014
The inaugural session of Collision took place from May 13 to May 14 in The Western Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. 1,500 attendees from 33 countries were present at the conference in addition to 150 startups.[16] Attendees heard from many speakers, including Sam Altman of YCombinator, Michael Dubin of Dollar Shave Club, Mark Suster and Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman.[17]
See also
- Web Summit
- RISE
References
- ↑ Rooney, Ben (2011-10-28). "Dublin Hosts World's Technology Elite". WSJ. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ Giancotti, James. "How RISE Is Building A Cult Like Status In Hong Kong". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "Surge 2016 - Bangalore: where the tech world meets in a big, big way". CatchNews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "Web Summit's MoneyConf to be held in RDS in 2018". RTE.ie. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "Collision tech summit is moving to New Orleans". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "Welcome to NOLA Welcome to Collision All 20,000 of you". COLLISION. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "Voices: Collision, New Orleans' hot tech show". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "Speakers - The biggest names in tech | Collision | New Orleans 2018". COLLISION. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ Kamp, Matt. "Here's What to Expect at Collision 2017". Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ Bloomberg, Jason. "Hunting For Disruption At Collision Conference". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ Lopez, Adriana. "Lessons From Collision 2016: From Virtual Reality To Ecosystem Collabs". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "New Orleans to host thousands of tech types for Collision 2016". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ Guardian, The (2016-04-26). "Collision Conference – watch tech discusson live from New Orleans". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ Bloomberg, Jason. "Collision Leaves Startups Banged Up In Las Vegas". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "8 Investors to Watch at Collision Conference". Inc.com. 2015-05-03T11:0000-0400. Retrieved 2017-08-28. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Collision 2014: Looking back into the future". COLLISION. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ "11 Startup Takeaways from Speakers at Collision Conference 2014 • #VegasTech". #VegasTech. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
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