Panelists: Shannon Swallow, Indiegogo Marek Zareba, Tilt Sarah James, Betabrand Justin Bailey, Double Fine Moderator: Colleen Taylor, TechCrunch Co-hosted by The Bold Italic and General Assembly

A conversation with trendsetters and forward thinkers from the dining and technology industries. September 22, 2014 Co-hosted by The Bold Italic and General Assembly Sponsored by OpenTable Moderator: Meesha Halm, Senior Editor & Writer, Zagat Meesha is a seasoned journalist and multimedia leader with extensive experience covering local and national dining trends. She has been the local editor of Zagat Survey Restaurant Guide for 16 years and has covered the convergence of food and tech for publications such as The Industry Standard and leading tech companies including Google and Microsoft. Panelists: David Barzelay, Chef & Owner, Lazy Bear David is the chef of long-running underground restaurant Lazy Bear, now opening in a much more legal, permanent location. Lazy Bear is one of the highest-rated restaurants in the city, and the brick-and-mortar is one of the most anticipated restaurants opening this fall. Scott Jampol, VP of Marketing, OpenTable Scott is VP of Marketing for OpenTable, the world’s leading provider of online restaurant reservations, seating more than 15 million diners per month via online bookings across approximately 32,000 restaurants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, the UK and Japan. In addition to helping diners discover and book the perfect restaurant table and helping restaurants grow their businesses, Scott oversees marketing efforts behind OpenTable mobile and the company’s new mobile payment feature. Emily LaFave, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Forage Emily has spent over a decade in food. She just launched her second food + tech startup Forage to help users recreate restaurant dishes at home. Previously, she founded and sold one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Food Companies, Foodzie.com. Emily has been named Inc Magazine’s Top 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs and Food & Wine Magazine’s 40 Big Food Thinkers Under 40. Brian Mayer, Founder, ReservationHop Brian is a product manager, engineer and serial entrepreneur. He is currently founder of ReservationHop, a new restaurant platform that he hopes will change how restaurants and patrons think about dining out. Previously, he has worked at several San Francisco startups, and co-founded the Creative Action Network and the TechWeek startup conference in Chicago.