TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 Begins Now: View The Live Stream Here!

The Hackathon has come and gone, and it’s time for the main event. TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 begins now.

If you’ve been a fan of Disrupt in the past, you’re in for a huge treat this beautiful April morning. We’ll be live streaming the entire event from start to finish, with today’s live stream starting at 8:45am ET and ending around 6pm each night.

In the morning, we’ll be enjoying fireside chats with the likes of Andreesen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon and Benchmark’s Bill Gurley, along with panels like Content Makes A Comeback. Better yet, Jonah Perreti from BuzzFeed will be giving the keynote for the day.

In the afternoon, Battlefield begins. For those of you who are Disrupt virgins, the Startup Battlefield is the shining star of TechCrunch Disrupt.

35 companies from all over the world are handpicked by TechCrunch staff to launch their products and companies on our stage, direct to the world. They’ll have six minutes to present, followed by six minutes of Q&A with tech star judges like Tracy Chou (Pinterest), John Frankel (ff Venture) and Sam Yagan (okCupid).

We invite you to follow along on the live stream and tweet with us at #TCdisrupt.

Here’s the full agenda for the day:

9:00am -9:05am

Opening Remarks by TechCrunch

9:05am – 9:25am

Fireside Chat with Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz)

9:25am – 9:50am

Fireside Chat with Bill Gurley (Benchmark)

9:50am – 10:10am

In Conversation with Chamath Palihapitya (Social+Capital Partnership)

10:10am – 10:35am

Keynote: Everyone Is Literally Crazy, by Jonah Peretti (Buzzfeed)

10:35am – 10:55am

TBA

10:55am – 11:05am

Special Product Announcement

11:05am – 11:20am

BREAK

11:20am – 11:45am

In Conversation with Kevin Ryan (Gilt Groupe) and Dwight Merriman (10gen)

11:45am – 12:10pm

Panel: Content Makes a Comeback

12:10pm – 12:30pm

Fireside Chat with John Borthwick

12:30pm – 2:00pm

LUNCH

2:00pm – 2:25pm

Founders Stories with Mike McCue (Flipboard)

Startup Battlefield with Jason Kincaid

2:25pm – 2:30pm

How the Startup Battlefield Works

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Session One – New Networks

Judges: Ime Archibong (Facebook), David Pakman (Venrock), Yossi Vardi (angel investor)

3:30pm – 3:45pm

BREAK

3:45pm – 4:45pm

Session Two – Online for Offline

Judges: Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Tracy Chou (Pinterest), Matt Mazzeo (Lowercase Capital), Ron Palmeri (Mark II Ventures)

4:45pm – 5:00pm

BREAK

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Session Three – Get Things Done

Judges: John Frankel (ff Venture Capital), Hilary Mason (bit.ly), Megan Quinn (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), Sam Yagan (Ok Cupid)

6:00pm – 7:30pm

BROWSE STARTUP ALLEY

9:00pm – Midnight

After Party hosted by New Relic at Santos Party House

via TechCrunch » Startups http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techcrunch/startups/~3/nNzeW6Gedfo/