Keeping It Urban Summit: AI, Robotics, Design @ Cornell NYC

[IMPORTANT] Tickets are $30 and must be purchased below: CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE (https://tinyurl.com/kiu-tickets) Luma is for event info only. What's Included:+ Lunch & Coffee + Happy Hour w/ Charcuterie+ Full-day w/ 3 Powerhouse Panels+ Curated NYC early-stage startups+ Art Gallery & Artist Talks+ Lo-fi DJ + Chance to visit Roosevelt Island via tram! About Event: keepingiturban.com One-day summit with early-stage startups, investors, culture, and creative technology that can emerge only from the density of cities and people — that looks like physical AI, agents, culture & media. Panelists include founders from Hopscotch Labs, Fauna Robotics, Everywhere VC, Samsung, Google Sidewalk Labs, and an NYC Council Member. Agenda: Fireside Chat: Dennis Crowley: 3x Founder @ Foursquare, HopScotch Labs, BeeBot Jenny Fielding (mod): Founder @ Everywhere Ventures, ex-Managing Director @ Techstars Panel 1: New Media Interfaces ​Adaora Udoji: ex-VP @ PBS, Google Creative Lab, Filmmaker @ Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto Film Festival Niko Koppel: AR/VR artist, ex-VR Producer & Technologist @ NYT Mauhan Zonoozy: 2x Founder (A Vinyl in Shibuya), ex-Head of Innovation @ Spotify Panel 2: Robotics Josh Merel: CTO @ Fauna Robotics, ex-Research @ Meta, Deepmind Daniel Lee: Flatiron Institute, Professor @ NYU, Cornell Tech, UPenn, ex-Head of AI @ Samsung Research Michael Schneider: CEO @ Media Architecture VOLVOX LABS Jacob Hennessy-Rubin: Co-founder and Executive Director @ NY Robotics Panel 3: Building for Belonging & Civic Innovation Ariel Kennan: Director @ Georgetown Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, ex-Design Director @ Google Sidewalk Labs Sonam Velani: Co-founder @ Streetlife Ventures, ex-NYC Mayor's Office, World Bank, Goldman Sachs Ariel Noyoman: Research Scientist @ MIT Media Lab Startup & Creative Pitches: 5+ Early-stage NYC startups like InPress, Haptic Nav, changing how we navigate culture. 4 Creative pitches including Subway Builder with cult following on Steam and film-makers! * Funding Supported by GPSA *