T-Mobile CEO John Legere, who has led the company’s disruption of the wireless industry, will be joining a great lineup of speakers at the 2014 GeekWire Summit, slated for Oct. 2 in Seattle — sharing insights into the booming mobile world and lessons from T-Mobile’s “Un-Carrier” turnaround.
Regular GeekWire readers know that Legere isn’t afraid to speak his mind. He will be rounding out the GeekWire Summit as the final fireside chat of the day, and it promises to be a great conversation.
T-Mobile has been adding millions of customers under Legere’s leadership, forcing its larger rivals to scramble, and there’s a lot to learn from Legere’s approach. (We’ll be sure to have plenty of Red Bull on hand, his preferred on-stage beverage, to help fuel the discussion).
The GeekWire Summit, presented by CenturyLink, is our signature technology conference, taking place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Westin Seattle. Tickets are available on the event site or below.
Other highlights from the agenda:
Entrepreneur, author and former WIRED editor Chris Anderson will discuss the future of drones, with a special appearance by Chad Copeland, a National Geographic contributor specializing in drone photography.
Neil Ashe, president and CEO of global e-commerce for Walmart, will talk with us about the future of online shopping and competition with Amazon, and bridging the gap between traditional and online retail.
Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann will participate in a discussion on the sharing economy, along with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly, Sidecar CEO Sunil Paul and Couchsurfing CEO Jennifer Billock, moderated by Scott Stanford, managing partner of SherpaVentures, previously the co-head of Goldman Sachs’ Global Internet Investment Banking business.
Renowned tech journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, founders of Re/code, will share their views on the technology industry, with insights from their experience as media entrepreneurs.
U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel, the federal official responsible for the $80 billion U.S. IT budget, will be joining us for a wide-ranging discussion on technology, cloud computing, and more.
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, CHEF CEO Barry Crist, and Moz CEO Sarah Bird will participate in a panel on startup innovation and the future of the tech economy, moderated by Julie Sandler
Mark Vadon, the Zulily chairman, will join us to talk about building big technology companies, the future of e-commerce and more.
We’ll have lots of special perks and prizes for attendees, and every ticket includes admission to a pre-event kickoff reception on the evening of Oct. 1, hosted at the downtown Seattle headquarters of Zillow.
Grab your tickets here or below, and see you on Oct. 2!
In addition to presenting sponsor CenturyLink, we’d also like to thank gold sponsors: Perkins Coie, Technology Association of Oregon, Alaska Airlines, UPS, Tableau Software, Frontier, EMC/Isilon, UPS Connect, Microsoft Azure, Point Inside, Nutanix and Brenthaven.
Also, silver sponsors: Davis Wright Tremaine, Wave Business Solutions, Zillow, Avalara, Moz, Fresh Consulting, First Tech Federal Credit Union, Allovus, Barokas Public Relations and Knoll.
