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VVC Programming

At the Visionaries & Ventures Convention, join startup founders, venture capitalists, attorneys, and student innovators to learn and connect. The event will take place at the Four Seasons Boston (200 Boylston St) with check-in beginning at 8:00 AM and ending around 4:30 PM. Reserve your ticket now.

Schedule for the Day

View a condensed version of the schedule here.

Event Program is here.

Check-In + Breakfast

8:00—8:45 AM

Check in and begin connecting with fellow startup founders, investors, attorneys, and student innovators.

Please grab some food and coffee and take your seat in the main ballroom by 8:45 AM, so we can begin programming on time.

Opening Remarks

9:00—9:30 AM

Series A: Panel Discussions

9:45–10:45 AM (choose one)

Pitching Medical Innovation

Moderated by MIT Hacking Medicine

  • Summary:
    • How are transformative ideas brought to life in healthcare? Leaders from diverse healthcare fields share insights on fostering collaboration, overcoming regulatory barriers, and designing scalable, patient-centered solutions. Panelists will explore what it takes to turn healthcare’s toughest challenges into sustainable innovations—and what makes the health innovation pitch unique.
  • Panelists:

Intellectual Property 101

Presented by Morrison Foerster

Moderated by the Harvard Law School Intellectual Property Association (IPLA)

  • Summary:
    • The Intellectual Property 101 panel will provide an overview of key intellectual property concepts such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and explain how startups and small businesses can strategically leverage these tools to protect their innovations and build valuable assets.
  • Panelists:

AI in Legal Services

Moderated by the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Club

  • Summary:
    • What does it look like to implement AI in 400B legal services, and what are the market opportunities and challenges?
  • Panelists:

Fireside Chat #1

11:00–11:30 AM (choose one)

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

Founder & CEO, Ohai.ai & Care.com [LinkedIn]

Series B: Panel Discussions

11:45 AM–12:45 PM (choose one)

The Future of FinTech and Payment Solutions

Moderated by the Harvard Undergraduate Latinxs in Finance & Technology (LiFT)

  • Summary:
    • Innovations in Digital Banking, Cross-Border Payments, and Decentralized Finance
  • Panelists:

Founder-VC Fit

  • Summary:
    • How to know which VCs to pitch, and how to decide between them
  • Panelists:
    • Lucas Chu, Founder, Harvard St Commons
    • Joshua Fox, Startups & Emerging Companies, Mintz
    • Edbert Wu, Growth Equity Investor, Silversmith Capital Partners

After the Term Sheet

Wilson Sonsini logo

Presented by Wilson Sonsini

Moderated by the Harvard Business School Venture Capital Private Equity Club (VCPE)

  • Summary:
    • From series A to IPO, what does the startup-VC relationship look like after the first check?
  • Panelists:

Lunch

12:45—2:00 PM

Enjoy a buffet lunch provided by the Four Seasons hotel.

Fireside Chat #2

2:00–2:30 PM (all attendees)

Dorette Coestee

Director, South Carolina U.S. Commercial Service [LinkedIn]

Series C: Workshops

2:45–3:45 PM (choose one)

Venturing to Solve Big Problems: Assessing Customer-Product Fit

Facilitated by Paul Hayre & Rob Snyder — Harvard GRID

  • How does your product’s customer fit stack up, and what can we learn from good customer-product matches?
  • Work with Paul Hayre from the Harvard Grid to understand one of the fundamental questions of entrepreneurship: what does the startup need to build?

AI Jetpacks for Entrepreneurs*

Facilitated by Doug Williams, Geoffrey Mosoti Nyakiongora — MIT Martin Trust Center

  • How can you leverage AI tools to build your startup?
  • Gain access to MIT’s Orbit software: AI Jetpacks for Entrepreneurs, a single web platform leveraging Generative AI to automate the 24 Steps to a Successful Startup described in Bill Aulet’s book, Disciplined Entrepreneurship
    • *laptop required

Integrating Impact

Facilitated by Alanis Carmona, Malcolm Grba — Harvard Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship

  • How can you integrate the UN’s sustainable development goals into your startup, and what’s the future of startup sustainability?

Better B2B Sales

Facilitated by Phil Green — Senior Advisor, Harvard Innovation Labs

  • What are the most common mistakes made in B2B pitches, and how can you avoid them?
  • A presentation by Phil Green, Senior Advisor at the Harvard Innovation Lab with 30 years of experience in building products, services, teams, and companies.