Today we’re announcing the six panels (including two working lunches) that will be held during the TechCrunch50 conference. There will be two panels on each day of the conference and each will include a mixture of discussion and advice on subjects important to entrepreneurs and investors.

Monday, Sept. 8th

The Role of the Angel Investor

An introduction to the most prominent Angel investors. Panelists will discuss their perspective on personal investing, inclusive of what these Angels look for in terms of team experience, technology categories, investment stage, valuation, etc. The Panelists will discuss their successes, failures, hopes and dreams.

12pm, Sept. 8th

Panelists:

Ron Conway, Angel Investor
Yossi Vardi, Investor and Entrepreneur
David Kidder, Founder and CEO, Clickable
Chris Sacca, Investor and Company Advisor
Matt Coffin, Investor and Entrepreneur

Moderated by Jason Calacanis, Founder, CEO, Mahalo

Building scalable web businesses - the right entrepreneurs focused on the right markets

Join Clearstone Venture Partners, the Founders of Rubicon Project,thePlatform, live ops, stumbleupon and many others for a hosted open-forum lunch discussion focused on what every entrepreneur needs to know to ensure their start-up is set for success from the earliest investment stage- incubation. Learn from successful and established “company starters” what patterns they look for when evaluating when and if to invest in entrepreneurs and their ideas at the earliest stages. Hear serial entrepreneurs share war stories about the lessons they’ve learned building scalable web businesses from scratch and working with the VCs that fund them.

1:30pm, Sept. 8th

Panelists

Frank Addante, Founder and CEO of the Rubicon Project
Rahul Sonnad, Fonder and CEO, Geodelic
Sumant Mandal, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners
Ariel Poler, Serial entrepreneur and investor
Bill Trenchard, Chairman at LiveOps / Angel Investor

Moderated by David Stern, Venture Partner, Clearstone Venture Partners

Tuesday, Sept. 9th

20 Questions for VCs

A panel of VCs on what they are looking for these days, how spooked they are by the liquidity drought, and how the venture capital game in general is changing

11:45am, Sept. 9th

Panelists

Sumant Mandal, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners
George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures
Roelof Botha, Partner, Sequoia Capital
Raj Kapoor, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Ross Levinsohn, President, Fox Interactive Media

Moderated by Erick Schonfeld, Co-Editor, TechCrunch

Mastering the Top 3 Challenges of the Start-Up: Financing, Recruiting and Customer Acquisition

A working lunch sponsored by the Mayfield Fund dedicated to exploring the three top challenges of start-ups, including financing, recruiting talent and acquiring an audience for your product.

1:15pm, Sept. 9th

Panelists

Ram Shiram, Managing Partner, Sherpalo Ventures
Jon Love, Founder, JL Recruiting
Chamath Palihapitiya, VP of Product Marketing, Facebook

Hosted by Navin Chadda, Mayfield Fund

Wednesday, Sept. 10th

Exit Strategies, M&A Uncovered

The stage will be shared with 5 other prominent VCs, M&A experts, Corporate Executives and others who are prepared to share their perspectives on what is practical and required for a successful exit with the TechCrunch50 audience.

11:45am, Sept. 10th

Panelists

Michael Marquez, EVP, Strategy and Corporate Development, CBS Interactive
David Lawee, VP, Corporate Development, Google
Barney Pell, Founder, Powerset
Ted Wang, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP

Moderated by Heather Harde, CEO, TechCrunch

Hollywood Goes Silicon Valley

The panel showcases the efforts of a posse of entertainment luminaries who are creating content exclusively for the Web, and embracing new technologies in all aspects of their production, marketing and distribution of commercial entertainment properties

5pm, Sept. 10th

Panelists

Joss Whedon, Writer, Director
Stan Rogow, Executive Producer and Director of Gemini Division
Matthew Diamond, CEO and Founder of Alloy Media + Marketing
Chris Henchy, Gary Sanchez Productions
Michael Yanover, Business Strategist, Creative Artists Agency

Moderated by Michael Arrington, Founder and Co-Editor, TechCrunch

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