TechCrunch50 is less than two days away now, and we are gearing up an extraordinary event for those who are attending live and those following along via the Web. We will be bringing the full conference to online audiences thanks to Ustream, our conference broadcast partner, and Qik, our mobile streaming partner.

Ustream will be delivering video of all of the TechCrunch50 presenting companies, enabling the entire TechCrunch audience to watch the demos and product debuts. The Ustream broadcasts will be integrated with interactive tools including chatrooms and a shout meter, to provide everyone watching with an opportunity react and respond in real time to the presentations.

Qik will join TechCrunch50 as our mobile streaming partner, providing coverage of all the incredible companies and products showcased in the TechCrunch50 DemoPit and Exhibition Hall. The Qik live stream widget will be available on www.techcrunch50.com beginning on Monday morning.

For those of you attending TechCrunch50, Qik will be giving away a few phones at the conference to enable attendees to stream conference content into the Qik widget.

Thanks to Ustream and Qik everyone – worldwide – will be able to join in this year’s TechCrunch50 experience.

See you in San Francisco!

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

Yahoo TechTicker, with host Sarah Lacy, has just released two new interviews with Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis talking about TechCrunch50. The interviews are entitled Can the Valley and Hollywood Finally Play Nice? and Mobile: “This Time It’s Different”. You can see the previous interview here, and we’ve embedded the new interviews below:

Can the Valley and Hollywood Finally Play Nice?

Mobile: “This Time It’s Different”

Check out the deals listed by AirBed & Breakfast, a startup we recently reviewed that helps travelers find spots on couches and airbeds offered up by friendly locals for cheap.

The widget below shows some of the available accommodations and their distances from the Design Center Concourse, where the conference will be held.

The LATimes published a blog post about TechCrunch50, which we wanted to pass along. Especially interesting is there focus on the increasing convergence of Silicon Valley an Hollywood. Enjoy.

Battle of the A-listers: Ashton and Arrington, let the games begin

Loren Feldman, of 1938 Media, has a few thoughts about Ashton Kutcher being at TechCrunch50, and we wanted to pass them along to you.

TechCrunch50 is just a week and a half away. The list of presenting companies is kept strictly confidential until the day of the event to ensure maximum audience attention. But we’re making one exception this year. Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg’s Katalyst Media will be launching Blah Girls, one of his new interactive online video products, at TechCrunch50.

Like all products launching at the event, TechCrunch50 will be the first time the public or press has seen it. We got a look at it a couple of months ago and think it’s going to be a hit. Look for a lot more activity from Katalyst Media over the coming months.

I asked Ashton to do a quick intro video saying how excited he is about TechCrunch50. He sent the video below. You have to read between the lines, but I think he’s pretty jazzed about all of the strict confidentiality requirements and the need to meet with us twice before the event to rehearse his presentation. Warning: There’s some strong language.

Live streaming video by Ustream

Mark Cuban will be joining the TechCrunch50 program on Tuesday, September 9 for a one-on-one interview with Jason Calacanis from the main stage. You probably know Mark as both the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Broadcast.com with Todd Wagner. They then sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo in July of 1999 for $5.04 billion. Before Broadcast.com, Mark co-founded MicroSolutions, a leading National Systems Integrator, in 1983, and later sold it to CompuServe.

Mark has continued his work with Todd Wagner in another venture, 2929 Entertainment, which provides vertically integrated production and distribution of films and video. Additionally, Mark is a co-founder (with Philip Garvin) of HDNet, the first high-definition satellite television network.

Even with all of his entrepreneurial, sports and corporate experience, Mark recently found time to participate as one of the 12 contestants on the 5th season of the ABC Show Dancing with the Stars. Mark and his partner, Kym Johnson, were the fifth couple to be voted off of the show after welterweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and professional partner Karina Smirnoff.

You will not want to miss this live interview with Mark Cuban from TechCrunch50. Stay tuned for additional content updates – as we have a number of surprises yet to announce.

TechCrunch50 is right around the corner. Please register for your tickets before we sell out!! You will not believe what we have planned for you this year (September 8, 9 and 10).

As we move closer to the conference, we are encouraging everyone to book their hotel reservations (many hotels are already sold out) and register for the conference before we sell out. For companies seeking to launch and showcase products at TechCrunch50, please take a look at our Exhibitor Package. If you have questions about sponsorships, please reach out to Heather Harde or Dan Kimerling. All media inquiries should be sent to Sarah Ross.