Richard Smith

Director of Event Programming, TechCrunch

Richard is the director of event programming for TechCrunch.

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We’re incredibly excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated Fintech Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Space, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — all under…

Announcing the agenda for the Fintech Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated Space Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. It joins Fintech, SaaS and AI as the other industry-focused stages — all under…

Announcing the agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

After a few years of being background noise, AI has suddenly become ubiquitous. From consumer apps to enterprise tools to medical devices, nearly everything claims to be “powered by AI”…

Announcing the AI Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt, our flagship startup event, returns to San Francisco on September 19–21, and you can bet TechCrunch+ will be in the house. It’s going to be the biggest and…

Announcing the final agenda for the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt

TechCrunch Early Stage is the place to be for the founder who is just getting started. On April 20, we’re excited to bring our show to Boston, Massachusetts. We’re bringing…

Announcing the first group of speakers for TC Early Stage

TechCrunch Sessions: Space is back! Happening December 6 — our third dedicated space event. This is a live, in-person event featuring the most influential people in the space industry, across…

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Space in Los Angeles

The crypto industry seemed to age several decades over the past bull run, maturing in some places while barreling ahead in ambitious new pursuits, including DeFi, NFTs and web3. And…

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

Disrupt is turning 12 years old. If it were a human, it would be addicted to technology (which it is) and starting to get an attitude (again, yes). But after a couple of years coming to you virtually, the world’s most impactful tech startup conference is coming back to real…

8:00 am PDT • August 23, 2022
Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TC Sessions: Climate, in partnership with the Extreme Tech Challenge 2022 Global Finals, is our first event dedicated to the climate crisis. And our agenda is complete!  Leading scientists, entrepreneurs,…

Here’s the complete agenda for next week’s TC Sessions: Climate 2022

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Announcing the TechCrunch+ Stage Agenda at Disrupt 2022

2022 is the year that we are returning to in-person events here at TechCrunch, which means that after a few years running remotely, our flagship Disrupt event is back. But while we are shaking up the last few years of Disrupt history — thanks, COVID — we are keeping some…

2:06 pm PDT • May 25, 2022
Announcing the TechCrunch+ Stage Agenda at Disrupt 2022

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person event…

Here’s everything you’ll see at TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility next week

From the minds behind TechCrunch comes a brand-new TC Sessions event dedicated to the climate crisis. Leading scientists, entrepreneurs, VCs and more will gather on June 14 at UC Berkeley…

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Climate

TC Sessions: Mobility is back, and this year we are bringing together the best and brightest founders, investors, engineers and experts on the future of transportation for a two-day, in-person…

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch Early Stage is the ultimate educational resource for a founder who is just getting started. We’ve tapped experts across myriad startup core competencies, from fundraising to operations to marketing,…

Here’s what you’ll learn at TechCrunch Early Stage in San Francisco this April

TC Sessions: Space is back! Happening this December 14 and 15 — our second dedicated space event. This is a live, virtual two-day event featuring the most important people in…

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Space 2021

TechCrunch Sessions is back! On October 27, we’re taking on the ferociously competitive field of software as a service (SaaS), and we’re thrilled to announce our final packed agenda, overflowing…

Announcing the final agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: SaaS 2021

TechCrunch Sessions is back! On October 27, we’re taking on the ferociously competitive field of software as a service (SaaS), and we’re thrilled to announce our packed agenda, overflowing with…

Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: SaaS

Disrupt 2021 stands to be the best Disrupt yet. We have an incredible lineup of speakers both on the Disrupt Stage and the Extra Crunch Stage. And, of course, we…

Announcing the agenda for the Disrupt Stage this September

Here at TechCrunch, we’re big fans of startup competitions. From our Extra Crunch Live Pitch-offs all the way up to the world-famous Disrupt Startup Battlefield, we can’t get enough of…

Announcing the agenda for Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals presented by TechCrunch

Disrupt 2020 was an absolute banger of a conference, but we’re not ones to rest on our laurels. We have an incredible Disrupt in store for you this September 21-23,…

Announcing the Disrupt 2021 Extra Crunch Stage Agenda

TC Sessions: Mobility is back and we’re excited to give you the first look at who is coming to the main stage and what we plan to talk about. The…

Announcing the Agenda for TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

As an early-stage founder, how do you identify the right investors? Or know how to hire the best possible team to set up your company for growth? Should you bootstrap,…

Announcing the agenda for TC Early Stage — Operations & Fundraising

TC Sessions: Justice, our second-ever dedicated event to diversity, equity, inclusion and labor in tech, is coming up on March 3, 2021. This is a virtual one-day conference featuring the…

Announcing the complete agenda for TC Sessions: Justice

TC Sessions: Justice, our second-ever dedicated event to diversity, equity, inclusion and labor in tech, is coming up on March 3, 2021. This is a virtual one-day conference featuring the…

Announcing the agenda for TC Sessions: Justice

TC Sessions: Space is happening this December 16 and 17 — our first-ever dedicated space event. This is a live, virtual two-day conference featuring the most important people in the…

Announcing the final agenda for TC Sessions: Space 2020

TC Sessions: Mobility is back and we’re excited to give the final look of what and who is coming to the main stage. Before we get into who is coming,…

Announcing the final agenda for TC Sessions: Mobility 2020

TC Sessions: Mobility is back and we’re excited to give the first peek of what and who is coming to the main stage. We’re not revealing everything just yet, but…

Announcing the all new, virtual agenda for TC Sessions: Mobility

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Announcing the Disrupt 2020 agenda

For the past 10 years, Disrupt has been a place for the tech community to come together to connect and learn. And while thousands of techies won’t be able to descend on the Moscone Center this year, the Disrupt show will most certainly go on. On the conference’s 10th anniversary,…

8:30 am PDT • July 28, 2020
Announcing the Disrupt 2020 agenda

The main stage at Disrupt SF doesn’t make time for audience questions, but we know everyone has questions to ask our speakers. So we have a separate Q&A stage where…

Join the Q&A with top speakers at Disrupt SF (Oct. 2-4)

Disrupt Berlin 2018 (29-30 November) will be here before you know it and we’re excited to announce a few of the participants in the Q&A Sessions at the event. If…

Meet the speakers in Q&A Sessions at Disrupt Berlin 2018
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