Go deeper with Code Intensives. Intensives offer an in-depth look at pioneering topics and ideas designed to stimulate new ways of thinking about your work, your world and your life. This year, we’ve curated a mix of Intensives for you to explore a niche business topic, like breaking into the Chinese market — or get your right brain moving by learning something new, like designing your own sneakers or learning to table-DJ with the world-renowned Burt Blackarach.

Crash Course on the Chinese Tech Landscape

China’s online population is the largest in the world — and their habits are vastly different from those of U.S. internet users. Why is livestreaming so popular? Why do consumers live in super apps? In this crash course, three China experts will break down who dominates the Chinese internet, how we can expect the market to evolve, and the lessons that U.S. companies moving in can learn.

Wine Tasting With an AI Note

Do you love wine? Do you want to broaden your knowledge and discover more about your personal preferences? Join Wine Ring and RingIT CEO Pam Dillon and a group of wine masters on a wine-tasting journey. Taste six different wines — from Champagne to Burgundy to Oregon — and discover your individual preference through smell, taste and RingIT’s patented machine-learning technology.

Sneaker Customization With Greats

Join Brooklyn-based luxury sneaker brand Greats and custom sneaker artist Leah Tinari for a tech-themed sneaker customization session. We’ll give you 60 minutes and all the materials to design and take home your own personalized pair of Greats Royales during this hands-on Intensive.

Robots IRL With The Verge

Robots are taking over the world — from self-driving cars to back-flipping bots, autonomous technology is evolving fast. Hosted by The Verge’s executive editor, Dieter Bohn, you’ll be hands-on with some of the market’s coolest robots and hear from the minds behind the tech.

DJ School With DJ Burt Blackarach and Vox

Learn to scratch vinyl with Grammy-winning DJ Burt Blackarach, hosted by Vox’s Estelle Caswell, the Emmy-nominated creator of the original musical breakdown series, Earworm. In this Intensive, you’ll get a crash course on scratching and how to blend songs, and you’ll leave with your own mini-mix.

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HIIT Bodyweight Bootcamp
Powered by Aaptiv

6:30 a.m. to 7:20 a.m.
Instructor: Jaime McFaden

Join Aaptiv trainer Jaime McFaden for a high-energy strength training and cardio conditioning class. The HIIT Bodyweight Bootcamp class combines cardio, plyometric exercises and sculpting strength moves for a fun and effective total-body burn to the beat of the music.

Abs Intensive
Powered by Aaptiv

6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Instructor: Kenta Seki

Aaptiv trainer Kenta Seki will guide you through a series of exercises to target and tone your midsection. Take on your core and obliques from all angles with a series of challenging intervals that will help improve stability, balance and foundational strength.

Rock Your Ride Cycling
Powered by CycleBar

6:30 a.m. to 7:15 a.m.
Instructor: Jules Downs

Get ready to take the ride of your life in CycleBar’s 45-minute, rhythm-based cycling class. With calorie-blasting intervals, effective choreography, inspiring instructors and music that will get you going from start to finish, we’ll make this a ride you’ll never forget! Come on out and Rock Your Ride with us!

More About Our Instructors:

Jaime McFaden

Jaime McFaden has a long and impressive list of fitness credentials. She’s a certified NASM personal trainer and women’s fitness specialist, Zumba trainer, Pilates/Barre instructor and pre- and postnatal trainer. She also earned a senior master trainer classification while working for fitness mogul Jillian Michaels. McFaden’s positivity and drive to empower her clients shines through in her workouts — she’ll leave you feeling inspired and strong.

Kenta Seki

Kenta Seki fell in love with yoga at age 9, began teaching at 16, and has been growing his practice and fitness expertise ever since. He is certified in personal training and group fitness; current and former celebrity clients include Jillian Michaels. Not only is Seki an in-demand personal trainer, he’s a fitness model and choreographer who has appeared in more than 100 fitness DVDs. His easygoing personality is balanced by a challenging training style. He’ll have you looking forward to every single sweat session.

Jules Downs

Jules Downs is a classically trained ballet dancer turned badass indoor-cycling instructor. She moved to LA from Temecula just over a decade ago to pursue a career in the fashion industry, but after taking her first indoor-cycling class, her life took a 180. Downs had a humble beginning as a teacher at the Koreatown YMCA, where members would show up more than an hour early just to make sure they got a spot in her class. When you step into the studio with Downs, she reminds you to leave your issues at the door, empowers you to find your strength within and encourages you beyond what you believe is possible. Downs loves to coach people and remind them they are always ahead of the game just by showing up. No one ever leaves her class without a huge smile on their face — her positivity is contagious. Downs is a master and lead instructor at CycleBar Culver City, and trains CycleStars across the nation.

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Flow-Anywhere Yoga
Powered by Aaptiv

6:30 a.m. to 7:20 a.m.
Instructor: Kenta Seki

Sculpt, tone, and release tension with an energizing vinyasa flow led by Aaptiv trainer Kenta Seki. You’ll weave your way through creative, flowing transitions that lengthen, strengthen and center.

Pilates/Barre Fusion
Powered by Aaptiv

6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Instructor: Jaime McFaden

This total body sculpting class blends Pilates, Barre and core-strengthening exercises to help tone and elongate the major muscle groups. Aaptiv trainer Jaime McFaden will lead you through a fun, high-energy workout that will leave you feeling strong and stabilized.

Rock Your Ride Cycling
Powered by CycleBar

6:30 a.m. to 7:15 a.m.
Instructor: Kari Nicolle

Get ready to take the ride of your life in CycleBar’s 45-minute, rhythm-based cycling class. With calorie-blasting intervals, effective choreography, inspiring instructors and music that will get you going from start to finish, we’ll make this a ride you’ll never forget! Come on out and Rock Your Ride with us!

More About Our Instructors:

Kenta Seki

Kenta Seki fell in love with yoga at age 9, began teaching at 16, and has been growing his practice and fitness expertise ever since. He is certified in personal training and group fitness; current and former celebrity clients include Jillian Michaels. Not only is Seki an in-demand personal trainer, he’s a fitness model and choreographer who has appeared in more than 100 fitness DVDs. His easygoing personality is balanced by a challenging training style. He’ll have you looking forward to every single sweat session.

Jaime McFaden

Jaime McFaden has a long and impressive list of fitness credentials. She’s a certified NASM personal trainer and women’s fitness specialist, Zumba trainer, Pilates/Barre instructor and pre- and postnatal trainer. She also earned a senior master trainer classification while working for fitness mogul Jillian Michaels. McFaden’s positivity and drive to empower her clients shines through in her workouts — she’ll leave you feeling inspired and strong.

Kari Nicolle

An athlete her entire life, Kari Nicolle began teaching indoor cycling at Flywheel in 2012, and after four years of sold-out classes in NYC and LA, she joined CycleBar’s senior master instructor team in 2016. She has trained more than 30 CycleBar teams around the country in the past two years, and takes great pride in how many lives are touched by CycleStars every single day. She’s known in NY, LA and around the country for her calm, Zen-like craziness on the podium. Her playlists feature heavy, eclectic beats, and her growl is legendary. Nicolle believes an epic indoor-cycling class can change not only your day, but also your life. She’s based in LA and teaches in Culver City and WeHo.

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Kick off Day Two of Code Conference by joining our partners at the Breakfast Sessions. These small discussion groups will dive deep into the most important topics facing tech and media companies today, like artificial intelligence, harnessing your creativity and engaging underserved audiences. Each discussion is hosted by industry leaders and strategic thinkers to facilitate interactive and spirited discussions.

Case Study: How Starbucks Uses AI to Serve Up Your Doubleshot
Presented by The Boston Consulting Group

Artificial intelligence is the secret weapon successful brands deploy to personally engage with and delight their customers. Join Starbucks Senior Vice President Bill McNichols and Formation CEO Christian Selchau-Hansen to hear how data, machine learning and AI combine to drive the modern customer experience.

The Business of Representation: How to Reach and Engage Underserved Audiences
Presented by Univision Communications Inc.

Underrepresented audiences have always found it hard to discover culturally relevant content from many major media outlets, and this continues in the internet age. Join Mike McAvoy, executive vice president of sales for Fusion Media Group; Enrique Acevedo, network anchor for Univision News; and Susie Banikarim, editorial director of Gizmodo Media Group, for a conversation about what it takes to build market-leading media platforms across multiple audiences in a fragmented world.

Unleash Creativity to Drive Business
Presented by Comcast NBCUniversal

The creativity and innovation that goes into producing a thrilling theme park or animated film can help any business achieve greater returns. We’ll chat with the Emmy- and Oscar-winning producer behind animated classics like Ratatouille, Storks, Cars 2 and Antz. And we’ll take a deep dive into the technology and creative process that drive the development of these experiences —from whiteboard ideation to testing and launching — so you can then apply them to your own business.

What Can 5G Do for the World?
Presented by Intel

Learn how 5G will transform our lives and businesses in the next few years. It will unlock the potential of autonomous driving, make smart cities truly intelligent and enable us to realize the full promise of the Internet of Things. It will disrupt entire industries and invent new ones — join Intel for a conversation about why you should care about 5G, what it will make possible, and why you should be thinking about its impact on your business.

Exploring the Future of AI for Business With IBM Watson CTO Rob High
Presented by IBM

With almost unlimited options for incorporating artificial intelligence into business, smart companies are focusing on the paths that can most effectively power profits and growth. Rob High, CTO for IBM Watson, will explore the role of AI in business today and offer a view into the possibilities and opportunities for enhancing business results with AI in the near-term future.

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Speeding Toward Scale: A Conversation With Netflix and 2U, Inc.
Presented by 2U, Inc.

The global content and education sectors are rapidly being transformed by the digital revolution. Netflix and 2U, Inc. are leading the evolution of their respective industries through a powerful blend of technology and content. Join Greg Peters, chief product officer of Netflix, and Chip Paucek, co-founder and CEO of 2U, Inc., to discuss how they’re fundamentally reshaping and redefining how we produce and consume content, and how we teach and learn in the digital age.

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Jason Benavente, Executive Chef, Nobu Los Angeles

Chef Jason Benavente has been part of the Nobu culinary team since 2007, starting at Nobu Honolulu before moving to West Hollywood to be executive chef of Nobu Los Angeles. A Hawaii native and graduate of the Culinary Institute of the Pacific in Oahu, Benavente has always been inspired by the impact of family dinners and access to local ingredients, both of which are central to the philosophy of Nobu-style cuisine.

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Josef Centeno, Chef and Owner, Bäco Mercat, Bar Amá, Orsa & Winston, P.Y.T. and BäcoShop

Josef Centeno is the chef-owner of five Los Angeles restaurants. He has been called the “culinary mayor” of downtown LA and “a prime mover of what we’ve come to think of as Los Angeles cuisine.” In 2011, Centeno opened his first restaurant, the Eastern Mediterranean-influenced Bäco Mercat, one of the first restaurants to shift critical attention to the center of downtown. Others soon followed: Tex-Mex restaurant Bar Amá, Italian- and Japanese-influenced Orsa & Winston, and vegetable-centered P.Y.T. — all on the same block. Centeno recently ventured across town to Culver City, where he opened BäcoShop. He likes macchiatos, surfing and hanging out with his two dogs, Bear and Winston.

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Chris Flint, Executive Chef, NoMad Los Angeles

Chris Flint is the executive chef of NoMad Los Angeles, the first West Coast project by restaurateur Will Guidara and chef Daniel Humm. Following stints at Kittichai, Bouley and Bar Blanc, Flint joined the Eleven Madison Park team in 2008. He quickly climbed the ranks, helping the restaurant receive four stars from The New York Times and three Michelin stars before joining the NoMad NY opening team in 2012 as executive sous chef; he contributed to that restaurant receiving three stars from The New York Times and one Michelin star. Flint returned to EMP in 2013 as chef de cuisine, helping to lead the restaurant to the No. 1 spot on the 2017 World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. Flint currently oversees the culinary program for all NoMad LA food and beverage outlets, including the Mezzanine, Lobby, Coffee Bar and Rooftop Café.

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Valerie Gordon, Chocolatier, Pastry Chef, Author and Owner, Valerie Confections

Celebrated Los Angeles chocolatier and James Beard finalist cookbook author Valerie Gordon has the business acumen of a Martha Stewart, the warm and effortless entertaining style of a Nigella Lawson and the edgy, fun, no-nonsense approach of an Anthony Bourdain. Gordon’s recipes and her namesake confectionary, Valerie Confections, have been recognized in national media outlets including Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, The Wall Street Journal, InStyle, The New York Times, Vogue and the Food Network. Her first cookbook, Sweet, was a 2014 James Beard Award finalist. A San Francisco native, Gordon spent her formative culinary years in the Bay Area during the early days of the farm-to-table movement, before relocating to LA to run Les Deux Cafes. She founded Valerie Confections in 2004 with her partner, Stan Weightman Jr. She also owns two contemporary-Californian, French-influenced cafes and bakeries. She has created collaborative products with a wide range of companies and personalities, including Commune Design, Clare V. and Edible Gardens LA.

 

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Timothy Hollingsworth, Chef and Owner, Otium

Chef Timothy Hollingsworth is the chef and owner of Otium, an ambitious contemporary restaurant adjacent to The Broad. His menu is one of sophisticated rusticity, with highly eclectic, vibrant and seasonal flavors, accessible to every palate. Prior to opening Otium, Hollingsworth spent 13 years at Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry, where he learned from former chefs de cuisine Eric Ziebold and Corey Lee. Keller selected Hollingsworth to join a core team that traveled to New York City to train and prepare for the opening of Per Se, Keller’s second three-Michelin-starred restaurant. In 2008, he competed in the Bocuse d’Or USA, placing first and winning the chance to represent the United States at the prestigious Bocuse d’Or. He has won multiple awards, including the Rising Star Chef Award from The San Francisco Chronicle and the Rising Star Chef of the Year Award, presented by the James Beard Foundation.

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Jessica Koslow, Chef and Owner, Sqirl

Jessica Koslow is an award winning American chef and owner of the LA hotspot Sqirl. She is a 2018 James Beard Award Finalist in the Best Chef category, and has been dubbed the “leader of New California Cuisine.”

Koslow got her start at Anne Quatrano’s Bacchanalia and Star Provisions, learning to cook in one of the South’s most esteemed kitchens. She opened Sqirl LA in 2011 as a jam storefront, and quickly expanded it into a small breakfast-and-lunch spot, which serves a famed sorrel pesto rice bowl and other delights, drawing around-the-block lines and some of the most “liked” food photos on Instagram.

Koslow is on René Redzepi’s MAD board, and is active in the Edible School Yard.

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Vivian Ku, Chef and Owner, Pine & Crane and Joy

Vivian Ku grew up on her family’s Chinese vegetable farm in Bakersfield, California, and from an early age, she got to see greens grown and harvested through the seasons. Ku then studied economics at Harvard College, which is where she realized she wanted to run restaurants for a living. She ran Quincy Grill on campus, and staged at Henrietta’s Table in Harvard Square on the side. Ku attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. She was heavily inspired by her time at Chez Panisse, where quality ingredients were simple, respected and allowed to shine on their own. In 2014, she opened Pine & Crane in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, and recently opened a sister concept called Joy in LA’s Highland Park neighborhood.

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Nguyen Tran, Chef and Owner, Starry Kitchen and Button Mash

An accidental restaurateur, Nguyen Tran started an illegal underground phenomenon out of their apartment in North Hollywood — it eventually became the No. 1 Asian-fusion restaurant listing in Los Angeles on Yelp in 2009. They have since gone legit (at times), continued to stumble and fail upward with their delicious pan-Asian comfort tomfoolery, banana-suit megaphone shenanigans, highly publicized marijuana-dinner antics and double entendres galore, with their most famous signature dish — crispy tofu balls — taking the lead. After building a loyal fan base, they opened new restaurants in downtown LA, the Fashion District, Chinatown and Echo Park. Their story has been told by LA Times, Eater, The New Yorker, The New York Times, NPR and Food & Wine magazine, among others. They also recently published their own memoir/cookbook/how-to-start-your-own-illegal-and-underground-restaurant guide, Adventures in Starry Kitchen, with HarperOne.

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Andrew Vaughan, Chef de Cuisine, mar’sel

At mar’sel, the signature restaurant at Terranea Resort, Chef de Cuisine Andrew Vaughan applies French technique to ingredients sourced from on-site gardens and farms as well as local, sustainable purveyors to create “farm-to-Terranea” dishes that accent seasonality. Brought up in Louisiana, Vaughan spent countless hours cooking in his home kitchen before attending Sowela Technical College in New Orleans and the Culinary Institute of America. He received training at Chateau Nouveau, L’Etoile and Restaurant Daniel, working alongside Daniel Boulud. Before Terranea, he worked at Emeril Lagasse’s Nola Restaurant and Simon LA. At Terranea, Vaughan upgraded Nelson’s restaurant program to use more sustainable seafood. He then started working with the resort’s executive chef, Bernard Ibarra, on corporate banquets, VIP events and special dinners at mar’sel, before earning the chef de cuisine post. Vaughan has been featured by LA Food & Wine Festival, Los Angeles Magazine’s Food Event and the Sustainable Seafood Expo.

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This year, on Day Three of Code, we’re introducing Code University. We’ve invited the sharpest minds in leadership, technology, science and more to present 20-minute lectures on topics like work culture, disruptive innovation and harvesting planetary resources. Code U is an opportunity to take a birds-eye look at the front-line research and innovations that will drive the next generation of businesses.

Building a Work Culture That Actually Works

The old, standard HR methods — employee performance reviews and retention plans — are not sufficient to create a workplace that breeds high performance and profitability. To thrive in today’s dynamic environment, businesses must create a culture of radical honesty, full transparency and where work is the reward. Patty McCord, former chief talent officer for Netflix, will share her tips on building a culture of responsibility and freedom.

Moonshots: From Space to the Human Biome

Massive technological innovation now makes it possible for entrepreneurs and small groups of people to do things that not long ago were only accomplished by nation-states. From an exploration of the human biome to mining the moon, we will dive into a future made possible by unlocking the moon’s resources for the benefit of humanity.

Interactive Improv Meets Behavioral Science With The Second City

Learn from innovative leaders behind The Second City, Chicago’s famed improv-based sketch comedy school that brought the world comedians like Chris Farley, Bill Murray and Tina Fey. In this interactive session, learn the art of turning the unpracticed (or mistakes) into success, and discover how classic improvisational exercises can give individuals the ability to partner more effectively in the workplace and beyond.

Stratechery’s Ben Thompson on What’s Next

Ben Thompson, founder and author of Stratechery, will not simply discuss what is happening in technology and society, but why — and what might happen next.

Cybersecurity and the Future of Digital Democracy

With the midterm elections fast approaching, the United States has just months to learn how to defend our democracy from the very serious cyber threats that loom. Eric Rosenbach, former chief of staff for U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, will discuss the different threats we face — from ransomware to crypto to voter fraud — and what needs to happen in order to protect digital democracy in Silicon Valley, the government and beyond.

Rise of the Robots

As robots are getting faster, smarter and cheaper, they are transforming the way we work. Rosanna Myers, co-founder and CEO of Carbon Robotics, will discuss the current robotic landscape, the industries that are currently being transformed, and what the robotic future might look like in the near (and not so near) future.

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