Derrick Harris, Senior Writer at Gigaom, is doing this final session: "For the first time, Gigaom presents its selections of the best and brightest big data startups" and gives each of them an award. Each founder is onstage for a four-minute interview before we break for a reception.

Adam Bonnifield — Co-Founder, Spinnakr
Gunnar Carlsson — Co-Founder, Ayasdi
Francis Irving — CEO, ScraperWiki
Robert Munro — CEO, Idibon
Prakash Nanduri — CEO and Co-Founder, Paxata
David Soloff — CEO and Co-Founder, Premise
Ion Stoica — CEO and Co-Founder, DataBricks
Carl Tremblay — Head of Platform, Plaid