Product + Technology
DAY 1
8:00 am - 9:00 am
2022-06-16 AllRed Bull DJ
N/A9:00 am - 9:10 am
2022-06-16 AllOpening Remarks
Esosa Ighodaro Johnson, Regina Gwynn9:10 am - 9:35 am
2022-06-16 AllKeynote: Master Your Mind and Empower Your Thoughts to Achieve Business Success
Carla Harris, Regina Gwynn9:35 am - 10:20 am
2022-06-16 AllKeynote: Leveraging Future Opportunity Today
Hear about building companies for the future of tech. Taking advantage of new opportunities to build growth companies with exciting technology that will be mainstream in the future.
10:25 am - 11:05 am
2022-06-16 FoundersTed Talk: Tokens, NFTs, Metaverses. What Exactly is Web 3?
Everyone's talking Web 3, NFTs, and metaverse, but what is it really, and what does it have to do with your business? Kezia 'Professor Kez' Williams will break it down for you. Learn how to take advantage of the business opportunities available for founders.
Kezia Williams10:25 am - 11:05 am
2022-06-16 InvestorsHow We Break into Venture
Venture capital as an asset class is a largely untapped opportunity for the
Black community. However, being a VC isn’t the only way for Black
women to break into venture. In this panel, we will dive into all the ways
Black women can begin investing in venture.
11:45 am - 12:35 pm
AllLUNCH (on your own)
Visit the Food Truck Alley + Activations + Red Bull DJ
N/A12:35 pm - 1:15 pm
2022-06-16 AllCreating an Ecosystem of Support and Breaking Down Barriers to Economic Opportunities sponsored by Paypal
Andrea Donkor2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
2022-06-16 AllSponsor Spotlight: Bank of America
N/A4:05 pm - 4:45 pm
2022-06-16 InvestorsPanel: Black Women Fund Managers: The ABCs of Managing a Fund
27% of Black-led VC funds have launched in the last two years. Black women who start their own funds have a very different journey than our less melanated counterparts, to put it lightly. In this conversation, we explore how Black women fund managers access capital, craft their thesis, and the unique opportunities and strategies they create as fund managers. Also, as Black women, the way we run our funds is drastically different than an A16z or Kleiner Perkins as a result of the systemic barriers
N/A4:05 pm - 4:45 pm
2022-06-16 FoundersPanel: Web 3 Startups (Blockchain, NFT, Metaverse)
Hear from founders building companies in Web 3.0 today. Blockchain, Metaverse, NFT’s these founders are building companies that take advantage of the growing Web 3.0 space.
Amber Allen, Anade Davis5:30 pm - 6:10 pm
2022-06-16 AllKeynote: Fireside Chat with Tanya Van Court of Goalsetter Sponsored by Mastercard
Tanya Van Court, Rashida Bobb6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
2022-06-16 AllNetworking Happy Hour
N/ADAY 2
8:00 am - 9:00 am
2022-06-17 AllRed Bull DJ
N/A9:00 am - 9:10 am
2022-06-17 AllOpening Remarks
Regina Gwynn, Esosa Ighodaro Johnson9:10 am - 9:50 am
2022-06-17 AllKeynote: Tech Founder Success Story
N/A9:50 am - 10:00 am
2022-06-17 AllDo You Know the Silent Killer of Black Women? Hosted by BreastCancer.org
Ricki Fairley10:45 am - 11:25 am
2022-06-17 AllPanel: Building a Product-based Startup or Scalable Business
Are you a product business? Get advice from founders about what they have learned and how they are growing their companies.
Baiyinah Brookins10:45 am - 11:25 am
2022-06-17 AllOperate Your Business to Scale - Hosted by Intuit
Managing and Growing Your Business | What are the Pain Points and how can you take a Strategic Approach to Solve Them
Shani Boston11:25 am - 12:05 pm
2022-06-17 FoundersRound Table: Dealing with tech job trauma, healing from a toxic workplace
Putting the humanity back into tech. Learn how to manage when you run into the inevitable stressful situation.
Vanessa Vining, Fran Harris, Karina Bernacki, Netta Jenkins11:25 am - 12:05 pm
2022-06-17 ProfessionalsRound Table: The Future of Tech: Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, Intuit, Bank of America, Hinge
Future Tech Roles, Growth Seen in Space, Metaverse, How Diversity plays a role, Opportunities at their respective firms…etc.
N/A12:05 pm - 12:50 pm
2022-06-17 AllLUNCH (on your own)
Visit the Food Truck Alley + Activations + Red Bull DJ
N/A12:50 pm - 1:30 pm
2022-06-17 AllBuilding Blocks to Launch a Tech Startup - Hosted by AARP
According to startup statistics for 2021, January 2020 experienced the highest number of searches for “how to start a business.” Entrepreneurship is a journey and not a destination. Meet the startup founders who will share their building blocks to entrepreneurship. Once you have an idea, where do you go next? Learn what resources , programs, and funding might be available to early stage founders. MelX is building a platform to help the next generation of business owners learn the fundamentals, such solutions can be key for driving a ripple effect on prosperity. Trameter has unlocked a solution to make affordable travel, frictionless to book. They are developing promising solutions that will lead them on the pathway to billions.
Sheila Collins, Darsha Ham, Victoria Polk1:30 pm - 2:10 pm
2022-06-17 AllTech Careers in Government: Making Impact Every Day - Hosted by GSA/TTS
Want to use your tech talent for good and help the public every single day? Your tech skills can translate into massive impact for public good. Consider growing your career in government innovation–often called civic tech! Developers, data scientists, product managers, researchers, strategists, designers, and entrepreneurs like you can work within government to tackle our nation’s biggest challenges: and we need you! Join leaders from Technology Transformation Services (TTS), a tech and innovation branch of the federal government, as they share how and why they are building careers and community in civic tech. Bonus: we’re always hiring, visit us at our booth or at https://join.tts.gsa.gov/.
Malaika Carpenter, Natasha Bansgopaul, Jessyka Castillo2:10 pm - 2:50 pm
2022-06-17 FoundersTed Talk: How to Build a Two-Sided Marketplace
Building a dual-sided marketplace or platform can be a challenge. Learn from these founders about how they started and the lessons they learned.
Tope Mitchell, Tiffany Kelly2:55 pm - 3:25 pm
2022-06-17 AllReal Founders, Real Stories: Fireside Chat with Microsoft for Startups
Join two founders share their Roadmap to Billions and explore what tangible resources can be used to propel their growth. Powered by Microsoft for Startups.
Kobi Wu, Bakari Brock, Tiffany Dufu