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Black Tech NOLA

6:00pm CDT

NOLA Tech 30 Honoree Mixer and Kick-off Event Ace Hotel

8:00am CDT

Office Hours with Good Work Network Innovation Lab - Ace Hotel

10:00am CDT

Welcome Ace HotelKyndra Joi

10:10am CDT

City of New Orleans: The Future Is Now Ace HotelKim Lagrue

10:25am CDT

NOLAVATE Black Ace HotelSabrina Short

10:35am CDT

Protecting The Culture Ace HotelArif Gursel

10:55am CDT

Building the Legacy Ace HotelArif Gursel • Bernard Robertson • Tina Eskridge • Eric C Blue

11:15am CDT

Break Ace Hotel

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Ace Hotel

12:30pm CDT

Ecoystem Building: Equity Pact Ace HotelCrystal McDonald • Trace Allen • Cheryl Watkins Moore

1:00pm CDT

Intro to Tech: Get Into Tech presented by DXC Technology Bourbon Room - Ace HotelCeceille Palmer Malcolm • Terrell Boynton Startup: Navigating the FinTech World as a Black Startup Business presented by JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jazz Room - Ace HotelJPMorgan Chase & Co. Tech Life: Job Recruitment with Levelset Innovation Lab - Ace HotelLevelset Tech Life: Building in the Cloud presented by AWS Mardi Gras Room - Ace HotelNader Dabit • Kurt Kemple • AWS

2:00pm CDT

Startup: Supplier Diversity presented by MAWSS Innovation Lab - Ace Hotel

2:30pm CDT

Mastering The Big Pitch Sponsored by VentureWalk Business Partners LLC Jazz Room - Ace HotelDesiree Young Startup: The Art of Negotiation presented by The Bean Path Bourbon Room - Ace HotelDr. Nashlie Sephus

3:00pm CDT

Startup: Office 365 for Business presented by Microsoft Innovation Lab - Ace HotelMicrosoft

3:30pm CDT

Building The Tech Pipeline presented by Microsoft Ace HotelShercole King • Randall Boseman • Dr. Nashlie Sephus • Chris Douglas • Microsoft

4:00pm CDT

Intro to Tech: Intro to Code presented by Operation Spark Mardi Gras Room - Ace HotelKendall Spears Tech Life: Black in Tech presented by Jabu HR Inc Jazz Room - Ace HotelJabu Dayton

5:00pm CDT

NOLAVATE Black Pitch Competition presented by AWS & We Power Tech Ace HotelAllen Square • AWS

6:00pm CDT

Tech After Hours presented by NOLAVATE Black Ace Hotel

6:30pm CDT

Black Tech Women Meetup sponsored by Box Ace HotelBox

8:00am CDT

Office Hours with Good Work Network Innovation Lab - Ace Hotel

10:05am CDT

Welcome Ace HotelKyndra Joi

10:10am CDT

Remarks from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Ace HotelErika Wright

10:25am CDT

Dr. Renee Horton, NASA Ace HotelDr. Rene Horton

10:30am CDT

Building The Future: Discussion with Valerie Jarrett presented by Lyft Ace HotelMonica Poindexter • Valerie Jarrett • Lyft

11:15am CDT

Paving the Way: Interview with Hannah Beachler Ace HotelTiara "Miss Black Hollywood" Williams • Hannah Beachler

12:00pm CDT

Lunch Ace Hotel Tech Meetup: Creatives (Breakout) Mardi Gras Room - Ace Hotel Tech Meetup: D&I Leaders (Main Stage) Green Room Tech Meetup: Engineers (Breakout) Jazz Room - Ace Hotel Tech Meetup: Founders/Startups (Breakout) Bourbon Room - Ace Hotel

1:00pm CDT

Global Music Economy presented by GNO, Inc. & NOMTN Ace HotelRaj Smoove • Essence Harris • NOMTN Startup: Shifting the Culture presented by Jabu HR Inc Bourbon Room - Ace HotelJabu Dayton Tech Life: Intersection of Awesome with IoT and AI presented by Microsoft Innovation Lab - Ace HotelTara Walker • Microsoft Tech Life: Your Design Portfolio Jazz Room - Ace HotelEdgardo Perez • Abstract Tech Life: Design Thinking Mardi Gras Room - Ace HotelKim Holt • Zalyia Grillet

1:45pm CDT

Next Generation of Tech presented by Box Ace HotelTony Zanders • Andrew Albert • Tiffany Stevenson

2:00pm CDT

Tech Life: Resume Consulting presented by Progressive HR Strategies Innovation Lab - Ace Hotel

2:30pm CDT

Intro To Tech: Building Your Ecommerce Site presented by Tech Talent South Bourbon Room - Ace HotelMary LaChapelle Startup: Small Business, Big Brand presented by GrowHaus Jazz Room - Ace HotelDana Blandin • Jasmine Henderson

2:45pm CDT

Startup: We Power Tech presented by AWS Ace HotelMike Katz • AWS

3:45pm CDT

Bridging the Gap: D&I Panel presented by Abstract Ace HotelEdgardo Perez • Katrina Jones • Sacha Thompson • Paul Saiedi • Abstract

4:45pm CDT

Black Voters Matter: Intersection of Tech and Black Liberation Ace HotelRachel Graham • LaTosha Brown

5:30pm CDT

NOLAVATE Closing Ceromonies Ace Hotel

6:00pm CDT

Tech After Hours presented by Black Voters Matter Fund Ace HotelBlack Voters Matter