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The 2nd annual HUE Tech Summit exists to educate, elevate, and empower women of color technologists and techpreneurs in the Delaware Valley and beyond. This year's summit will kick-off Philly Tech Week on Friday, May 3rd. The HUE Tech Summit is a diversity event powered by the Tech Women Network – an online platform for technical women.

The focus of the lessons will be from a web development point of view, with application on how to transfer programming skills from one language and platform to others. The meeting will begin with the question “why learn programming?” and will answer it using a demo of a light-weight chrome extension to show a fun example of what you can accomplish with coding. It will demonstrate basic programming concepts such as objects and arrays, variables, functions, and loops. In addition to Coding, parents may sign up for Summer Programs at Harrisburg University‘s Philadelphia campus. https://camps.harrisburgu.edu/philadelphia/

This year’s week-long celebration of technology and innovation begins on Friday, May 3, and with a special new location: Old City!

Keep the party going & join us at Arcweb for the Official After Party following the Kickoff Festival!

Join the Learning & Development Professionals of Greater Philadelphia (ldphilly.com) and University of Pennsylvania Professor & Philadelphia Mayor's Office Millennial Advisory Board Member Dr. Brandi Baldwin-Rana for an exploration of how to re-imagine training for your the millennial population in your workforce.

Throughout the day, kids will get hands-on experience remixing classic video games. Using real code, algorithms and a little creativity, kids will customize apps and games that can be shared with family and friends.

Join us for a reception and awards ceremony at CIC Philadelphia to celebrate the amazing students competing in Ctrl+Shift, Coded by Kids' annual high school coding competition.

Join Philly Stewards for a presentation and group discussion on how the art community can respond to the data gathered from the Philly Artist Census.

Join the Tech Women Network and HUE Tech Summit guests for a "special edition" Techies Who Brunch at Open Space gallery. The focus of brunch is self-care in a fun and festive atmosphere. Attendees will enjoy gourmet brunch dishes and mimosas and receive gift bags.

Join us at the "Creating a Digital Wakanda: Bringing Black Wall Street Online" event powered by Katika. Many minority businesses lack the resources and information to properly engage potential customers online. At this event we will be discussing what existing technologies are on the market to help black-owned businesses and which platforms are best suited for your specific type of industry. The discussion will also include ways entrepreneurs of color can strategize and leverage technology to build their businesses and brands.

Homebuying just got real! As part of Philly Tech Week 2019 presented by Comcast, a celebration of innovation and technology in Philadelphia, Streamline will host The Streamline Experience - Virtual Reality in Real Estate, a one-day event exploring the use of virtual reality to enrich the new construction home buying experience for consumers. Experience the latest in VR technology and see how technology is bringing preconstruction real estate to life.

Inspired by SXSW, TED Talks, and Comic Con; the Freshwave (FRSHWV) Teen Music & Tech Festival is a youth centered experience designed to inspire and excite. It is a playground for young music lovers, creatives, and tech/gaming enthusiasts. FRSHWV's premiere event will include live performances from artists who specialize in technology to advance their artistry and access through networking with industry leaders!

Are you a startup founder starting your journey in the world of entrepreneurship? Do you have an idea that you want to turn into a successful product? If you’ve answered YES and have the passion to carry your product from Idea to reality - then this full-day workshop is for you and your team!

This panel will explore what nonprofits and startups can learn from each other, and how nonprofits can scale and implement new tools to create alternative revenue streams or funding structures

Join Slice Communications for a panel discussion on how to attract and retain top talent. Local tech leaders will be answering questions and sharing their expertise on how to bring the best tech talent to Philly.

The seventh annual PhillyForce is coming and it's going to be bigger and better than ever. This year's event will consume the entirety of World Cafe Live. We'll be bringing you an industry keynote, the best and brightest speakers from the developer community and introduce the much-requested extended topics to PhillyForce for the first time. What are extended topics? Simple, these are talks that focus on challenges and opportunities that are not specific to only developers or the development community. Think of the ideas of continuous innovation or design thinking.

Join us during Philly Tech Week for a workshop that will help you identify the right digital marketing channels to drive loyalty and revenue for your business.

Real Estate Tax collection is at record highs while at the same time, the City of Philadelphia has reduced Real Estate tax delinquency by 31% since 2013. Find out how we're doing it. HINT: DATA

Philadelphia cybersecurity startup Privakey will moderate an afternoon discussion at Morgan Lewis on the growing security challenges of these emerging voice platforms. Panelists from a diverse variety of industries will provide insights on how they’re balancing voice innovation with consumer security. They’ll discuss their plans for implementing voice technology throughout the customer experience and their vision for voice interfaces in the years to come.

Tech professionals: see tech projects produced by Philadelphia Public School Students, give feedback and let them know about your industry! This event will be catered.

Join us as we imagine, design, and share solutions for the phenomenon that's plaguing personal and professional relationships - "ghosting."

Involved in healthtech or biotech in the Philly community? This is the perfect event for you.

Hear from entrepreneurs who will share stories of how their passions translated into business concepts. While listening to compelling narratives from peers, understand how to define your own “why” and learn how to transform a good story into a great one.

Learn how to design digital experiences that are accessible to audiences with disabilities.

Whether nonprofit, for-profit, or somewhere in between, Philly’s social entrepreneurs are engaging with technology to make the City of Brotherly Love a better place. Join experts from some of the area’s top social impact organizations to learn how they are using technology to streamline their organizations, reach underserved populations, and engage with new audiences.

Free evening social for all STEM women to mix and mingle with professionals from the area.

Join us for panel discussion at LIFT Labs PHL inside the Comcast Technology Center as we take a look back at what has been done throughout Philadelphia to support the growing black tech community and the progress made to close the gap on the digital divide.

Come join entrepreneurs who eat problems for breakfast. Brainstorming, education, peer accountability and support to sharpen your business and personal skills.

There are many potential pitfalls in data privacy right now and the landscape of privacy protections is rapidly changing. The European Union has issued fines under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect next year. Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other developing technologies can pose substantial privacy challenges. Many other states and Congress are considering potential regulations in this area. The panel will provide entrepreneurs, tech professionals and others with an introduction to these privacy law developments as well as information on best practices and challenges.

Join Crown Castle, the nation’s largest provider of shared communications infrastructure, and others for a discussion around the importance of wireless connectivity and how infrastructure solutions like fiber optic cable and small cell technology will enhance wireless coverage and capacity in the City of Brotherly Love.

Please join Philadelphia's influential BlockchainThought Leaders for a half-day conference on how blockchain technology is impacting industries and our community.

Ideate of Resources for Human Development invites you to reframe the idea of 'technology for the disabled' to 'Accessible Empowerment' Tools.

Join our students as they discuss bringing the world of the Fresh Artist's Silly Philly to life.

Everyone is all a buzz with Business Intelligence, Machine Learning and AI. At this event, we will discuss the prerequisite of Data Wrangling. Ensuring your data is prepped before running analytics and predictive analytics allows for an accurate narrative. Don't neglect the needs of your data!

Most people think that only larger companies are targeted by cyber attacks; however, the reality is criminals don’t care how big you are – all that matters to them is getting their hands on your company’s sensitive data.

The City of Philadelphia's is excited to introduce GeoJawn 2019 - the annual open house event showcasing multiple demonstrations, presentations, and discussions on the innovative geospatial and data driven solutions the City has developed in the past year.

Where Music & Technology Collides

Mogulette, in partnership with Stimulus, Open Access Philly, and Coded by Kids, are joining forces for the 5th Annual Women In Tech Soiree, Special 5 Year Anniversary Edition! The Women In Tech Soiree, now a staple and one of the most anticipated events held during Philly Tech Week, serves the purpose of highlighting the supportive spaces and places dedicated to the progression of technology, innovation, and education within women and diverse groups in Philadelphia.

The ITEM will guide you through what it's really like to work in Coud Computing.

Clinical trial and life-science industries are fertile ground for growing innovative services and product businesses. This event seeks to educate the community on what is currently being developed as well as opportunities for technological growth.

Engage with a panel of young professionals from the Philadelphia area who are making waves in the tech industry by offering exciting new products and services that are changing peoples' lives for the better.

Empower 2019 will bring together Revenue Team executives across Sales, Support, and Customer Success for two days of interactive learning, cohort-driven collaboration, and action planning— all focused on empowering your teams to deliver world class customer experience and drive revenue.

Join the Philadelphia Millennial Advisory Committee for a discussion on how city government and local nonprofits are working together to use tech to solve problems and how we can get better at harnessing tech's power to improve every Philadelphia neighborhood.

This year, our 3rd annual People Power Summit is hosting an exclusive evening-only event during Philly Tech Week that will bring together the city's top tech and talent leaders to provide mentoring for millennial professionals in tech. Companies will nominate and send their top millennial tech talent to participate in high-impact career coaching that will enhance their interpersonal skills, leadership abilities, and team performance. Space is limited. Register today!

Find out more about a day in the life of a data scientist from two companies engaged in searching for the underlying knowledge hidden in the vast amounts of data generated every day in every walk of life.

RiskSec 2019 will provide insights from thought leaders across various industries, focusing on the most significant issues that CISOs and other security professionals face every day. Learn about new approaches to security, discover the latest technology and interact with the best in the business.

Join us at the Innovation Studio to hear from a panel of seasoned executives and entrepreneurs as they discuss lessons learned from growing their own businesses and how they are using experiential learning to help develop the next generation of innovation practitioners. Breakfast will be provided by Saxbys!

Join the people and organizations that make up Philadelphia's innovation community for Representing the Underrepresented: Women in STEM Breakfast & Discussion.

Join PACT and the Penn Center for Innovation at as we take a look inside Penn's robotics labs.

Are you in the health, manufacturing, financial, retail, media, pharmaceutical, sports, or gaming industry? Are you a developer, infrastructure engineer, enterprise architect, cloud enthusiast, Cybersecurity engineer? If you answered 'yes' to one or any of these questions, and you want to explore how to use artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, IOT, DevOps, Security, collaboration, and business applications to help solve some of your organizations’ most complex challenges, then join us at the Philadelphia Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) in Malvern, PA during Philly Tech Week.

Interested in how G Suite-based information systems can work for your school or nonprofit? Or curious how to build one yourself? Join the xSoTec team to mingle and learn!

Answering real estate questions for growing companies

Join us for an afternoon of mixed-level dev talks focused around problem solving and innovative solutions.

Have you heard about Opportunity Zones but not really understood the details? Join us for an informative discussion about how you can benefit from Opportunity Zones and hear insights from Jeff Thomas, Tax Director at Netrality.

Have a great idea and passion for a business venture but don't know where to start?... Start HERE!

The Cannabis Sustainability Symposium Series will convene top experts from across the country to present regionally on the industry’s key environmental challenges and best management practices, including energy efficiency, water management, and waste minimization. The Symposium is also an opportunity for networking and developing new collaborative opportunities to further sustainability initiatives this year and beyond.

One-on-one conversation between Sylvester Mobley, Founder of Coded By Kids, and WURD President and CEO, Sara Lomax-Reese. Come listen, learn and engage in a powerful discussion about how we empower the next generation of tech entrepreneurs.

Are you an entrepreneur looking to promote your business or grow your personal brand? Join two local tech companies, AWeber and Stoop, as they teach you how to create an email newsletter that'll take your relationship status with your audience from 'just friends' to BFFs. All you need is your mobile device and some bright ideas!

Philly Startup Leaders' Entrepreneur Expo is the largest annual showcase of tech companies in Philadelphia. Entrepreneur Expo is an official event of Philly Tech Week, presented by Comcast!

Let's gather the Philly Dev community for one large happy hour and networking event.

Join our presentation for recent and soon-to-be tech grads to learn what technologies and skills corporate America is looking for, how to navigate the recruiting process and evaluate job offers, and strategies for long term career planning.

Come meet others who work or are interested in tech. This event is a safe space where attendees can practice networking while building connections with members of Philly’s amazing diverse tech community. All are welcome.

Want to support Philadelphia girls and women in tech? Join TechGirlz, Philly Tech Sistas, and ChickTech to discover the many ways you can make a difference and encourage girls and women to explore tech fields. We will be offering free volunteer training and demonstrating tech topics from TechGirlz’s library of workshops including Artificial Intelligence, Makey Makey, Designing Mobile Apps, Newsroom Production, JavaScript, and Mapping for Humanity. It will be a fun night to network, learn new technologies, and connect with Philly Tech Sistas, ChickTech, and TechGirlz!

Share a cocktail with Philadelphia’s leading designers while enjoying live music and a rooftop view of Old City.

PhillyCHI's 13th Annual Design Slam is a collaborative event in user experience design where participants compete in teams to develop the best design solution for a challenge faced by a local organization. This is a great opportunity to meet and work side-by-side with designers, strategists, and passionate user experience practitioners from all backgrounds.

This presentation is specifically designed for entrepreneurs looking to fund a business using crowdfunding

Curious about open source? Want to learn about the concept, get involved in open source or use open source technology in your own projects or businesses? Join the Philadelphia Linux Users Group for a happy hour with the local open source community, including local prominent contributors and leaders of projects underpinning every aspect of the global computing landscape.

Introduced by Technical.ly is a one day conference that incorporates programming, demos, networking and personalized connections. We’ll introduce you to new content, ideas, companies and more.

Please join Maker Meetup and our special sponsor, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld, for an exciting event during Philly Tech Week to learn about the latest innovations and investments in food. Explore exciting developments such as plant-based and clean meat technologies that address compelling issues such as the environment, health and world hunger. This industry has attracted hundreds of millions of venture dollars while leading investors have called this a trillion dollar business opportunity.

Chicktech Philly is excited to host Building Diverse Tech Teams: An Evening of Lightning Talks as part of Philly Tech Week! Join local technologists and executives for an evening of networking and lightning talks focused on how and why to hire and retain diverse technical talent.

**Join us for a panel discussion with successful professional women in tech, finance and education as they discuss their careers.**

Experience a new way to enjoy going out! Vibespot invites you to enjoy music, drinks and a social interaction like no other.

CET was founded to support the development and sustainability of a more inclusive and equitable tech ecosystem. CET will accomplish this through education, outreach, research, and funding for organizations and programs that work to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in tech. To that end, we are launching our initiative on Thursday, May 9th @ from 5:30 pm - 8 pm at Pipeline Philly.

Join us for the launch of DUZY tv, the world’s first platform that enables in-video purchases or donations without ever leaving the player.

Put your creative thinking skills to the test in a healthcare design competition for people of all skill levels, featuring expert judges and cash prizes.

Healthy Philly is brought to you by Tern with the goal of spreading health oriented ideas and initiatives in Philly. Every event we highlight 1 to 3 leaders in the community and open up a discussion around how to make Philly a healthier city. *Must RSVP to Attend* For more information contact info@ternwater.com We will also be officially launching the Smart Faucet. To reserve yours, go to this link

As part of Philly Tech Week 2019 presented by Comcast, The Yard + The Positivity Charge are joining together to bring you a night of positive thinking, to create room for more productivity in your day. We'll be starting the evening off by clearing our minds to be open to new opportunities and ideas with yoga on the roof (weather permitting), and then enjoy brews, bites and more with new friends afterward.

Innovation requires new ways of working. Choose your own adventure, this experiential session will engage diverse leaders and participants who want to unlock their org’s potential to make empathy actionable, be comfortable in the problem space and have innovation be an outcome. Through an assessment activity and expert coaching with design thinking techniques, participants will choose their own adventure and be guided on a course to designing the right innovative culture.

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Managing Director Sara Pasch and project leader Pete Hall will discuss how Bluecadet’s innovative Experiential Master Planning process - which considers the overall application of a brand across physical and digital space - holistically benefitted the Independence Visitor Center’s recent $15M expansion and renovation. The talk will be hosted at the Visitor Center, where attendees will have the opportunity to explore the work firsthand.

Meet some of the development team behind Music: Not Impossible, a first-of-its-kind ‘surround-body’ wearable that translates music into tactile vibrations. Stick around for demos of M:NI and other recent releases from major IoT tech providers.

A forum to showcase the startup community in Bucks County

Join us for an evening of grilling product experts about what it takes to level up a product or product business. Bring your toughest questions about what it takes to build a successful product business and ask our group of panelists with particular expertise in product strategy and management.

Dash Solutions, together with leaders in the local healthtech community will discuss how data is changing the healthcare landscape. Come join us for a rooftop speaker panel and networking reception with drinks.

Keep the party going & join us at Mission Taqueria for the Official After Party following the Introduced Happy Hour!

While cyberattacks increase in frequency and sophistication, data privacy and security regulations continue to expand. Companies must now comply with regulatory regimes (sometimes global) that mandate effective data security, data portability, stringent notice requirements, and/or C-Suite certification of compliance to regulators. This evolving, complex legal landscape can leave organizations feeling overwhelmed. 

Drupaldelphia is an annual user conference held in Philadelphia for the open-source content management platform, Drupal, where people share experiences with Drupal and discover its benefits and versatility. Both the conference and monthly Meetups, are organized by the Philadelphia Area Tech Association, and are open to Drupal and other CMS users, designers and developers. Learn more about the event, sign up to sponsor, submit a session for consideration, or buy tickets online at https://www.drupaldelphia.org.

This hands-on workshop will teach you how to build and program a Wi-Fi-based IoT device using Arduino. Your sensor will send data to AWS using MQTT. You will also use a web page to send commands back to the device and view the data coming from the device. Some programming experience is helpful but not required. Each participant will receive an Arduino micro-controller and some components before class. The cost of the kit is included in registration. Participants must bring a computer. Don Coleman will be leading the workshop.

Innovation Day will consist of a three-hour string of lightning talks, live demos, and interactions showcasing new and emerging technologies from Philadelphia’s top agencies and innovation labs.

The 31st Annual Technology & Adult Education Conference will host adult education providers, workforce development professionals and advocates in a full day of expert panels, interactive workshops and networking. Conference programming will highlight opportunities to better serve adult learners, and cover best practices as well as new trends in Teaching Tech Skills for Work and Everyday. Presented by the City’s Office of Adult Education and Temple University’s Center for Community Partnerships.

The Drexel Game Developers Group is proud to host the first Drexel Student Games Showcase. Come help playtest Drexel student-made games at all stages of development and meet the future bright young minds of the game and tech industries.

Is your sales and marketing team still tied to their desktops? Come to learn how to make your team go 100% mobile.

What if interactive media and immersive technology are a community-driven public access utility?

National Definition of Done Conference . . . a series of talks for your Development Teams to Effectively Get Things DONE

With this in mind, Software Development firm Tri-Force Consulting Services, Inc. is launching its new Tech Accelerator initiative this month. Aimed at early-stage entrepreneurs and executives of emerging companies,

As the nonprofit health information exchange for Greater Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley (including southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey) –– established by the major healthcare systems, payers, and other stakeholders in the region –– HealthShare Exchange has amassed a vast clinical data repository that grows daily with patient health and medical information. This expansive database and clinical information infrastructure for real-time and longitudinal health and healthcare information on more than 8 million individuals is now accessible for innovation uses.

Did you know that in some Philadelphia neighborhoods over 60% of households still do not have Internet access? The Technology Learning Collaborative (TLC) is a professional association of service organizations dedicated to increasing digital literacy which in turn can reduce poverty by preparing people for 21st century employment and life at large. Join us at this Digital Inclusion Networking Event!

Join us at the annual Philly Tech Week Signature Event, a cocktail reception meets an interactive local technology expo and party. And yes, there will be an open bar (wine & beer).

Keep the party going & join us at Franky Bradley's for the Official After Party following the Signature Event!

This Free event features a full day of hands-on and interactive STEM exhibits, a computer lab, edutainment, information tables, speakers and technology giveaways

A celebration of art and human-powered transit

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