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Jasmine Victoria

Primal 7
Operations Director
Austin, TX

9:00am CDT

Women in Tech Summit Capital FactoryChristy Abizaid • Lisa Andrade, • Sara T Brand • Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette • Dr. Meredith Butterfield • Sehr Charania • Julia Cheek • Kirk Coburn • Juliana Garaizar • Cindy Kent • Erin Keys • Sarah Jones Simmer • Patti Soch • Van Truskett • Claire Vo • Leslie Wingo • Zeynep Young

9:30am CDT

Blockchain Track | "Explain Like I'm 5" Blockchain & Crypto Basics - Live Podcast Recording Capital FactoryDr. Robin Bloor

5:00pm CDT

Austin Startup Week Kickoff Party with Capital Factory and Startup Games Capital FactoryBrex • Chargbee • TriNet • Army Futures Command • Tarmac TX

11:00am CDT

Social Impact Track | Impact Investing in Austin: How Austin VCs Approach Cause-Based ROI The Center for Social InnovationKate Herrmann • Trevor Boehm • Oksana Malysheva • Juan Thurman

2:00pm CDT

Social Impact Track | Building Community Engagement and Impact Through Strategic Partnerships The Center for Social InnovationKatie Hall • Jonathan Barona • Austin Buchan • Matt McDonnell

3:30pm CDT

Social Impact Track | Meet the Faces of Impact in Austin - Four Entrepreneurs Leading the Charge The Center for Social InnovationStephen Aarons • Sophie Kwok • David J Neff • Ashley Phillips

5:00pm CDT

Intro to the Austin Startup Scene: Female Founders & Women in Tech Capital FactoryAutumn Manning • Mellie Price • Claire Vo Social Impact Track | The Future of Austin's Social Impact Ecosystem + Happy Hour The Center for Social InnovationBrent Wistrom • Trevor Boehm • Dan Graham

12:30pm CDT

AR and VR Track | Assistive Reality & Augmented Intelligence (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryFrank Roan • Bose

2:00pm CDT

University Track | The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion within Startup Culture (UT, Rowling Hall) Robert B. Rowling Hall, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of BusinessDr. Luis Martins • Preston L. James II • Charlie Jackson • Blanca Lesmes • Christine McCarey • Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship • The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program

3:30pm CDT

AR and VR Track | BEING THERE : Multiplayer + Social XR (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryJJ Castillo • Bose

4:45pm CDT

AR and VR Track | Bose XR Community Happy Hour (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryBose

5:00pm CDT

Food and CPG Track | Beyond Vodka - Austin's Liquor Startup Scene, Panel Discussion followed by Tasting / Happy Hour (The Refinery) The RefineryArianne Sclerandi • Jessica Leigh Graves • Chris Hofbauer • Mark Koelsch • Kathryn Loeffler • Natalie Merrick • Lawrence Sasso

9:15am CDT

Design Track | Oh the Vanity! How Personal Biases Ruin the Best of Intentions (@ WeWork Barton Springs) WeWork Barton SpringsAnnie Hardy • Krystal Webber • WeWork

10:00am CDT

AI and Data Science Track | Can AI Save the World?: Social Impact and AI (@ Galvanize) GalvanizeMadhavi Rao • Ruben Cantu • John King • Matt McDonnell • Zoho

10:30am CDT

HR and Culture Track | The Road to Remote (@ Walmart Tech) Walmart Tech ATXNicki Bellington • Ashley Kujawski • Hired

1:00pm CDT

Design Track | Designing Systems to Support People of Color in Tech - A Workshop with The Design Thinking Social (@ WeWork Barton Springs) WeWork Barton SpringsNina Ho • Paula Nguyen • Ikechi David Nwabuisi • Rachelle Oribio • WeWork

2:15pm CDT

HR and Culture Track | Walking the Walk: Being Intentional with Diversity & Inclusion (@ Walmart Tech) Walmart Tech ATXJennifer Aldoretta • Ruben Cantu • Marcus Carey • Naji H. Kelley • Christine McCarey • Hired

3:30pm CDT

Design Track | Models of Social Impact Design: From Vision to Action (@ WeWork Barton Springs) WeWork Barton SpringsBeau Frail • WeWork

4:00pm CDT

ATX Startup Crawl Various