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5:30pm CDT

Austin Startup Week Pre-Event - MD5 Hack - A Hack of the Drones 2018 Capital FactoryArmy Futures Command

1:00pm CDT

Austin Startup Week Pre-Event - Youth Entrepreneurship Day (See Event Description for More Details!) Capital FactoryCristal Glangchai • Mike Millard

8:00am CDT

Austin Startup Week Basecamp and Badge Pickup Capital FactoryBumble Bizz

9:00am CDT

Fundraising Track | Demystify Your Deal: Term Sheets 101 Capital FactoryRosa McCormick 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

11:00am CDT

Blockchain Track | Blockchain for Artists and the Arts Capital FactoryJeremy Drzal • Sebastián Brocher • Karen Kilroy FinTech Track | Bank Accounts are the New Credit Scores (@ Capital Factory, Johnny 5) Capital FactoryJames Garvey Fundraising Track | Landing Your First Investor: Raising from Angels and Angel Networks Capital FactoryKelsey August • Claire England • Ryan Murdock • John Paulos • Liang Xia

12:30pm CDT

Blockchain Track | Making an Impact with Blockchain Capital FactoryChris Georgen • Wei Escala • Richard Hurley • Paul Snow

2:00pm CDT

Blockchain Track | Three Public Blockchains Not Called Bitcoin. Or Ethereum. Capital FactoryJoshua Konkle • Marco Peereboom • Jared Tate • Alexandra Tinsman Fundraising Track | Investing in Texas from the Coasts: A Discussion with Non-Texas VCs Writing Checks in Texas Capital FactoryChris Abshire • Gordon Daugherty • Esteban Reyes • Danielle Steinman

3:30pm CDT

Blockchain Track | Blockchain for Business Enterprises - AMA Panel Capital FactoryJames Beecham • Karyl Fowler • Pete Harris • Brandon Thomas • Jay Williams Fundraising Track | Accelerator to Acquistion: Fireside Chat with Joshua Baer, Chuck Gordon and Mario Fergali Capital FactoryMario Feghali • Chuck Gordon • Joshua Baer

5:00pm CDT

Embracing the Unconventional Capital FactoryLarissa Maranhao Rocha • Brex Austin Startup Week Kickoff Party with Capital Factory and Startup Games Capital FactoryBrex • Chargbee • TriNet • Army Futures Command • Tarmac TX

6:00pm CDT

Defense Innovation Track | Austin Startup Week Opening Night Keynote with General John M. Murray Capital FactoryJoshua Baer • General John M. Murray • Brex • Chargbee • TriNet • Army Futures Command • Tarmac TX

7:45am CDT

Health Tech Track | Health Tech Showcase Capital FactoryMartin Rodriguez • Kim Bridges Rodriguez • Chris Dauw • Estelle Garcia • Jerold McDonald • John Porterfield, PhD • Janis Powers • Allison Schiekel • Ramesh Srinivasan • David Zakariaie • Health Tech Austin

8:00am CDT

Defense Innovation Track | Bunker Labs Breakfast Capital FactoryCourtney Byrd • Shaydi DeJesus • Ian Folau • Johnathan Wojtewicz • Sabrina Wojtewicz • Army Futures Command The Importance of Non-Technical Talent at a Startup / How to Make an Impact as a Non-Founder and Non-Coder Capital FactoryLarissa Maranhao Rocha • Brex Austin Startup Week Basecamp and Badge Pickup Capital FactoryBumble Bizz

9:30am CDT

Health Tech Track | Branding a Technology, a ‘How To’ Workshop - Part One Capital FactoryScott Creamer • Amy Dowell • Ashley Jones • Health Tech Austin Developer Track | Breakfast Tech Talks: The Anatomy of a Successful JavaScript Application & Using Elixir to Build a Suite of Platform APIs Capital FactoryDavid Bernazal • Tim Robertson • Optimizely

11:00am CDT

Developer Track | Inside a High Scale Data Platform Engineering Team Capital FactoryMike Borsuk • Evan Weiss • Optimizely Health Tech Track | Branding a Technology, a ‘How To’ Workshop - Part Two Capital FactoryScott Creamer • Amy Dowell • Ashley Jones • Health Tech Austin

12:30pm CDT

Defense Innovation Track | Army Futures Command Mission & Partnering with Startups Capital FactoryArmy Futures Command Health Tech Track | Your Health is Your Wealth Capital FactoryMary Ann Roser • Elizabeth Jacobs, MD • Bryan Menell • Kathryn Scoblick • Health Tech Austin Developer Track | Lunch Tech Talks: Getting Started With Augmented Reality & DOCKER! CONTAINERS! KUBERNETES! GAAAAH! Capital FactoryMando Escamilla • Tricia Katz • Optimizely

2:00pm CDT

Health Tech Track | Consumer Habits and Choice in Health Capital FactoryDr. Art Markman • Health Tech Austin Developer Track | Tech Talks: Product Dev's Secret Weapons & Taking the Pain out of Support Engineering Capital FactoryCecy Correa • Annie Hsieh • Optimizely

3:30pm CDT

Defense Innovation Track | Autonomous Mobility with Army Futures Command Capital FactoryArmy Futures Command Health Tech Track | Lessons Learned: Founder Stories Capital FactoryKevin Mayes • Chris Diede • Jeanne Teshler • Michael Zucker • Health Tech Austin Developer Track | Engineering Excellence: Technological Communication & Best Practices of High-Performing Teams Capital FactoryAdam Coulon • Shaun Martin • Optimizely

5:00pm CDT

What Silicon Valley is Missing Capital FactoryLarissa Maranhao Rocha • Brex Intro to the Austin Startup Scene: Female Founders & Women in Tech Capital FactoryAutumn Manning • Mellie Price • Claire Vo

8:00am CDT

EdTech Track | The Importance of Soft Skills in a High Tech World (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryBrittany Hicks • Edgenuity International Track | Austin's Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Some Amazing Stories (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryEstuardo Robles • Thanh "Tommy" Hodinh • Tommy Zhang • Alliance Abroad Group Austin Startup Week Basecamp and Badge Pickup Capital FactoryBumble Bizz

9:30am CDT

EdTech Track | How Global Collaborations Supports Student Learning (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryMark Danforth • Edgenuity International Track | Austin Resources to Help Your Startup or Indie Company "Plan Globally" Sooner (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryHeather Wagner Reed • Kevin Koym • Greg Pogue • Ali Syed • Larry Tabash • Alliance Abroad Group

11:00am CDT

AR and VR Track | XR: The Future is Now (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryRicky Holm • Bose EdTech Track | Women In EdTech (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryWendy Howell • Sabina Bharwani • Brittany Hicks • Julia Lamorelle • Daniella Latham • Edgenuity International Track | Finding Opportunities in Emerging Markets (Capital Factory) Capital FactorySebastian Gomez • Michael Henderson • Diego De Stefano • Alliance Abroad Group • Colombia Bring IT On

12:30pm CDT

EdTech Track | The K12 Edtech Market – What it Will Take To Replace the Textbook (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryLeslie Sobon • Edgenuity AR and VR Track | Assistive Reality & Augmented Intelligence (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryFrank Roan • Bose International Track | International Interns: An Untapped Source to Acquire Talent (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryAlliance Abroad Group

2:00pm CDT

AR and VR Track | Fail or Fly: What the Future for Enterprise AR Looks Like (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryJeff Jenkins • Tim Porter • Roger Skidmore • Chen Zhang • Bose EdTech Track | The Importance of Learning by Making (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryAlejandra Güereque • Jesse Lozano • Edgenuity International Track | Selling Texas Abroad (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryAnthony Giuliani • Fred Schmidt • Alliance Abroad Group

3:30pm CDT

AR and VR Track | BEING THERE : Multiplayer + Social XR (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryJJ Castillo • Bose EdTech Track | EdTech Happy Hour Sponsored by Edgenuity (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryEdgenuity International Track | Fixing the Gender Gap in STEM: Positive Takeaway from the Soviet Era (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryIrene Brinker • Tetiana Botsva • Jodi Mixon • Alliance Abroad Group

4:45pm CDT

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

5:15pm CDT

International Track | Country Spotlight: What Can U.S Cities and States Do To Optimize Their International Engagement with China? (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryTimothy Stratford • Alliance Abroad Group

5:30pm CDT

University Track | MoneyTalks by Herb Kelleher Center - The State of Tech Fundraising (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryAndrea Kalmans • Arjun Chopra • Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship • The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program

6:30pm CDT

University Track | MSTC + Herb Kelleher Center Entrepreneurship Night (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryHerb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship • The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program

9:15am CDT

International Track | Foreign Government BizDev Resources in Austin/CenTex Capital FactoryCity of Austin • Alliance Abroad Group

10:30am CDT

International Track | Country Spotlight: The Texas - Germany Connection Capital FactoryAntonia Zierer • Lars Janssen • Matthias Schirrmacher • Invest in Bavaria • Alliance Abroad Group

11:45am CDT

International Track | Country Spotlight: India and Texas Capital FactoryShakeel Rashed • Eunice Chendjou • The City of Austin • Alliance Abroad Group

6:00pm CDT

Austin Startup Week Post-Event - MobilityX HR Hackathon Capital Factory