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Philip Doueihi

Cisco
Team Lead Support
Vienna, Austria

5:30pm

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

6:30pm

Austin Startup Week Pre-Event - Startup Weekend Austin | Veterans, presented by Grow With Google Galvanize

8:00am

Free Coworking at MELD - All Day MELD CoworkingFULL

9:00am

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

11:00am

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

2:00pm

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

FinTech Track | Founder Stories: Built for Success - If You're Off by Inches on the Ground, You'll be Thousands of Miles Off in Outer Space (@ Capital One Café Downtown) Capital One CaféChris Palmisano • Henry Yoshida • Capital One Café

5:00pm

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

6:00pm

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

8:00am

Defense Innovation Track | Bunker Labs Breakfast Capital FactoryCourtney Byrd • Shaydi DeJesus • Ian Folau • Johnathan Wojtewicz • Sabrina Wojtewicz • Army Futures Command Free Coworking at MELD - All Day MELD Coworking 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 Social Impact Track | Act Like a Brand: Using the Power of Your Brand to Create Social Change The Center for Social InnovationJustin Foster • Tiffany Galligan • Sharon Miller

9:30am

Health Tech Track | Branding a Technology, a ‘How To’ Workshop - Part One Capital FactoryScott Creamer • Amy Dowell • Ashley Jones • Health Tech Austin

11:00am

Health Tech Track | Branding a Technology, a ‘How To’ Workshop - Part Two Capital FactoryScott Creamer • Amy Dowell • Ashley Jones • Health Tech Austin

2:00pm

Developer Track | Tech Talks: Product Dev's Secret Weapons & Taking the Pain out of Support Engineering Capital FactoryCecy Correa • Annie Hsieh • Optimizely

3:30pm

Health Tech Track | Lessons Learned: Founder Stories Capital FactoryKevin Mayes • Chris Diede • Jeanne Teshler • Michael Zucker • Health Tech Austin

5:00pm

Developer Track Happy Hour Sponsored by Optimizely CU29Optimizely Intro to the Austin Startup Scene: Female Founders & Women in Tech Capital FactoryAutumn Manning • Mellie Price • Claire Vo What Silicon Valley is Missing Capital FactoryLarissa Maranhao Rocha • Brex Smart Cities Track | How to Help Local Businesses Amidst Changing Urban Dynamics Austin Chamber of CommerceSiri Chakka • Silva Gentchev • Stephanie Gutierrez • Sam Hollin Social Impact Track | The Future of Austin's Social Impact Ecosystem + Happy Hour The Center for Social InnovationBrent Wistrom • Trevor Boehm • Dan Graham

5:30pm

gShowdown: Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over the World? GalvanizeCharlie Burgoyne • Byron Reese,

8:00am

Free Coworking at MELD - All Day MELD Coworking International Track | Austin's Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Some Amazing Stories (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryEstuardo Robles • Thanh "Tommy" Hodinh • Tommy Zhang • Alliance Abroad Group University Track | Dorm Rooms to Startup Showcase (UT, Rowling Hall) Robert B. Rowling Hall, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of BusinessHerb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship • The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program

9:30am

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

Food and CPG Track | Finding Investors for Your Food Company (The Refinery) The RefineryCurt Nelson • Shawn O'Keefe • Hema Reddy • Manuel Rosso

12:30pm

Food and CPG Track | From 0 to 1, Starting your Food Business and Earning your First $100,000 (The Refinery) The RefineryGenevieve Gilbreath • Lindsey Crouch • Alyson Eberle • Kyle Koehler • Albert Swantner International Track | International Interns: An Untapped Source to Acquire Talent (Capital Factory) Capital FactoryAlliance Abroad Group University Track | 10 Legal Mistakes Every Startup Makes (UT, Rowling Hall) Robert B. Rowling Hall, The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of BusinessBrad Gold • Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship • The UT Master of Science in Technology Commercialization (MSTC) Program

2:00pm

EdTech Track | The Importance of Learning by Making (Capital Factory, 16th Floor) Capital FactoryAlejandra Güereque • Jesse Lozano • Edgenuity

3:30pm

Food and CPG Track | The Intersection of Food, Technology, and Wellness (The Refinery) The RefineryJenni Lee • James Coffman • Joe Kerby • Stephanie Scherzer • Danielle Sobel

4:45pm

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

5:00pm

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

5:30pm

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

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

8:00am

Free Coworking at MELD - All Day MELD Coworking

9:15am

HR and Culture Track | Beyond Ping-Pong and Culture Clubs: What Makes Culture Click (@ Walmart Tech) Walmart Tech ATXApril Downing • Rachel Feferman • Autumn Manning • Eugene Sepulveda • Hired Marketing and Branding Track | Your Brand is Customer Experience (@ The Refinery) The RefineryDenise Antoon • Craig Crisler

10:30am

HR and Culture Track | The Road to Remote (@ Walmart Tech) Walmart Tech ATXNicki Bellington • Ashley Kujawski • Hired International Track | Country Spotlight: The Texas - Germany Connection Capital FactoryAntonia Zierer • Lars Janssen • Matthias Schirrmacher • Invest in Bavaria • Alliance Abroad Group Marketing and Branding Track | Telling the Startup Story: Lean Media Relations Strategies for Sustained Growth (@ The Refinery) The RefineryJo Detavernier • Colin Pope • Thom Singer

11:45am

Design Track | Launching Your Fashion Start-up ATX Style (@ WeWork Barton Springs) WeWork Barton SpringsJennifer E. S. Millspaugh, PhD Marketing and Branding Track | From Idea to Execution: Selling Without Selling Out (@ The Refinery) The RefinerySteven Blustein • Zachary Maurais

12:00pm

AI & Data Science Lunch Sponsored by Zoho (@ Galvanize) GalvanizeZoho

1:00pm

AI and Data Science Track | Artificial Intelligence meets Design (@ Galvanize) GalvanizeCharlie Burgoyne • Jennifer Sukis • Zoho Marketing and Branding Track | Marketing to Millennials and Gen Z (@ The Refinery) The RefineryAaron Fox • Kelly Grizzard • Mark Hennings • Jeff Noel • Caroline Stewart

2:15pm

Marketing and Branding Track | SXSW 2019 Preview & Strategies for Startups (@ The Refinery) The RefineryHugh Forrest

3:30pm

Design Track | WeWork Barton Springs Tour WeWork Barton SpringsWeWork HR and Culture Track | Your Employer Brand: Strategies that Attract Top Tech Talent (@ Walmart Tech) Walmart Tech ATXRudi Ngnepi • Joy Schwartz • Amy Winebright • Hired Marketing and Branding Track | The Shark Tank Effect: Lessons from becoming a $15M business overnight (@ The Refinery) The RefineryJulia Cheek

4:00pm

ATX Startup Crawl Various

8:00am

Free Coworking at MELD - All Day MELD Coworking