Home of the Harlem Tech Summit
The Harlem Collective is proud to announce that we are the new home of the Harlem Tech Summit, a community organization that hosts conferences and networking events that advance the technology and start-up ecosystem in Harlem. This year, business, cultural and community leaders will meet to devise ideas to address the best way to close the opportunity gap and discuss the economic impact of racial inequity.
The 2020 Harlem Tech Summit is Wednesday, August 12 from 9AM to 5PM at the Harlem Collective and virtually. All Harlem Collective members are welcome to participate free by registering at the ticketing page found here.
Harlem Tech Summit was founded by Collective members Derrick H. Lewis and Eddie F. Cullen to provide a platform for leading thinkers and innovators in Harlem and beyond in order to provide opportunities to network, develop unique long-lasting culture that caters to the technology community, and expand the fields of engineering and technology in Harlem.
In Harlem, approximately 80% of its population has access to only 6.4% of loaned capital. According to “Project Diane”, from 2012 to 2014, out of 10,238 venture deals, only 24 went to Black women.
Speakers include, among others, NBA star Kyrie Irving; venture capitalist Fred Wilson; investor John W. Rogers Jr.; entrepreneur Ryan Williams; former Assistant Attorney General and President of the Raben Group Robert Raben; Google Vice President of Engineering Marian Croak; Starfund Partner Talani Goodson; Starfund Partner Gil Eyal; NYCEDC Senior Vice President Karen Bhatia, venture capitalist and community leader Drederick Irving; Harlem Capital Partners Managing Partner Henri Pierre-Jacques; Founder Gym CEO Mandela Schumacher Hodge-Dixon; and Senior Research Associate in Pardis Sabeti’s lab at the Broad Institute and Harvard University Adrianne Gladden-Young.
Additional speakers include Pontifical Lateran University Chair of Logic and Epistemology in the Vatican Father Philip Larrey; Hillcrest Venture Partners Co-Founder Courtney Hall; Universal Hip Hop Museum Executive Director Rocky Bucano; Artifact.co COO Geoff Bartakovics; and Planet FWD Founder Julia Collins.
“At the Harlem Tech Summit we recognize that our society is facing unprecedented challenges,” said Co-Founder Derrick H. Lewis. “Communities who have been historically marginalized are not accepting the status quo anymore. All leaders need to review their strategies now, and to collaborate to find the right solutions to create more inclusive environments in the times ahead.”
Harlem Tech Summit is the first summit in a series of national summits called Tech Summit Series.
To learn more visit: https://www.techsummitseries.com
About Harlem Tech Summit
Harlem Tech Summit is a platform founded to showcase and support Harlem’s emerging tech ecosystem. The objective is to bring together multiple stakeholders, including notable tech industry professionals to share ideas, experiences, knowledge and resources with the Harlem community. The conference also aims to highlight innovations and best practices for integrating technology in the Harlem Community.
Contacts
Eddie Cullen, eddie@impactusagroup.com
Derrick Lewis, derrick@impactusagroup.com