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| | | EVENT SPOTLIGHT |  | | Feb 19: Brunchwork After Hours w/ Harlem Capital
With John Henry (Venture Partner, Harlem Capital). |
|  | | Feb 20: An Inside Look at Y Combinator - Advice from Alumni
With Alana Branston (Co-Founder/CEO, Bulletin), Keenan Williams (Co-Founder, REZI), Angel Say (Co-Founder/CEO, InsiteVR), Daniel Kobran (Co-Founder, Paperspace). |
|  | | Feb 21: 17th Annual NYU Venture Showcase
$300K Entrepreneurs Challenge @ NYU is an accelerator program & startup competition. Hosted by WR Berkley Innovation Labs @ NYU Stern. |
| | | Feb 24: Brunchwork w/ Techstars & WeTransfer
With Jenny Fielding (NYC MD, Techstars) and Georg Petschnigg (CIO, WeTransfer). |
| | | Feb 27: Building A Gaming Startup
With Nicholas Fortugno (Co-Founder, Playmatics), Mitu Khandaker (Asst Prof., NYU Game Center), Vassiliki Khonsari (Co-Founder, iNK Stories), Andrew Ow (Co-Founder/CEO, Haiku Games), Dan Butchko (Founder, Playcrafting). |
|  | | Feb 28: Impact Investing
With Herv Duteil (Chief Sustainabiilty Officer, BNP Paribas), Bertrand Badr (CEO, Blue Like An Orange), Lauren Wolfe (MD & Investing Partner, Blue Harbor). |
|  | | Mar 18: Postgres Conference 2019
Connect w/ largest & most diverse of Postgres professionals & companies w/ Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Pivotal, EDB, ScaleGrid. |
|  | | Apr 01-05: Fintech Week New York 2019
Connect w/ fintech entrepreneurs & execs at banking innovation roundtable & fintech conference w/ S&P Global & Empire Startups. |
|  | | Apr 02: WSJ Pro Artificial Intelligence
With Manuela Veloso (MD, JP Morgan), Suja Chandrasekaran (CDO, Kimberly-Clark), Siara Nazir (Head Digital Mktg, Autodesk), Sol Rashidi (Chief Data Officer, Sony Music Entertainment). |
|  | | Apr 03: Empire Fintech Conference
Startup demos + panels on fintech regulation, data mgmt strategies for successful AI and fintech ethics. Reception + after-party @ Dinosaur BBQ. |
|  | | May 02: TechDay New York
Featuring 300+ innovative startups, accelerators, tech talent & investors. FREE to attend and get preferred pricing on startup booths through March 22. |
|  | | May 20: WSJ Future Of Everything Festival
AI Race, Human Ingenuity in Machine Era, Business of Equality, Transformation of Money, Self-Driving Cars, New Rules of Mobility, Sustainability Movement |
| | | CLASS SPOTLIGHT | | | | COMPANIES HIRING SPOTLIGHT |  | EquityZen is a secondary marketplace for-approved pre-IPO stock transactions. | |  | Roman Health Roman is direct-to-consumer men's health company | |  | Hivebrite SaaS enterprise platform to build & manage multi-purpose private networks | |
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| | | | WEEK OF FEB 18 | | Thursday, Feb 21 |
| Feb 21
8:00am | | $5 | | |
| Feb 21
8:30am | | $20 | | |
| Feb 21
8:30am | | Free
 | | The Messy Middle
Betaworks Studios
With Scott Belsky (Chief Product Officer @ Adobe & Author, 'The Messy Middle'). |
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| Feb 21
12:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
1:00pm | | $50 | | |
| Feb 21
4:00pm | | | | |
| Feb 21
4:00pm | | $45 | | |
| Feb 21
5:00pm | | Free
 | | 17th Annual NYU Venture Showcase
NYU Tisch Hall
$300K Entrepreneurs Challenge @ NYU is an accelerator program & startup competition. Hosted by WR Berkley Innovation Labs @ NYU Stern. |
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| Feb 21
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
6:00pm | | Free
| | Chat w/ Carbon 5
MFA Interaction Design
With Treyce Meredith (Designer, Carbon 5). |
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| Feb 21
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
6:00pm | | $5 | | |
| Feb 21
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
6:00pm | | $15 | | Investment & Latest Innovations In Health Tech
Perkins Coie
With Rich Simoni (Asset Mgmt Ventures), Gabriel Alvarado (Comet Labs), Ephraim Lindenbaum (Advance Ventures), Arman Pahlavan (Emerging Companies & Private Equity Group @ Perkins Coie). |
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| Feb 21
6:00pm | | $5 | | |
| Feb 21
6:00pm | | $5 | | Introducing ITensors
Venue
With Matthew Fishman (Center for Computational Quantum Physics, The Flatiron Institute). |
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| Feb 21
6:00pm | | Free
| | European Tech Night - The Future Of Cyber
SOSA NYC
With Claudia Iannazzo (Founder/CEO, Catalisto), Omri Admon (Corporate Innovation Specialist, SOSA NYC) + pitches by InCyber, VMRay, Axonius, Sightlabs, Semperis. |
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| Feb 21
6:30pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
6:30pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
6:30pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
7:00pm | | Free
| | Smart Contracts 101 Workshop
BakerHostetler
With Michael Chan (Legal Enggr, OpenLaw), Anne Griffin (Lead Project Mgr, OpenLaw), Ross Campbell (Legal Lead, OMGPool). |
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| Feb 21
7:00pm | | Free
| | Hardware Meetup
Kickstarter HQ
With Somnath Ray (Founder/CEO, CLIP) & Ted Southern (Founder, Final Frontier Designs). |
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| Feb 21
7:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 21
9:30pm | | Free
| | | | | | Friday, Feb 22 |
| Feb 22
8:30am | | $90 | | AlleyCon - Columbia Business School Tech Conference
TheTimesCenter
With Dan Jedda (VP Finance, Amazon), Justin McLeod (Founder, Hinge), Alan Cohen (CPO, Centivo), Nicole Cuellar (Diversity & Inclusion, Uber), Nicky Goulimis (Founder, Nova Credit), Deepak Chhugani (CEO, Savi Cargo), Anna Despointes (Strategy Head, Owkin),Jonathan Keidan (Torch Capital), Paul Sethi (2048 Ventures), Hilary Shirazi (Corp Dev Head, InVision), Joshua Siegel (Rubicon VC). |
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| Feb 22
8:30am | | Free
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| Feb 22
9:00am | | $250 | | Stern VC & PE Conference 2019
NY Athletic Club
With Alan Patricof (Greycroft), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT), Patrick Kocsi (Juna Equity Partners), Maria Jelescu (Ardinall Investment), Michael Fieldstone (Aterian Investment Partners), Jonathan Kim (Dechert), Robert Lee (Morgan Stanley Energy Partners), Olivia Wassenaar (Apollo Global), Eli Aheto (Virgo Investment Group). |
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| Feb 22+
5:00pm | | $35 | | |
| Feb 22
6:00pm | | $30 | | | | | | Saturday, Feb 23 |
| Feb 23
10:00am | | $25 | | TrepCon - Fordham University Entrepreneurship Conference
Fordham University Lincoln Center
With founders Julian Rodriguez (Bazaar), Sam Hysell (NOX), Randy Goldberg (Bombas), Byron Hsu (Paragon One), Jeremy Redleaf (CAVEDAY), Kaitlyn Barclay & Willow Hill (Scout Lab), Kieran O'Reilly (Gifs.com), Elliot Lum (Author, Entrepreneurial Confessions), Chuck Pettid (Partner, Republic). |
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| Feb 23
5:30pm | | $95 | | 5G - The Why, The What & The How
Doubletree Hotel
With Jeni Panhorst (VP Data Center Group, Intel), Tsu-Jae King Liu (Dean of Engg, UC Berkeley), Mark Pasquale (GM Special Programs, Lockheed Martin Space). |
| | | | Sunday, Feb 24 |
| Feb 24
11:30am | | $50 | | |
| | | WEEK OF FEB 25 | | Monday, Feb 25 |
| Feb 25
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 25
6:30pm | | $45 | | |
| Feb 25
6:30pm | | Free
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| Feb 25
6:30pm | | $20 | | | | | | Tuesday, Feb 26 |
| Feb 26
5:00pm | | $40 | | |
| Feb 26
5:30pm | | $20 | | |
| Feb 26
5:30pm | | Free
| | NYC Fintech
McCarter English
With founder/CEOs Chris Bledsoe (Ollie), Amy Moses (Ballooning Nest Eggs), Patrick Flannery (MayStreet), Ian Friend (COO, Ferrum Network). |
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| Feb 26
5:30pm | | Free
| | Cornell Startup Symposium
Venue
With Zach Shulman (Dir., Entrepreneurship, Cornell), Michael Aberman (CEO, Quentis Therapeutics), David Erickson (Prof., Sibley School Of Aerospace Engg), Nancy Thornberry (CEO, Kallyope), Larry Schlossman (MD BioPharma, Weill Cornell Medicine), Jahan Ali (Dir. BioVenture ELab, Weill Cornell Medicine). |
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| Feb 26
6:00pm | | Free
| | Scaling Culture Book Talk
WeWork
With Mollie Duffy (Author, No Hard Feelings) & Josh Levine (Author, How to Design a Company Culture Employees Love). |
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| Feb 26
6:00pm | | Free
| | Maker Meetup
WeWork Irving Place
With Shishir Mehrotra (CEO, Coda) & Dave Mastronardi (CEO, Gamestorming Group). |
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| Feb 26+
6:00pm | | $25 | | Winning Women - From Self Care To Self Made
WeWork Penn Station
With Samantha Schutz (Author, I Don't Want to Be Crazy), Lisa Velazquez (Founder/CEO, Lisa Talks Love), Dailyn Santana (Actress & Mental Health Advocate). |
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| Feb 26
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 26
6:15pm | | Free
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| Feb 26
6:30pm | | $20 | | |
| Feb 26
6:30pm | | $150 | | |
| Feb 26
6:30pm | | Free
| | AR Challenge
Company HQ
With Bose & Company. $50K+ in prizes. |
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| Feb 26
6:30pm | | $5 | | AWE Nite
Brooklyn Navy Yard
With Sharon Shapcott (VP, NexTech AR), Liliya Pautova (Dir. Biz Dev, Proceedix), Anais Leuridan (Product Mgr, Iristick), Ayush Behere (Dir. Product Development, DisruptED). |
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| Feb 26
6:30pm | | Free
| | | | | | Wednesday, Feb 27 |
| Feb 27
8:30am | | $159 | | 2019 Roadmap To Billions
Union West
With founders Julia Collins (Zume), Arlan Hamilton (Backstage Capital), Rashad Howard (Engine Blox), Amanda Johnson & KJ Miller (Mented Cosmetics), Roshawnna Novellus (EnrichHER), Gayle Jennings O'Byrne (iNTENT Manifesto), Kobi Wu (VisuWall), Randi Zuckerberg (Zuckerberg Media), Chuck Pettid (Partner, Republic). |
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| Feb 27
8:30am | | Free
| | Inside Startup Fundraising
Fox Rothschild Offices
With Randolph Adler (National Co-Chair, Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Group @ Fox Rothschild), Josh Kuzon (Partner, Reciprocal Ventures), Meghan Cross Breeden (Partner, Amplifyher Ventures), Anusha Harid-Paoletti (Founder/CEO, Liquidly), Dane Atkinson (CEO, SumAll), Jim Scott (Consulting CFO, Early Growth Financial Services). |
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| Feb 27
9:00am | | $199 | | Black Women Talk Tech - Roadmap To Billions
Union West
With founder/CEOs Julia Collins (Zume Pizza & Planet Forward Ventures), Amanda Johnson (Mented Cosmetics), Janeya Griffin (The Commercializer), Tiffany Aliche (The Budgetnista), Lauren Ash (Black Girl In Om), Luvvie Ajayi (Author & Activist), Kahina Von Dyke (SVP, Ripple). |
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| Feb 27
5:30pm | | Free
| | Supply Chain Logistics Technology
Galvanize NYC
With founder/CEOs Drew McElroy (Transfix), Bill Dobie (Sedna Systems), Anshu Prasad (Logistics Exchange), Robert Petti (Lading Corp), Eric Johnson (Sr Editor Technology, Journal of Commerce). |
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| Feb 27
6:00pm | | $20 | | |
| Feb 27
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 27
6:30pm | | $30 | | VentureOut New Media Pitch Night
Rent 24
With Dessy Levinson (645 Ventures), Matthew Kittay (Empire Angels), Brendan Brits (BDMI), Douglas Clinton (Loup Ventures). |
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| Feb 27
6:30pm | | $25 | | Building A Gaming Startup
Alley Chelsea
With founders Nicholas Fortugno (Playmatics), Vassiliki Khonsari (iNK Stories), Andrew Ow (Haiku Games), Dan Butchko (Playcrafting), David Grijns (Defiant Studios), Mitu Khandaker (Prof., NYU Game Center). |
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| Feb 27
7:00pm | | Free
| | UN Women She Innovates Lab
PepsiCo Design & Innovation Center
With Nina Ansary (Author & Women's Rights Advocate), Wade Davis (ex-NFL Player & Corporate Inclusion & Culture Advisor), Rachel Roy (Founder & Fashion Designer). |
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| Feb 27
7:00pm | | Free
| | | | | | Thursday, Feb 28 |
| Feb 28
8:00am | | | | Corporate Reputation - Making Your Mark
Venue
With Ramy Inocencio (Anchor, Bloomberg Television), Kylie Wright-Ford (CEO, Reputation Institute), Damien Hooper-Campbell (Chief Diversity Officer, eBay), Paige Ross (Global Head of Human Resources, Blackstone). |
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| Feb 28
5:30pm | | $10 | | |
| Feb 28
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 28
6:00pm | | Free
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| Feb 28+
6:00pm | | $8 | | |
| Feb 28
6:30pm | | | | Impact Investing
Venue
With Herv Duteil (Chief Sustainabiilty Officer, BNP Paribas), Bertrand Badr (CEO, Blue Like An Orange), Lauren Wolfe (MD & Investing Partner, Blue Harbor). |
| | | | Sunday, Mar 03 |
| Mar 03
11:30am | | $50 | | |
| | | WEEK OF MAR 04 | | Monday, Mar 04 |
| Mar 04
6:00pm | | $5 | | Focus Blockchain - The Post-hype Future
Rise NYC
With Nicholas Chirls (Founder, Notation Capital), Shawn Cheng (Partner, ConsenSys Labs), Ricardo Olivieri (Blockchain Solns Architect, IBM Blockchain Garage), Marie Leaf (Product Lead, Kadena), Adam Carver (CEO, Battlestar Capital), Craig Wilson (GM, NYU Tandon Digital Future Lab). |
| | | | Wednesday, Mar 06 |
| Mar 06
7:00am | | Free
| | Air Force Pitch Day
Venue
Fast track for startups to work with the Air Force. Goal to award $40 million to startups using one-day, one-page contracts. |
| | | | Thursday, Mar 07 |
| Mar 07
6:00pm | | $10 | | |
| Mar 07
6:30pm | | $15 | | Firneo Forum - Women In Biz Dev
SAP
With Allison Baker (Dir. Strategic Partnerships, Dashlane), Bea Arthur (Founder/CEO, The Difference), Lucia Liu (Founder, Rock The Boat), Melanie Pol (SVP Biz Dev, Precision Global), Janet Giesen (Head of SaaS Mktg & Strategic Initiatives, Commvault). |
| | | | Saturday, Mar 09 |
| Mar 09
10:00am | | Free
| | Baseball Hack Day
GameChanger
Baseball fans come together & create baseball-related projects to compete in a fun, friendly, one-day competition. |
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| | | WEEK OF MAR 11 | | Monday, Mar 11 |
| Mar 11+
6:30pm | | $750 | | |
| | | WEEK OF MAR 18 | | Monday, Mar 18 |
| Mar 18
7:00am | | $549 | | Postgres Conference 2019
Sheraton Times Square
Connect w/ largest & most diverse of Postgres professionals & companies in the world. w/ Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Pivotal, EDB Postgres, ScaleGrid, Timescale, 2nd Quadrant, Bloomberg Engg, Heimdall Data, Command Prompt |
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| | | WEEK OF APR 01 | | Monday, Apr 01 |
| Apr 01
8:00am | | | | Fintech Week New York 2019
Venues
Connect w/ fintech entrepreneurs & execs at banking innovation roundtable & fintech conference w/ S&P Global & Empire Startups. |
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| Apr 01
9:00am | | | | Data Science Bootcamp
Metis NYC
12-week accredited data science bootcamp immersive program to get skills & connections to launch career in data science. Application deadline Feb 25. |
| | | | Tuesday, Apr 02 |
| Apr 02
7:30am | | | | WSJ Pro Artificial Intelligence
Venue
With Michael Chui (Partner, McKinsey), Manuela Veloso (MD & Head of AI Research, JP Morgan), Suja Chandrasekaran (Chief Digital & Information Officer, Kimberly-Clark), Gail Evans (CDO, Mercer), Siara Nazir (Head Digital Mktg, Autodesk), Sol Rashidi (Chief Data Officer, Sony Music Entertainment). 10% off w/ PROAI. |
| | | | Wednesday, Apr 03 |
| Apr 03
8:00am | | $445 | | Empire Fintech Conference
New World Stages
Startup demos + panels on fintech regulation, data management strategies for successful AI & fintech ethics. Reception + after-party @ Dinosaur BBQ. |
| | | | Thursday, May 02 |
| May 02
9:00am | | $135 | | TechDay New York
Javits Center
Featuring 300+ innovative startups, accelerators, tech talent & investors. FREE to attend & get preferred pricing on startup booths through March 22. |
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| | | WEEK OF MAY 06 | | Monday, May 06 |
| May 06
9:00am | | $222 | | |
| | | WEEK OF MAY 13 | | Monday, May 13 |
| May 13
8:00am | | $1299 | | |
| | | WEEK OF MAY 20 | | Monday, May 20 |
| May 20
8:00am | | $895 | | WSJ Future Of Everything Festival
Venue
Focus on The AI Race, Human Ingenuity in the Machine Era, The Business of Equality, The Transformation of Money, Self-Driving Cars & New Rules of Mobility, The New Sustainability Movement & more. |
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