PTW18 Kickoff Festival @ Schmidt's Commons
Join us as we take over Schmidt’s Commons to kickoff the eighth annual Philly Tech Week with an awesome outdoor app arcade! (this event is rain or shine)
Philly Tech Week is a week-long celebration of technology and innovation happening throughout the Greater Philadelphia region. There’s something for everyone! The 8th annual Philly Tech Week took place April 27 through May 5, 2018.
Our cornerstone Philly Tech Week events
Join us as we take over Schmidt’s Commons to kickoff the eighth annual Philly Tech Week with an awesome outdoor app arcade! (this event is rain or shine)
Tech in the Commons returns to offer nonprofits training opportunities in audience engagement.
Whether you're new to programming or you want to sharpen your skills, the Dev Workshops are perfect for you. The workshops will be focused around today's most used languages and programs for those at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
Join us for an afternoon of high-level dev talks where we will have over 10+ dev experts talking about real world scenarios and the tools they're using. There will be four rooms of topics where you will have the opportunity to choose your own schedule.
Join Philly's finest programmers, designers, developers and project managers for the Dev Track Happy Hour. Grab a drink, some grub and network with the best #PTW18 has to offer.
A one day conference that will incorporate programming, demos, networking and personalized connections. We’ll introduce you to new content, ideas, companies and more.
Join us at the annual Philly Tech Week Signature Event, a cocktail reception meets an interactive local technology expo and party.
Philly Tech Week is organized into 7 different tracks (Creative, Access, Dev, Civic, Business, Media and Sciences). You can search for events that match your interests by clicking on one of the track icons.
Technical.ly also organizes Conference Days focused around some of these tracks. Click on the “Get Conference Tickets” button to learn more.
Find out where these awesome speakers will be throughout the week!
Margaret is the Chief Customer Experience Officer at Yet Analytics, a Baltimore based company that provides tools and solutions used to improve learning and talent development.
Margaret is interested in the development and design of connected learning environments that leverage xAPI and blended learning. Her background is in experiential education, curriculum design, teaching and team development. She is the VP of Community Impact for the Junior League of Baltimore, a member of the SXSWedu Advisory Board and co-founder of EdTechWomen.
Margaret received her BA in English and Environmental Earth Science and her MA in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University. She is a die-hard Blue Jay Lacrosse fan, spends a lot of time cooking, writing, organizing, and exploring and her favorite science-fiction novel is Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Morgan is a Principal with Genacast Ventures where his responsibilities include evaluating investment opportunities, sourcing new deals, and managing the growth of existing portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Genacast, Morgan worked at Bloomberg Beta, the venture firm backed by Bloomberg. He also spent time as a software engineer at Tapad and Market-Based Management instructor at the Charles Koch Institute. Morgan earned his BS from Northeastern University.
For 30 years, Kris worked at numerous successful startups, including Sun Microsystems, NeXT and Netscape, centering his technical expertise around networked computing of all kinds. Kris' coding interest, dormant for many years of management focus, was re-kindled about 10 years ago when he returned to his roots as a computer scientist (Purdue, '84), writing web apps and mobile apps. He has been working on the idea of digital assets since about 1996.
Jennifer Baker is an entrepreneur and executive producer who recently joined WRG, a part of The Creative Engagement Group as the Operations Director for the US. With nearly two decades of producing experiences and content for Fortune 500 brands under her belt, Jennifer knows how to craft an authentic story, creating an emotional connection between brand and consumer using the power of technology and innovation.
Some of her most recent projects have included the Lexus LIT IS which was featured in Dua Lipa's 'Be the One' video, an AR experience for Intel and working on The Single's Project which won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media - Multiplatform Storytelling.
John Hargrave is the publisher of Bitcoin Market Journal (www.bitcoinmarketjournal.com), which attracts thousands of great investors to bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs. He is also the CEO of Media Shower (www.mediashower.com), which attracts great blockchain companies with great investors. He is a writer, speaker, and leader of the New Finance revolution.
Greg Ippolito is the president and creative director at IMA, a digital marketing firm in Blue Bell, PA. He has developed award-winning campaigns, brands and digital marketing strategies for clients as varied as Hyundai Motor America, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Sony Electronics and the University of Pennsylvania. Greg holds an M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from Temple University, and speaks at various industry events about customer experiences in the digital age. He is a contributor to noted publications including AdWeek, Marketing Daily and CMO.com; and writes a column for Technical.ly Philly called “The Technoethicist.” Greg lives in Blue Bell with his wife and two daughters. He enjoys reading, writing, indie rock, jazz, debating totally subjective topics (e.g., Scorsese v Coppola), and his beloved Philadelphia 76ers (no matter what).
Mike McCoy is part of ConsenSys' Ecosystem Development strategies where he helps build the teams involved in growing the Ethereum protocol around the world. Currently Mike has helped build the campus recruitment model, supports a number of ConsenSys teams such as uPort, Grid+, Linnia, Blockchain for Social Impact and D.C. Labs in their strategy to create efficient blockchain projects.
Before coming to ConsenSys, Mike helped start a software development bootcamp in Philadelphia, PA called Launch Academy, as well as working in technical sales and recruiting for a number of years before jumping into the blockchain space.
Vidur S. Bhatnagar is the Founder & CEO at Keriton - a breast milk management & lactation analytics company launched in 2016. An MS in Robotics candidate at the University of Pennsylvania (on LOA), Vidur was earlier the youngest product owner, employee of the year and an international fellow at SAP (2013-2015). He has a deep passion for solving real-life process orchestration problems and with a background in computer science and an MBA in HR & MIS, Vidur has worked on several enterprise grade solutions - from building augmented reality platforms to writing algorithms to optimize in-memory database platforms.
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