100% Virtual and free to attend
Agenda
Friday, Nov. 20
4-6 PM
Join us for a “Have Fun & Do Good” event.
We’ll be hosting an Online eSporting event and giving everyone an opportunity to give to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
Featured Speakers
We’ll join MTGNerdGirl as she does a live global stream and talks us through her game. She’ll also invite the world to donate to the RI Foodbank.
MTGNerdGirl started playing Magic in 2001 and quickly fell in love with the strategy and competition inherent in the game. Taking a break from poker, she turned to the competitive Magic scene and launched a career as a full-time content creator. She has become one of the most popular Magic streamers on Twitch through her mix of strategic content and all-around entertainment.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Exhibition Event Supporting RI Foodbank
All donations go to the RI Foodbank.
Saturday, Nov. 21
9 AM – 3 PM
Opening
9 – 9:30 AM
Welcome from
Governor Gina Raimondo
Jay Bellissimo, IBM GM for Public Sector and Federal Markets in North America
Hope Hopkins, Managing Director MassChallenge
Business and Technology Tracks (Round 1)
Business Track
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Perfecting Your Investor Pitch – Shannon Shallcross
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Customer Discovery: Finding Your Best Customers – Matt Lukens
Technology Track
9:30-9:50 AM
Project Debator
9:50 – 10:05 AM
Technician of the Future
10:05-10:30 AM
Artificial Intelligence Round Table
Ronen Siman-Tov – Alpha Zone & RIHub CTO in Residence
Matt Puccini – IBM
Steven Piper – IBM
< – – – – Break 10:30 – 10:40 AM – – – – >
Blockchain: The Future of Startups & Money
10:40 – 10:50 AM
Arnell Milhouse, EIR Brown University
A Venture Capital Roundtable
10:50 – 11:50 AM
Thorn Sparkman, The Slater Fund
Jeanne Sullivan, ArcView Ventures
Tom Sperry, Rogue Ventures
Winner from The Met School: Jose Rodriguez
11:50– 12:00 PM
< – – – – Break 12:00 – 12:10 PM – – – – >
Calamari Tank
12:10 – 1:10 PM
Judges: Alison Bologna – TV Anchor, Thor Johnson – CEO & Romil Patel – Venture Capitalist
Presenting Startups:
Pointz – Maggie Bachenberg
GoTeff- Saron Mechale
BuzzButton – Sebastian Sheng
Winner International Robotics: Robo Wolves
1:10 – 1:20 PM
Business and Technology Tracks(Round 2)
1:20 – 1:40 PM
Business Track
Social Media for Startups – Vincent Orleck
Technology Track
Technology Open Panel – Building with Open Source
< – – – – Break 1:40 – 1:50 PM – – – – >
Legal Round Table for Startups (Round 3)
Business Track
1:50 – 2:45PM
Ted Howell, Founder Howell Legal
Kas DeCarvahlo, Partner Pannone Lopes Devereaux and O’Gara
Dan Holmander, IP Attorney Adler, Pollock & Sheehan
Scaling By Design: From Small to Big
Technology Track
1:50 – 2:45 PM
John Bennett, Nevo Technologies
Ronen Siman-Tov, IBM
Miki Kenneth, Red Hat
Closing Remarks: Building Your Business in A Post Covid World
Featured Talks
Business Track
-
9:30-10am - Shannon Shallcross
Perfecting Your Investor Pitch -
10-10:30am - Matt Lukens
Customer Discovery -
1:20-1:40pm - Vincent Orleck
Social Media for Startups -
1:50-2:45pm
Legal for Startups
Technology Track
-
9:30-9:50am
Project Debator -
9:50-10:05am
Technologist of the Future -
10:05-10:30am
Artificial Intelligence Revolution -
1:20-1:45pm - Ronen Siman Tov
Scaling by Design from Small to Big -
2:00-2:30pm
Technology Open Q&A
