4/23: Keynote Event
4/23-24: Faculty Panels
4/22: Flash Networking
4/23: Recent Graduate Panel
4/24: Startup 101
4/25-27: Hackathon
4/27: Demo + Afterparty
4/21-27: Office Visits
Entrepreneurship Symposium
Showcasing research and leadership in innovation among the Downtown Brooklyn colleges, this conference will kick-off with a panel of “Tech All-Stars” from leading companies in the Tech Triangle, followed by panels of faculty experts.
Keynote Event: Tech All-Stars Panel
All-star tech leaders explore the topic of “Innovation in the Brooklyn Tech Triangle (and What Colleges Can Do to Keep Up).”
Manoush Zomorodi, Alexis Ohanian, Chad Dickerson, Aaron Shapiro, Bre Pettis.
Chad Dickerson
Etsy, CEO
Alexis Ohanian
reddit, Co-founder; Without Their Permission author
Bre Pettis
MakerBot, CEO
Aaron Shapiro
HUGE, CEO
Manoush Zomorodi (moderator)
WNYC’s New Tech City, Host
Making Sense of Big Data
Discussion on interesting uses of big data - who’s using it and how.
Jessie Braden
Pratt Institute Director, Spatial Analysis + Visualization Initiative
Darshan Desai
Berkeley College Professor, Management
Emily Horowitz
St. Francis College Director, Institute for Peace + Justice
Jason Montgomery
NYC College of Technology, CUNY Assistant Professor, Architectural Technology
Constantine Kontokosta (moderator)
NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress Deputy Director
Emerging Trends in Biotech
Discussion on emerging trends in biotechnology and related workforce needs.
Allen Burdowski
St. Francis College Dean + Professor, Biology
Jeanne Pfordresher
Pratt Institute Adjunct Associate Professor, Industrial Design
Davida S. Smyth, PhD
NYC College of Technology, CUNY Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Jeremy Seto
NYC College of Technology, CUNY Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Alison Dell (moderator)
St. Francis College Assistant Professor, Biology
Advanced Technologies for Design + Construction
Discussion on the next wave of technology for sustainable design and construction.
Illya Azaroff
NYC College of Technology, CUNY Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Technology
John Dilyard
St. Francis College Associate Professor, Department of Management + Information Technology
Jaime Stein
Pratt Institute Coordinator, Urban Environmental Systems Management
Sanjive Vaidya
NYC College of Technology, CUNY Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural Technology
Claudia Saez-Fromm (moderator)
TOWN Residential, Senior Vice President
Legal Issues for Startups
Discussion on legal issues ranging from data privacy to branding and licensing.
Justin Giordano
Empire State College, SUNY Professor, Business + Law
Gavin Goldstein
Berkeley College Adjunct Professor
Lynn Goldstein
NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress Chief Data Officer
Alfred Kahn
Former Chairman + CEO, 4Kids Entertainment
Robert Wu
St. Francis College Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting & Business Law
Jonathan Askin (moderator)
Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship, Innovation Catalyst
Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic, Founder
The Startup Curve
Discussion on best business practices for startups.
Rahul Bedi
Berkeley College Associate Chair, Department of Management
Mark Fasciano
Canrock Ventures/ThoughtBox@LIU, Managing Director
Debera Johnson
Pratt Institute Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Design Studies
Cory Kallet
Empire State College, SUNY Mentor/Instructor, Department of Business, Management, and Economics
Micah Kotch
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Director of Innovation + Entrepreneurship
Aisha Glover (moderator)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Vice President, External Affairs
Student Career Sessions
Three events aimed at introducing students to life in entrepreneurial careers.
Flash Networking Kick-Off
An interactive networking event and “speed dating” session that brings together companies and students.
Christina Wallace (moderator)
Startup Institute, Director of New York
Participants:
BioLite
EcoLogic Solutions
Expedition PR
HUGE
Maker’s Row
Q-Sensei
Red Antler
TENDIGI
Wool & Prince
Recent Graduate Panel
Recent alumni from Tech Triangle colleges discuss how they launched their careers.
April 23, 5:30 - 7pm
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
5 MetroTech Center
Pfizer Auditorium
Sherilyn Ferdinand (NYU)
Condé Nast, Interactive Producer
RamenBerry Studio, Founder
Daniel Saynt (Berkeley College)
The Socialyte Collective, Founder + Creative Director
Danny Shaw (NYC College of Technology, CUNY)
The Comb + Beauty Beat Box, Co-Founder
Colleen Stufflebeem (Pratt)
BuzzFeed, Creative Strategist
Brian Von Ancken (Brooklyn Law School)
Tough Mudder, Associate Counsel
Andrew Zarick (LIU Brooklyn)
Digital DUMBO, CEO + Co-Founder
Christopher Wink (moderator)
Technical.ly Brooklyn, Co-founder + Editor
Startup 101 Panel
Representatives from companies in the Tech Triangle discuss what potential candidates should know about working in the entrepreneurial world.
Molly Dince
CommonBond, Head of Communications
Philip Lau
Crye Precision, Human Resources Manager
Erica Rosen
BioLite, Director of Marketing
Jason Simon
Q-Sensei, VP of Product Development
Brynna Tucker (moderator)
Pratt Institute, Associate Director, Center for Career + Professional Development
Mentorship Hackathon
College + professional students team up with mobile and web developers in the Tech Triangle’s first ever student-mentor hackathon.
April 25 - Kickoff
Opening reception + weekend agenda + app idea pitches + team formation + API demos
April 26 - Hack away
April 27 - Celebrate
Demo session + award ceremony + networking
Organizers + Sponsors
TENDIGI
NYU Magnet
Urban Future Lab
Ontodia
General Assembly
Startup Institute
Yelp
Shake Shack
Wright & Goebel Wine and Spirits
Orange Leaf
Open Office Week
An opportunity for companies to open their offices and meet and greet the area’s finest college students.
Companies + Incubators
BioLite
Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator (6 startups)
Cir.cl
Digital DUMBO
DUMBO Startup Lab (29 startups)
EcoLogic Solutions
Huge
NYU Poly DUMBO Incubator (20 startups)
Tough Mudder
Urban Future Lab (15 startups)
Wool & Prince
