8:30 AM
Check-in and Registration
9:00 – 10:30 AM
Opening Panel – Setting the Stage
Gary Axelbank, thisistheBronX, Moderator
Panelists:
- Adam Lubinsky, wxy studio
- Inessah Selditz, the Rockwell Group
- Marlene Cintron, BOEDC
- Majora Carter, StartUp Box
- Tom Prendergast, STV
- Kristen Titus, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer for New York State
10:30 AM
Remarks from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.
10:40 – 11:00 AM
Keynote, David Belt, Co-founder and CEO of New Lab
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Welcome from Elected Officials
- Assemblymember Michael Blake
- NYC Councilmember Rafael Salamanca
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
Breakout: Bronx Health Tech
- Steve Berman, MBA, CPA, Montefiore Health Systems
- Megan Guy, Simone Development
- Jitendra Barmecha, MD, SBH Health System
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
Breakout: The Bronx Tech Triangle Panel
James Rausse, Moderator
Panelists:
- Daren Hornig, Hornig Development
- Bill Bollinger, JCAL Development
- Bret Collazzi, HR&A Advisors
- Michael Brady, Third Avenue BID
- Margarette Lee, Young Woo
- Majora Carter, StartUp Box
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
Breakout: Social Entrepreneurship & SocialTech
Javier Saade, Moderator
- Jelani Anglin, Founder, GoodCall.NYC
- Bill Cromie, Director of Emergent Technology, Robin Hood Foundation
- Chinedu Echeruo, Founder, HopStop and GigaMeet
- Laura Marquez, Head of Latino Engagement, Google
1:45 – 3:00 PM
Breakout: The Tech Talent Pipeline
Monica Major, Moderator
Panelists:
- Kenneth Walker, Per Scholas
- Jerelyn Rodriguez, Knowledge House
- Tom O’Connell – Code Interactive/Code Bronx
- Weeks Mensah, Enza Academy
- Ronald Bergman, Lehman
- Ruben Harris, Special Advisor – Hustle, Co-Founder of Breaking Into Startups
1:45 – 3:00 PM
Breakout: Building Out the Bronx Infrastructure – Wiring the Bronx
Ray Sanchez, Moderator
Panelists:
- Richard Windram, Verizon
- Camille Joseph, Charter Communications
- Jen Hensley, LinkNYC
- Mirna Eusebio, Altice
- Marlin Jenkins, Neture
- Mandu Sen, Regional Plan Association
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Breakout: The Bronx Start-up EcoSystem
Eddie Cullen, Moderator
Panelists:
- Karl Kilb, CEO, Boloro Global Limited
- Miguel Sanchez, Mass Ideation
- Philip Shearer, MetaBronx
- Sarah Poyet, The Glass Files
- Brian Wilson, DuroUAS
- Nick Taranto, Plated
3:15 – 5:00 PM
Final Panel – Tying it all Together
Derrick Lewis, Bronx Foundation, Moderator
Panelists:
- Andrew Rasiej, Personal Democracy Forum
- Rachel Haot, 1776
- Karen Bhatia, NYCEDC
- Judi Tholl, NYSTAR at Empire State Development
- Mike McSherry, EY Partner–Retired, Co-Chair Advisory Board Fordham Foundry
- Jonathan Bowles, Center for an Urban Future