11:00am EDT
12:00pm EDT
Answering The Call: How IT Leaders Can Effectively Address Systemic Racism
Moderators
First Line Consulting
The crossroads of emerging technology integration and human resource transformation are at the center of my professional and entrepreneurial worlds.My HR experience supporting large enterprise IT shops as well as my entrepreneurial business "learning while doing" offers a deeper understanding...
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Speakers
Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company
Damon Carter is the SVP & CHRO for Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company and a member of the Board of Directors. He is also an Adjunct Research Analyst for IDC and a contributing writer on CIO.com. Damon has held HR leadership roles with Aetna, Express Scripts, GE, UTC and...
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Monday October 19, 2020 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Virtual
1:00pm EDT
Building Your Dream Team
Moderators
Founder, Urban Tekk, LLC
Ms. Turner is an award-winning educator, social entrepreneur and founder of Urise Ventures, a business incubator for aspiring youth entrepreneurs. In 2015, she launched Urban Tekk, an inclusive community technology and enterprise center for underserved youth and their families in...
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Speakers
Connecticut Small Business Development Center
Senior Engagement Manager, Techstars
Dell Inc.
Senior level multidisciplinary technical leader with a vision and result driven passion for learning and applying the scientific method. Have successfully engineered hundreds of unique end-to-end systems across the globe taking into account human factors, performance, availability...
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Tripletote
In 2019, Launched TradeSecrets by: Tripletote Podcast. A platform for Entrepreneurs to share success stories. In 2016(Aug), Awarded US Patent consumer product "Tripletote". In 2016(May), Social Media Campaign capturing myself door-to-door sales 264 businesses in 6 States.
Monday October 19, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
Innovation in the Round: Industry Outlook
Moderators
Nassau Financial Group
Speakers
Connecticut Insurance and Financial Services
Susan provides strategic direction and program execution to a Board of Directors across the common goals of workforce development - building the talent pipeline; public advocacy - advancing the industry through education and awareness; and economic and business development- selling...
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Upward
Greg Flynn is Program Director at Upward Labs, a CT based Venture Fund that fast tracks startups in the PropTech and AgeTech sectors. Career highlights include launching a startup from scratch and executing over $20B in M&A transactions.
Director, Launc[H]artford
InsurTech Hartford
Stacey Brown founded InsurTech Hartford after 15 years of insurance industry experience. As an insurance professional, Stacey is passionate to see Hartford have a rich innovation ecosystem.
Monday October 19, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
Food Business Trends and Tools
Moderators
Breakfast Lunch & Dinner
Speakers
Fud, Inc.
Forge City Works
Cary is the Executive Director of Forge City Works. FCW provides job training, food access, and sustainable social enterprises . Cary previously owned five restaurants and a specialty food company in Cambridge, Mass. She also created and oversees Firebox Restaurant. Firebox's profits...
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Monday October 19, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
5:00pm EDT
Wolff New Venture Competition
Speakers
CEO & Founder, onewidth
Finalist for Wolff New Venture Competition.
CEO & Founder, Junity
Finalist for Wolff New Venture Competition.
CEO & Founder, SedMed
Finalist for Wolff New Venture Competition.
CEO & Founder, Pisces Atlantic
Finalist for Wolff New Venture Competition.
CEO & Founder, VeraDermics
Finalist for Wolff New Venture Competition.
Monday October 19, 2020 5:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
Virtual
9:00am EDT
Social Innovation at the Neighborhood Level
Speakers
co-founder, seedership
Spanning NYC PR agencies, a Silicon startup and corporate communications at Fortune 200 companies, Jennifer has helped CEOs articulate their strategies and share social responsibility stories to build community. In 2018, she started seedership to amplify small businesses giving and...
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Founder, Urban Tekk, LLC
Ms. Turner is an award-winning educator, social entrepreneur and founder of Urise Ventures, a business incubator for aspiring youth entrepreneurs. In 2015, she launched Urban Tekk, an inclusive community technology and enterprise center for underserved youth and their families in...
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Fud, Inc.
Blue Earth Compost
An experienced sustainability advocate and entrepreneur based out of Hartford, CT. For the past four years I’ve been the Guru of Marketing and Business Development at Blue Earth Compost, a food scrap collection company for homes and businesses.
Tuesday October 20, 2020 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
What It Means To Get A Proof of Concept/Value
Speakers
Spyglaz
Neeraja is the Founder of Spyglaz, a machine learning platform for proactive customer retention serving the insurance industry. Prior to Spyglaz she managed customer retention/acquisition programs in financial services and tech sectors for 20+ years.
Sentwood Consulting
Frank Sentner has built insurance technology solutions for 45 years, working with insurers, brokers & technology providers. In 1984, he founded CISCo to create Sagitta (still used by large brokers) & sold to Vertafore in 1995. He helped create Hartford's InsurTech ecosystem & mentors...
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Travelers
Fostering Economic Development and Business Growth Through Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Partnerships
Tuesday October 20, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Ecosystems for Manufacturing Entrepreneurship
Speakers
Tulip Interfaces
CONNSTEP
An experienced technical sales professional with an educational background in electrical and optical engineering. Several years' experience in engineering and business roles in the optics, electronics, biotech, testing, and industrial automation industries.
Managing Director, STANLEY+Techstars Accelerator, Techstars
Passionate about entrepreneurship: at start-ups or in large corporate settings and as a founder, mentor or investor. As innovative, high growth companies transform the world around us, I am particularly interested in how communities and traditional businesses engage with that dis...
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Tuesday October 20, 2020 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
12:00pm EDT
Startup Branding: It’s More Than Colors, Shapes, and Fonts
Moderators
First Line Consulting
The crossroads of emerging technology integration and human resource transformation are at the center of my professional and entrepreneurial worlds.My HR experience supporting large enterprise IT shops as well as my entrepreneurial business "learning while doing" offers a deeper understanding...
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Speakers
Digital Surgeons
Pete Sena is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Digital Surgeons, a creative consultancy that helps brands spark and design new opportunities for growth. He has built and led cross-functional teams that have delivered a number of successful, award-winning, multi-channel programs...
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Digital Surgeons
David Salinas is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and visionary behind District, a technology and innovation ecosystem and real estate development. David’s vision for District stems from his years as an entrepreneur, his passion for economic development, and his desire to improve...
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Tuesday October 20, 2020 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
Navigating the Ecosystem
Moderators
Founder, Urban Tekk, LLC
Ms. Turner is an award-winning educator, social entrepreneur and founder of Urise Ventures, a business incubator for aspiring youth entrepreneurs. In 2015, she launched Urban Tekk, an inclusive community technology and enterprise center for underserved youth and their families in...
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Speakers
Legacy Lineage
President, Horizon Services Corporation
Ted Hsu is the President/CEO of Horizon Services Corporation, recognized by Inc Magazine for fast growing urban companies. A2Pro is a Horizon related venture utilizing technology to employ underutilized human talent in an upcoming fragmented post COVID business world
Deputy Commissioner, CT Department of Economic and Community Development
Dynamic change manager & business strategy leader spanning multiple industries including government, education, entrepreneurship, and community and economic development. Combines over 15 years of public policy, marketing, and entrepreneurship and innovation advocacy to lead organizations...
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U.S. Small Business Administration
Experienced District Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Budgeting, Coaching, Government, and Crisis Communications. Strong business development professional with a Master of Science focused...
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Tuesday October 20, 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
Empathetic Leadership/Building a team
Speakers
Sentry Commercial
Curt is a veteran business professional with over 30 years of experience in Real Estate, Development, Ownership, Construction and Management. He founded Keller Williams Greater Hartford, today one Connecticut’s largest residential companies.
Nassau Financial Group
Tuesday October 20, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
4:00pm EDT
Conversation with Tariq Farid, Edible Arrangements Founder
Speakers
Travelers
Fostering Economic Development and Business Growth Through Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Partnerships
Edible Arrangements, LLC
Tariq Farid is the founder and CEO of Edible Brands, the parent company that includes Edible Arrangements and other businesses. Additionally, he’s founded or acquired companies in the fields of technology, distribution and supply chain management and has established a charitable...
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Tuesday October 20, 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
DEI: From Ideas to Action
Moderators
First Line Consulting
The crossroads of emerging technology integration and human resource transformation are at the center of my professional and entrepreneurial worlds.My HR experience supporting large enterprise IT shops as well as my entrepreneurial business "learning while doing" offers a deeper understanding...
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Speakers
Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company
Damon Carter is the SVP & CHRO for Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company and a member of the Board of Directors. He is also an Adjunct Research Analyst for IDC and a contributing writer on CIO.com. Damon has held HR leadership roles with Aetna, Express Scripts, GE, UTC and...
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ExecMommyGroup LLC
Accomplished executive, diversity and inclusion champion and mother of four, Joelle A. Murchison effectively balances career, family and an active community and volunteer schedule.A graduate of Brown University, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Syracuse University’s Newhouse...
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Chapman Farrell Group, LLC
Raymond Arroyo is a Managing Partner of Chapman Farrell Group, a certified, minority-owned HR consulting and executive search firm, with a focus in the insurance and healthcare industry. His background includes more than 25 years of experience with Fortune 100 companies as a senior...
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Chapman Farrell Group
Robert Crowder is the founder and managing director of Chapman Farrell Group. He is a leading executive recruitment expert with over 25 years of experience with major corporations such as United Parcel Service, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Aetna and Vanguard.Robert has deep...
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Wednesday October 21, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
What Does It Mean to be An InsurTech Entrepreneur in Hartford
Moderators
Nassau Financial Group
Speakers
eGGHEAD AI
Michael Davis is the founder and CEO of eGGHEAD AI. He is a global industry speaker and thought leader with extensive experience in Data and Analytics. Mr. Davis has held senior level Data and Analytics positions at large insurance companies, establishing Data transformation st...
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Intellagents
Senior IT Executive, Entrepreneur and Innovator with more than 30 years leading business transformation initiatives in the Insurance and Financial Services industry. Specializing in Preparing Insurers for their Digital Journey from both a business and technology perspective.
Cofounder and Chief Product Officer, Benekiva
Bobbie Shrivastav is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, author, technology and digital transformation expert whose unwavering innovation, customer-centric approach, and continued success have earned her the reputation as an industry leader.
Wednesday October 21, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Entrepreneurial Revolutions
Speakers
Old School Ventures
I love people that want to change the world one day at a time and bringing signal to noise. Every day matters so spending it doing things that I love is important.
Wednesday October 21, 2020 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
12:00pm EDT
Change Management: Emerging Technologies and their Organizational Impacts
Speakers
Calculus of Talent
Joyce is the Managing Director of Calculus of Talent, a global network of professional talent management practitioners. The network addresses the changing needs of today’s workforce.Her expertise lies in business and talent strategy development, change management and organizational...
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Aureus Analytics
Leland is the Customer Success Manager at Aureus Analytics where he manages business development, customer support, and product strategy for DONNA.Prior to joining Aureus, Leland was Head of Scouting for Startupbootcamp's Hartford InsurTech Hub accelerator where he sourced innovative...
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First Line Consulting
The crossroads of emerging technology integration and human resource transformation are at the center of my professional and entrepreneurial worlds.My HR experience supporting large enterprise IT shops as well as my entrepreneurial business "learning while doing" offers a deeper understanding...
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Wednesday October 21, 2020 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
A Legal Perspective: The Care and Feeding of Startups During COVID-19
Moderators
First Line Consulting
The crossroads of emerging technology integration and human resource transformation are at the center of my professional and entrepreneurial worlds.My HR experience supporting large enterprise IT shops as well as my entrepreneurial business "learning while doing" offers a deeper understanding...
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Speakers
Kenneth B. Lerman, P.C.
Attorney Ken Lerman practice focus areas are business, securities, corporate, contracts, and commercial real estate law with offices in Hartford, CT and Boca Raton, FL.Ken has represented clients in over $400 Million of transactions. He represents businesses, owners, and investors...
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Law Office of Amy Lin Meyerson
Amy Lin Meyerson, President of the Connecticut Bar Association (2020-2021). She practices business and general corporate law. She earned her J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and received her A.B. with distinction from Duke University. Amy is admitted in CT, GA...
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Attorney at Law, Kurien Ouellette LLC
Carlton is a seasoned law firm business lawyer, entrepreneur, executive, angel investor, and co-founder of successful startups. A former VP/GC at well-known companies, he is a 2015 Connecticut Law Tribune recipient of a Life Time Achievement Award as well as other legal best practice...
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Wednesday October 21, 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
Innovation in the Round: EdTech Leaders
Moderators
ARSOME Technology
Speakers
Executive Director, CT General Assembly, Commission on Women, Children & Seniors
Steven Hernández, Esq. is the Executive Director for the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity. He is an attorney with over 20 years of public service.
Skills21 @ EdAdvance
For nearly 30 years, Matt Mervis has supported school and community change initiatives based on the needs of districts, municipalities, professional development organizations, and government agencies including the departments of education and labor for several states.
WordsEye
Nayan is currently the CEO of WordsEye, a NYC based ed tech startup focused on democratizing the creative process while helping users improve grammar and literacy skills. He is an also Executive MBA candidate at Columbia Business School.
MissionCIT, LLC
Warren is the CEO of MissionCIT and is a Board Advisor and mentor to multiple startups in Connecticut. His experience includes CEO roles in private equity, along with a successful IPO experience.
Wednesday October 21, 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
9:00am EDT
Bridging the Capital Divide: Bootstrapping Your Business
Speakers
MetroHartford Alliance
As Content Manager for the MetroHartford Alliance, Nan Price helps promote our region as a premiere place to work, live, and play. She is also the voice of Innovation Destination Hartford, an initiative of the Alliance that serves and supports entrepreneurs and startups in the Hartford...
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The House of Noa
MakerspaceCT
Responsible for New Product Development, Practice Management, New Business Development and market branding/placement in competitive, hospital and physician markets throughout North America. Providing integrative solutions sets specializing in software and restructuring delivery systems...
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Luminant Analytics
Renu is the owner of American/Swiss insurance analytics start up that helps insurance companies ingest external data to improve underwriting and pricing. A business economist, she has close to two decades of global work experience in both industry and academics.
Thursday October 22, 2020 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
Smart Branding Moves: From Inception to Protection
Speakers
Dilworth IP, LLC
Fred Spaeth has more than twenty year's experience advising businesses on intellectual property law and commercial transactions, including protection of brands and patenting inventions in the U.S. and abroad.
Thursday October 22, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
Tech Chat with Stanley Black & Decker
Moderators
CONNSTEP
Speakers
Stanley Black & Decker
Marty Guay, Vice President of Business Development at Stanley Black & Decker is certain that the future of #advancedmanufacturing in #Hartford is strong.
Thursday October 22, 2020 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Virtual
12:00pm EDT
Let’s Change The Conversation: A New Employee Engagement Paradigm to Explore
Moderators
First Line Consulting
The crossroads of emerging technology integration and human resource transformation are at the center of my professional and entrepreneurial worlds.My HR experience supporting large enterprise IT shops as well as my entrepreneurial business "learning while doing" offers a deeper understanding...
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Speakers
HSB (Hartford Steam Boiler IIC)
Stacy is a Human Resources leader with experience supporting multiple clients in the insurance and financial services industries. She has expertise as a strategic HR Business Partner, has led Talent Acquisition, managed leadership development programs, and led strategic HR initiatives...
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Thursday October 22, 2020 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Virtual
2:00pm EDT
Investors' Circle
Speakers
Director - Investments, Connecticut Innovations
Douglas is a Managing Director, Venture Capital Investments at Connecticut Innovations, Inc. (CI), the State’s strategic venture capital arm and the leading source of financing and ongoing support for innovative, growing companies.
Fairview Capital
Ms. Price is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Fairview Capital. She is a member of Fairview’s investment committee and manager of all Fairview-sponsored funds. Prior to co-founding Fairview, Ms. Price served as president of NAIC, headquartered in D.C. Ms. Price is a graduate of...
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Capital for Change
Dorothy coaches management teams of social purpose organizations. She is an active social impact investor including in Capital for Change where she is Board Chair. Her VC and angel investing background enables her to see better ways of funding organizations led by those who start...
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Wellville
My full-time job is executive founder, Wellville. With the other half of my time, I am an active angel investor in health, insurance, logistics and space travel, mostly in the US, Africa and Eastern Europe.
Thursday October 22, 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Virtual
3:00pm EDT
B Corp 101: Learning to Measure What Matters
Speakers
reSET
Emily is Director of Strategic Advancement at reSET. Previously, she served as Program Director at Aspiranet in San Francisco. She has spent years consulting companies through strategic challenges in order to optimize impact and communicate that impact effectively to stakeholders...
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Thursday October 22, 2020 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Virtual
8:30am EDT
Expanding on the 2020 State of Manufacturing
Speakers
Chief Manufacturing Officer, Government of Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)
David Lehman serves as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), the state agency that oversees a wide range of programs promoting business growth, brownfield redevelopment, the arts, historic preservation and tourism.
Friday October 23, 2020 8:30am - 11:30am EDT
Virtual
10:00am EDT
Unmet Needs: Opportunities in MedTech
Moderators
Aetna
Avdhesh is a program manager at Aetna (a CVS company) leading cloud migration for healthcare business. He is active member of startup community in Hartford.
Speakers
Cigna
Steven is a product manager at Cigna with experience in designing and launching data-driven and personalized health and wellness solutions. Products launched utilize innovative tools such as wearable/sensor technology, AI/ML, and web/mobile applications to improve health outcomes...
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Friday October 23, 2020 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Virtual
11:00am EDT
12:00pm EDT
The Hartford Startup Community Way
Moderators
Senior Engagement Manager, Techstars
Speakers
Director, Launc[H]artford
Managing Director, STANLEY+Techstars Accelerator, Techstars
Passionate about entrepreneurship: at start-ups or in large corporate settings and as a founder, mentor or investor. As innovative, high growth companies transform the world around us, I am particularly interested in how communities and traditional businesses engage with that dis...
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Techstars
I serve founders as an early-stage advisor, mentor, and investor; build products and services in areas ranging from digital media to ecosystems; advise companies, non-profits, and governments on strategy, analytics, innovation, and public policy; research and write about entrepreneurship...
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Friday October 23, 2020 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Virtual
5:00pm EDT
Techstars Startup Weekend Online: Sacred Heart University
Speakers
Senior Engagement Manager, Techstars
Customer Success Coordinator, Techstars
Director of Latinx Programs, 1863 Ventures
Entrepreneur. Traveler. Futurist.
Community Manager - Higher Education, SHU, Fairfield, CT, Techstars
Friday October 23, 2020 5:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
Virtual