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Schedule

Friday, June 19 • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Microsoft Chicago • Aon Center • 200 E. Randolph Dr., Suite 200 • Chicago, IL 60601
9:00 AM

Networking

9:30 AM

Welcome & Opening

Michael Brown — Founder & Executive Director

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM
Data & AI

My Kids Couldn't Spell "Because" So I Built an App That Couldn't Afford to Fail

Aaron Hunter — Principal Developer Advocate, AWS

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10:45 AM

Break

11:00 AM
Entrepreneurship

Betting on Yourself: Don't Trade Your Values for a Seat at the Table

Ramatu Kandakai — Founder, My Hyphen

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11:30 AM

Break

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM
Engineering

No CS Degree, No Permission, No Problem

Hamdi Hassan Shahid Jr. — Founder & CEO, Lamma+

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1:30 PM

Break

1:45 PM
Data & AI

TBA

Pierre DeBois — Founder & CEO, Zimana

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2:15 PM

Break

2:30 PM
Entrepreneurship

Building a Business When No One's Hiring

Ashley Janelle — Founder, Empathive UX Bootcamp

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3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM
Entrepreneurship

LinkedIn Power Moves to Grow Your Business

Clarene Mitchell — Founder & CEO, TCM Communications

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3:45 PM

Break

4:00 PM
Keynote

Keynote

Madison Butler — Founder, Blue Haired Unicorn & Black Speakers Collection

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5:00 PM

Close

Day 2 — Saturday, June 20
Morning

AI Assisted Coding Workshop

Led by Michael Brown, Founder & Executive Director

Afternoon

Community Hackathon

Details coming soon