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9:00am PST

Public Service Through Tech Kapor CenterAlia-Toran Burrell • David Holmes What does AI mean for me? Design & Engineering (Convention Center)Dr. Nashlie Sephus Started from the Bottom Now We Here: Scaling Customer Support Learning Lab (Convention Center)Jordan Pedraza

9:15am PST

The 7 Must Have’s for Building Valuable Product and Services Entrepreneurship & Funding (Outdoor Campus)Arif Gursel

9:30am PST

Empowering The Minds That Matter: The Exploration of Authentic Self Through Social Engagement Community (Outdoor Campus)La'Vonnda Haynes-Burnett

9:45am PST

Break Kapor Center

10:00am PST

The Art of S.T.E.M Community (Outdoor Campus)Sumayyah Green AfroFuturism: Using Tech to Imagine Our Next Reality Kapor CenterAutumn Breon Williams • David Barthwell How Blockchain Can Bring Wealth Equity Design & Engineering (Convention Center)Robert Greenfield

10:15am PST

Advancing Inclusive Research, Presented by Genentech Learning Lab (Convention Center)Gerren Wilson

10:30am PST

Avoiding Costly Legal Mistakes as a Startup Entrepreneurship & Funding (Outdoor Campus)Starlett (Star) Carter Softskills and Software: Driving Positive Outcomes Through Government Innovation Community (Outdoor Campus)Loren Taylor • Preston Taylor Welcome to Day 2 AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)

10:45am PST

Break Kapor Center

11:00am PST

Healthcare Technology and Equity AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)Bernard J Tyson • Morgan DeBaun Autonomous Vehicles: Where Hardware and Software Meet Design & Engineering (Convention Center)Austin Curry Do Well & Do Good: Building Social Impact Tech Companies Kapor CenterDonnel Baird • Jasmine Shells • Colin Wallace • Troy Cosey • Jessica Harmon Expo Floor Open Expo Area (Convention Center)

11:15am PST

Black Girls Code Panel Community (Outdoor Campus)Black Girls Code Turning Your Ideas Into Reality Through Design Entrepreneurship & Funding (Outdoor Campus)Zachary Hinton Navigating a Career Path in Product and Engineering, Co-Presented by Microsoft & LinkedIn Learning Lab (Convention Center)Sabry Tozin • Nate Yohannes • Jacqueline Jones

11:45am PST

It will be worth the wait... AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center) Our Collective Power: Scaling Access & Outcomes in Media Presented by Amazon AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)Erika Alexander • Tracy Oliver

12:00pm PST

Zion Learning Panel Community (Outdoor Campus) Lunch Entrepreneurship & Funding (Outdoor Campus) Lunch Design & Engineering (Convention Center)

12:15pm PST

Lunch Learning Lab (Convention Center) Lunch AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)

12:30pm PST

Lunch Kapor Center

1:00pm PST

Break Community (Outdoor Campus) From Seed to Series A Entrepreneurship & Funding (Outdoor Campus)Charles Hudson 6am in Atlanta: How I Built and Scaled Drakestagram Design & Engineering (Convention Center)Kyle Woumn Pleasure, PrEP and Pregnancy: Utilizing Technology to Protect Bodily Autonomy, Presented by Planned Parenthood Learning Lab (Convention Center)Kevin Williams • Chelsea Fuller • Nia Martin-Robison

1:30pm PST

Innovating Our Education In Stem Community (Outdoor Campus)Nate Rose Leaky Tech Pipeline Kapor CenterDr. Allison Scott The State of the Black Tech Ecosystem(s) Kapor CenterDr. Fallon Wilson

2:00pm PST

Pitch Competition Finals, Presented by American Family Insurance AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)Aaron Samuels • Kirby Harris • Monique Idlett-Mosley Do What I Say, Automate EVERYTHING Design & Engineering (Convention Center)Brianna McCullough

2:15pm PST

Hack The Hood's Seeing Yourself In Tech Panel Community (Outdoor Campus)Tashae Hawkins • RC Brown • Talia Taylor • Charmaine Davis • Saladin Smith Making Products That Make Products, Presented by Airtable Learning Lab (Convention Center)Wade Morgan • Andrew Ofstad • Shani Taylor

2:30pm PST

Leveling the Playing Field for Black Tech Talent in the Bay Kapor CenterDr. Cynthia Overton • Danny Alan • Andrea Long • Bernard Coleman • Elisha Greenwell • Ayori Selassie

3:00pm PST

Play To Win: The Business of eSports AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)Delane Parnell From Oakland to the World- In Conversation With the Black Panther Party Community (Outdoor Campus)Jena Dominique • Francis Moore • Dr. Saturu Ned • Katherine Campbell

3:30pm PST

Networking & Farewell Kapor Center

3:45pm PST

Owning our Platforms AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)Angelica Nwadu • Lilly Workneh

4:00pm PST

Session 3 (Keynote) Kapor Center

4:15pm PST

Kapor Center Community Impact Awards Community (Outdoor Campus)Kapor Center Closing AfroTech 2019 AfroTech Main Stage (Convention Center)

5:00pm PST

Avalara x AfroTech Happy Hour by Avalara, Inc. Sponsor: Avalara, Inc.

5:30pm PST

In The Black Kickback Hosted by Blend Sponsor: Blend

6:00pm PST

Pass The Aux Party: Official AfroTech Pregame by RNB House Party Parties

7:00pm PST

AmazonXAfroTech 2019 Fireside Chat and Reception Sponsor: Amazon

10:00pm PST

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