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BITCON 2022

5:00pm EDT

VIP Reception (Invitation Only) TBD

6:00pm EDT

Welcome Reception Coronado Ballroom L & K

8:45am EDT

BITCON 2022 Kick Off Coronado Ballroom L & KDennis Schultz • Greg Greenlee

9:00am EDT

BITCON Career Fair Veracruz Exhibit Hall CAlly • Block • Bridgewater • Coursera • CSG • Disney • Foursquare • Google • Intuit • Karat • Microsoft • Spotify • TIAA • WP Engine • Wells Fargo • FIS Global • West Monroe • CapTech Ventures • Red Ventures BITCON Metaverse Veracruz Exhibit Hall CBitbasel • EnvironXR • Kylar.io • MARVL • metaMedia • NFT3D.ME • Drone Cadets • BTS CALIFORNIA • State College Of Florida • Compassion Care for Pain and Injury • 302 Interactive • 5 STAR BDM LLC • SAMBiz Ventures LLC • Subsume Media • One Digital Nation • The Omniverse • Viva Vita

9:30am EDT

Be The Spark Coronado Ballroom L & KSimon T. Bailey

10:30am EDT

Book Signing: Be The Spark AcapulcoSimon T. Bailey Emerging Tech to Retire Inequality: Focus on Data & AI Coronado Breakout P & QMartin Ouko • Swatee Singh • TIAA Combatting Bias In The Interview Process Coronado Breakout N & MAlan Stein Big Tech's Diversity Responsibility Coronado Ballroom L & KKunbi Tinuoye • Tayler James The Art of Human Care with Artificial Intelligence Coronado Breakout R, S & TDr. Hassan Tetteh

11:30am EDT

Book Signing: The Art of Human Care with Artificial Intelligence AI AcapulcoDr. Hassan Tetteh The Future In Color "Road to 2045" FireSide Chat with Founder, Lekiesha French Coronado Breakout R, S & TLe’Kiesha French-Merritt Technical Skills & Tech Meritocracy Coronado Ballroom L & KSherrell Dorsey • Conor Delanbanque • Todd Floyd • Anthony Hughes The Future is Digital: Let's Identify Your Superpowers! Coronado Breakout P & QAlixandra Williamson-Carter • Kadeem Fullwe • Adanta Ahanonu Lashes. Love. Tech: Focusing on the Right Measure of Success Coronado Breakout N & MKay Malcolm

12:15pm EDT

Power Networking Lunch Coronado Ballroom J

1:00pm EDT

Book Signing: Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us AcapulcoSherrell Dorsey How to Create Cultivate Student Mobilization in Technical DEI Efforts Coronado Breakout N & MJunia Genevieve Janvier Building Better Experiences With Location Intelligence Coronado Breakout P & QAnthony Jones • Foursquare Future of Work Coronado Ballroom L & KKunbi Tinuoye • Ilya Brown

2:00pm EDT

The Cyber Talent Shortage: A 700,000 Problem Could Be Your 6-Figure Opportunity Coronado Breakout N & MBryce Pearson • Kemi Popoola “How We Feeling” Black ERG Panel Coronado Breakout R, S & TD’Yanna Craighead • Gregory Jackson • Horane Henry • Ariem Anthony Designing a Billion Dollar Startup Coronado Breakout P & QFritz Desir How To Be A Black Techie Coronado Ballroom L & KBaratunde Thurston

3:00pm EDT

Book Signing: How to Be Black AcapulcoBaratunde Thurston Make Room @ The Table | Secrets to A Successful Career in Tech Coronado Breakout N & MAshley Renee Colen • Intuit Uplifting Intersectional Creativity in Tech Coronado Breakout P & QE.C. Pizarro III Leading In The New Normal Coronado Breakout R, S & TJarrett Albritton • Laurie Brown-Goodwine • Anthony Mays • Mike Roberts • Njeri Watkins Broadband Infrastructure: Funding Black Tech Ecosystems Coronado Ballroom L & KDr. Fallon Wilson • Katarina Smiley • Valarry Bullard • Jamye Wooten • Alejandro Roark

4:00pm EDT

Change Your Circle, Change Your Life Coronado Breakout P & QJamar Jones Securing Federal, State and Local Grants Coronado Breakout N & MChristiana Russell Success in Consulting: Creating a Space at the Table Coronado Breakout R, S & TCrystal Harris • Macharia Lamar • Renee Robinson • Anthony Scott • Justin Stroughter • Michael Whitted • Nathan Woodson • CapTech Ventures Wealth Building, Cryptocurrency, & NFT's Coronado Ballroom L & KSherrell Dorsey • Trevor Rozier-Byrd • Lamar Wilson • Dana Wilson

8:15am EDT

Hip-Hop Dance Lesson Wake Up Coronado Ballroom L & KKay Malcolm

9:00am EDT

Microsoft & Azure - Microsoft's Cloud Coronado Breakout R, S & TJair Clarke Accelerated Learning Through Career Simulation Coronado Breakout P & QMarlaina Love Empowering Technology for Social Justice and the Justice Impacted Coronado Ballroom L & KRondalynne McClintock • Jazz Hampton • Victor "Divine" Lombard • Tansy McNulty • Dr. Fallon Wilson Intro to Kubernetes: The Cloud OS Coronado Breakout N & MGreg Greenlee BITCON Career Fair Veracruz Exhibit Hall CAlly • Block • Bridgewater • CDW • Coursera • CSG • Disney • Foursquare • Google • Indeed • Intuit • Karat • Microsoft • Spotify • TIAA • WP Engine • Wells Fargo • FIS Global • West Monroe • CapTech Ventures • Red Ventures BITCON Metaverse Veracruz Exhibit Hall CBitbasel • EnvironXR • Kylar.io • MARVL • metaMedia • NFT3D.ME • Drone Cadets • BTS CALIFORNIA • State College Of Florida • Compassion Care for Pain and Injury • 302 Interactive • 5 STAR BDM LLC • SAMBiz Ventures LLC • Subsume Media • One Digital Nation • The Omniverse • Viva Vita

10:00am EDT

A Day in the Life of a Junior / Senior / Principal Engineer Coronado Breakout N & MMichael Jenkins Software Engineering: Hacking the Interview Coronado Breakout R, S & TAnthony Mays It's About Damn Time Coronado Ballroom L & KDennis Schultz • Arlan Hamilton Creating Music With Python Coronado Breakout P & QHerve Aniglo

11:00am EDT

Book Signing: It's About Damn Time AcapulcoArlan Hamilton The Evolution of Blacks in Technology Coronado Breakout R, S & TEdward Smith The Tech Onramp Via Apprenticeship Coronado Breakout P & QMike Roberts Felecia’s Genius Jam Session Coronado Ballroom L & KFelecia Hatcher Survival Metrics: Getting Change Done In A Fast, Politically Safe, Data Informed Way Coronado Breakout N & MAdam Thomas

12:00pm EDT

Book Signing: Imagine That! AcapulcoEdward Smith Power Networking Lunch Coronado Ballroom J

1:00pm EDT

Power of Mentorship and Networking Coronado Breakout P & QJessica Hoffman • Katrina Kerr • Gary Rexroad • Rondalynne McClintock Elevating Gaming in the Black Community Coronado Breakout R, S & TMarcus Howard • Danny Martin • Chibatta Mitch • Derek Watford Afro-Futurism: Realizing Wakanda Coronado Breakout N & MKemo A’akhutera Charting a Path to the C-Suite Coronado Ballroom L & KDennis Schultz • Gail Evans

2:00pm EDT

CLIMBtheCLOUD : Excelling in Cloud Computing Career and Business Coronado Breakout P & QShirelle Francis, PMP CSM PROSCI OCM From the Court to the Cloud Coronado Ballroom L & KDennis Schultz • Angel McCoughtry Authenticity in Voice and Brand Coronado Breakout N & MShareka Nelson • Coursera Enabling Human Journey in Tech Coronado Breakout R, S & TSteve Barr • Calel Clough • David Johnson

3:00pm EDT

The Power of Your Past Coronado Breakout N & MAnthony AJ Joiner $10,000 Startup Pitch Competition Coronado Breakout R, S & TFritz Desir Collapse the Digital Divide in K -12 Education Coronado Breakout P & QKelenda Allen-James Developing Black Tech Talent Pipelines Coronado Ballroom L & KKunbi Tinuoye • Timothy Butts • Rodney Sampson • Janeen Uzzell

4:00pm EDT

Music & Technology as a Business Growth Strategy Coronado Breakout R, S & TDevin Jenkins Powering the Magic at Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products Coronado Breakout N & MRob Smedley • Tauheedah Muhammed • Jordan Morris • Zoe Cesar • D’Yanna Craighead Opportunities in Digital Health Post-Pandemic Coronado Breakout P & QKornelius Bankston • Julius Adams • Theo Harvey Black Tech Representation in Media Coronado Ballroom L & KKunbi Tinuoye • Chisa Egbelu • Dane Clarke II

5:00pm EDT

Closing Awards and Dessert Reception Coronado Ballroom L & KDennis Schultz • Greg Greenlee

6:00pm EDT

Madden God Tournament Veracruz Exhibit Hall C