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Wednesday
, September 26
National Building Museum
10:00am •
WeDC Innovation Marketplace (10am-3pm)
10:00am •
How to Win the Heart of Angel Investors (Presented by DC Startup Week)
10:30am •
Living, Working and Preparing for the Future: Making Connections and Providing Resilience
11:00am •
How to Sell When You Don't Want To (Presented by DC Startup Week)
12:00pm •
Diversity: less talking, more doing
1:00pm •
What Is Your Startup Worth (Presented by DC Startup Week)
1:00pm •
Fundamentals of Content Marketing
2:00pm •
Hidden Figures in the Making
2:15pm •
Strategic Partnerships: A Growth Engine For Your Startup (Presented by DC Startup Week)
3:30pm •
The Healthy Hustle (Presented by DC Startup Week)
Thursday
, September 27
National Union Building
9:30am •
DC Fashion + Beauty Coffee & Connect
7:00pm •
WeDC Edition: Attack of the Comics Comedy Show
National Union Building, 2 South
9:30am •
DC as a global beacon: How to make an international impact from the DMV
11:00am •
Future Science or Science Fiction
12:30pm •
Space Wars: The Reality of Space Threats
2:00pm •
Mach to the Future
3:30pm •
AI and the Future of Flight
5:00pm •
Lessons of Inclusion: How Tech Companies are Approaching DEI
National Union Building, 4 South
9:30am •
Red+Blue=Purple: Working across difference to solve problems and build leaders at all levels
11:00am •
Using Comics to Illustrate Ideas
12:30pm •
How to Build Sustainable Partnerships in the Social Impact Space
2:00pm •
Best practices for collaborating with DC's high schools to build a sustainable talent pipeline
3:30pm •
Swimming with the Sharks in DC
National Union Building, 6 North
9:00am •
DC Chamber of Commerce Presents: A Forum on Tech Jobs and the Future of Work in DC
11:30am •
Trends in Venture Capital Investment
2:00pm •
Economic Development through the Lens of Racial Equity
3:30pm •
Changing Lanes: Alternative Entry Points to Technology
5:00pm •
Building Solutions For Diverse Audiences
National Union Building, 6 South
10:00am •
Marketing for Fashion and Beauty
12:00pm •
Design Thinking & Social Innovation: Interdisciplinary Approaches
2:00pm •
Tech Fluency: Translating Tech Inside the Beltway
3:30pm •
Age of The Creative Entrepreneur: DC Artists Using Creativity to Solve problems
5:00pm •
DC 2040 | A Tale of One & Seven
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
11:00am •
Connected Communities Opening Reception
12:00pm •
Increasing Agency, Autonomy and Community to Drive Energy Equity and Affordability and Combat Climate Change
1:00pm •
Closing the Food Gap: Increasing Access, Affordability, Sustainability and Security
2:00pm •
Cradle-to-Career: Education, Economic Opportunity and Workforce Readiness in the Coming Decades
3:00pm •
The Future of Transportation and Planning: Increasing Accessibility, Reducing Pollution, Connecting Neighborhoods and Improving Health and Safety
4:15pm •
Bringing it All Together: Creating a Smart Region, Connecting Communities
6:00pm •
BEACON Awards Celebration
Friday
, September 28
Ivy City Smokehouse
7:00pm •
202Creates Closing Party
National Union Building, 2 South
11:00am •
Impact Investing: Putting Your Measures Where Your Mouth Is (Presented by Halcyon)
12:30pm •
How to Run Your Nonprofit Like an Impact-Driven For-Profit
2:00pm •
"Workplace Integrity" Training
3:30pm •
Funding for Jazz and Other Art Reimagined
5:00pm •
Believing You Can Through The Doubt Around You
National Union Building, 4 North
9:30am •
Impact Investing: Unpacking What’s Happening Today (Presented by Halcyon)
11:00am •
Emerging Tech + DC Government
12:30pm •
Solving for Health through Partnership & Innovation
2:00pm •
How a DC Startup and Global Corporation Improved Energy Operations
3:30pm •
Making DC the Capital of Inclusive Innovation from within Community
5:00pm •
Are We Talking Teams? Moving from Startup to Scale-up
6:30pm •
DC Startup Week Pitch Competition
National Union Building, 4 South
9:30am •
Segmentation, Inclusion, and Diversity: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?
11:00am •
Creative Vibes Only Accelerator
12:30pm •
The Energy of Entrepreneurship: How Creators Can Manage Their Energy to Prevent Burnout, Freakouts & Meltdowns
2:00pm •
A Place to Make in the District
3:30pm •
10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make and How to Avoid Them
5:00pm •
Entrepreneurship and Innovation: A Path to Economic Mobility
National Union Building, Speakeasy
6:00pm •
Womxn of Color Founders Mixer
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
9:30am •
Smart Cities Require Smart Technology
12:30pm •
Priciples of the Perfect Pitch
2:00pm •
District Discourse: The Future of DC Tech
3:30pm •
Black Girl Ventures presents WeDC $5K Friday
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Ivy City Smokehouse
National Building Museum
National Union Building
National Union Building, 2 South
National Union Building, 4 North
National Union Building, 4 South
National Union Building, 6 North
National Union Building, 6 South
National Union Building, Speakeasy
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
