10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Fueling Female Founders Brunch (SOLD OUT)
Melissa Butler and Meagan Ward
South Concourse
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Outside
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Serial Innovators & Entrepreneurs
Sergio Rodriguez, Raffaele Mautone, and Jen Baird
Event Room
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Using Venture to Close the Equity Gap
Dr. Freada Kapor Klein
Event Room
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Free Money: How to Navigate Large Goverment Grants
Marvin Yates, Marianna Kerppola, and Kerry Duggan
Expo Room
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
eLab AI Launchpad Competition
Jon Oberheide, Paul Brown, Lindsey Kilbride, Moody Mattan, and Mykolas Rambus
Event Room
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MTW Official Opening Reception
Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, Rishi Moudgil, Sponsor: Gunderson Dettmer
South Concourse
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
YouthTank Mobility Tour
South Concourse
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Navigating Tech, Politics, & Advocacy
Chuck Perricone and Arabia Simeon
Tech Room
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Getting Technical: DevOps Best Practices
Mack Hendricks
Expo Room
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
ArtClvb presents Art Fair | Detroit
1st, 2nd, 3rd Floor
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
How to Raise Smart Money
Dug Song
Expo Room
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Mayor Duggan Welcome
Mayor Mike Duggan
Event Room
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hustling For Cash: Bootstrapping in Michigan
Zach Hite, Kim Gamez, and David Alveraz
Expo Room
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Early Stage Founders Making Moves
Event Room
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Outside
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
What Up Doe?: Celebrating Detroits Homegrown Tech Innovators
Deirdre Robertson, Brandon Cooper, Michael Polk, and Achsha Jones
Event Room
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Coming back to Michigan to Invest
Shalanda Armstrong, Joshua Sledge, Jarret Irons, and Ollie Howie
Expo Room
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
(Real) Lives of a Successful Michigan Founder: At Growth and Exit
Jason Raznick and Darren Reilly
Event Room
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Making Engineering Accessible for All
Marlin Williams
Expo Room
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
How Strong Organizational Culture Drives Tech
Damien Hooper-Campbell and Lauren Daniels
Event Room
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
West Michigan Meetup
Sadoc Paredes and Terra Osman
Office Space
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LGBTQIA+ Tech Meetup
Diana Callaghan and Jazmyn Lee
Hallway
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
SouthEast MI Meetup
Chening Duker
Cafe
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Northern MI & UP Meetup
Nick Beadleston and Jordan Craven
Living Room
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
MTW Official Happy Hour: Powered By Ann Arbor Spark and Gunderson Dettmer
First Floor
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Culture Capital Screening: Episode 1 in Michigan
Grace Haberl and Ashley Rizzar
Event Room
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Registration
Lobby
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Global Overview of the EV & Battery Sectors
Tu Le
Tech Room
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Plain Sight Presents: Founders and Funders Panel
Jim Simpson, Jazz Lee, Ashley Reid, and James Chapman
Expo Room
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Raising Millions in Michigan as a Black Woman
Karissma Yve, Crystal Brown, and Tessa Flippin
Event Room
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
So You're Considering Joining an Accelerator?
Dre Wallace, Prentice Keller, Katie Kirsch, and Dawn Batts
Expo Room
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Our Fantastic Future: How We Can Supercharge Michigan's Innovative Ecosystem
Dr Britany L. Affolter-Caine, Cindy L Warner, Martin Dober, Justin Onwendu, and Ben Marchionna
Event Room
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Plain Sight Presents: The Founders Brunch
Cafe
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Outside
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Building a Billion Dollar Business
Songe LaRon and Justin Turk
Event Room
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Saving Hearts & Lives, One Startup at a Time
Mike Klein, Dr. Anthony Chang, and Lisa McLaughlin
Expo Room
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
The State of Venture Capital in Michigan and Beyond
Adrian Fortino, Ben Bernstein, Tim Streit, and Monica Wheat
Event Room
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
How to Launch your first VC Fund
Raggeria Goddard
Tech Room
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
MFF Venture Together Pitch Competition
Rishi Moudgil, Eric Wimbley, Khalilah Gaston, Katy Kelly, Vanessa Lane and Johnnie Turnage
Event Room
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Comparing Investment Vehicles: SAFE v Convertible Notes
Terrence Reeves
Expo Room
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Gaming Meetup
Da'ron Wright and Thad Stalmack
Hallway
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Social Impact Meetup
Jazmyn Lee and Katy Kelly
Living Room
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Angel Investor Meetup
Dawn Batts
Cafe
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Actively Fundraising Meetup
Christina Fair
Cafe
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Encore Reception: Presented by MEDC
Supergeil
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Registration
Lobby
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Navigating Your Superpowers: Intelligent Personal Growth for Leaders
Zachariah Booker, Ryan Vaughn, and Margarita Hernandez
Event Room
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ask Me Anything Townhall with Serial Entrepreneurs
Robert Wolfe and Sara Chen
Event Room
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Outside
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Building Bridges on Campus for Future Founders
Scott Shireman, Paul Jacques, and Sharonda Simmons
Event Room
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Outdoor Innovation Pitch Competition
Brad Garmon, Jim Tenzillo, Michelle Erikson, and Yuri Vega
Expo Room
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
College Student Pitch Competition
Yuktha Pulavarthi, Da'ron Wright, Christina Fair, Prashant Salla, and Andrew Yang
Event Room
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Hackathon Presentations
Ryan Morrison, Chris Powers, Chening Duker, Elliot Smith, and Shantonio Birch
Event Room
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
AI v. Human Rap Battle
Hajj Flemings and Cynthia Respert
Expo Room
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration
Lobby
