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TEDxNYIT: Persistence & Community Agenda

Agenda

8:30 – 9 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

9 – 10:50 a.m.

TED Video and Opening Remarks


  • Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D., Dean, NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
  • Brian Rashid, International Speaker; CEO, A Life in Shorts
  • Joanne Wilson, Angel Investor, Gotham Gal Ventures; Blogger; Host, Positively Gotham Gal Podcast

TED Video


  • Christopher M. Schroeder, Founder, Next Billion Ventures(NBV); Author, Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East
  • Tracy Chadwell, Founding Partner, 1843 Capital

10:50 – 11:10 a.m.

Break

11:10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Dorothéa Bozicolona-Volpe, Principal and Founder, Social Espionage
  • Fereshteh Forough, Founder and CEO, Code to Inspire

TED Video


  • Michael Silva, President and CEO, ArchonOne
  • Nora Poggi, Director and Producer, She Started It

Closing Remarks

1 – 2 p.m.

Reception & Lunch