8:00 AM - 8:40 AM      

Registration & Networking Breakfast (Breakfast is limited to First 150 attendees so get there early!)

8:45 AM - 8:55 AM      

Opening Remarks for the Conference!

9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

CLASS: Entrepreneurship 101

- ELAINE CHEN, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan

- WAIKIT LAU, Entrepreneur, Advisor, & Investor

- SERGIO MARRERO, Co-Founder and CEO of ALEX (Anyone's Learning Experience)

Moderator: CHRISTINE JAUREGUI, Principal at Social Impact Strategies, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Whiteboard Youth Ventures

9:45 AM - 10:25 AM

Panel 1:

Importance of a Mentor & How to Find One

- JODI-TATIANA CHARLES, Director of Business and Community Inclusion at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Mentor to MassChallenge

- JOSEPH JEONG, Serial Entrepreneur, Founder of EXLHub; Advisor to Tsinghua University's X-Lab; Mentor at Chinaccelerator

- DR. SHARON WU, Co-Founder of US-China Education and Culture Center; Co-Founder of Veritas Education

Moderator: JANICE OMADEKE, Founder of The Mentor Method

10:30AM - 11:00 AM

BREAKOUT SESSIONS (choose one)

Workshop 1:

Networking 101

- CHRISTINA BJORNSTROM, President of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce (New England chapter)

- BJ MERRIEWETHER, Board Member of the Harvard Black Alumni Society (Co-Chair of Development)

- ED ROCHA, President of Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance; Founder & President of RoLa Corporation

Workshop 2:

Get Connected & Living on Ramen: Unleashing the Power of LinkedIn & How to Survive on a Shoestring Budget

- EDWINA TOM, Founder & CEO of EMBLEM, Founder of AMBLE at Harvard (2001); Former Investment Banker at Lehman Brothers; Chief Administrative Officer & Strategist of the Lehman Brothers Asian Network; Founding Officer of the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance

11:05 AM - 11:45 AM

PANELS I: (choose one)      

Panel 2:

How to Be a Better Business Leader as a Woman or Minority

- SANGEETA GAUTAM, PMP, Sr. Managing Consultant, IBM Global Business Services - Strategy & Analytics; Membership Chair of Women in Tech International 

- REGINA RYAN, Co-President of Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs

- SARAH VON HELFENSTEIN, Founder of Value Analytics & Design

Moderator: EDDA MARGESON, Founder of Dream. Design. Do.

Panel 3:

Successful Entrepreneurs

- IAN CHAN, Chairman, Founder, & CEO of Abpro Labs 

- MARIKO TOKIOKA, Founder of East Meet East

Moderator: EARL COLEMAN, Venture Capital Committee - Startup Atlanta

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM      

LUNCH!

Speakers:

- YASMINE EL BAGGARI, Founder of Voyaj;

Named Forbes 30 Most Promising Entrepreneurs in Africa (2016) and Top 100 Most Influential Traveler Bloggers for Millennials by The White House - National Security Council;

- OLIVIER LAVINAL, Advisor to the Vice President for the MENA Region at the World Bank

- CAROLINE LOPEZ, Under Secretary of Economic Development & Commerce of Puerto Rico

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

TED Talk:

- LAWLER KANG, Ex-Chief People Officer at Rue La La;

Author of Passion at Work & The E-Ticket

1:35 PM - 2:05 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT with Professor MARGO SELTZER,

Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science & Harvard College Professor,

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences;

Founder and CTO of Sleepy Software (sold to Oracle);

Architect at Oracle Corporation;

President of USENIX: The Advanced Computing Systems Association

Interviewed by:

RHIE-YOUNG LIM, Former SBS (Seoul) CNBC Correspondent

2:10 PM - 3:40 PM

STARTUPS: LIVE PITCH SEMI-FINALS

Each startup gets 6 minutes to pitch followed by 3 minutes of Q&A

EMCEE: RHIE-YOUNG LIM, Director of MIT Seoul Bootcamp, Former SBS (Seoul) CNBC Correspondent

 (Top 10 from Startup Exhibition)

2:10 PM - 2:50 PM

Group Office Hours (must sign up in advance)

Lead Coordinator: JANICE OMADEKE, Founder of The Mentor Method

1. Executive Coaching - ANGELINA DARRISAW, Founder of C-Suite Coach; ex-Viacom; ex-ESPN

2. Legal - TBA

3. Marketing - STEVE DAVIS, Founder of Startup Coalition; CXO Advisory Group

4. Milestone Planning - JIM FONG, Chairman of NAAAP Boston; Hewlett-Packard 

. Social Impact / Non-Profits - CHRISTINE JAUREGUI, Principal of Social Impact Strategies

3:00 PM - 3:40 PM

BREAKOUT SESSIONS II: (please choose one)

Workshop 3:

Personal Branding:

- JODI-TATIANA CHARLES, Director of Business and Community Inclusion at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce; Mentor at MassChallenge

 
Workshop 4:

SEO / SEM Analytics:

- NICOLE BISHOP, Co-Founder of Quartolio 

3:45 PM - 4:35 PM

PANELS II: (please choose one)

Panel 4:

Marketing Strategies: Different Ways to Market Your Startup

- BOBBIE CARLTON, Founder of Innovation Nights, Innovation Women; Carlton PR & Marketing

- MAURICIO CRUZ, Founder & CEO of Vanza Media

- ANA LEVIS, Founder of Clever Media (Puerto Rico)

- ORLANDO O'NEILL, Marketing Manager at Ministry of Supply

Moderator: STEVE DAVIS, Founder of Startup Coalition; CXO Advisory Group

Panel 5: 

Importance of Social Impact / Non-Profit Organizations

- DAMON COX, Director of Economic Development and Entrepreneurship at The Boston Foundation

- BETTY FRANCISCO, Founder of Latina Circle; Founder of FitNation Ventures

- KARA O'CONNOR MILLER, Manager of Women Entrepreneurs Boston (WEBOS) & Neighborhood Business Manager, City of Boston

Moderator: TBA 

4:40 PM - 5:40 PM

Panel 6: Funding Your Startup:

Bootstrapping, Angel Investors, Accelerators, Incubators, Venture Capital

- JENNIFER JORDAN, Vice President at MassVentures

- DEB KEMPER, Managing Director of Golden Seeds

- RACHEL SPEKMAN, Director of Programming, MassChallenge Boston

- CRISTINA SUMAZA, Community Builder Manager of Parallel18 (Accelerator in Puerto Rico)

- CHIKE UKAEGBU, Founder of Startup52 (Accelerator in NYC for diversity-led startups)

Moderator: KEVIN WIANT, Managing Director of Venture Cafe Foundation

5:45 PM - 6:45 PM

STARTUPS: LIVE PITCH FINALS (Top 5) & AWARD CEREMONY

Each startup gets 6 minutes to pitch followed by 3 minutes of Q&A

6:00 PM - 7:25 PM

Reception & Networking (Cash bar)

(3rd floor hotel atrium)

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

VIP DINNER with Speakers, Judges, Sponsors, and Winner of Startup Showcase

DINNER KEYNOTE - (VIP All-Inclusive Pass ONLY)