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Celebrating A Decade Shaping The Future Of Tech
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eMerge Americas Celebrates 10 Years Of Cultivating Innovation And Transformation
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eMerge Americas, the premier global tech event held annually in Miami, proudly celebrates a decade of transformational work shaping the future of tech and innovation. eMerge Americas 2024 is gearing up to be the biggest and best conference + expo in the company’s history. The event will take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center on April 18 + 19, 2024. eMerge Americas 2024 will highlight a range of new and expanded features on the expo floor, including the Healthtech Innovation Hub powered by Jackson Health System and the University of Miami Health System, the AI Village, Startup Alley, and the International Pavilion. Over the course of two days, thought leaders from around the world will take the stage. Among them, keynote speaker and futurist Peter Diamandis, founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, executive founder of Singularity University, and four-time New York Times bestselling author.
Stay tuned for a special offer (only available to current subscribers - like you!)...
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Miami Makes Debut As A Major Finance Hub In Key Ranking
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Miami’s pandemic-driven rise as a major tech and finance hub just got another boost after the Magic City made its debut in a key ranking of the world’s top financial centers. Miami came in at No. 24 worldwide and No. 7 nationally in the 34th edition of the Global Financial Centres Index. The index, compiled every March and September by London-based think tank Z/Yen and the China Development Institute, is followed by policymakers and key investors. The report considers several factors, like human capital, infrastructure, regulations and other criteria from financial institutions such as the World Bank, the Economist Intelligence Unit, the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). “Miami has entered the index because its reputation as an international [center] has developed and grown,” said Mike Wardle, a co-author of the report and chief executive officer of Z/Yen.
-Source: Miami Herald
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How Girls Who Code Is Helping Its Alumni Prepare For The Workforce
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Girls Who Code has worked with more than 500,000 students in the decade since its inception in 2012, ensuring that women and nonbinary people recognize that their contributions to the tech sector are vital. Now, the organization is introducing new programs to meet the needs of students entering the workforce. Girls Who Code alumni earn computer science degrees at seven times the national average. Yet navigating the job-interview process has proved challenging. In response, the organization launched a Technical Interview Prep program and a Leadership Academy last year, with plans to run both programs on a school-year cycle. As it equips former students with career-building tools, Girls Who Code is also engaging current students with an effort meant to ensure that they see themselves reflected in the technology they use—particularly video games.
-Source: Fast Company
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How AI And Brian Science Are Helping Perfumiers Create Fragrances
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Making perfume is an art that can be traced back to ancient Greece but now modern-day perfumiers are beginning to look beyond their noses to develop the scents most likely to appeal to us. They are, instead, turning to AI. Perfumes can now be designed to trigger emotional responses using ingredients known as neuroscents – odours shown by biometric measures to arouse different positive feelings such as calm, euphoria or sleepiness. Many beauty brands have invested in neuroscent research and technology, as the possibilities of creating fragrances proven to make consumers feel good are obviously big. L’Oréal has partnered with neurotechnology company Emotiv to create a scent choice “experience”. While mass-market scents can only make so much use of this technology – any scent for sale across five continents has to appeal to a broad audience – niche perfumiers are creating ultra-personal formulas.
-Source: The Guardian
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New-To-Miami Startup FortyGuard Explores Climate Conscious Solutions
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Have you felt a bit hotter than normal lately? It’s not you – it’s the planet, which is warming at a record pace. 2022 was the sixth-warmest year on record based on NOAA’s temperature data. The 10 warmest years in the historical record have all occurred since 2010. Cities are warming even faster than the global average. The average temperature in urban areas is 1.5° to 2° Celsius (2.7° to 3.6° Fahrenheit) warmer than in rural areas. This is because cities have more concrete and asphalt, which trap heat, and fewer trees, which help to cool the air. Jay Sadiq has experienced these problems first-hand. He landed in Miami last month from Dubai, perhaps two of the major global cities that will feel the heat most acutely. But Sadiq is no environmentalist, no scientist, no policymaker. Rather, he’s an entrepreneur keen on solving problems. And what bigger problem to solve than global warming itself? Sadiq’s new-to-Miami business is called FortyGuard. The team started at the bottom, quite literally, by developing a more climate-conscious form of asphalt.
-Source: Refresh Miami
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Gallaudet University Debuts A 5G-Connected AR Helmet To Call Plays
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A first-of-its-kind football helmet will allow coaches at Gallaudet University, the school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington, D.C., to transmit plays to their quarterback via an augmented reality screen. Players on Gallaudet's football team, which competes in NCAA's Division III, have long faced challenges against teams with hearing athletes, such as an inability to hear referees' whistles that signal the end of a play. The helmet, which was developed in conjunction with communications giant AT&T, aims to address another of those long-standing problems: Coaches calling plays to the players. With the new helmet, a Gallaudet coach will use a tablet to select a play that is then transmitted via cell service to a small lens built into the player's helmet. A deaf football team at Gallaudet pioneered perhaps the most iconic sports communication innovation — the huddle. In an 1894 game against another deaf team, Gallaudet's quarterback didn't want to risk his opponent looking in on his American Sign Language conversations with his teammates, so he gathered them around in the tight circle now commonplace in many team sports.
-Source: NPR
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Startup Accelerator + Showcase Applications Are Open
Deadline January 31st | eMerge Americas
This is your opportunity to win $520,000 USD in investment into your company! The 2024 eMerge Americas Accelerator + Showcase is joining forces with Florida Funders, Medina Ventures, and BIP Ventures. We will select 110 of the best startups globally through a competitive application process segmented into three stages (i.e. University Stage, Early Stage and Later Stage). These 110 startups will participate in a robust seven-week, virtual, acceleration program, which will culminate at an in-person, grand finale pitch competition.
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eMerge Americas presents ¡Celebrar!
October 18th | eMerge Americas + Chris Adamo & Natalia Martinez-Kalinina
Explore the story of Hispanic and Latino voices in the #MiamiTech community. Join us as we merge with Chris Adamo & Natalia Martinez-Kalinina’s “Miami Tech Happy Hour” for a night of networking, music, light bites & drinks, + a pitch event shining a light on Hispanic Changemakers’ + Leaders’ POV.
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eMerging Roadshow: Virtual Edition @ Universidad Austral
October 19th | eMerge Americas, University of Miami + Hemispheric Consortium
eMerge Americas is hitting the road - IRL and virtually - to amplify local startups in emerging markets across the Americas in partnership with University of Miami and the Hemispheric Consortium.
Our Roadshow series offers communities in the region a unique chance to learn about the best founders and their innovative startups. Please join us in building a bridges of innovation across the Americas with the South Florida market.
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eMerging Roadshow: Virtual Edition @ Mexico City: Universidad de las Américas Puebla
October 24th | eMerge Americas, University of Miami + Hemispheric Consortium
eMerge Americas is hitting the road - IRL and virtually - to amplify local startups in emerging markets across the Americas in partnership with University of Miami and the Hemispheric Consortium.
Our Roadshow series offers communities in the region a unique chance to learn about the best founders and their innovative startups. Please join us in building a bridges of innovation across the Americas with the South Florida market.
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Artificial Intelligence Forum
October 25th | Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
Join the Technology & Innovation and Government Affairs Committees for a conversation on what AI means for your business. Unravel the potential impacts of AI on different industry, explore actionable insights for businesses to harness the power of AI and discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by AI.
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TBR Miami
October 25th-27th | Presented by Google
Introducing TBR Miami presented by Google at the AKA Hotel, Brickell. It's going to be the event for innovation, entrepreneurship, and investment, bringing together Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America. We can't wait to see all the amazing things that will come out of this collaboration! We've teamed up with Google For Startups to provide a curriculum and mentorship program leading up to the event. Plus, we've partnered with CIC Miami to help founders navigate the complexities of entering the US market.
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eMerging Roadshow: Virtual Edition @ Peru: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
October 26th | eMerge Americas, University of Miami + Hemispheric Consortium
eMerge Americas is hitting the road - IRL and virtually - to amplify local startups in emerging markets across the Americas in partnership with University of Miami and the Hemispheric Consortium.
Our Roadshow series offers communities in the region a unique chance to learn about the best founders and their innovative startups. Please join us in building a bridges of innovation across the Americas with the South Florida market.
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South Florida Innovation Day
November 15th | Ian B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation
South Florida Innovation Day is an annual gathering that celebrates the region's vibrant tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem, showcasing groundbreaking ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and fostering valuable connections among innovators and industry leaders.
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100 Startup Project Scholarship
Apply Now| lan B. Levan NSU Broward Center of Innovation
Calling all entrepreneurs in need! Thanks to the generous support of Memorial Healthcare System, we are thrilled to offer 10 entrepreneurs the opportunity of a lifetime—a one-year membership to the Levan Center of Innovation. Don't miss this chance to access a variety of resources, mentorship, and a thriving community that will help turn your dreams into reality. Apply now and join us on this incredible journey towards success.
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TEALS Volunteer Program
Recruiting Now | Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS Program
TEALS is a Microsoft Philanthropies program looking for volunteer computer science professionals that wish to use their skills to inspire the coders and creators of tomorrow. Volunteering with TEALS helps to make a difference in our community and schools that stand to gain the most from computer science knowledge and expertise. Volunteers help TEALS provide high school students with equitable access to CS education and create a pathway to economic opportunity.
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Learning Engineering + Data (LEaD) Program
Rolling Applications | Millennium Management
Millennium is a large global alternative investment manager with a strong commitment to leveraging innovations in technology and data. As a member of our Miami based Learning Engineering and Data (LEaD) program, LEaD engineers can expect to get comprehensive training and work alongside technology mentors and leaders to develop and maintain applications and tools spanning front-office, middle-office and back-office functions in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
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