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News, highlights and events throughout the Americas

West Palm Beach-based Emergency App Is Equipping Us With The Digital Tools Necessary To Weather Disasters

When Hurricane Irma hit in 2017, Joe Russo was inspired to do something to help our South Florida community. The Palm Beach Gardens native, who previously founded South Florida Tech Hub, ventured down to the Florida Keys to aid in the recovery response. At eMerge Americas in 2018, Russo met a former FEMA administrator. In sharing this experience with him, Russo said that many of his concerns about the lack of technology were validated.

 

-Source: Refresh Miami

Executive Profile: Nikki Cabus On Championing South Florida Tech

Growing up in West Palm Beach, she spent her weekends volunteering at a city recreational center, playing youth sports and participating in hurricane relief activities. Those ties were so strong that when it came time for college, Cabus knew she didn’t want to stray far from home. “There was a brief time where I moved to Miami,” she said. “But it was short-lived. I didn’t want to be away from Palm Beach County.” As the CEO of South Florida Tech Hub, Cabus is one of the loudest voices championing the tech successes emerging from her home county, as well as the rest of South Florida. The nonprofit membership association unites the local software, engineering, digital and information technology sectors. The goal is to produce long-term economic impact by supporting startups, building the local talent pool and attracting new business to the area.  

 

-Source: South Florida Business Journal

Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis?

In 2017, Jason Ballard co-founded Icon, a construction startup focussed on what he believes to be a solution to the housing crisis: 3-D-printed construction, a largely automated method that creates buildings layer by layer, typically with cement-based material. The company has offices in the Yard, a mixed-use development in a formerly industrial area of Austin, Texas. So far, 3-D-printed construction has generated more headlines than buildings. In the past few years, companies have announced the first 3-D-printed house in Florida, “the first two story house printed on site in Europe,” and the first market-rate 3-D-printed house sold in the United States. Until last year, Icon, one of the biggest and best-funded companies in the field, had printed fewer than two dozen houses, most of them essentially test cases. 

 

-Source: The New Yorker

GET Cities Is Calling On Leaders To Help Increase Gender Equity In Tech

Just 23 percent of tech professionals in the Miami area are women, and it is going to take the help of forward-thinking business leaders to move the needle toward gender equity in the tech workforce. That’s the idea behind GET Cities, Miami’s newest initiative. GET Cities, a national organization that helps tech ecosystems educate, select and promote female talent, will partner with Radical Partners, a Miami-based social impact accelerator, to launch GET Champions. The cohort will equip 20 tech leaders with knowledge, coaching and strategies focused on increasing the number of women, trans, and nonbinary professionals hired and promoted in technical roles. In this new program, GET Champions participants will be tech industry leaders with the desire and the authority to hire, retain, promote and sponsor women, trans and nonbinary professionals at their companies.

 

-Source: Refresh Miami

AI Tools Can Create New Images, But Who Is The Real Artist?

Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images you can conjure in seconds from a smartphone app. The images generated by tools such as DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion can be weird and otherworldly but also increasingly realistic and customizable — ask for a “peacock owl in the style of Van Gogh" and they can churn out something that might look similar to what you imagined. But while Van Gogh and other long-dead master painters aren't complaining, some living artists and photographers are starting to fight back against the AI software companies creating images derived from their works.

 

-Source: Miami Herald

MDBC Tech Committee Meeting

January 25th | Miami-Dade Beacon Council

 

Join MDBC's first Tech Committee Meeting of 2023, hosted by Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus. Enjoy complimentary breakfast with pre- and post- presentation networking. Topics to include MDC Good Jobs Challenge, Tech Jobs, Talent Pipeline, Equity and more.

ETHMiami Tech Hub

January 26th | Quantum Miami

 

ETHMiami invites Web3 learners, developers and creators to join a community meetup during Quantum Miami conference, the best place to meet and greet like-minded people in Miami.

Quantum Miami 2023

January 25th-27th | Quantum Miami

 

Attend 2023’s premier Web3 event bridging Blockchain to mainstream Industries at the James L. Knight Center. 

eMerging Roadshow: Virtual Edition @ Universidad Andrés Bello

January 26th | eMerge Americas

 

eMerge Americas is hitting the road - IRL and virtually - to amplify local startups in emerging markets across Latin America in partnership with University of Miami and the Hemispheric Consortium.

Our virtual pitch series offers the greater community a unique chance to hear from businesses across the Americas. Please join us in fostering creative ideas and building a bridge between Latin American startups and the South Florida market. Join us virtually for a pitch event hosted in partnership w/UM, Hemispheric Consortium + Universidad Andrés Bello.

Miami Hack Week

January 29th - February 4th | Miami Hack Week

 

Hack Week is back in the 305! We bring top talent from across the world to spend 1 week building in Hackers Houses across the city of Miami. Join us for an action packed week filled with events, life changing connections and community.

eMerge Startup Showcase 2023

February 1st | eMerge Americas + University of Miami 

 

Join us as 6 of UM's hottest startups compete for a spot in the upcoming eMerge Americas Global Startup Showcase. Winners of each pitch competition will be fast-tracked into the eMerge Americas Global Startup Showcase for a 7-week virtual program that culminates in-person at the grand finale pitch competition in front of leading venture capitalists, corporate businesses leaders and government officials during the eMerge Americas conference on April 20-21, 2023 in Miami, FL. 

eMerge Americas + Silicon Valley Bank Black History Month Pitch Competition

February 7th | eMerge Americas + Silicon Valley Bank + Venture Miami

 

eMerge Americas, Silicon Valley Bank, and Venture Miami have come together to support Black Founders in recognition of Black History Month. Working in combination with eMerge Americas Global Startup Showcase, eight amazing startups will compete for a chance to win cash prizes, with the top two startups fast-tracked to eMerge Americas Global Showcase. Please join us on February 7th, 2022 for an evening of networking, drinks, appetizers, and a live pitch competition involving eight Black-founded and -owned startups! Plus - special guest City of Miami Mayor, Francis Suarez will be joining us!

Chase for Business - The Experience Miami

February 8th | Chase for Business

 

Find ways to help your business make its next move at The Experience: Miami. Join us for this exclusive event for South Florida business owners featuring workshops, panel discussions with local experts and market leaders, and one-on-one time with a Chase consultant. Plus, enjoy food and live entertainment.

Startup Pitch Night

February 13th | Florida Poly

 

Florida Polytechnic University, in partnership with eMerge Americas, presents the Startup Pitch Night.  Winners will be fast-tracked into the eMerge Americas 2023 Startup Showcase. Reception to follow the Pitch event. 

2023 Synapse Summit

February 14th | Synapse Florida

 

Come join the innovation movement as we take over Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL to Celebrate, discover, and engage everything the Florida innovation community has to offer! Get ready to make boundless connections in-person and virtually through the Synapse hybrid community feature for Florida’s 6th annual premiere innovation event. Everyone has a unique journey and Synapse Summit continues to play a role in so many success stories.

Drone Racing League World Championship

February 25th | Drone Racing League

 

The Drone Racing League (DRL) is bringing a Championship event, Miami 3-0-FLY, to loanDepot park. Transforming the baseball stadium into a video-game inspired, neon-colored aerial course, the world's best drone pilots will race custom racing drones at 90 MPH through the immersive course specifically designed to loanDepot park. This epic event is not to be missed and is the only Miami event of the season.

Impact Miami

Program Begins February 28th | BrainStation

 

BrainStation, will expand its Impact Program to Miami. Impact Miami is part of Tech Equity Miami, a funding consortium focused on removing barriers to entry into tech for underrepresented groups, made possible in part by a commitment from JPMorgan Chase. Impact Miami will provide full scholarships for BrainStation’s Software Engineering and User Experience (UX) Design bootcamps, including career and placement support into high-paying tech careers. 50 seats will be made possible by this opportunity.

eMerge Americas 2023

April 20th-21st | eMerge Americas

 

Anchoring Miami Tech Month 2023, eMerge Americas returns April 20-21, 2023. eMerge is the premier tech event in Miami that's transforming Miami into a global tech hub. Hear from over 200 speakers, demo products from innovative startups and companies, and network with tens of thousands of thought leaders and industry experts.

How To Start Something Accelerator

Online | Entrepreneur Ready

 

The How to Start Something Accelerator is a FREE new 10-month program for Miami-Dade County residents that walks you through starting a new business, non-profit, or revenue stream. Follow a step-by-step roadmap, grow your network with other participants, and receive coaching from experienced entrepreneur coaches every step of the way. Participants with any level of education, any idea, and any background are welcome to join.

eMerge Americas  2222 Ponce de Leon Blvd  Miami  FL 

 

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