Inclusive Innovation Week
Capital Factory and UT Austin are proud to present the Inclusive Innovation Summit, kicking off Inclusive Innovation Week on Thursday, November 1, 2018.
What is Inclusive Innovation? What drives new innovative ideas forward in the market? What will the startups of tomorrow look like and what will they create? Find out from Austin’s best entrepreneurs and executives who are shaping the landscape of tomorrow’s companies in an inclusive and empathetic manner. Hear about the modern trends combining the latest technologies with the most innovative minds around the country.
This full day of insightful panels, interactive workshops, and networking is presented by Capital Factory and The Center of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas.
WHO IS THE EVENT FOR?
Decision makers, executives, HR and recruitment professionals, and individuals committed to creating an inclusive and innovative tech and startup community in Austin.
PRESENTED BY…
3 Day Startup – Inclusive Innovation
November 2-4, 2018 @ Galvanize 119 Nueces Austin, TX 78701
3 Day Startup is a 72-hour learning-by-doing program that teaches entrepreneurial skills in a hands-on environment.
Register here
Deadline to register is 10/24
Accepting both UT and non-UT students.
We are looking for cross-disciplinary students who have a curiosity and ambition to create new ideas. We specifically want to hear from those students who want to create solutions that can impact their community.
Front Porch Gathering
Pursuing Social and Economic Equity Through Innovation
Tuesday, October 16 @ 6:30 p.m.
You are invited to join The Community Engagement Center’s first Front Porch Gathering (FPG) of the 2018-2019 series. FPG represents UT’s open door to the Austin community, providing time and space for community collaboration. The gathering works to address issues of equity, disparity and access through active engagement and connects UT and community research and resources with community organizations and members.
EVENT DETAILS
Pursuing Social and Economic Equity Through Innovation
Tuesday, October 16 @ 6:30 p.m.
Austin American-Statesman Conference Center|305 S. Congress Ave.
(Free parking available in the back parking lot)
*Food provided by Da Slice
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Austin continues to establish itself as an innovation hub, nurturing the technology sector, start-up and health innovation. However, as the social and economic demographics in Central Texas continue to shift, the realities of economic opportunity, resource equity, access and failure to develop inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship can be discouraging. Austin cannot constitute itself as an innovative and progressive city if the immense prosperity, thought leadership and resources developed in this region are out of reach to Austin’s most vulnerable and historically underserved communities.
Join the newly established The Office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship, community residents, innovation thought leaders and diversity advocates for an exploration of the current resources, systems, and approaches to penetrating, disrupting and accessing Austin’s economic innovation engines.
To learn more about previous Front Porch Gatherings, please visit http://diversity.utexas.edu/communitycenter/news/.
For questions, comments, or concerns, you may contact Virginia Cumberbatch at vacumberbatch@austin.utexas.edu.
