Increasing the representation
and participation of Black people in tech
The Black Tech Symposium
PHILADELPHIA
OCT. 19-21,2021
NORTH TEXAS
JUN. 14-15,2021
What is The Black Tech Symposium?
The Black Tech Symposium is a new concept – to coalesce all of the nonprofits, employee resource groups, chambers of commerce, government entities, sponsors and allies working together, United, in a given geography to help increase the representation and participation of Black people in tech.
+245
nonprofits
+12
Keynotes
+11400
Participating Organizations
+65
Learning Sessions
Selection of Participating Organizations from the greater Philadelphia area for the Philadelphia Symposium are being accepted through September 10, 2021. Contact Karla Hill at khill@builtintl.org with questions, or express your interest through the menu link above.
We are accepting speaking requests from individuals in the greater Philadelphia area in the following speaking tracts: Entrepreneurship, Getting into Tech, Advancing in Tech, Artificial Intelligence. Please indicate your interest in speaking through the menu link above.
Highlights from the June 14 – 17, 2021
North Texas Black Tech Symposium
- Open Your Mind Trailer
- Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson’s Welcome
- Comedy Keynote from the Imperfect Allies
- What are Micro-Aggressions – and how to avoid them.
- What are Micro-Aggressions – and what to do if you face them.
- Getting into tech through the Delta Path.
- Fujitsu’s BEING Employee Resource Group
- What allies are doing to improve diversity – a reporter’s view.
- Achieving the improbable – from secretary to IBM’s world-wide data center manager
- Creating a career identity.
- Succeeding in corporate America as an African-American