The 2017 Diversity In Tech Awards

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May

6:00pm

The 2017 Diversity In Tech Awards

The Bowery Hotel

335 Bowery

New York

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6:00pm

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The 2017 Diversity In Tech Awards

The Bowery Hotel

335 Bowery

New York

Looking for The 2018 Diversity In Tech Awards? E-mail DivAwards@codeinteractive.org to get involved before our official announcement.

KEYNOTE speaker

Magda N. Yrizarry

Verizon Communications Inc.

CO-HOST

Lola Banjo

Salesforce

Co-Host

Kirk McDonald

PubMatic

headline PERFORMANCE

DJ Questlove

Entertainer

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

Nancy Whang DJ Set

Musician

special remarks

Michael Denton

Code/Interactive

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6:00PM

VIP Reception & Diversity Panel

Passed hors d'oeuvres. Open Bar. Networking with VIP attendees.

7:00PM

General Admission Doors Open

Open bar. DJ, photo booth, swag, installation experiences and more.

7:30 PM

Awards Programming

Honoring individuals, organizations, and initiatives championing diversity in tech.

8:30-10PM

Reception

Musical Performance + Open Bar

INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS

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Juice Pharma

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Jessica Cassano-Antonellis, Vimeo

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FlyTechnista

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John Enyame

CUNY Codes

Ruthe Farmer

White House

Rachel Haot

1776

John Henry

Harlem Capital Partners

Kathryn Hurley

MakerBot

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Danielle James

MongoDB

Van Jones

Yes We Code

Javier Noris

ScienceVest

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Andy Saldaña

NY Tech Alliance

ORGANIZATION FINALISTS

AirBnB

Black Girls Code

Change Catalyst

Civic Hall

DoSomething.org

Emma Bowen

Infosys Foundation USA

Kickstarter

Lesbians Who Tech

Mogul

Out In Tech

Silicon Harlem

Slack

Startup52

INITIATIVE FINALISTS

100Kin10

BNY Mellon

Black Lives Matter

CallbackWomen

Code.org

CS4HS

JustWomen

The Lives of Men

MetaBronx

My Brother's Keeper

Pay Your Tuition

TechStart

Tech While Black

Yahoo!

MEDIA

BuzzFeed

Comcast NBCUniversal

Great Big Story

NationSwell

The New York Times

Picture Motion

The Washington Post

ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL

JESSE KIRSHBAUM

TO BE ANNOUNCED

HOST COMMITTEE

LOLA BANJO

SLOANE BARBOUR

MATT COHEN

ADON DAVIS

MICHAEL DAVIS

ALI DECARLO

DIANA DIBERNARDO

THOR ERNSTSSON

MAYO FADINA

EVAN FAIN

BRETT LACHER

CRAIG MEISNER

DUSTIN NEWMAN

KIRK MCDONALD

DAVID PASHMAN

DOUG ROHDE

MIKE VOSTRIZANSKY

ANDY MORRIS

MICHAEL VALLEJOS

THE PROBLEM: THE OPPORTUNITY GAP

COMPUTING JOBS ARE GROWING 2X THE NATIONAL AVERAGE

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MAJORING IN CS HAS DROPPED SINCE THE LAST DECADE

75% OF THE U.S. POPULATION IS UNDEREPRESENTED IN CS