Black Tech Week is taking place this month in Cincinnati and world-class athlete Serena Williams will be the keynote speaker.The team at Black Tech Week announced Williams as the keynote speaker Thursday for the conference’s inaugural year in Cincinnati. Black Tech Week is a week of innovation and ideas that aims to support and encourage Black people working in the technology industry is coming to Cincinnati.Candice Matthews Brackeen, founder and CEO of Cincinnati-based Lightship Foundation, announced that the organization has acquired Black Tech Week, a minority tech ecosystem-building festival formerly based in Miami, Florida. With the acquisition, the Lightship Foundation will relocate the event to Cincinnati to leverage local corporate partners and community networks including the Cincinnati Innovation District.“Black Tech Week is a culturally historic event that innovators of color have converged upon for the last seven years to expand their minds, their networks, and their access to capital,” said Matthews Brackeen. “I am thrilled to bring this conference to Ohio and provide thousands of Black techies throughout the Midwest the chance to attend.”The region’s leaders fully support the festival’s Cincinnati relocation and offer ongoing support of Lightship and their minority entrepreneurship-focused economic development work in Ohio.“In our mission to make Ohio the most innovative, entrepreneurial state in the Midwest, it’s important we attract the talent needed to support a growing and economically diverse business sector,” said Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Director of InnovateOhio. “The Cincinnati Innovation District is on the forefront of building the workforce of the future, creating opportunity for Ohioans in the local community, and the Lightship team has been a dynamic leader in promoting a tech landscape that highlights the great things happening in this region.”Mayor Aftab Pureval also said the festival will be a good way for the region to attract diverse talent from across the nation.“The city of Cincinnati is committed to becoming a place where remarkable entrepreneurs of color feel supported and seen,” said Mayor Pureval. “The Cincinnati Innovation District’s partnership with Lightship Foundation creates opportunities for local tech founders of color to thrive and attracts talent from all over the nation to leverage their programming along with our region’s resources. We are excited to be hosting Black Tech Week and look forward to continuing our work with the team at Lightship in diversifying the city of Cincinnati’s tech ecosystem.”The event is scheduled to be held from July 18 through July 22. For tickets or more information about Black Tech Week, click here.
Black Tech Week is taking place this month in Cincinnati and world-class athlete Serena Williams will be the keynote speaker.
The team at Black Tech Week announced Williams as the keynote speaker Thursday for the conference’s inaugural year in Cincinnati.
Black Tech Week is a week of innovation and ideas that aims to support and encourage Black people working in the technology industry is coming to Cincinnati.
Candice Matthews Brackeen, founder and CEO of Cincinnati-based Lightship Foundation, announced that the organization has acquired Black Tech Week, a minority tech ecosystem-building festival formerly based in Miami, Florida.
With the acquisition, the Lightship Foundation will relocate the event to Cincinnati to leverage local corporate partners and community networks including the Cincinnati Innovation District.
“Black Tech Week is a culturally historic event that innovators of color have converged upon for the last seven years to expand their minds, their networks, and their access to capital,” said Matthews Brackeen. “I am thrilled to bring this conference to Ohio and provide thousands of Black techies throughout the Midwest the chance to attend.”
The region’s leaders fully support the festival’s Cincinnati relocation and offer ongoing support of Lightship and their minority entrepreneurship-focused economic development work in Ohio.
“In our mission to make Ohio the most innovative, entrepreneurial state in the Midwest, it’s important we attract the talent needed to support a growing and economically diverse business sector,” said Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, Director of InnovateOhio. “The Cincinnati Innovation District is on the forefront of building the workforce of the future, creating opportunity for Ohioans in the local community, and the Lightship team has been a dynamic leader in promoting a tech landscape that highlights the great things happening in this region.”
Mayor Aftab Pureval also said the festival will be a good way for the region to attract diverse talent from across the nation.
“The city of Cincinnati is committed to becoming a place where remarkable entrepreneurs of color feel supported and seen,” said Mayor Pureval. “The Cincinnati Innovation District’s partnership with Lightship Foundation creates opportunities for local tech founders of color to thrive and attracts talent from all over the nation to leverage their programming along with our region’s resources. We are excited to be hosting Black Tech Week and look forward to continuing our work with the team at Lightship in diversifying the city of Cincinnati’s tech ecosystem.”
The event is scheduled to be held from July 18 through July 22.
For tickets or more information about Black Tech Week, click here.
