Oct 1: Women in Tech Summit at ASW
The Forrest Four-Cast: October 1, 2018
Monday, October 1 brings the second annual Women in Tech Summit, which helps kick off the 2018 Austin Startup Week.
Speakers for the Women in Tech Summit include Sarah Jones Simmer (Bumble), Claire Vo (Optimizely), Mellie Price (Capital Factory), Meredith Butterfield (Valkyrie Intelligence), Sara Brand (True Wealth Ventures), Julia Cheek (EverlyWell), Leslie Wingo (Sanders\Wingo), Preston James (DivInc), Christy Abizaid (Dell), Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette (Huston-Tillotson University) and many many others.
Location for this event is the first floor of Capital Factory (701 Brazos Street). Registration / breakfast begins at 9:00 am and sessions continue through 5:00 pm. Click here to see the full schedule for October 1.
The Women in Tech Summit is presented by Capital Factory, in partnership with Women@Austin, as well as DivInc.
Also, speaking of Austin Startup Week festivities, get more information on how entrepreneurs can engage with SXSW 2019 on the afternoon of Thursday, October 4.
More Austin events for the week of October 1
October 1–5: Austin Startup Week
October 1: Women in Tech Summit
October 1: Aging2.0 Austin
October 1: Sylvia Acevedo Book Reading
October 1: Lightning Learning — Sponsored by uShip
October 1: Product League: The Alchemy & Science of Choosing Metrics
October 1: Blockchain Track at Austin Startup Week
October 1: Fundraising Track at Austin Startup Week
October 2: Austin Forum on More Energy for More People
October 2: Built in Austin’s Top Companies Hiring
October 2: ALL the Ladies in Tech Happy Hour: Fall Edition!
October 2: Developer Track at Austin Startup Week
October 2: Code in the Brewery
October 2: Intro to the Austin Startup Scene with Mellie Price
October 2: InnoTech Austin
October 3: MoneyTalks with Arjun Chopra on The State of Tech Fundraising
October 3: Design Jam: ACL Lineup Poster
October 3: Galvanize Data Science and Web Development Info Session
October 3: International Track at Austin Startup Week
October 3: EdTech Track at Austin Startup Week
October 4: Book Signing: Erin & Ben Napier — Make Something Good Today
October 4: Community Manager Breakfast
October 4: Product Management Info Session
October 4: Digital Marketing Info Session
October 4: ATX Startup Crawl at Austin Startup Week
October 5: MobilityX HR Hackathon presented by Daimler Financial Services
October 5–7: ACL Fest, Weekend #1
October 6: Galvanize Austin: *Free* JavaScript Basic Training
October 6: Texas Teen Book Festival
October 7: Book Signing: The Property Brothers — Builder Brothers: Big Plans
More Upcoming Austin Events
Oct 9: Texas Voter Registration Deadline
Oct 10: TechTalk with Hugh Forrest: SXSW 2019 Programming
Oct 9–11: Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit
Oct 11: Casey Gerald Book Reading
Oct 12–14: ACL Fest, Weekend #2
Oct 19–21: Formula 1 Pirelli United States Grand Prix
Oct 19–21: National Health Equity Hackathon
Oct 23: Girlstart Game Changers Luncheon with Emily Chang
Oct 25-Nov 1: Austin Film Festival
Oct 26: Leadership Teams for Business Success
Oct 27–28: 2018 Texas Book Festival
Nov 6: 2018 Midterm Elections
Nov 6–7: Time Machine 2018
Nov 9: SXSW Pitch Entry Deadline
Nov 9: SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards Entry Deadline
Nov 27–28: Solar Business Festival
Jan 26: Smart City Saturday Teen Only Hackathon
If you have a creativity-focused event that you want listed in this space, then please contact hugh at sxsw dot com.
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
