Oct 3 in ATX: “How She Got There”
The Forrest Four-Cast: September 30, 2019
Join six of Austin’s most inspirational women at a special panel at 6:30 pm on Thursday, October 3 at the W Austin Hotel (200 Lavaca). Titled “How She Got There,” this session is part of the “What She Said” series that showcases powerful females from the worlds of fashion, music, design and fuel.
The October 3 panel will dive into what you don’t see on social media profiles — the unglamorous, real challenges that these leaders have experienced before eventually finding success. These creative and inspirational women will share their journey that led them to where they are today, share lessons learned, and motivate you with advice to get through the ups and downs of your own professional journey.
Listed alphabetically by last name, the six speakers for “How She Got There” include:
—Najuma Atkinson (SVP Chief Customer Office, Dell)
— Alexis Davis (Founder, The Content Plug)
— Candice Digby (Co-Founder, Austin Design Week)
— Brandy Pham (Co-Founder, CMO + CCO, PLANOLY)
— Elisa Sepulveda (Regional Managing Director, The Riveter)
— Shayda Torabi (Co-Founder, RESTART CBD)
The Thursday, October 3 event is free to attend. But be sure to RSVP via this link to ensure your spot at this panel. “How She Got There” is jointly presented by General Assembly and the W Austin Hotel.
Innovation-Focused Events in Austin for the Week of September 30
Sept 30-Oct 1: ARTIFACT
Sept 30: Austin Music Producers Meet Up
Sept 30: Learn to Code: Loops & Logic
Sept 30: Leveling Up: Marketing for Small Businesses
Sept 30: Introduction to Coding: HTML & CSS
Oct 1: Capital Factory Accelerator Info Session
Oct 1: Intro to Fundraising in Texas
Oct 1: Austin Food Marketing Meet Up
Oct 1: Austin Startup Meet Up
Oct 1: Austin Big Data AI Meet Up
Oct 1: Introduction to Data Science
Oct 2: Healthcare Device and Data
Oct 2: Women in Film Meet Up
Oct 2: Global Startup Program Pitch Night
Oct 2–4: ComNet 19
Oct 3: Naomi Klein Book Reading
Oct 3: Techstars Impact Demo Day
Oct 3: Design Jam
Oct 3: How She Got There
Oct 3: Embedded Analytics with Tableau
Oct 3: Defense Innovation at Startup Speed
Oct 3: Farm & City Civic Social Club
Oct 4: Interpersonal Communication for a Better Workplace
Oct 4–6: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 1
Oct 5: Austin Coding Academy | October Graduation & Demo Day
More Upcoming Austin Innovation Events
Oct 7: Make Mother Earth Great Again
Oct 7–11: Digital Inclusion Week
Oct 9: ACG Lunch with Mike Hill of Upland Software
Oct 9: Accelerated Introduction to AI & Machine Learning
Oct 10: Social Impact Entrepreneurial Happy Hour
Oct 10: Branding Masterclass for Women with Erika Brechtel
Oct 10: Women, Wealth & Wisdom Workshop
Oct 11: Silverton Startup Breakfast for Female Founders Only
Oct 11–13: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 2
Oct 15: Latinx in Tech Summit
Oct 16: Cleo Wade Book Reading
Oct 16: Central Texas Wireless Association Conference
Oct 16: Quake Capital ATX 2019 Demo Day
Oct 16: Campfire Entrepreneur Team Building
Oct 16: Leveraging Thought Diversity in Software Development Teams
Oct 17: October Austin Forum: The Evolution of Energy
Oct 17: MassChallenge Texas in Austin Awards Ceremony
Oct 22: Giant SXSW 2020 Content Announcement
Oct 23: DivInc Community Happy Hour hosted by MSTC
Oct 25: ATX Game Makers Meet Up
Oct 26–27: Texas Book Festival
Oct 29: Girlstart Game Changers Luncheon
Oct 29: Naturally Austin Pitch Slam 2019
Oct 29: Ryan Holiday Book Reading
Nov 4–8: Austin Design Week
Nov 6: SpaceATX
Nov 6: BYU Austin Tech Summit
Nov 13–14: Time Machine 2019
Nov 14: DivInc Demo Day
Nov 16–17: Cowboy Space Ball
Nov 19: InnoTech Austin
Nov 20: Invent & Innovate Awards
Dec 4: Business of Pride Gala
Jan 12: 2020 Austin Startup Games
March 13–21: SXSW 2020
April 17–19: 2020 Austin Reggae Festival
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.
