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Hope you will enjoy this edition of the NY creative tech events newsletter. If you have any feedback or suggestions on how to improve this letter - please send it by replying to this email.
News Digest:
- The promise of augmented reality - Economist
- Artificial Intelligence In The Help Of Luxury E-Commerce - WT VOX
- How Lululemon and Adidas use RFID to set the stage for omnichannel - Apparel
- Google And H&M Partner On Coded Couture Dress Designed Using Consumer Data - Fashion & Mash
- Finding a New Angle on Fashion Week - Business of Fashion
- How Wellness Is Changing The Travel Industry - PSFK
- Twitter hopes machine learning can save it from oblivion - Venture Beat
Events:
Monday, Feb.13
6:30pm - 8:30pm Jump Start Your Side Hustle
An exclusive evening with Sandra Fidelis - Digital Marketing Consultant, Speaker, and Bestselling Author. She will share her story, and provide you with the necessary tools to take on your side hustle (hobbies, volunteer events, or small business) full-time. Join us to jump start your all-in, dream career! Price: Free Location: GA NYC (Manhattan), HQ 902 Broadway, 4th Floor
6:30pm Tour Of Metadata Mgmt
Metadata management is the oversight of data associated with data assets to ensure that information can be integrated, accessed, shared, linked, analyzed and maintained to the best effect across an organization. Metadata summarizes basic information about data, which can make finding and manipulating particular instances of data easier. Price: Free Location: Galvanize NYC, 315 Hudson St
Tuesday, Feb. 14 - Friday, Feb. 17
All day online Free Online Event: Enterprise UX 2017 Virtual Summit
UXPin is hosting the EUX 2017 Virtual Summit, featuring 15 live webinars. Across four days in February 2017, you’ll get best practices from case studies at Intuit, SAP, Groupon, Asana, HP, Google, and more. Speakers offer advice for topics like scaling UX, creating design systems, standardizing UX process, improving enterprise usability, evangelizing design culture, overcoming legacy technology, and more. Price: Free Location: Online
Wednesday, Feb. 15
8:00am Immigration For Startups
We will discuss important recent developments in the immigration law that are most relevant for startups and entrepreneurs. Price: Free Location: Microsoft Store, 677 5th Ave
5:30 - 9:00pm Women Startup Challenge VR & AI
Women Who Tech’s fourth Women Startup Challenge is showcasing and funding innovative, women-led startups focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), and Virtual Reality (VR) that are solving problems for people, businesses, and the planet. Price: Free Location: Google, 76 9th Ave
6:30pm Inside Conde Nast
With Dan Simerman (Product Mgr, W Magazine), Malcolm Dia (Designer, GQ), Sahand Nayebaziz (Software Enggr, Conde Nast Traveler), Jennie Shapira (Software Enggr, GQ), Danny Taveras (S/w Enggr, SEO), Simone Hill (Software Enggr, Vogue). Price: Free Location: Conde Nast, 222 Broadway
6:30pm Startup Cities
We are hosting an event to champion ideas of treating cities just like startups. A panel of fantastic speakers will discuss the topic from each of their unique perspectives. The speakers will include entrepreneurs, economists, and urbanists. Price: Free Location: Alley 119 W 24Th Street
Thursday, Feb. 16
6:00pm The Future of Journalism
We will host a panel of media experts who will discuss the changing landscape for journalism. We'll talk about the impact of new technologies in the field, as well as the new political reality for journalists in the US and abroad. Topics will include the impact of live streaming technology, personalized news and the impact of social media on journalism, journalistic integrity in the age of fake news, and more. Price: Free Location: WeWork Charging Bull, 25 Broadway, 9th Fl
6:30pm To the Moon and Back with Apollo Astronaut Charlie Duke
The Columbia Space Initiative and SEAS Extreme Engineering are excited to host Apollo Astronaut Charlie Duke at Columbia University! Join us to hear about his incredible 11-day voyage to the Moon and back Price: Free Location: Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street
Monday, Feb. 20
6:30pm - 9:00pm IBM Watson: Embedding Artificial Intelligence Into Things with TJBot
In this talk, Victor Dibia Post-Doctoral Researcher with the IBM Cognitive Environments Lab will provide an overview of Watson services and how they are enabling use cases for natural interactions on the TJBot platform. He will also provide an overview of the TJBot design journey and insights based on feedback from the maker/developer community. Price: $5 Location: TBD
Tuesday, Feb. 21
5:30pm Whiplash - How To Survive Our Faster Future
In their new book Whiplash, MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito and journalist Jeff Howe lay out a blueprint for surviving and thriving in our “faster future.” Join us as Paola Antonelli, senior curator in the department of architecture and design at MoMA, leads the authors in a discussion about their cutting-edge research, and ideas for navigating this unpredictable world. Price: Free Location: Ford Foundation, 1440 Broadway
6:30pm Brunchwork w/ Mark Oldman & Amanda Parkes
With Mark Oldman (Leading wine personality & Author of How to Drink Like a Billionaire) & Amanda Parkes (Fashion technologist). Price: $40 Location: Alley Chelsea, 119 W 24th St
5:45 - 6:45 Tech Ladies, The New York Times + Collab present: Investing like a bo$$ w/ Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevest
Come meet Sallie Krawcheck, founder of Ellevest and the author of the brand new book "Own It" at our upcoming happy hour sponsored by The New York Times. Sallie will give a talk on how to be smart with money and take your questions around saving, investing, and more. Her new book will be available for purchase and signing! Price: Free Location: Collab 304 Hudson Street
Thursday, Feb. 23
6:30 - 8:00pm The Automated Workforce: The Future Of Work And The Social Safety Net
General Assembly, the Economic Security Project, and the Roosevelt Institute have partnered on this event to explore the full range of potential answers to automation. Price: Free Location: GA NYC (Manhattan), HQ 902 Broadway, 4th Floor
Tuesday, Feb 28
6:30 - 8:30pm Beyond Budgeting: How To Put Together A Financial Plan You’Ll Actually Use
Financial planning isn't about spreadsheets, graphs, or charts, it's about getting to the root of what you really value and learning how to use money as a tool to help you reach your goals and live your best life. In this workshop, we talk through the three stages you'll go through when putting together a financial plan. Price: Free Location: GA NYC (Manhattan), HQ 902 Broadway, 4th Floor
Monday, Mar. 1
6:30pm App Idea Awards Launch Party + State of Early-Stage Investing In 2017
With founder/CEOs Jason Klein (On Grid Ventures), Adam Quinton (Lucas Point Ventures), Alicia Syrett (Pantegrion Capital), Jason Eiswerth (MD, Nima Capital), Zosia Ulatowski (Cornerstone Ventures), Amy Kadomatsu (ROKO Labs). Price: Free Location: GA NYC (Manhattan), HQ 902 Broadway, 4th Floor
Cool & Useful Finds:
- The Future of Commerce: 21 Business Models That Are Changing How We Buy, By Liza Kindred - Available on Amazon.com for pre-order
- All-access subscription for New York Times comes with a Free year of Spotify Premium
- 5to9 - A podcast for the side hustle generation
- Memory by Timely - An intelligent timeline of everything you did in a day
Stay Inspired,
Nataliya