NNPA + Zenger News Present!

TechConference 2021, February 24

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On February 24th, 2021, The NNPA and Zenger News presented the first One-Day Summit - TechConference 2021, a Day-Long Gathering of Black-Owned Media, Fortune 1000 Business and Community Based Businesses and Cultural Institutions. It was a Moment for the Most Innovative Voices in Media and Technology to Explore and Make Real the Future - Today!

The TechConference Welcome

Karen Carter Richards, Chair and Publisher, NNPA and Houston Forward Times

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President & CEO, NNPA

André M. Johnson, VP of Distribution and Sales & Senior Editor, Urban News, Zenger News

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11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

OPENING KEYNOTE: Yvette D. Clarke, Representative from the 9th District of New York

Part II:

Black Women Leaders in Tech

Mignon Clyburn, former FCC Commissioner

Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, Director, Center for Technology Innovation

Angela Y. Ball, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, NBC Universal

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12:30 PM– 1:15 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Fireside Chat:

Dana White, Chief Communications Officer, Hyundai NA - Driving Past the Pandemic

One-on-One with:

André M. Johnson, VP of Distribution and Sales & Senior Editor, Urban News, Zenger News

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1:15 PM– 2:00 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

TechConference 2021 Panel on Data and Innovation

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President & CEO, NNPA

Tina C. Williams-Koroma, Esq., CISSP, PMP, President, TCecure, LLC

Raymond Bell, President/CEO, Toni Thomas Associates/H.O.P.E. Project

Perry Carter, President, Greater Washington D.C. Chapter, National BDPA

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2:00 PM– 2:45 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Hiring is Hard but It Doesn’t Have to Be

Chris Miller, Founder and CEO, Execrecruiter CA

Kevin Nichols, Founder and CEO, The Social Engineering Project

Leah Pimentel, Assistant Director of Community Relations, University of California (UCSF)

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2:45 PM– 3:30 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Venture Forward - $300 Million for You

Larry Irving, Founder, The Irving Group

One-on-One

Jeremy Hartman, Vice President, Venture Forward, GoDaddy

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3:30 PM– 4:00 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Leveraging Technology in 2021: How to Connect with Consumers and Drive Revenue

Tony Rome, Chief Channel Officer, ecoATM Gazelle

One-on-One

André M. Johnson, VP of Distribution and Sales & Senior Editor, Urban News, Zenger News

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4:00 PM– 4:30 PM – Eastern Time Zone

End-of-Day Keynote

Internet Industry Strategies - Harnessing the Secrets of Digital Publishing for your Business

Jeff Joseph, President, SIIA

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4:30 PM– 5:00 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Five Ways Cloud based Technology Can Help You Scale Your Business- Cloud Technology on the Front Lines Fighting Covid 19!

Sara Hale, President/Co-Founder, Coastal Cloud

Tina Vidal, CEO, CDR Maguire Health

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5:00 PM– 5:45 PM – Eastern Time Zone

Two-Part - End-of-Day Round-Up:

Developing International Sales Strategies (Part I) and Leveraging Social Media's 4 Billion Users (Part II)

André M. Johnson, VP of Distribution and Sales & Senior Editor, Urban News, Zenger News

Steve Kalifa, CEO, Capital View General Construction Inc.

Dale Dowdie, CEO, Blackfacts

Ken Granderson, Chief Technology Officer and Platform Architect, Blackfacts

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About NNPA: The NNPA’s 220 member newspapers and media companies in aggregate reach more than twenty million people per week. The NNPA owns BlackPressUSA.com, the NNPA’s public portal for daily curated African American news, entertainment, sports, education, science, technology issues and public policy matters that impact the quality of life of African American families and communities in all the major media markets in the United States.

About Zenger News: Zenger is the world’s first digitally native wire service, owned and operated by journalists. Zenger is independent and verified and aims to restore trust in news, and to reward journalists and news outlets in a new way for producing stories that inform, entertain, and hold leaders and institutions accountable. Learn more at https://www.zenger.news