Http://www.haititechsummit.com
Port Au Prince Beach Resort, Haiti. 6-7 June, 2017
ABOUT US
The Haiti Tech Summit is a 13-year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem which conducts the largest online digital accelerator in emerging markets. The Summit aims to revitalize Haiti’s entrepreneurial economy and reposition it as a global study of catalyzed innovation within an emerging market country.
WHY HAITI?
As the world’s first black republic, Haiti’s history and culture make it the ideal stage to gather global industry leaders, entrepreneurs and creatives in a forum to exchange and tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges in innovation and sustainability.
The Silicon Mountain, with its tropical climate and exotic beaches, is the ideal Caribbean getaway for tech enthusiasts and disruptors.
WHO ATTENDS?
The Haiti Tech Summit is for local and international industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, etc....
Early-bird tickets available now through March 30th
Einstein Ntim
Founder of Enabled AI (artificial intelligence to decode mental health) and Bloomer Tech (embedding IOT sensors into fabrics for cardiovascular diseases); featured Ghana’s Future Leaders Under 30; alumni of Silicon Valley’s Draper University and Singularity University
Christine Souffrant Ntim
Award-winning Haitian-American entrepreneur & startup ecosystem expert; founder of Vendedy; and featured Forbes 30 Under 30 and AdAge 40 Under 40 influencer; alumni of Silicon Valley’s Draper University and Singularity University
Roy Glasberg
Founder & Global Manager of Google’s Accelerator; Global Manager of The Launchpad Google Startup Program; former Head of Campus TLV, Developer Relations Lead Israel and Europe @google
Kelly Hoey
Author of ‘Build Your Dream Network’; Angel Investor and LP in two funds (Laconia Capital Group and Lattice Ventures); Advisor to New Zealand Trade and Enterprise; Chief Tech Ambassador for the YWCA of NYC’s Girls Geek Club
Kyra Kyles
Editor-in-Chief at Ebony Media Operations LLC; co-developer and instructor of a class on hip-hop culture and music evolution at Northwestern University
Pascal Finette
Well-known speaker covering topics from entrepreneurship to open innovation and technology trends; called a “prophet” by Germany’s main TV station ARD; featured in a primetime documentary about Silicon Valley; voted one of the top 100 internet influencers in the country by Wirtschaftswoche
Sequoia Blodgett
Tech Editor @Black Enterprise; founder of 7AM, a personal development education platform guided by informed pop culture
Shawn Sullivan
Public Policy and Regulatory Lead for Airbnb in Central America and the Caribbean, representing the company before government leaders, regulatory agencies and other stakeholders
Yohei Nakajima
Director of Pipeline at Techstars working with all 20+ Techstars accelerator programs worldwide on helping them find and recruit the best startups
Elisa Camahort Page
COO of BlogHer, Inc., which bootstrapped for two years before successfully raising four rounds ($20M) of funding and achieving exit by acquisition
Torsten Kolind
Founder of YouNoodle, a leading entrepreneurship competition platform powering 400+ competitions and challenges worldwide
Angela Lee
Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School; founder of 37 Angles, an angel network that invests in early stage startups and activates new women angels through a month long investing bootcamp; recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of Six Innovative Women to Watch in 2015
Milan Koch
Managing Director of AngelHack HACKcelerator (3 exits to Google and BOX); VC at Base Ventures (Seed-stage fund investing in early stage tech startups); Dealflow Partner at Startup Chile; Advisory Board Member SXSW Accelerator; Judge/Mentor at 500 Startups, MassChallenge, Parallel18 and Gaza Sky Geeks
Whitney Headen
Founder of The Life Currency and current Head of Digital Marketing for ESSENCE Magazine
Michael Coren
Reporter @ QUARTZ; founder of Publet; former Managing Editor of the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia; writer for Fast Company, Foreign Policy, and The Economist.
Lynne d Johnson
Content & Community Consultant; former Director of Digital & Social Media Strategy at Waggener Edstrom
Steven S. Suthiana
Founder and President of SuthMedia LLC, a consultancy company and investor in digital and emerging media; Global Head of Digital Media and Operations at Mansueto Ventures LLC, a publisher of Inc. and Fast Companymagazines and their associated websites
Gina Kloes
Award-winning author; former corporate attorney for startups and CFO for a financial firm; certified practitioner in the areas of Neurolinguistics (NLP), Time-Line Therapy, and Perfect Health
Maarten Boute
Current Chairman and former CEO of Digicel, the largest mobile network operator in Haiti; co-founder of surtab, a Social Business that manufactures high quality, affordable and reliable Tablet PC’s for the education sector in Haiti
Daphnee Charles
Co-founder of Action toward Initiative and Volunteering for Education in Haiti (ACTIVEH)
Marc Alain Boucicault
Co-founder and current Director of Support to Youth-led Initiatives at Groupe ECHO Haiti, incubating entrepreneurship projects in Haiti; co-founder and the Chief External Relations Officer at HFund, a closed-ended micro-venture capital firm for entrepreneurs in Haiti; Fulbright scholar with M.A in Financial Economic Policy from American University and a B.A in Applied Quantitative Economics from CTPEA
Lisandra Rickards
Chief Entrepreneurship Officer at the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship for the Caribbean; consulted for the Ministry of Finance in Jamaica; MBA with First-Year Honors from Harvard Business School, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago; featured in the CNBC documentary The Money Chase: Inside Harvard Business School
Davidson Toussaint
Founder and CEO of Haiti Tourism Inc.; current Director of Marketing and Corporate Relations of Parole et Action, a 28 years old organization providing quality education in Haiti; former Director of Marketing and Communications for the Greater Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Tampa and the Haitian Association Foundation of Tampa Bay
Paul Ahlstrom
Managing Director and co-founder of Alta Ventures Mexico a venture capital fund in Mexico; co-founder of vSpring Capital, Utah’s leading venture capital fund; co-founder of Kickstart Seed Fund based in Salt Lake City
To attend a tech summit on the beach with hundreds of attendees is bound to be an amazing experience!
Rogelio Stevenson / Technical Director
Copyright 2017Haiti Tech Foundation
Port Au Prince Beach Resort, Haiti. 6-7 June, 2017
ABOUT US
The Haiti Tech Summit is a 13-year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem which conducts the largest online digital accelerator in emerging markets. The Summit aims to revitalize Haiti’s entrepreneurial economy and reposition it as a global study of catalyzed innovation within an emerging market country.
WHY HAITI?
As the world’s first black republic, Haiti’s history and culture make it the ideal stage to gather global industry leaders, entrepreneurs and creatives in a forum to exchange and tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges in innovation and sustainability.
The Silicon Mountain, with its tropical climate and exotic beaches, is the ideal Caribbean getaway for tech enthusiasts and disruptors.
WHO ATTENDS?
The Haiti Tech Summit is for local and international industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, etc....
Early-bird tickets available now through March 30th
Einstein Ntim
Founder of Enabled AI (artificial intelligence to decode mental health) and Bloomer Tech (embedding IOT sensors into fabrics for cardiovascular diseases); featured Ghana’s Future Leaders Under 30; alumni of Silicon Valley’s Draper University and Singularity University
Christine Souffrant Ntim
Award-winning Haitian-American entrepreneur & startup ecosystem expert; founder of Vendedy; and featured Forbes 30 Under 30 and AdAge 40 Under 40 influencer; alumni of Silicon Valley’s Draper University and Singularity University
Roy Glasberg
Founder & Global Manager of Google’s Accelerator; Global Manager of The Launchpad Google Startup Program; former Head of Campus TLV, Developer Relations Lead Israel and Europe @google
Kelly Hoey
Author of ‘Build Your Dream Network’; Angel Investor and LP in two funds (Laconia Capital Group and Lattice Ventures); Advisor to New Zealand Trade and Enterprise; Chief Tech Ambassador for the YWCA of NYC’s Girls Geek Club
Kyra Kyles
Editor-in-Chief at Ebony Media Operations LLC; co-developer and instructor of a class on hip-hop culture and music evolution at Northwestern University
Pascal Finette
Well-known speaker covering topics from entrepreneurship to open innovation and technology trends; called a “prophet” by Germany’s main TV station ARD; featured in a primetime documentary about Silicon Valley; voted one of the top 100 internet influencers in the country by Wirtschaftswoche
Sequoia Blodgett
Tech Editor @Black Enterprise; founder of 7AM, a personal development education platform guided by informed pop culture
Shawn Sullivan
Public Policy and Regulatory Lead for Airbnb in Central America and the Caribbean, representing the company before government leaders, regulatory agencies and other stakeholders
Yohei Nakajima
Director of Pipeline at Techstars working with all 20+ Techstars accelerator programs worldwide on helping them find and recruit the best startups
Elisa Camahort Page
COO of BlogHer, Inc., which bootstrapped for two years before successfully raising four rounds ($20M) of funding and achieving exit by acquisition
Torsten Kolind
Founder of YouNoodle, a leading entrepreneurship competition platform powering 400+ competitions and challenges worldwide
Angela Lee
Chief Innovation Officer at Columbia Business School; founder of 37 Angles, an angel network that invests in early stage startups and activates new women angels through a month long investing bootcamp; recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of Six Innovative Women to Watch in 2015
Milan Koch
Managing Director of AngelHack HACKcelerator (3 exits to Google and BOX); VC at Base Ventures (Seed-stage fund investing in early stage tech startups); Dealflow Partner at Startup Chile; Advisory Board Member SXSW Accelerator; Judge/Mentor at 500 Startups, MassChallenge, Parallel18 and Gaza Sky Geeks
Whitney Headen
Founder of The Life Currency and current Head of Digital Marketing for ESSENCE Magazine
Michael Coren
Reporter @ QUARTZ; founder of Publet; former Managing Editor of the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia; writer for Fast Company, Foreign Policy, and The Economist.
Lynne d Johnson
Content & Community Consultant; former Director of Digital & Social Media Strategy at Waggener Edstrom
Steven S. Suthiana
Founder and President of SuthMedia LLC, a consultancy company and investor in digital and emerging media; Global Head of Digital Media and Operations at Mansueto Ventures LLC, a publisher of Inc. and Fast Companymagazines and their associated websites
Gina Kloes
Award-winning author; former corporate attorney for startups and CFO for a financial firm; certified practitioner in the areas of Neurolinguistics (NLP), Time-Line Therapy, and Perfect Health
Maarten Boute
Current Chairman and former CEO of Digicel, the largest mobile network operator in Haiti; co-founder of surtab, a Social Business that manufactures high quality, affordable and reliable Tablet PC’s for the education sector in Haiti
Daphnee Charles
Co-founder of Action toward Initiative and Volunteering for Education in Haiti (ACTIVEH)
Marc Alain Boucicault
Co-founder and current Director of Support to Youth-led Initiatives at Groupe ECHO Haiti, incubating entrepreneurship projects in Haiti; co-founder and the Chief External Relations Officer at HFund, a closed-ended micro-venture capital firm for entrepreneurs in Haiti; Fulbright scholar with M.A in Financial Economic Policy from American University and a B.A in Applied Quantitative Economics from CTPEA
Lisandra Rickards
Chief Entrepreneurship Officer at the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship for the Caribbean; consulted for the Ministry of Finance in Jamaica; MBA with First-Year Honors from Harvard Business School, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago; featured in the CNBC documentary The Money Chase: Inside Harvard Business School
Davidson Toussaint
Founder and CEO of Haiti Tourism Inc.; current Director of Marketing and Corporate Relations of Parole et Action, a 28 years old organization providing quality education in Haiti; former Director of Marketing and Communications for the Greater Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Tampa and the Haitian Association Foundation of Tampa Bay
Paul Ahlstrom
Managing Director and co-founder of Alta Ventures Mexico a venture capital fund in Mexico; co-founder of vSpring Capital, Utah’s leading venture capital fund; co-founder of Kickstart Seed Fund based in Salt Lake City
To attend a tech summit on the beach with hundreds of attendees is bound to be an amazing experience!
Rogelio Stevenson / Technical Director
Copyright 2017Haiti Tech Foundation
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