Cultura Presents Miami Tech - Design, Diversity, and Tech Pathways

• Cultura Presents Miami Tech  - Design, Diversity, and Tech Pathways
• Official event for Miami Art Week and #LoudWeek 
• December 8th, 2023 (12pm - 3pm)
• Capital One Cafe
•  Coral Gables, 50 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA
• Panels / Talks
• Tech Career Pathways: How to turn Art and Design into a Career in Tech (12;45- 1;05)
• We will be showcasing the ways you can break into tech regardless of your educational background, age, or Skill Set. We will focus on options for beginners, opportunities for professionals looking to change careers, and opportunities to upskill to break into tech.
• Speakers:
• Eliana Alba (Innovation Refunds)
• Breanna Faye (Mona)
• Zachary Johnson (Careerist)

• Entrepreneur Fireside Chat - Build Your Own Table (1:30 - 1:45)
• We will highlight a dynamic group of black and brown entrepreneurs who navigated all of the obstacles diverse entrepreneurs encounter everyday from imposter syndrome to lack of institutional support to inadequate access to capital.  These entrepreneurs successfully crafted their own pathways to great results
• Speakers:
• George Torres(Siembra Academy)
• Jaylah Sandoval (Cafe Cultura)

• Entrepreneur Fireside Chat - Build Your Own Table (1:45- 2:00)
• We will highlight a dynamic group of black and brown entrepreneurs who navigated all of the obstacles diverse entrepreneurs encounter everyday from imposter syndrome to lack of institutional support to inadequate access to capital. These entrepreneurs successfully crafted their own pathways to great results
• Speakers:
• Zachary Johnson (TicketDM)
• Camila Hernandez (Entrepreneur)

• Into the Metaverse; How Artists are Using the Metaverse to Create Sustainable Business (2:00 - 2:20)
• Dive into the Metaverse with our friends at Mona as we discuss the ways artists are creating their own digital worlds and monetizing in the process
• Speakers:
• Monaverse Representatives
• Up and Coming Art / Tech Trends + Networking (2:30- CLOSE)
• We will showcase the day to day process of creating a great company pitch and finding the right partners to build and scale a tech startup.
• Speakers:
• Zachary Johnson (Cafe Cultura)
• Jaylah Sandoval (Cafe Cultura)

Partners

• Cafe Cultura
• Cafe Cultura is a south florida based community organization focused on connecting cultures and building businesses through technology and innovation. We are roughly tailored around the idea of internet cafes whereby diverse cultures from all over the world come together to support each other’s businesses, create job opportunities, and support one another along the founder journey. We believe we can create powerful change by connecting to each other, building with each other and sharing resources. We especially love the cross section between Black, Brown or First Generation professionals. 
• Love of Urban Design (Loud)
• LOUD Love of Urban Design® celebrates the creatives of our culture. Urban Creatives represent the black and brown communities who promote collective intellectual achievement in the arts and are rising and thriving in various fields of artistic expression. 
• LOUD Love of Urban Design has a digital reach over of 2.3M and features black and brown creatives from around the world who are rising and thriving in their artistic industries with fashion shows, artist exhibitions, networking socials, press interviews, panels, social media blitz, pop-up shops, and more; with a focus on collaborating with organizations and involving the community; reaching over a thousand in-person Tri-County locals and tourists.
• Stanford Latino Business Action Network
• We empower Latino entrepreneurship across the country. In partnership with Stanford University through the jointly led and supported Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI), we leverage world-class business research methods and business teachings of the Graduate School of Business and apply them to the growing number of Latino entrepreneurs across the nation. 
• Art of Black Miami
• Art of Black Miami celebrates artists, exhibits and art initiatives represented locally and abroad featuring significant works inspired by Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and beyond.
• The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau 
• The Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes Greater Miami and the Beaches as a prime arts and culture, convention, and leisure travel destination. The Bureau creates partnerships between Greater Miami businesses and the arts community.
• Capital One and Capital One Cafe
• We believe financial well-being is better with everyday well-being. We offer in-person events to strengthen our communities and the people within them.

Sponsors

• Careerist
• Careerist was born in 2019 by Silicon Valley tech industry leaders, seeking to help more people from all backgrounds enter the tech world. We are proudly funded by Y-Combinator – the leading tech accelerator that also helped launch Airbnb, Dropbox, Twitch and DoorDash.
• 1B-Stories/ Videofi.ai
• 1Bstories a.k.a 1 Billion Stories, is an global content technology start-up that is changing the entire content ecosystem. We've launched Vidiofy.ai, an AI powered content transformation engine helping brands and publishers turn text/audio/long-video based content into short form, vertical, mobile friendly, video content perfect for social media and direct marketing outreach at scale, in an instant.
• Stanford Latino Business Action Network
• We empower Latino entrepreneurship across the country. In partnership with Stanford University through the jointly led and supported Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI), we leverage world-class business research methods and business teachings of the Graduate School of Business and apply them to the growing number of Latino entrepreneurs across the nation.  
• Aroma 360
• As a leader in the scent marketing and scent branding, Aroma 360 prides itself on providing the perfect scenting solution for businesses and homes.
• Culture Arcade
• Culture Arcade celebrates the intersection of gaming, diversity and joy in BIPOC communities. Through a combination of the games we play, the conversations we have, and the entertainment we enjoy, Culture Arcade is creating a space for diverse gamers to build inclusive, authentic communities.
• Esa Carita LLC
• Our goal is to empower and amplify the voices of Latinx Creators by creating a network that supports artists first. 
• Panacea VR
• Panacea is an app to activate spaces and maximize consumer experience and organizer impact. We do this by organizing space navigation, maximizing time management for consumers, and allowing for curated experiences for customers in otherwise noisy, crowded spaces.