Name: Jopwell x Abernathy Oakland Networking Mixer
Start: 2017-05-17T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2017-05-17T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Kapor Center for Social Impact

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Oakland Rooftop Tech Tasting & Networking Mixer

May

17

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2017

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6:30pm

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On Wednesday, May 17th, we will bring together influential Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American software engineering professionals for a night of networking and exclusive tech "tastings" hosted on the rooftop of the Kapor Center for Social Impact in Oakland.

Attendees will have an opportunity to engage with representatives from our sponsors and view new products, offerings, and demos.

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

The Hosts

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Jopwell is the leading career advancement platform for Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American students and professionals. Jopwell has partnered with over 50 top-tier companies who are actively seeking to hire diverse students and professionals.

The platform brings together an engaged community of dedicated corporate partners to provide a personalized, professional experience to our members. We offer a competitive edge through personalized career opportunities, curated stories and advice, and community events.

Abernathy is a New York based media company that produces events and long-form, sophisticated content for black professionals. Our mission is to produce quality content that speaks at once to and for that audience: spreading the word about remarkable black men, reinforcing expectations for what our leaders can contribute, and amplifying the good news from all corners of our world.

The Location

The Kapor Center serves as a gathering space that galvanizes leadership & support in our community to make the tech ecosystem and entrepreneurship more diverse and inclusive. The Kapor Center’s work, partnerships and investments promise to make Oakland a model of tech done right.

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Event Sponsors

At Pinterest, we believe that building diverse teams is essential to building great products. Diverse teams come with a broader set of experiences, which means they often have new perspectives and ideas.

AdRoll

AdRoll is a leading performance marketing platform with over 30,000 clients worldwide. Its suite of high-performance tools works across devices, helping businesses attract, convert, and grow their customer base.

Twilio

Twilio is a cloud communications platform for software developers to build, scale and operate real time communications in their software applications.

Office Libations

Tired of hauling alcohol and dealing with multiple stores and vendors? Office Libations is the only full service alcohol concierge in the Bay Area. Find out why so many companies are switching over to us.

Kapor Center for Social Impact

Our vision is to make Oakland the epicenter of social impact startups developing tech-based solutions to real world problems–a city where residents from all backgrounds benefit from an accessible and inclusive tech economy.

The Lineup

7:00pm –

Registration & Networking

7:30pm –

Opening Remarks

Sam Yam, Founder of DigiThInc

7:40pm –

Demo Derby Part 1: 10 minute presentations

1. Power Pushers

2. BankTank

3. Leg Up Inc.

7:00pm –

Demo Derby Part 2: 10 minute presentations

1. Ding!Ring!

2. Frost Finder

7:00pm –

Networking

"The hardest thing for - not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it."

– Kendrick Lamar, contemporary urban poet

Tech Tasting Networking Mixer

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