Track Sessions – TechFest

Free Parking for Techfest Attendees!

The no fee parking for Techfest attendees is labelled University of Louisville JD Nichols Campus parking. The address for the garage is 220 South Preston Street, Louisville, KY 40202. The garage will be closed at 7:30 PM promptly, so you must exit by then on Thursday. The garage will be closed to Techfest attendees at 3 PM of Friday, when the event has completed.

Schedule for Thursday August 24

8:00 AM

Location: Thrive Center
Trade show set up

8:30 AM

Doors open for networking at both locations. Hot Coffee & Orange Juice Served

9:00 AM

Location: Trager Institute
Phillip K. Brown, External Affairs Manager, Central Area, Crown Castle. “Where to Leverage 5G, 6G, and More”

Location: Thrive Center
Panel: “Understanding the Cyber & Workforce Puzzle: How Managed Detection & Response (MDR) & Other Services Fit Together In Building Your Team”, Moderator Jeremy Miller, CEO of Lionfish Cyber Security. Panelists: Christopher Bowen, Senior Solutions Architect, eSentire; Jim Ashby, Executive Director of Cyber Academy, CyberDome USA; and Richard Connor, President of Lockstock.

9:30 AM

Location: Trager Institute
Vanessa Williams-Harvey, CEO, DUES 24. “An Entrepreneur’s Journey in Tech: How HippoCLIN Will Transform Healthcare Education”

10:00 AM

Location: Trager Institute
Kevin Fields, Sr., CEO, Louisville Central Community Center. “Support Steps for Our Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Louisville”

Location: Thrive Center
John Gootee, Data Process Optimization Leader, Dean, Dorton. “A Power BI Workshop: Let’s Do It”

10:30 AM

Location: Trager Institute
Dave Christopher, Sr., Executive Director, AMPED. “AMPED’s Program Expansions in Tech for Adults & Youth”

11:00 AM

Location: Trager Institute
KEYNOTE Sara Hines, Strategic Innovation Director, Humana. A Fireside Chat: “How Humana Uses AI & Its Potential In Your Work”

12:00 PM

Location: Thrive Center
Boxed lunch and Trade Show

TALK Board Panel Discussion with Audience: “A Look at Generative AI”
TALK Board Leaders & Panelists: Dawn Yankeelov, Executive Director, TALK and President, Aspectx
Eric Satterly, CIO, Bellarmine University
Brock Jamison, Technology Account Manager—Infrastructure, Dean, Dorton
Da-Wyone Haynes, Aegon Global Services—Mgr. Security Services—SIEM and Web Application

1:00 PM

Location: Trager Institute
Lorenzo Martinelli, Co-Founder & Chair, C-Plan. “AI-based Decision Intelligence for workforce management in Healthcare & Other Industries”

Location: Thrive Center
Rebecca Rice, Director of Product, Render & Other Team Members. Intro Session: “A Workshop on Using ChatGPT”

2:00 PM

Location: Trager Institute
Steve Brown, CEO & Founding Partner, 13Prime. “2023: The State of Bitcoin and how to Leverage in Business.”

Location: Thrive Center
Rebecca Rice, Director of Product, Render & Other Team Members. Advanced Session: “A Workshop on Using ChatGPT”

3:00 PM

Location: Trager Institute
Dave Hatter, Director of Business Growth, InTrust-IT, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, CSSLP, , PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PSM 1, PSD 1, and ITIL Foundation V3 “A Closer Look at the Software Bill of Materials Approach for Security.”

Location: Thrive Center
Jon Lloyd, Practice Principal, APO. CBTS “De-Mystifying SASE – Let’s Go Deeper than the Buzzword”

4:00 PM

Location: Thrive Center
Trade Show concludes

4:30 PM-6:30 PM

Cocktail HOUR – Bearno’s By The Bridge
131 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202

All tech and business professionals are welcome. Rain or shine! Cash bar.

Schedule for Friday August 25

9:00 AM

Location: Trager Institute
Charles “Chip” Spann, Federal Program Officer, KY & West Virginia, Office of Connectivity & Growth, NTIA, US Department of Commerce “Up Close on Broadband & 5G: Next Steps in KY & West Virginia”

Location: Trager Institute Small Discussion Room
Special Roundtable Session: “How to Improve Virtual Hiring with Better Tech.” Speaker: Di Tran, Co-Founder, Mia Hire USA. Co-Facilitator: Anthony S. Bieda, Business Development Partner, DTE (Di Tran Enterprises LLC)

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Location: Trager Institute
U of L Trager Institute Panel Discussion – “Human Factor Themes in Aging Care Technology Practices”
This panel will discuss attitudes and concerns in tech implementation in meeting aging care needs: attitudes
towards robots, attitudes towards telehealth, dementia and technology,
Ethics and technology, maintaining dignity, and privacy and safety.

Panelists are all from the University of Louisville Trager Institute:

Dr. Anna Faul, PhD, Executive Director;
Dr. Pam Yankeelov; PhD, Director of Research;
Sam Cotton, MSSW, PhD, Geriatric Academic Career Awardee(GACA);
Joe D’Ambrosio PhD, JD, LMFT, LCSW, DipACLM, Director of Behavioral Health;
Barbara Gordon, Director of Community Engagement; and
Katherine Linzy, Director of IT.

11:30 AM

Location: Thrive Center
Lunch

Adam Anderson, Managing GP at Ansuz Capital + Entrepreneur Whisperer from Greenville, SC. “What’s Hot & What’s Not in the World of Tech Investing & Bourbon.”

12:30 PM

Location: Trager Institute
Special Roundtable Session: “Using IP – Where, How & Why in Healthcare IT” Facilitators: Stephen C. Hall, Registered Patent Attorney; Thomas Roussel, Ph.D. Professor – University of Louisville Bioengineering Department; Jake Miller, Entrepreneur-in Residence, Launch Blue Accelerator; and Kayla Meisner, Executive Director, Kentucky Commercialization Ventures.
Limited to 12 people.

Location: Thrive Center
Jonathan (Fraze) Frazier, Co-Founder Trustware.io, “Understanding the Cryptocurrency Landscape Today and the Importance of Your Wallet”

1:30 PM

Location: Trager Institute
Jennifer C. Everett, Partner, JONES DAY® – One Firm Worldwide℠. “The Winds of Data Privacy Law in State & Federal Arenas, Including KY”

Location: Trager Institute Small Discussion Room, Lower Level
Special Roundtable Discussion: “Ask Me Anything.” Chat with Managing Partner Adam Anderson of Ansuz Capital directly and ask him all your questions tied to being an entrepreneur and raising money from your pitch deck, to finance discussion prep, to valuation formulas, to his adventures in startup that can assist you.

Limited to 24 people. Register at the registration table on Aug. 24 or 25^th.

2:00 PM

Location: Thrive Center
Trade Show concludes

2:30 PM

Day 2 Concludes – both locations