World Summit is almost here! We have 2 incredible days of workshops, talks, panels, and events planned for our global community to connect and learn online. To plan out your day, register for World Summit so you can access our event on Pathable, where you’ll be able to create and save a personal schedule so you don’t miss a thing on August 13th and 14th! For a preview of what to expect, check out this World Summit agenda, and then go register and build your personal schedule!
Please note that some workshops and panels are only open to specific participants and their titles are listed in light blue. Panels and workshops that are open to everyone are listed in green!
Speakers
DAY 1: AUGUST 13, 2020
Fireside chat with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Marian Croak and Tara Chklovski
5:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Join Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women and Marian Croak, Vice President of Site Reliability Engineering for Ads, Corporate Engineering and YouTube, at Google, Inc. for a conversation moderated by Tara Chklovski, Technovation founder and CEO.
Keynote speaker and Q&A – Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli
5:30 PM UTC / 10:30 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Don’t miss this incredible speech from NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli! Jasmin embodies the perseverance and lifelong learning that we encourage in our students—from her educational background in aerospace engineering and decorated military career to now awaiting final assignment as an Astronaut. As an engineer, woman, and Iranian-American in the most recently graduated NASA Astronaut Class, Jasmin is an incredible role model whom we are honored to have as our Keynote Speaker. Q&A to follow after the speech.
DAY 2: AUGUST 14, 2020
Day 2 Closing Keynote: Nat Cook
5:30 PM UTC / 10:30 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Nat Cook is a five-time Olympian, Gold Medalist, author, and a sought-after international inspirational speaker. Don’t miss her amazing keynote on perseverance and resilience!
Meet the finalists and regional winners
DAY 1: AUGUST 13, 2020
Finalist Pitches! (Session 1 and Session 2)
3:20 PM UTC / 8:20 AM PDT; 7:00 PM UTC / 12:00 PM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Hear from 2020 Finalist teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Learn how families and girls around the world are changing the world with technology. You don’t want to miss hearing from these global changemakers.
3:20 PM UTC / 8:20 AM PDT Pitches:
Goal Shadowing by One World Beyond Pandemic, Global
Help2Hear, by AI Zone, Kazakhstan
Anti-Child Abduction App, by Islam’s Family, Pakistan
Zesha, by Jyothi, India
7:00 PM UTC / 12:00 PM PDT Pitches:
A10, by A10 Box, Spain
Memory Haven, by Memory Haven, Ireland
RecycleRight, by Team RecycleRight, United States
Eunomia, by almost vegan, New Zealand
App Expo
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT; 6:00 PM UTC / 11:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Drop-in to our Expo Room and check out the projects from our 2020 Regional Winners and Finalists! Learn how young people around the world are making real change in their communities.
DAY 2: AUGUST 14, 2020
Finalist Pitches (Session 3 and Session 4)
3:15 PM UTC / 8:15 AM PDT; 5:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Hear from 2020 Finalist teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Learn how families and girls around the world are changing the world with technology. You don’t want to miss hearing from these global changemakers.
3:15 PM UTC / 8:15 AM PDT Pitches:
The Corruption Disrupter, by The Nairobi Tech Girls, Kenya
Talk & Trust, by Pal Pioneers of AI, Palestine
Kuwait Birds Tracker, by SabaFamily, Kuwait
a1,000apps, by Team One, United States.
5:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PDT: Pitches:
LAZOS – close to you, by DEMAC Power Up!, Spain
Mappid, by ColtecAda team, Brazil
MyOuch, by Ouch Bots, United States
Uber4Dogs, by ROC, Canada
App Expo
2:00 PM UTC / 7:15 AM PDT; 4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Drop-in to our Expo Room and check out the projects from our 2020 Regional Winners and Finalists! Learn how young people around the world are making real change in their communities.
Workshops & Panels
DAY 1: AUGUST 13, 2020
Alumni Retreat with LinkedIn
1:00 PM UTC / 6:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for:This event is only open to Alumni, meaning students who have completed Technovation Girls or Technovation Families
What you’ll do & learn: Get ready to make a great first impression online with this workshop with Barbie Ramey and Matt Almeranti from LinkedIn! In this interactive demonstration, you’ll learn how to create a basic Linkedin profile that gets attention, craft a direct message that gets a connection made, and how to use LinkedIn to get ready for an interview.
*Please note: you must be 16 or older to use LinkedIn, but this information younger alumni are welcome to attend this workshop for learning purposes.
Workshop with Transcend about User Privacy
2:20 PM UTC / 7:20 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone! (may be of special interest to those building apps and companies)
What you’ll do & learn: Do you want to build a world-changing start-up? Then it’s time to start thinking about how you’ll keep your users’ data safe. In this hands-on workshop with Transcend, you’ll learn how to consider your users’ privacy as you build your business and keep it – and them –safe.
Panel for New Technovation Partners
2:20 PM UTC / 7:20 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Anyone who is new to Technovation programs and wants to get involved! (This includes students, families, girls, mentors, partners etc.)
What you’ll do & learn: Wondering how you can bring Technovation to your community? Then don’t miss this panel!Join this panel where you will be able to hear directly for community leaders who are doing that. We’ve also invited teams to share their experience in the program. Have some questions? This is the place for you. Here you will have the opportunity to ask questions to the panelists or a Technovation team member.
Virtual tour of life at HSBC & Panel Discussion
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone! (Especially great for parents and students interested in career readiness)
What you’ll do & learn:HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. They aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfill their hopes and realize their ambitions. Over 235,000 employees support their 40million+ customers! That’s a lot of people doing a lot of jobs we will never have heard of. During this session, we’re going to hear from three senior women at HSBC about their careers, skills used in their roles and thoughts on the future.
Workshop with Google Dialogflow
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Learn how to build your startup, project, or idea through creating a dialogflow agent. Understand how to design and integrate a conversational user interface into mobile apps, web applications, devices, and interactive voice response systems.
Workshop with Nuance: Starting a career in tech
6:00 PM UTC / 11:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone! (May be of special interest to those interested in pursuing a career in a tech field)
What you’ll do & learn: Join a conversation with Nuance, a pioneer and leader in conversational AI technology! Hear from a current intern and 3 women currently working at Nuance. Learn about how they got to where they are today and what it takes to be a technologist and professional working in the tech industry.
DAY 2: AUGUST 14, 2020
Alumni Q&A: Ask a serial entrepreneur (with Eva Ho)
1:00 PM UTC / 6:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Technovation Alumni (including those who participated in the program in 2020)
What you’ll do & learn: Join us for a Q&A session with serial entrepreneur and Venture Investor, Eva Ho Moderated by Student Ambassador Meghana K., this panel will explore key questions to consider when thinking about a career path, like:
- How do I discover what I want to do?
- How do I build a network of support or find a mentor?
- And what if I end up in a job that is not at all what I expected? Is it ever too late to switch careers?
Parent workshop
2:15 PM UTC / 7:15 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Parents of Technovation participants
What you’ll do & learn: Help your child build critical skills, even during the pandemic. It’s back-to-school season but parents around the world are feeling overwhelmed as schools go back online or part-time. In this interactive, working session we’ll share some strategies and tools that will help you identify ways to reduce stress while ensuring your children are building the skills they need for the future. Walk away from this session with a clear plan to prepare your kids for the future…while deepening your bond with your child and not sacrificing your working or personal time.
Workshop with Autodesk: Biomimicry and Using Nature as a Design Partner with Tinkercad
2:15 PM UTC / 7:15 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: How do architects, engineers, and other innovators use nature as a design partner? In this session, we will explore the concept of biomimicry and then use nature as an inspiration for designing a new product. This will include a demonstration of Tinkercad, a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
Workshop with SparkFun: Finding the Right Programmable Hardware Platform for Your Idea
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Join SparkFun Electronics in a 3 part workshop that is part hands on, part informational deep dive and part Q&A diving into and exploring the most relevant hardware platforms for programmable electronics today, all without hardware in hand (No hardware purchase necessary!). From the approachable and inexpensive micro:bit to embedding a full blown computer with the Raspberry Pi and finally looking at a Machine Learning/AI platform in the Nvidia Jetson Nano. We will demystify all three platforms, their benefits and pitfalls as well as a few great example projects to inspire and get you thinking about how to incorporate programmable hardware into your next project.
Mentor Workshop: Virtual Mentorship
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Technovation Mentors and Judges
What you’ll do & learn: With online learning becoming increasingly necessary, it is imperative that student’s don’t lose out on the opportunity to build meaningful support networks. In this session, learn tips for how to transition from an in person mentor to a virtual mentor!
Community Celebrations
DAY 1: AUGUST 13, 2020
Open & Welcome Keynote from Tara Chklovski, Technovation Founder and CEO
2:00 PM UTC / 7:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: It’s finally time – World Summit begins! Technovation founder and CEO Tara Chklovski will open World Summit with a few words of encouragement and congratulations and explain how the Summit is organized. Don’t miss this talk: you’ll want to know what to expect over the next two days!
Day 1 Closing & Celebration
7:30 PM UTC / 12:30 PM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Come together as a global community once again as we wrap up the first day of World Summit. We’ll share a few moments to say thank you to everyone who’s attended today and who has inspired, encouraged, and helped us this year.
DAY 2: AUGUST 14, 2020
Day 2 Opening Talk: Kate Parker from Transcend
2:00 PM UTC / 7:00 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Join us for a few inspiring words from Kate Parker, Head of Marketing at Transcend, and a member of Technovation’s Board. Come together as a global community and learn more about what’s happening during Day 2!
Award ceremony & Final Closing
5:30 PM UTC / 10:30 AM PDT
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Let’s come together as a global community one last time for the awards ceremony and our final celebration of all of the hard work, dedication, and incredible resilience every single person involved in Technovation demonstrated this year.
The best way to see the full World Summit Agenda is to register for the event; but you can also keep scrolling to see which events interest you most!
Full World Summit Agenda
Please note that some workshops and panels are only open to specific participants and their titles are listed in light blue. Panels and workshops that are open to everyone are listed in green!
Day 1: August 13th, 2020
Highlights: We think all of our events and workshops are spectacular but the events you don’t want to miss are: Finalist Pitches (8:20 AM PDT; 12:00 PM PDT), Featured Keynote with Astronaut Moghbeli (10:20 AM PDT), and workshops with Transcend (7:20 AM PDT),HSBC (9:00 AM PDT), Google (9:00 AM PDT), and Nuance (11:00AM PDT).
1:00 PM UTC / 6:00 AM PDT
Alumni Retreat with LinkedIn
Who it’s for: Students who have completed Technovation Girls or Technovation Families
What you’ll do & learn: Get ready to make a great first impression online with this workshop with Barbie Ramey and Matt Almeranti from LinkedIn! In this interactive demonstration, you’ll learn how to create a basic Linkedin profile that gets attention, craft a direct message that gets a connection made, and how to use LinkedIn to get ready for an interview.
*Please note: you must be 16 or older to use LinkedIn, but this information younger alumni are welcome to attend this workshop for learning purposes.
2:00 PM UTC / 7:00 AM PDT
Open & Welcome Keynote from Tara Chklovski, Technovation Founder and CEO
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: It’s finally time – World Summit begins! Technovation founder and CEO Tara Chklovski will open World Summit with a few words of encouragement and congratulations and explain how the Summit is organized. Don’t miss this talk: you’ll want to know what to expect over the next two days!
2:20 PM UTC / 7:20 AM PDT
Workshop with Transcend about User Privacy
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Do you want to build a world-changing start-up? Then it’s time to start thinking about how you’ll keep your users’ data safe. In this hands-on workshop with Transcend, you’ll learn how to consider your users’ privacy as you build your business and keep it – and them –safe.
2:20 PM UTC / 7:20 AM PDT
Panel for New Technovation Partners
Who it’s for: New and potential partners who want to get involved and lead Technovation programs
What you’ll do & learn: Wondering how you can bring Technovation to your community? Then don’t miss this panel!Join this panel where you will be able to hear directly for community leaders who are doing that. We’ve also invited teams to share their experience in the program. Have some questions? This is the place for you. Here you will have the opportunity to ask questions to the panelists or a Technovation team member.
3:20 PM UTC / 8:20 AM PDT
Finalist Pitches! (Session 1)
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Hear from 2020 Finalist teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Learn how families and girls around the world are changing the world with technology. You don’t want to miss hearing from these global changemakers.
Who’s pitching:
Goal Shadowing by One World Beyond Pandemic, Global
Help2Hear, by AI Zone, Kazakhstan
Anti-Child Abduction App, by Islam’s Family, Pakistan
Zesha, by Jyothi, India
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Virtual tour of life at HSBC & Panel Discussion
Who it’s for: Everyone! (Especially great for parents and students interested in career readiness)
What you’ll do & learn:HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. They aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfill their hopes and realize their ambitions. Over 235,000 employees support their 40million+ customers! That’s a lot of people doing a lot of jobs we will never have heard of. During this session, we’re going to hear from three senior women at HSBC about their careers, skills used in their roles and thoughts on the future.
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Workshop with Google Dialogflow
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn:Learn how to build your startup, project, or idea through creating a dialogflow agent. Understand how to design and integrate a conversational user interface into mobile apps, web applications, devices, and interactive voice response systems.
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
App Expo
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Drop-in to our Expo Room and check out the projects from our 2020 Regional Winners and Finalists! Learn how young people around the world are making real change in their communities.
5:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PDT
Fireside chat with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Marian Croak and Tara Chklovski
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn:Join Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women and Marian Croak, Vice President of Site Reliability Engineering for Ads, Corporate Engineering and YouTube, at Google, Inc. for a conversation moderated by Tara Chklovski, Technovation founder and CEO.
5:30 PM UTC / 10:30 AM PDT
Keynote speaker and Q&A – Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Don’t miss this incredible speech from NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli! Jasmin embodies the perseverance and lifelong learning that we encourage in our students—from her educational background in aerospace engineering and decorated military career to now awaiting final assignment as a fully-trained Astronaut Candidate. As an engineer, woman, and Iranian-American in the most recently graduated NASA Astronaut Class, Jasmin is an incredible role model whom we are honored to have as our Keynote Speaker. Q&A to follow after the speech.
6:00 PM UTC / 11:00 AM PDT
Workshop with Nuance: Starting a career in tech
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Join a conversation with Nuance, a pioneer and leader in conversational AI technology! Hear from a current intern and 3 women currently working at Nuance. Learn about how they got to where they are today and what it takes to be a technologist and professional working in the tech industry.
6:00 PM UTC / 11:00 AM PDT
App Expo
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Drop-in to our Expo Room and check out the projects from our 2020 Regional Winners and Finalists! Learn how young people around the world are making real change in their communities.
7:00 PM UTC / 12:00 PM PDT
Finalist Pitches (Session 2)
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Hear from 2020 Finalist teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Learn how families and girls around the world are changing the world with technology. You don’t want to miss hearing from these global changemakers.
Who’s pitching:
A10, by A10 Box, Spain
Memory Haven, by Memory Haven, Ireland
RecycleRight, by Team RecycleRight, United States
Eunomia, by almost vegan, New Zealand
7:30 PM UTC / 12:30 PM PDT
Day 1 Closing & Celebration
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Come together as a global community once again as we wrap up the first day of World Summit. We’ll share a few moments to say thank you to everyone who’s attended today and who has inspired, encouraged, and helped us this year.
1:00 AM UTC / 6:00 PM PDT
Chapter Ambassador retreat
Who it’s for: Chapter Ambassadors (formerly known as Regional Ambassadors) who have lead or are interested in leading Technovation programs in their communities.
Day 2: August 14th, 2020
Highlights: We think all of our events and workshops are spectacular but events to watch are: Finalist Pitches, Featured Keynote with Olympian Nat Cook, App Expos, and workshops with Autodesk and Sparkfun,and of course, the big event, the Celebration and Award Ceremony.
1:00 PM UTC / 6:00 AM PDT
Alumni Q&A: Ask a serial entrepreneur (with Eva Ho)
Who it’s for: Technovation Alumni (including those who participated in the program in 2020)
What you’ll do & learn: Join us for a Q&A session with serial entrepreneur and Venture Investor, Eva Ho Moderated by Student Ambassador Meghana K., this panel will explore key questions to consider when thinking about a career path, like:
- How do I discover what I want to do?
- How do I build a network of support or find a mentor?
- And what if I end up in a job that is not at all what I expected? Is it ever too late to switch careers?
1:00 PM UTC / 6:00 AM PDT
Chapter Ambassador retreat
Who it’s for: Chapter Ambassadors (formerly known as Regional Ambassadors) who have lead or are interested in leading Technovation programs in their communities.
2:00 PM UTC / 7:00 AM PDT
Day 2 Opening Talk: Kate Parker from Transcend
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Join us for a few inspiring words from Kate Parker, Head of Marketing at Transcend, and a member of Technovation’s Board. Come together as a global community and learn more about what’s happening during Day 2!
2:15 PM UTC / 7:15 AM PDT
Parent workshop
Who it’s for: Parents of Technovation participants
What you’ll do & learn: Help your child build critical skills, even during the pandemic. It’s back-to-school season but parents around the world are feeling overwhelmed as schools go back online or part-time. In this interactive, working session we’ll share some strategies and tools that will help you identify ways to reduce stress while ensuring your children are building the skills they need for the future. Walk away from this session with a clear plan to prepare your kids for the future…while deepening your bond with your child and not sacrificing your working or personal time.
2:15 PM UTC / 7:15 AM PDT
Workshop with Autodesk: Biomimicry and Using Nature as a Design Partner with Tinkercad
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: How do architects, engineers, and other innovators use nature as a design partner? In this session, we will explore the concept of biomimicry and then use nature as an inspiration for designing a new product. This will include a demonstration of Tinkercad, a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
2:15 PM UTC / 7:15 AM PDT
App Expo
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Drop-in to our Expo Room and check out the projects from our 2020 Regional Winners and Finalists! Learn how young people around the world are making real change in their communities.
3:15 PM UTC / 8:15 AM PDT
Finalist Pitches (Session 3)
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Hear from 2020 Finalist teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Learn how families and girls around the world are changing the world with technology. You don’t want to miss hearing from these global changemakers.
Who’s pitching:
The Corruption Disrupter, by The Nairobi Tech Girls, Kenya
Talk & Trust, by Pal Pioneers of AI, Palestine
Kuwait Birds Tracker, by SabaFamily, Kuwait
a1,000apps, by Team One, United States
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Workshop with SparkFun: Finding the Right Programmable Hardware Platform for Your Idea
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Join SparkFun Electronics in a 3 part workshop that is part hands on, part informational deep dive and part Q&A diving into and exploring the most relevant hardware platforms for programmable electronics today, all without hardware in hand (No hardware purchase necessary!). From the approachable and inexpensive micro:bit to embedding a full blown computer with the Raspberry Pi and finally looking at a Machine Learning/AI platform in the Nvidia Jetson Nano. We will demystify all three platforms, their benefits and pitfalls as well as a few great example projects to inspire and get you thinking about how to incorporate programmable hardware into your next project.
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
Mentor Workshop: Virtual Mentorship
Who it’s for: Technovation Mentors and Judges
What you’ll do & learn: With online learning becoming increasingly necessary, it is imperative that student’s don’t lose out on the opportunity to build meaningful support networks. In this session, learn tips for how to transition from an in person mentor to a virtual mentor!
4:00 PM UTC / 9:00 AM PDT
App Expo
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Drop-in to our Expo Room and check out the projects from our 2020 Regional Winners and Finalists! Learn how young people around the world are making real change in their communities.
5:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PDT
Finalist Pitches (Session 4)
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Hear from 2020 Finalist teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Learn how families and girls around the world are changing the world with technology. You don’t want to miss hearing from these global changemakers.
Who’s pitching:
LAZOS – close to you, by DEMAC Power Up!, Spain
Mappid, by ColtecAda team, Brazil
MyOuch, by Ouch Bots, United States
Uber4Dogs, by ROC, Canada
5:30 PM UTC / 10:30 AM PDT
Day 2 Closing Keynote: Nat Cook
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Nat Cook is a five-time Olympian, Gold Medalist, author, and a sought-after international inspirational speaker. Don’t miss her amazing keynote on perseverance and resilience!
Award ceremony & Final Closing
Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Let’s come together as a global community one last time for the awards ceremony and our final celebration of all of the hard work, dedication, and incredible resilience every single person involved in Technovation demonstrated this year.
1:00 AM UTC / 6:00 PM PDT
Chapter Ambassador Retreat
Who it’s for: Current Chapter and Club Ambassadors (formerly known as Regional Ambassadors)