BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Austin Technology Council - ECPv6.11.0.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Austin Technology Council X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Austin Technology Council REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191003T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191003T140000 DTSTAMP:20260418T194330 CREATED:20190906T141049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190906T141049Z UID:10001670-1570096800-1570111200@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:MECA Career Expo DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the Multi-Ethnic Chamber Alliance (MECA) and the City of Austin\, we invite you to our 13th Annual Multicultural Career Expo. \nThis career expo provides a platform for companies to meet with multi-cultural job-seekers. Whether you are currently in need of a job\, looking for a new career\, or just starting out\, the MECA Career Expo is a great step forward towards a brighter future. \nRSVP here if you are a job seeker \nInformation Sessions\nWorkforce Solutions Capital Area (WSCA) provides free services to both companies who are hiring\, as well as to job seekers. Learn how they can assist you at the sessions below. No registration is needed\, just head to rooms at the scheduled times. \n10:45 AM – 11:15 AM  WSCA resources for Employers\n12:15 PM – 12:45 PM  WSCA resources for Job Seekers \nVendor Application\nAre you a company looking for diverse talent? We invite you to apply to participate as a vendor. There is no cost and we will provide a table and 2 chairs (no power outlets are available). \nVendor spaces are on a first-come\, first-served basis. Spaces are limited\, so we urge you to apply early.  Registration will close on September 27\, 2019. \nClick here to apply to be a vendor \nIf you have any questions\, feel free to contact Yishan Persyn URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/meca-career-expo/ LOCATION:Workforce Solutions Capital Area\, 9001 N IH 35\, Suite 110\, Austin\, TX\, 85753\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T170000 DTSTAMP:20260418T194331 CREATED:20190925T152405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190925T152405Z UID:10001678-1570626000-1570640400@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:Accelerated Introduction to AI & Machine Learning DESCRIPTION:AI is one of the most transformative technologies of our time\, and is already starting to revolutionize mobility\, healthcare\, business\, research\, public safety\, national security/defense\, and more. AI will transform society and the workforce—many jobs will be changed or eliminated\, while other jobs will be elevated or created. Thus\, learning AI is about to be very important for professional in all industries as well as government and education. However\, most current AI classes are either too brief for teaching machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) to be used for real work\, or too long for professionals to be able to devote sufficient time to complete. \nIn this class\, we will leverage experience working with real customers in industry\, government and higher education to deliver an accelerated introduction to ML and DL covering all stages—from data preparation to training to inferencing—with real examples showcasing the power\, and appropriate usage\, of both. We will use pre-prepared scripts\, data\, and codes\, and the ‘cooking show’ method of moving to completed versions of each step quickly\, enabling listeners to understand each step without spending hours/days of actual data manipulation and coding. \nAfter this class\, attendees will be able to:\n1. Understand what AI and machine learning (ML) are\, and learn the commonly used types – both classical ML and deep learning (DL).\n2. Learn how to choose the appropriate ML or DL techniques for different kinds of problems and purposes\, and why.\n3. Execute the entire process (steps) to get from raw data all the way to insight/prediction/decision with machine learning and deep learning. \nInstructors:\n– Jay Boisseau\, PhD- CEO of Vizias and AI & HPC Technology Strategist at Dell EMC\n– John Lockman- CTO of Vizias and AI Developer at Dell EMC\n– Luke Wilson\, PhD – Chief Analytics Officer of Vizias and AI & Data Analytics Researcher at Dell EMC\n___________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nStay after the workshop for our first Austin AI Ecosystem meetup. The meetup will take place in the same building on the 8th Floor of Capital Factory. Details are below. \nAustin AI Ecosystem\nOctober 9\, 2019\n5:30pm – 7:00pm\nCapital Factory | 8th Floor – Center for Defense Innovation\nWe will invite leaders from across the AI ecosystem in Austin\, provide an overview of the AI market and Austin ecosystem\, and form working groups to develop ideas and recommendations for the three objectives above (and maybe more) to be presented at the second meetup in November. URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/accelerated-introduction-to-ai-machine-learning/ LOCATION:Capital Factory: 1st Floor | Devvie Room\, 701 Brazos Street\, Austin\, 78701\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ai.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Vizias Research Education &%3B Outreach":MAILTO:info@vizias.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T190000 DTSTAMP:20260418T194331 CREATED:20190925T150033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190925T152413Z UID:10001676-1570642200-1570647600@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:Austin AI Ecosystem Initiative DESCRIPTION:AI is potentially one of the most transformative technologies in human history—and may have impact that exceeds even the Internet and web\, laptop and smartphones\, and supercomputers. AI is poised to reshape mobility\, healthcare\, industry\, government\, safety\, national security\, and more. However\, the new wave of AI—machine learning and especially deep learning—is complex and evolving rapidly\, requires new hardware and software for maximum performance\, and faces challenges in adoption and measurement of ROI\, explainability and forensic analysis\, and bias and other ethical issues. Nonetheless\, AI is deemed by many innovators\, researchers\, business leaders\, and more as being the most revolutionary (and by a few\, potentially dangerous) technology of our time. \nAustin is one of the leading technology cities in the world\, as home to the major offices and headquarters of companies such as Dell\, IBM\, AMD\, Arm\, Apple\, Facebook\, Google\, Amazon\, and more\, with a creative entrepreneurial scene as well. Austin is now home to many AI-focused companies from startup to global in scale\, and Austin can promote itself to the center of this discussion by focusing not only on AI-technology\, but also on the numerous business\, security\, and societal impacts AI is projected to have. From healthcare diagnostics and treatments to smart cars buildings and smart cities\, AI will affect the lives of not only businesses and governments but of everyone in more ways than we can imagine. Understanding how this technology works\, and how to best shape its usage by both governmental and commercial entities will require us to go beyond just the latest advances of the state-of-the-art-AI. It will force us to confront the many challenges we will encounter as we move away from human-intensive manual processes to automated decision-making systems. \nThe objective of this first Austin AI Ecosystem Initiative meetup is to establish some guidelines of how we can best leverage Austin’s tech community and AI players as a leading city for AI development and application: in industry\, in research\, in education\, and in social impact. \nThere are there major objectives for this first meetup:\n1. Establish an Austin AI Consortium to promote collaboration on pre-competitive issues to advance innovation and application of AI\n2. Develop a report and recommendations for attracting funding—investment\, state\, and federal—for pre-competitive research\, for education\, and more\n3. Create an annual conference in Austin to bring together stakeholders and ecosystem partners united in a mission to accelerate AI impact for good: for business and economies\, for safety and society\, for security and welfare. \nWe will invite leaders from across the AI ecosystem in Austin\, provide an overview of the AI market and Austin ecosystem\, and form working groups to develop ideas and recommendations for the three objectives above (and maybe more) to be presented at the second meetup in November. URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/austin-ai-ecosystem-initiative/ LOCATION:Capital Factory: 8th Floor – Center for Defense Innovation\, 701 Brazos Street\, Austin\, 78701\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/3c6fa4463bacfc2f627de1f2ad0c48f0.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Vizias Research Education &%3B Outreach":MAILTO:info@vizias.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191017T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191017T200000 DTSTAMP:20260418T194331 CREATED:20191008T143354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191008T143354Z UID:10001685-1571335200-1571342400@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:The Evolution of Energy: Enabling a Clean\, Sustainable Future DESCRIPTION:Early man harnessed fire\, the Industrial Revolution gave us the steam engine\, and combustion engines changed the way we travel. Although energy technologies have transformed humanity’s ability to thrive and grow\, they sometimes had unintended consequences\, positive and negative. As new energy technologies emerge to improve or replace older ones\, they address the limitations of previous technologies and usher in entirely new capabilities. \nFor example\, the way we generate and consume electricity for the past century has been dominated by fossil fuels providing great\, cheap energy production\, but also some negative environmental impacts. How we drive around in our gas burning cars is now a rapidly aging and potentially soon to be irrelevant technology and infrastructure. Technology-enabled innovation – electrification\, renewable energy\, distributed power storage\, and electric and self-driving cars and big trucks can and will fundamentally change how we consume and use energy as a resource. What is the hype vs. reality of these new opportunities for industry and society while also protecting our planet? How does this affect you individually and our city in the short and the long term? Come listen\, enjoy energy interactive stations to include a VR demo\, and ask questions to discover global trends and local solutions today and into the near future. \nWe welcome your participation! Please email us with your questions\, answers\, and prognostications in advance. \nAdmission to the monthly Austin Forum events is always free.\n​\nThe Austin Forum accepts donations of used smart phones and tablets at all our events. All devices will have a factory reset and be set up as new by the team at Austin Pathways’ nationally-recognized “Unlocking the Connection” initiative\, which will connect every public housing resident with a digital device\, digital literacy\, and a free or very low-cost internet connection. Your donated phone can change lives and help close Austin’s digital divide\, thanks to Austin Pathways. URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/the-evolution-of-energy-enabling-a-clean-sustainable-future/ LOCATION:Austin Central Library\, 710 W Cesar Chavez St\, Austin\, TX 78701\, Austin\, 78701\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sustainable-clean-energy-p9wlkah-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Austin Forum on Technology &%3B Society":MAILTO:info@austinforum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191022T163000 DTSTAMP:20260418T194331 CREATED:20191018T170028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T170028Z UID:10001711-1571749200-1571761800@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:Austin Civic Solutions Reverse Pitch - Part 2 DESCRIPTION:Austin organizations responsible for civic services and infrastructure will share their top challenges and priorities in need of solutions \nAustin Civic Solutions Reverse Pitch – Part 2 Agenda\n1:00pm – 1:15pm | Introductions\n1:15pm – 1:45pm | Workshop: Funding & Business Model Tutorial for Sustainable Smart City Projects\n1:45pm – 4:00pm | Reverse Pitch Presentations\n4:00pm – 4:30pm | Workshop: Design Thinking Tutorial for Creating Smart City Projects\n4:30pm – 6:00pm | ​Post Event Networking – Location TBD \nSmart cities solutions can help improve the quality—health\, safety\, mobility\, sustainability\, and more—of cities through data analytics that support decision makers and civic professionals. However\, smart city solutions are relatively new\, complex\, and require detailed understanding of cities and issues. Solution providers frequently pitch their research and business ideas generically to many cities\, so city staff and civic organization leaders are used to hearing generic solutions about complex issues that are specific to their communities. \nAt the Austin Civic Solutions Reverse Pitch\, we are taking a new approach to better serve Austin. Government entities and civic organizations that serve Austin will share their top issues and desired outcomes so that solution providers—vendors\, researchers\, civic action groups\, etc.—can learn how to develop and tailor effective solutions to achieve these specific outcomes. The Civic Solutions Reverse Pitch – Part 1 featured presenters from the City of Austin\, Travis County\, Downtown Austin Alliance\, Austin Chamber of Commerce\, the Housing Authority for the City of Austin\, and Central Health. The Civic Solutions Reverse Pitch – Part 2 will feature presenters from the City of Austin\, Capital Metro\, Austin Energy\, and more. The full agenda will be available closer to the event date. \nThe Reverse Pitch events series is about understanding Austin civic issues and desired outcomes. We have a follow up event on November 12\, 2019 where solution providers will present\, discuss\, and demonstrate potential solutions to the top civic issues and priorities in Austin. At the Austin Civic Solutions Showcase and Expo solutions providers–vendors\, startups\, researchers\, and more–can present and demonstrate their solutions to achieve outcomes presented at the Civic Solutions Reverse Pitch Events and/or the strategic plans of civic service organization & government agencies (e.g.\, the Austin Strategic Direction 2023 report for the City of Austin). \nAt the Austin Civic Solutions Reverse Pitch – Part 2\, in addition to the Reverse Pitch presentations\, we will be hosting two workshops. \nWorkshop One – Funding & Business Model Tutorial for Sustainable Smart City Projects: from revenue sharing to crowd sourcing to grants to city funding to foundations and more—have been used to seed and sustain smart cities projects\, and this will help you decide which might apply to your projects \nWorkshop Two – Design Thinking Tutorial for Creating Smart City Projects: how to use design thinking to design a great project\, considering all stakeholders and implications\, and maximize chances for success \nFor updated information visit our website at austincityup.org/civicsolutionsreversepitch \nIf you are interested in presenting at the October 22nd Reverse Pitch or the November 12th Showcase & Expo please contact us at info@austincityup.org. URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/austin-civic-solutions-reverse-pitch-part-2/ LOCATION:Austin City Hall\, 301 West 2nd Street\, Austin\, 78701\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ACUP-medium-logo-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191024T160000 DTSTAMP:20260418T194331 CREATED:20190802T143118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190802T143624Z UID:10001399-1571817600-1571932800@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:2-Day Sales Academy DESCRIPTION:The 2-Day Sales Academy introduces the core principles of the Sandler Sales System\, a proven\, integrity based system that promotes a more effective and efficient sales process. The 2-Day Sales training is for those willing to invest the time and effort into learning new material and being open to trying things that seem counter-intuitive. This class will make you re-evaluate everything you were taught about sales. URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/2-day-sales-academy-3/ LOCATION:Market Sense\, Inc. Sandler Training\, 12407\, HYEMEADOW DR.\, AUSTIN\, TX\, 78750\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/August-Sales-Academy-4-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Austin Technology Council":MAILTO:info@www.austintechnologycouncil.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191025T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191025T120000 DTSTAMP:20260418T194331 CREATED:20190802T144214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190802T144214Z UID:10001405-1571992200-1572004800@www.austintechnologycouncil.org SUMMARY:Half Day Prospecting Workshop DESCRIPTION:Learn to avoid hangups\, reach decision-makers\, and engage Prospects using Sandler’s no pressure prospecting format. These key principles will also help you with effective networking\, getting referrals and converting inbound calls. Finally\, learn high impact strategies to overcome call anxiety and stay in the moment even on challenging calls. URL:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/event/half-day-prospecting-workshop-3/ LOCATION:Market Sense\, Inc. Sandler Training\, 12407\, HYEMEADOW DR.\, AUSTIN\, TX\, 78750\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.austintechnologycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Copy-of-August-Sales-Academy-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Austin Technology Council":MAILTO:info@www.austintechnologycouncil.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR