DivInc's 5th Annual Champions of Change Awards
2023-03-02 17:30 - 22:30 (America/Chicago) | Distribution Hall, 1500 East 4th Street, Austin, TX, 78702, United States
Join us for DivInc’s 2023 Champions of Change Awards presented by Notley!
​DivInc is proud to announce its 5th annual Champions of Change Awards presented by Notley! This special event recognizes local individuals who not only hold diversity as a core value, they also “walk the talk” to make Austin a truly inclusive community.
​A Selection Committee, made up of diverse and distinguished leaders from Austin, have selected honorees for the following categories: Executive of the Year, DEI Leader of the Year, Young Leader of the Year, Champion of the Year, Investor of the Year, Startup Leader of the Year, Rising Star of the Year, Spacemaker of the Year, and Non-Profit Leader of the Year.
​There’s also a People’s Choice Award!
​Join us as we celebrate all the people who work tirelessly to bring diversity, equity, and inclusion to our community!
​This is DivInc’s annual signature fundraising event, and all proceeds go toward supporting the mission of DivInc, to generate social and economic equity through entrepreneurship.

2023 ATC Gateway Happy Hour
2023-03-07 17:30 - 20:00 | The Dogwood, 715 West 6th St, Austin, 78701
GATEWAY 2023.
GATEWAY 2023
Title Sponsor – SAILPOINT.
Supporting Sponsor – PERKINS COIE
Entertainment Sponsor – UPSTART13
It is springtime and ATC is ready to have an old-fashioned Austin Tech Party. To kick off all the festivities with SXSW and all the other springtime events in Central Texas, join ATC for a party like its 1999. No posh hotel ballroom, nothing fancy or pretentious, no presentations…. just technology community networking. Come meet people from the Austin Technology Council and the whole tech ecosystem.
Get your tickets early, as this event will sell out. More information coming in the following weeks.
MARCH 7, 2023 from 5:30-8:00 PM.
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Want to sponsor this event? Reach out now to thom@AustinTechnologyCouncil.org.

How Technology is Innovating (and Improving) Global Financial Markets
2023-03-07 18:15 - 19:45 | Austin Central Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin, Austin, texas, 78702, Select a Country:
Today’s financial markets are deeply dependent on technology to improve their function and enable expanded access to all participants. But why is technology so fundamental to modern markets? In this month’s Austin Forum, Optiver’s Scott Richardson and Luke Wilson will walk us through the role of financial markets in today’s society and how technologies, like machine learning and reprogrammable hardware, make modern financial markets possible.​

The Value-Driven Start Up
2023-03-09 13:00 - 17:00 | We Work, 801 Barton Springs, Austin, 78704, United States
Opportunity for Early-Stage Startup Founders

Are you tired of spinning your wheels and not seeing the results you want in the market? Do you want to build a product that customers love and that can truly make a difference?
Join Linnify’s “Experiment Your Way to Market Success” events in March to gain valuable insights on how to clarify your startup’s unique value proposition in the market and test assumptions efficiently. These events also offer the opportunity to hear directly from investors about what they are seeking in terms of market validation, ultimately helping you streamline your startup’s journey to success.
Event dates:

March 1st at The Carpenter Hotel with Hall T. Martin
March 9th at WeWork 801 Barton Springs with Elizabeth Jennings

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1h | Market validation for investing in early-stage startups with Hall T. Martin / Elizabeth Jennings
2h | WORKSHOP – Creating unique value in the market with Catalin Briciu
1h | The path to your first “anchor” or “lighthouse” customers with David Valentino
Register now HERE to secure your spot. Limited spots are available.
BONUS – every startup founder’s favorite menu included: pizza and beers!
For additional information, you can reach Catalin at:
+1 (737) 251 4685
catalin.briciu@linnify.com

March ATC Roundtable Breakfast - With Futurist Simon Anderson
2023-03-14 08:30 - 10:00 | Location TBD
Is your company future ready? Do your team members think about how changes in technology and society will impact your industry, your company, and their jobs?
Simon Anderson is a futurist who will challenge the way you and your team look at being future ready. He will talk about how fast things are changing, how to spot trends, and 5 tips for becoming future ready.
Location of this event is still to be decided. 8:30 – 10:00 AM.

Capital of Texas ISSA August Chapter Meeting
2023-03-21 11:30 - 13:00, 2023-04-21 11:30 - 13:00, 2023-05-21 11:30 - 13:00, 2023-06-21 11:30 - 13:00, 2023-07-21 11:30 - 13:00, 2023-08-21 11:30 - 13:00 | Joe C Thompson Conference Center at the University of Texas, 2405 Robert Dedman Drive, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
How to Protect Your Company During a Merger
Protect your manufacturing, business systems, IT operations and employees during a merger. Learn specific mitigation techniques used to protect Operational Technology (OT) from production networks and information assets from vulnerable remote access.
Learn about strategies successfully used to:
• Get the budget needed
• Rapidly integrate IT operations
• Grow staff size and proficiency.
These techniques were employed successfully during the merger and rapid integration of a Fortune 500 company into a Fortune Global 500 company. Other topics covered include risk assessment, budget justification, and fostering collaboration.

Discussion of "Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology"
2023-03-23 19:15 - 20:30 | Online via zoom, TX, United States
For our March monthly online book discussion, Austin Forum board member and AMD Senior Fellow, Mike Ignatowski, will lead us in a conversation about the book “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology.” In this historical account that reads like a thriller, Chris Miller brings context to the current state of microchip technology and semiconductors and how that plays a role in geopolitics, national security, and the global economy. He takes readers on a journey that starts with the birth of Silicon Valley and ends with a competitive US-China relationship reminiscent of US foreign relationships during the Cold War. Join us as we discuss Miller’s work; the complexity of the situation; the implications these complexities could have on the global status quo; and what the future looks like in a world where resources are scarce, the supply chain is unstable, and stakes are high.

3 Keys to CEO Success with Joel Trammell
2023-04-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Location TBD
Title: 3 Keys to CEO Success with Joel Trammell
Description: In this class you will learn three essential insights from a CEO who has been there and done it.

a mental model to effectively approach the CEO role,
how to align the entire organization towards the corporate strategic plan,
the 3 most important CEO tools and how to use them.

Speaker Info: Joel Trammell is Chairman Emeritus at ATC. He has founded and led two companies that achieved nine figure exits as well as serving as CEO of a multinational public company. In recent years he has focused his time on teaching CEOs. He co-founded American CEO to teach the essential CEO Playbook on delivering predictable performance. He also owns Texas CEO Magazine and the Texas CEO Ranch. His CEO software CEOS™ is the only CEO-centric software on the market.
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How Close/Far Are We from “Her” - Movie + AI Panel
2023-04-12 19:00 - 21:45 | Violet Crown Cinema, 434 W 2nd St, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
The 2013 movie “Her” is a wonderful science fiction movie about AI having evolved to the point of general intelligence, even sentience. There are no robotics in this AI movie—it is all about the powerful but human-like AI capabilities of his “OS.” “Her” is inspiring and thought-provoking but represents a realistically still far away or possibly unattainable. And yet, on November 30, 2022—just 9 years after “Her”—ChatGPT emerged and suddenly everyone was talking about how it mimics conversation, can be trained on more data than any human could ever learn, etc. (Read our short interview with ChatGPT and you’ll see.) Coupled with AI technologies for turning text to voice and vice versa, one could imagine a verbal form of ChatGPT—and being to wonder if “Her” is much closer than we thought!
Join us for a showing of “Her” followed by a Q&A session with AI experts, including natural language processing (NLP). They will answer your questions and will share their perspectives on the state and future of NLP and the possibility of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and sentience. The movie is still thought-provoking, and our panel will help us understand where we are with AI, where AI is headed, and how we might(?) get to “Her” capabilities.

Hire Local Summit
2023-04-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Workforce Solutions Capital Area, 9001 N IH 35, Suite 110, Austin, TX, 85753, United States
This event is for leaders in business, K-12 education, higher education, workforce development, philanthropy, and elected officials who are involved in strategic workforce development in Austin-Travis County.
Workforce Solutions Capital Area will lead a panel discussion with leaders and champions of Austin’s workforce development efforts about what the local labor market has looked like over the last year and what is expected in the year ahead. Panelists will provide input on the importance of connecting local people to in-demand jobs and building community wealth and a path to higher earnings so that more people can afford to stay in Austin.

AI & Whiskey Chat
2023-04-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Trifecta on 3rd, 360 Nueces St #30, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
Join our AI and whiskey experts for another “AI & Whiskey Chat” as we collectively catch up on the latest important and cool developments and news in the field of AI—and do so while sampling and discussing some really good whiskey! Novices are welcome, but the discussion may evolve towards more advanced topics as the discussion and tasting go on! We will have a couple of whiskeys for the tasting (for free), and we hope you’ll support Trifecta, our generous host, while you’re there!

Longhorn Startup Demo Day 2023
2023-04-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St, Austin, 78701, United States
The Longhorn Startup Lab is an intensive project-based course in the Spring semester that identifies student entrepreneurs who are building scalable technology companies and gets them real course credit for working on their startups while still in school.

???? Come see short pitches from the twelve student startups
???????? Network with the UT Austin and larger entrepreneurial community
???? Watch ChatGPT interview Joshua Baer live on stage
???? Find out who wins the $25,000 investment prize???

What are they working on?

Searching photos with computer vision
Getting kids to read more books
Handing out free water bottles with ads on them
Training surgeons on robotic surgery
Helping farmers monetize their carbon credits
More…

Read detailed profiles on each of the 12 student startups on Pitch.vc.
What to expect:
5:30pm – Doors open
6:30pm – DOORS CLOSE and the show starts
8:00pm – $25,000 investment prize
8:30pm – After party at Upstairs at Carolines

Please arrive by 6:30pm. Anyone who arrives after that time will be admit to the overflow room.

Austin AI Ecosystem Meetup
2023-04-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Capital Factory – Voltron Room, 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
Austin has emerged as a leading technology hub, and there is huge potential for leadership in the rapidly growing area of AI. Austin is now home to many AI companies, from new startups to small and midsized companies with significant AI expertise, products, and services. Austin is also the home for the headquarters or large divisions of many national and global technology companies (Dell, IBM, AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, Google, Meta, AWS, Apple, and more) that develop processors, systems, and software used to develop and implement AI in products, services, and/or internal operations. UT Austin’s computer sciences department is nationally ranked in AI, and its Good Systems program is developing responsible AI applications to improve society. Finally, Austin has local, state, and federal government (civilian and defense) organizations and agencies with responsibilities and missions that increasingly require and deploy AI capabilities. In short, Austin’s strong tech sector, UT Austin plus other universities, and extensive government presence, coupled with a creative, can-do culture, should enable Austin to become one of the leading cities in the world in AI development, applications, and impact. To do so will require collaborative participation, organization, and leadership.
The Austin Forum on Technology & Society, Austin’s largest monthly technology events organization, will host an Austin AI Ecosystem Meetup on Tuesday, April 25 at the Capital Factory to bring together AI experts from these constituents to discuss the potential formation of an Austin AI ecosystem initiative. (This meetup reboots an effort started in 2019 but paused by the pandemic, with some initial materials already prepared.) All professionals and researchers who work in AI in Austin are welcome to attend. A small set of AI experts from industry and academia will provide some opening context about possibilities and potential goals and plans, which may include:
Developing an Austin AI ecosystem communications platform to share expertise and ideas
Establishing a blog, podcast, and/or seminar series for Austin AI professionals to share results and next steps
Sharing training opportunities for developing a larger AI workforce
Sharing job, internship, and mentoring opportunities in Austin
Creating new training collaboratively
Establishing an Austin-based AI conference that attracts national and global participation but plays to Austin’s AI core strengths
Creating an annual report on the state of AI in Austin’s industry and how Austin ranks
And possibly, creating a proposal to fund a consortium effort with pre-competitive research, similar to what launched Austin as a semiconductor leader in the Sematech/MCC days
They will then serve as facilitators during open networking, and finally moderate a closing session at which any attendee can share thoughts on the goals/objectives, potential benefits, formation, and/or execution of a sustained effort (with suggestions captured by a scribe). The moderators and attendees and moderators will then take over future planning for this effort (if the consensus is to go forward), and everyone will leave knowing more about the Austin AI ecosystem participants and having established new potential collaborators.

Discussion of "The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI"
2023-04-26 19:15 - 20:30 | Online via zoom, TX, United States
For our April monthly online book discussion, SXSW Co-President Hugh Forrest will lead us in a conversation about the book “The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI.” As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, the need for individuals and organizations to adapt becomes increasingly critical. In this bold new take, author and leadership consultant Nick Chatrath interweaves the analysis of the leadership strategies that sustained us up until this point with “threshold” leadership methods developed with AI in mind. Through anecdotes and research, Chatrath demonstrates that our organizations’ survival and success as individuals depend on the qualities that make us uniquely human. Join us as we discuss this candid call to action, the significance of standing at the precipice of AI superintelligence, and how we can utilize Chatrath’s toolkit to reposition our companies to thrive in an AI-driven world.

May Roundtable Breakfast with Maura Thomas
2023-05-02 08:30 - 10:00 | Location TBD
There’s an overlooked problem in your company and if you want to unleash the true genius of your team, you need to solve it.
• Do you encourage multitasking at your company?
• Do you tell the team to be “responsive” to communication?
• Do you say that your company has an “open door policy?”
Believe it or not, these behaviors are contributing to the problem. Too many professionals (how many at your company?) go home at the end of the day and too often think, “Oh my gosh, I was busy all day and somehow I got nothing done!” This is demotivating, disengaging, and unproductive. It’s holding back your team members from having fulfilling, satisfying work days, and it’s holding back your company’s
success. Join us for this event and learn how to empower your team to go home every day thinking, “Oh my gosh, that was such a good day, I got so much done!” It might be the best time you spend this week.
About Maura
Maura Nevel Thomas is an award-winning international speaker and trainer on individual and corporate productivity and work-life balance, and the most widelycited authority on attention management. She is a TEDx Speaker, founder of Regain Your Time, author of six books, and was named a Top Leadership Speaker in Inc. Magazine. Maura is a featured expert in major business outlets and is a regular
columnist for both Forbes and the Harvard Business Review.
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5th Annual Venturi Charity Shoot
2023-05-04 10:00 - 17:00 | Austin Technology Council HQ, 301 Congress Avenue, Suite #31, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
2023 Venturi Charity Shoot

We hope you’ll join us for the 5th Annual Venturi Private Wealth Charity Shoot, benefitting Honor Flight Austin. This year’s event will include sporting clays, shooting competitions, raffles, a silent auction, and lunch from Crimson Creek Smokehouse.
When: May 4, 2023 |10:00am
Where: Hog Heaven Sporting Club | Dripping Springs, TX
Ticket Type: Spectator $50, Individual Shooter $300, Entire Team $1,200

We are pleased to invite you to join the fifth annual Venturi Charity Shoot benefitting Honor Flight Austin – an organization committed to honoring heroes, which has successfully taken over 2,000 veterans to our nation’s capital to visit the memorials built in their honor.
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Making the Metaverse Matter
2023-05-09 18:15 - 19:45 | Austin Central Library, 710 W. Cesar Chavez Downtown Austin, Austin, texas, 78702, Select a Country:
Metaverse is not a new concept, but it is recently generating lots of buzz as new metaverse games and applications advance in hardware capabilities and software techniques to provide superior experiences. Gaming serves as a big driver, but we are also starting to see innovative applications in education, retail, healthcare, and more. Join us for a conversation with three leading metaverse experts—Amber Allen of Double A Labs, Hrish Lotlikar of Superworld, and Finn Staber of Chicken Waffle—discuss the current state and expected innovations and applications in metaverse technologies and uses. There will be ample time for audience questions, and then networking with the speakers and attendees. And, as always, one lucky in-person attendee will will a badge for SXSW 2024, at which there is sure to (again) be lots of programming about the metaverse!​

Discussion of Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 Will Connect and Transform the World
2023-05-18 19:15 - 20:30 | Online via zoom, TX, United States
For our May online book discussion, Austin Forum Executive Director Jay Boisseau will lead us in a conversation about the book “The Spatial Web: How Web 3.0 will connect humans, machines and AI to transform the world. Authors Dan Mapes and Gabriel René dive into the world wide web’s past, present, and future in this illuminating and optimistic global call to action. Understanding the web’s development and the Internet’s dark sides that have sprouted with these developments, provides society the opportunity to anticipate what is in the future and prepare for it. While there are potential risks to AI, AR and VR, robotics, IoT, and more, Mapes and René explore how the convergence of these technologies with human cognition will foster the Spatial Web, an iteration of the web that holds the Internet and its players accountable in a way it hasn’t before. The authors are optimistic that this is an inevitable evolution of the Internet, but recognize and demand the cooperation of companies, governments, and individuals in ethical practices, social codes, and protocols. Web 3.0 offers exciting possibilities that promise a connected and sustainable future if we make the right decisions about the Spatial Web now. Join us as we discuss these possibilities and the steps of how we get there.

Tech Talent ATX Hiring Event
2023-05-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Workforce Solutions Capital Area, 9001 N IH 35, Suite 110, Austin, TX, 85753, United States
Build a more diverse and highly skilled tech community in Austin. Connect with seasoned tech professionals and our recent bootcamp grads!
Don’t miss the chance to showcase your company, network with top talent, and find your next hire!
Keep Austin Equitable and Hire Local.
**Employers only – please reach out to us directly if you’re a staffing agency or training provider who wants to attend: wfsbst@wfscapitalarea.com**
May 23rd from 1-4pm
Workforce Solutions Capital Area – 9001 N IH 35 Ste 110, Austin, TX 78753
REGSITER YOUR COMPANY HERE

Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening Party -Tso Chinese Takeout & Delivery
2023-05-27 11:00 - 13:00 | 2000 N Mays St, Round Rock, TX 78664, 2000 N Mays St Ste 108, Round Rock, TX, 78664, United States
Tso Chinese Takeout & Delivery opens its fourth location in Round Rock, expanding its reach across the greater Austin area. Come out and celebrate this milestone with us with refreshments and guided tours of our beautiful new facility!
Saturday, May 27th from 11 AM to 1 PM
2000 N Mays St., Round Rock, TX 78664 Suite 108
This event is open to everyone in the community.

Presentation Skills for Executives
2023-06-27 08:30 - 10:00 | Calavista Software (NEW OFFICES), 9225 Bee Cave Rd, Blg A, Ste 350, Austin, 78733, United States
Do you or someone on your team need to improve your speaking skills? The June 27th ATC Roundtable Breakfast will be a presentation about presentations.
Being able to clearly and concisely share your ideas when the speaker at an event is more important than most people think. Every leader should present great content with an engaging speaking style every time they address an audience. But a busy schedule often means executives are winging it most of the time. The problem is when you wing it, you rarely deliver the best presentation.
Austin Technology Council CEO, Thom Singer, has delivered over 1200 professional presentations over 15 years. During this time he has learned how to structure a short talk or a keynote to engage the audience. In this presentation he will share the five tips every executive should know about speaking (inside the company or to a conference audience).
This is a “must attend” event for everyone who wants to learn a few realistic tips on how they can be there best when they take any stage. Be sure to bring any team member who could benefit from being a better speaker.
Join ATC at the new offices of Calavista Software (9225 Bee Cave Rd STE A-350, Austin, TX 78733).
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The New Threats of Misinformation & Disinformation—and What We Can Do
2023-07-11 18:15 - 19:45 | Austin Technology Council HQ, 301 Congress Avenue, Suite #31, Austin, TX, 78701, United States
Misinformation and disinformation will always be with us, but multiple technologies have made it possible to create and disseminate misleading and false information much more easily over the past two decades. The very recent emergence generative AI for text, images, and audio/video has greatly increased the ability to create more persuasive misinformation and disinformation, while emerging edge computing and augmented reality technologies present risks for hacking, creating, and spreading false information of more types, more widely. As AI, edge computing and communications networks, AR/VR, and other new technologies become ubiquitous, we need to ensure our new capabilities are deployed with security and safeguards built-in. This conversation with leaders in misinformation/disinformation and technologies will discuss the new threats to information security and quality and how they cab be misguided or even weaponized, and what we are, may, and need to do to protect against these threats.

Discussion of "The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology"
2023-07-26 19:15 - 20:30 | Online via zoom, TX, United States
For our July monthly online discussion, SXSW Co-President & Chief Programming Officer, Hugh Forrest, will lead us in a conversation about synthetic biology, genetic engineering, and how these advancements will affect our lives.
Amy Webb’s and Andrew Hessel’s book The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, acts as our springboard as we dive into this field and how computers are used to rewrite genetic code. This advancement opens a world of opportunities, ranging from growing hamburger meat in a lab to creating vaccines for COVID. While hamburger patties are small in the scheme of life, the technology behind it can lengthen lives, as it will be an essential part in eradicating some of humans’ greatest threats, such as food insecurity, climate change, and disease on a much grander scale. A longer, healthier life is something anyone can get excited about, but genetic engineering comes with risks as large as biological wars and extinctions. Join us as we explore the implications this has on the infrastructure of society (good and bad) and how we may avoid the risks that come with redesigning life.
We encourage attendees to read the book Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, as it will foster richer, more in-depth conversations. Reading the book is not a requirement to participate in the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Global Energy Trends and Transitions
2023-08-01 18:15 - 20:00 | Austin Energy Headquarters, 4815 Mueller Blvd., Austin, TX, 78723, United States
The worldwide energy sector is going through dramatic shifts in energy demand, end-uses, and sources. Population growth and economic growth are driving up total demand. Industrialization, urbanization, electrification and motorization are changing how we use energy. And a policy push for domestic, low-carbon and renewable fuels is changing our sources of energy. At the same time, we are entering an era where markets, technologies and policies are enabling dramatic increases in U.S. production of oil, gas, wind, solar and bioenergy that is affecting global economies, the environment, and our national security posture. In parallel, our energy and information sectors are merging to form smarter energy systems and more energy-intensive information systems. For this talk, Dr. Webber will give an entertaining and big-picture overview of global energy trends mixed in with humorous anecdotes, historical snippets, and unexpected examples that will give a surprising look into the future of energy.

Keep Austin Working - Hosted by TSTC
2023-08-02 11:00 - 14:00 | Texas State Technical College – Hutto, Innovation Blvd, Hutto, Texas
Join ATC and TSTC for this engaging luncheon at the Texas State Technical College Hutto location and find out about the important work they do to help with workforce development in our region.
This program will spotlighting TSTC’s online computer programs:
*Computer Networking & Systems Administration
*Computer Programing
*Cybersecurity
*Digital Media Design
*Web Design & Development
There is no cost to attend this event (TSTC’s culinary program will be preparing a delicious meal).
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