Tech2Talent Career Festival

Michelle Jackson

Tech Career Expo, Interactive Booths, Video Game Competition, Inspiring Our Youth Speaker’s Forum, Music, Food & Prizes

Mel Ott Multi Purpose Center

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Free to attend w/registration. Donations welcomed. Join us for a high-impact tech job expo, speaker’s series, and video game competition at the Mel Ott Center in Gretna (10 minutes from New Orleans), LA on Saturday, April 9th from 12:30 - 5:30 PM. Learn about local technology, science, engineering, digital media, and entrepreneurship training programs. Get connected with internships and jobs in Louisiana. Participate in interactive games and tech demonstrations and win prizes. Free food vouchers for the first 100 attendees. Event Agenda
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 12:30 PM | Mel Ott Center - 2301 Belle Chasse Highway, Gretna, LA | Free Event

12:30 PM

Exhibit Hall Doors Open

1:00 PM

Video Game Lounge and Food Trucks Open (Video Game Tournament starts at 2 PM)

1:00 PM

Speaker&#x27;s Series Starts

Speakers

1:00 - 1:30 PM (Room 1)

Delgado Talks: Tech Training &amp; Certification Courses 

Speaker: Kelvin Gipson, Director, Delgado’s Workforce Development IT Division

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2:00 - 2:45 PM (Stage)

Inspiring Our Youth (IOY) Featured Speaker

Dee 1

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2:45 - 3:15 PM (Room 1)

Recruiting at DXC

DXC Technology Panel

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3:30 - 4:00 PM (Stage)

Scientific Experiments for Kids

Speaker: Scientist Treva T. Brown

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3:30 - 4:00 PM (Room 1)

Designing Video Games &amp; Digital Media 

Speaker: Marc Aubanel, LSU Director of Digital Arts &amp; Engineering

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4:15 - 4:45 PM (Room 1)

Non-Traditional Pathways to Tech Careers 

Blacks In Technology Panel

5:00 PM

Video Game Tournament Awards Ceremony

5:30 PM

Event Ends

Pre-registration is required.

Open to Youth, Young Adults &amp; Adults Transitioning Careers.Growing List of Exhibitors, Speakers &amp; Entertainment! (check back for updates)ExhibitorsDXC TechnologyLSU Digital Arts &amp; EngineeringMicrosoft TEALS ProgramZephyr DronesDelgado Community College - Workforce DevelopmentDelgado Community College - AdmissionsOperation SparkThe New Orleans Energy Smart Energy Efficiency ProgramNunez Community CollegeTulane SoPA Information Technology ProgramsTulane SoPA Media + DesignTech Talent SouthSpark MindsetBe Loud StudiosBlacks In TechnologyFidelity BankChick-fil-A Harvey &amp; Marreroi.Invest Competition U.S. ArmyAuthor &amp; Artist Cedric Dent, Jr. Speakers &amp; EntertainmentRapper Dee-1 (Featured Speaker)DJ PoloArtist &amp; Muralist Kentrice SchexnayderDXC Technology PanelBlacks in Technology PanelMarc Aubanel, Director, LSU Digital Arts &amp; Engineering Kelvin Gipson, Director, Delgado IT WorkforceOpen to youth, young adults, and adults transitioning careers.To register or learn more, email events@prsolutionsllc.org. To exhibit, complete the form <a href="https://form.jotform.com/220123121110124" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HERE</a>. To review an event overview go<a href="https://060ec215-9c71-4b4e-9d4e-a82cb1389170.filesusr.com/ugd/8f3491_b3a06bffe537482faf8ccc4df57d5180.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> HERE</a>. To sponsor go <a href="https://060ec215-9c71-4b4e-9d4e-a82cb1389170.filesusr.com/ugd/8f3491_aa2dfc305ad84a178dd6de6428803d65.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HERE</a>.

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