Elevate: A New Kind of Tech Conference

Emerging Digital Academy’s Full Stack Engineering program is an immersive 20-week course that teaches not just the concepts of coding and software design, but how to use cutting edge software tools to build modern web apps. No prior software development experience is required.

Emerging Digital Academy

Elevate Conference is designed to showcase the tech innovation in our region.

The Four & Four

Elevate is a conference for our region’s technology community.Whether you’re a software developer, product owner, designer, or entrepreneur working in the technology space, there’s something for everyone!Morning sessions will focus on creativity, innovation, and technology where we’ll hear from folks who work in a range of creative enterprises and their reflections on the art of discovery, iterative thinking, and the creative process, and our afternoon workshops will give you a chance to dive deeper. We’ll also discuss the merits and challenges of a career in technology from folks at different stages in their career.

Agenda

Coffee + Registration

Welcome

TOPIC: Iterative Thinking at the Intersection of Creativity, Innovation, & Technology - Moderator: Brigit Blote - Garrett Maurer, Doosan Bobcat - Jordan Nelson, Microsoft

Panel

Artist Performance

Break

Keynote: Efficiency & Automation

TOPIC: Culture and Craft: Reflections on Growth and Productivity in a Technical Career - Grant Swenson, Bushel - Kathryn Szombatfalvy, Scheels - Megan Glasow, Perficient

Kanthi Narukonda, Dakota State University, CybHER Institute

Keynote: Creativity, Innovation, & Technology  Kanthi Narukonda, Dakota State 

Lunch

- Hands On With Generative Art (Javascript Workshop) Hosted by Adrian Aleixandre - Exploring AI Tooling Hosted by Scott Meyer - From Ideation to Pitch: The Startup Journey Hosted by gener8tor

Workshops

Social Hour

Full Stack Fargo at Sidestreet

gener8tor Showcase

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