Get ready for World Summit, this year hosted entirely online! We can’t believe it’s almost here, but World Summit starts August 13. Generously sponsored by HSBC, the 2020 Technovation World Summit is packed with learning and networking opportunities for Technovation participants, their families, mentors, volunteers, and beyond. While we think all the programming is pretty great, below are three big things to get really excited about for World Summit.

Don’t miss out! Register for Technovation’s 2020 World Summit today!

Incredible Speakers

We are so proud to be joined by several incredible women who will share their stories of bravery, resilience, and unity. From an astronaut to a 5-time olympian to a leader in tech, these women have stories to tell and wisdom to share. Get ready to be inspired.

Keynote Speech from NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli

Thursday, August 13 – 5:30 PM UTC / 10:30AM PDT 

Our participants dream big and make the world better through technology, so we could not be more excited to present the Technovation World Summit Keynote Speaker: NASA Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli. Jasmin was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. She reported for duty in August 2017, and after completing training, is now eligible for a mission assignment.

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. 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.

Jasmin will begin speaking at 10:30am PDT on Thursday, August 13, and will answer questions from our global community afterward. Be sure to register so you don’t miss this inspiring experience!

Want Jasmin to answer your question? Ask your question here by 12pm PDT, August 7, for a chance to hear Jasmin answer on August 13!

Fireside chat with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Marian Croak and Tara Chklovski

Thursday, August 13 – 5:00 PM UTC / 10:00 AM PDT

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.

Closing Remarks from Nat Cook, 5-time Olympian 

Friday, August 14 – 5:30 PM UTC / 10:30 AM PDT

Nat has become the first Australian woman to compete at five Olympic Games: 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games. Few athletes can boast of even coming close to this incredible achievement. Nat has written a book, “Go Girl”, and is in the middle of writing another one to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of her gold medal win. She is also a proud mum and passionately shares her message of resilience, commitment and dreaming big to audiences all over the world.

The thing that keeps Nat awake at night is excitement for the opportunity to bring the 2032 Olympic Games to her hometown of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Today, Nat is one of the world’s most sought-after inspirational speakers, and is passionate about helping others all around the world achieve their dreams and goals. Join us at 10:30AM PDT on Friday, August 14, for closing words and inspiration from Nat Cook. 

Fun hands-on Workshops

We can’t wait for all of the hands-on virtual workshops lined up for World Summit. Hosted by leading companies, and ranging in topics from building a strong online presence to finding the right kind of hardware to build your next project, these hands-on workshops will help you take the next steps forward in developing as a creative thinker and innovator.

DAY 1: AUGUST 13, 2020

Alumni Retreat with LinkedIn
1:00 PM UTC / 6:00 AM PDT

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. 

Workshop with Transcend about User Privacy
2:20 PM UTC / 7:20 AM PDT

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.

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 about Voice Recognition
6:00 PM UTC / 11:00 AM PDT

Who it’s for: Everyone!
What you’ll do & learn: Join a “poolside chat” 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

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.

 

Celebrating Incredible Young People and their ideas

And of course, the reason we’re gathering to celebrate: you. We’re looking forward to coming together as a community and hearing from regional winners at the app expo, watching finalist teams pitch, and connecting during our closing celebration. This year has held a lot of surprises and challenges, and we are so proud of everyone in the Technovation community, and can’t wait to celebrate you and all the incredible things you have, and will, accomplish.

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.

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.

Don’t miss out! Register for Technovation’s 2020 World Summit today!