The Icon Summit is for Black and Brown men in tech as they share insights on How To Thrive In Today’s Adversity.
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM PDT
About
The Icon Summit shares the accomplishments of Black and Brown men in tech while highlighting solutions to professional development, leadership, and mental health opportunities.
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2019 Icon Summit
2021 Icon Summit
Wednesday, March 18th | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM PDT
All Times PDT
(9am – 10am)
Welcome – Wayne Sutton
Fireside Chat & Q&A
(10:00 AM – 10:30 AM)
Fireside chat Ruben Harris
(10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Shondra Washington + Harold Hughes
(11:00 AM AM – 11:30 AM)
Thriving in Remote Workplace Panel
Pacifique Mahoro
Robert Murray
(11:30 AM – 11:45 AM )
Patrick Kigongo – Solo Talk
(11:45 AM – 12:00 PM )
Anthony Ware – Solo Talk
(12:00 PM – 12:30 PM )
Building Communities in Web3 with Sian Morson (Fireside Chat)
(12:30 PM – 1:00PM )
BREAK
(1:00 PM – 1:30 PM)
Solo Talk
(1:30 PM – 1:45 PM)
Hugo Arenas – solo talk ( The Power of Leading With We )
(1:45 PM – 2:00 PM)
Kudakwashe Mushaike – solo talk
(2:00 PM – 2:30 PM)
Chris Bennett – Fireside chat
(2:30 PM – 3:00 PM)
Michael Hall – Fireside chat
(3:00 PM )
Closing – Wayne Sutton
Event Topics
How to thrive in remote work environments
Managing teams while practicing self-care
How to have difficult conversations (depression, oppression world events) at work
How to lead with empathy
Innovation in teletherapy apps
How to advocate for self-care to your manager and team
How to create financial wellness in 2022
How to find coaches, mentors, and therapists during hard times
How to build mental wellness programs in your team
Creating a mindfulness practice In web3
How to advocate for yourself in job offers
Building your own self-care practice
Registration
THIS IS AN ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ATTENDEES ARE WELCOME AND INCLUDED.
Icon Summit is a safe and innovative space for Black and Brown men across every religion, country of origin, sexual orientation, visible and invisible disability, and age, as well as veterans and people who have been incarcerated. Our Code of Conduct is vital to creating this safe space and all participants at our event have a role in making sure it is upheld and enforced.
We work hard to make our events accessible to everyone, people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing and/or visually impaired; we’ll have live CART captioning available. If you need an ASL interpreter or have other accessibility needs we’ll do our best to accommodate.
Registration is free but you must complete an application. This does not guarantee your entry to Icon Summit. Attendees will receive an email confirmation.
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Accessibility We are working to make our events as inclusive as possible. We will have live captioning at the conference. If you have additional accessibility requests, please contact us at contact@changecatalyst.co.
Code of Conduct It is very important to us that everyone attending the conference feels safe and respected. Will be strictly enforcing our Code of Conduct at all Icon Summits. Please read it here.
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Transfers & Refunds Tickets are non-transferable.