The first event of PowerUpTech 2024, the Tech Design Challenge brings together interns from across WNY to engage in friendly competition, using tech and business skills to design solutions to challenges presented by three local non-profit partners: The Buffalo History Museum, Journey's End Refugee Services, and the Good Neighbor Fund.
Event Schedule
Day 1 Agenda
8:00AM – 9:00AM | Registration, M&T Tech Hub and Seneca One Lobby
Check in, networking, light breakfast
9:00 – 9:45AM | Opening Presentation, Seneca One Auditorium
9:45AM – 10:00AM | Head to 14th Floor
Find your team, select challenge
10:30AM | Deadline to submit challenge selection form
10:30AM – 12:00PM | Work time
12:00PM – 1:00PM | Lunch
1:00PM – 5:00PM | Work time
3:00PM – 3:30PM | Fireside Tech Chat #1 (optional)
Speaker: Justin Del Vecchio, Canisius University
Topic: Generative AI
Day 2 Agenda
8:00AM – 11:30AM | Work time
Head directly to 14th floor when you arrive
11:30AM | Deadline to submit your project on Devpost
11:30AM – 12:30PM | Lunch
12:30 – 1:30PM | Prepare for judging and practice your presentation
1:30 – 3:00PM | Expo and Judging
2:00 – 2:30PM | Fireside Tech Chat #2 (optional)
Speakers: Andy Rose, dPost & Ijnne Amatul-Nafi, TechBuffalo
Topic: Tech and Creative Industries
3:15 – 3:45PM | Fireside Tech Chat #3 (optional)
Speaker: Melissa Garrido, Ingram Micro & Cydney Sanders, TechBuffalo
Topic: Women in Tech Network
3:00 – 4:00PM | Judge Deliberations
4:15 – 5:00PM | Awards Presentation, Seneca One Auditorium
June 11, 2024 - June 12, 2024
TechBuffalo
1 Seneca St, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
$635