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SESSION RECORDINGS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:

March 2021

• 03/25/2021: COVI(d)LIFE: But Who’s Supporting Philly Black Arts and Culture?
• 03/25/2021: Starting Your Podcast
• 03/25/2021: COVID Conversations: Let’s Talk About Vaccine Shaming
• 03/18/2021: Taking Action Towards a More Inclusive and Equitable Company Today
• 03/18/2021: OnRamp: Inside the Mind of Early Stage Investors
• 03/18/2021: Leveraging Blockchain to Create a Trusted Digital Exchange
• 03/18/2021: Artist’s Talk with Katie Garth
• 03/18/2021: Meet the Mural Artists
• 03/11/2021: If the Ground Were to Become the Sky
• 03/11/2021: Decentralized Finance with Zap Protocol
• 03/11/2021: Top 10 UX/UI Trends of 2021
• 03/11/2021: The Pandemic Spurs Start-Up Boom: Will Yours Survive?
• 03/04/2021: Ace Your Y Combinator Application!
• 03/04/2021: Design to Disrupt & Reimagine Education: STEM from the Beginning

February 2021

• 02/25/2021: OnRamp: Black Futures Pitch Competition
• 02/25/2021: COVID Conversations: Is it Our Civic Duty to Get Vaccinated?
• 02/18/2021: Why Equity and Inclusion Matters in Food Media
• 02/18/2021: College Students: Gain the Professional Experience You Need in a Post 2020 World
• 02/18/2021: Artist’s Studio Tour: Ada Trillo, curated by CFEVA
• 02/11/2021: Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Reception
• 02/11/2021: Blacks in Hospitality: The Need for Equitable Recovery
• 02/11/2021: Founders to Funders’ Cultivating Female Startups Business Accelerator Info Session
• 02/11/2021: OnRamp: Philadelphia’s Equitable Recovery
• 02/04/2021: Design to Disrupt & Reimagine Education: Edupreneurs Roundtable
• 02/04/2021: OnRamp: Black Innovation Spotlight
• 02/04/2021: Reimagining the Nonprofit Sector as a Commons: Advancing Innovation & Social Good

January 2021

• 01/28/2021: Venture Cafe After Dark: Rubber, sponsored by CIC Philadelphia
• 01/28/2021: OnRamp: Startup302 + Pitch Practice
• 01/28/2021: Get Your Head in the Game! The Future of Philly eSports
• 01/28/2021: Artist’s Studio Tour: Taylor Pilote, curated by CFEVA
• 01/28/2021: Explaining Now: How Each Generation Can Thrive in Times of Change
• 01/21/2021: Get in the Game! Meet the Founders of Futures First Gaming
• 01/21/2021: The Future of Philly Tech & Startups
• 01/21/2021: OnRamp Kickoff!
• 01/21/2021: Destructive Geographies: Mapping Philadelphia and Manhattan (Artist’s Studio Tour: Talia Greene)
• 01/21/2021: A Tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• 01/14/2021: Artist’s Studio Tour: Agathe Bouton
• 01/14/2021: SME Connections Info Session
• 01/14/2021: B Smart Pitch & Present Competition with Drexel University
• 01/07/2021: eSports Tsunami: Monetizing eSports for Brands
• 01/07/2021: Artist’s Studio Tour: James Labold
• 01/07/2021: An Update on COVID-19: What the Scientists are Seeing

December 2020

• 12/17/2020: Global Perspectives on Science and Art
• 12/17/2020: 100 Gatherings Later: Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead
• 12/17/2020: NextFab Rapid Hardware Accelerator | Fall 2020 Virtual Cohort Graduation
• 12/17/2020: Meet ENACT: A Lightning Talk with BARDA
• 12/10/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark: Seraiah Nicole
• 12/10/2020: What It Takes To Build A Successful, Regional BioInnovation Hub
• 12/10/2020: Book Review: Women of Color in Tech
• 12/10/2020: Women In Tech Soiree & Launch Lane Showcase: Melissa Hanna Keynote & Closing Remarks
• 12/10/2020: Women In Tech Soiree & Launch Lane Showcase: Launch Lane Company Panel
• 12/10/2020: Women In Tech Soiree & Launch Lane Showcase: Opening Remarks & Dr. Ala Stanford Keynote
• 12/03/2020: Drexel Law Clinic
• 12/03/2020: Grit and Foresight: Angela Duckworth
• 12/03/2020: Post-Election Economic Update
• 12/03/2020: Public Art Information Session

November 2020

• 11/19/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark: Seraiah Nicole, sponsored by CIC Philadelphia
• 11/19/2020: Delaware Takeover Night: Keynote Panel Discussion
• 11/19/2020: Delaware Takeover Night: Entrepreneurship/Workforce Lightning Talks
• 11/19/2020: Delaware Takeover Night: BioTech Panel Discussion
• 11/19/2020: Delaware Takeover Night: AgTech/ChemTech Panel Discussion
• 11/19/2020: Delaware Takeover Night: FinTech Panel Discussion
• 11/12/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark: Essie Riddle, sponsored by CIC Philadelphia
• 11/12/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Doah Lee, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 11/12/2020: Equity in Innovation Keynote and Panel Discussion, sponsored by Accenture
• 11/12/2020: Equity in Innovation Open Office Hours: Bringing Innovation to Scale, sponsored by Accenture
• 11/12/2020: Equity in Innovation Open Office Hours: Learn How Enterprise Startups can Land a Million Dollar Contract, Sponsored by Accenture
• 11/05/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Amy Orr, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 11/05/2020: Mask Redesign Session
• 11/05/2020: 36 Founders, 75 Days: CIC’s 36for75 Cohort Information Session
• 11/05/2020: The Journey of JDP Therapeutics Inc.
• 11/05/2020: IMPACT: Listen & Be Heard. | Hope for the Hustle

October 2020

• 10/29/2020: Mental Health and Millennials Panel Discussion
• 10/29/2020: Community Conversations: With Special Guest, Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier
• 10/29/2020: What’s the Next Move? BULB Information Session
• 10/29/2020: Cybersecurity 101 for Entrepreneurs
• 10/22/2020: Disrupted Domains: An Artist Talk with Laura Splan
• 10/22/2020: Bold Innovation: A Conversation with Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake and Tracy Brala
• 10/22/2020: Student Founder Pitch Showcase
• 10/22/2020: Resources for Student Entrepreneurs in Greater Philadelphia
• 10/15/2020: Bold Latinix Leaders: National Hispanic Heritage Month Panel Discussion
• 10/15/2020: The Future of Commerce
• 10/15/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Henry Bermudez, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 10/08/2020: Design to Disrupt & Reimagine: Edupreneur Roundtable
• 10/08/2020: IMPACT: Listen & Be Heard | Why Buy Black? Beyond the Boycotts
• 10/08/2020: Black Girl Ventures Philadelphia: Meet the Change Agents
• 10/01/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Zave Smith, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 10/01/2020: Manufacturing 101
• 10/01/2020: Looking at the Bigger Picture on Wheels
• 10/01/2020: Making Your Marketing App Stack Work for You

September 2020

• 09/24/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark: Gabrielle Chapman & The Vortex, sponsored by CIC Philadelphia
• 09/24/2020: Antiracism and Your Business: Moving from Conversation to Action
• 09/24/2020: Making History – Again: Philadelphia has signed a New Declaration of Cell & Gene Therapy, sponsored by IPS & Women In Bio
• 09/24/2020: Gallery Exhibition Tour: With Whom We Walk This Earth
• 09/24/2020: 6 Months of IMPACT! Listen & Be Heard.
• 09/17/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Leroy Johnson, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 09/10/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Heather Ujiie, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 09/10/2020: U.S. Immigration Law: How Recent Changes Signal a Wider Explanation for the Actions of the Current Administration
• 09/10/2020: Design to Disrupt & Reimagine Education: Edupreneur Roundtable
• 09/10/2020: Connectivity During COVID-19: How the Pandemic Created an Online World, sponsored by Crown Castle

August 2020

• 08/27/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark: Birdie Busch, sponsored by CIC Philadelphia
• 08/27/2020: Crisis Communications: Census During COVID-19
• 08/27/2020: What’s the Next Move? A Discussion on Workforce Development
• 08/27/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Lewis Colburn, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 08/27/2020: IMACT! Listen & Be Heard.
• 08/20/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Kelly Kozma, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 08/20/2020: Why Buy Black? Creating Equity in the Entrepreneur Ecosystem
• 08/20/2020: Be a SME for Your Elected Officials: Advocacy for the Small Business Owner
• 08/13/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Margery Amdur, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 08/13/2020: Design to Disrupt & Reimagine: Building (Eco)Systems for Learning
• 08/06/2020: THE HAPPENING: Life Science Fueling Purposeful Innovation, sponsored by Independence Blue Cross & B. PHL Innovation Fest

July 2020

• 07/30/2020: Venture Cafe after Dark: The InGlorious, sponsored by CIC Philadelphia
• 07/30/2020: IMPACT the Podcast: Adaptation Moves that Matter
• 07/30/2020: Meaningful Change Through Creative Adaptation
• 07/30/2020: Venture Cafe after RAIN: Namarah, sponsored by CIC Philadelphia
• 07/30/2020: Bottom of the 9th: Pinch-Hitters Project
• 07/23/2020: Chasing My Cure: Lessons Learned About Living from Nearly Dying
• 07/23/2020: Discussion on COVID-19 Testing, sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific
• 07/23/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Leah Modigliani, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 07/16/2020: Using Light to Understand the Brain: The Therapeutic Future of Optogenetics
• 07/16/2020: Negotiating a Term Sheet, sponsored by Fox Rothschild LLP
• 07/16/2020: Learn to Code, curated by Tech Elevator
• 07/16/2020: Rethinking Summer in Fairmount Park
• 07/09/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Kristen Neville Taylor, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 07/09/2020: What’s the Next Move? A Discussion on Workforce Development
• 07/09/2020: Be Your Own Best Advocate
• 07/09/2020: Design to Disrupt and Reimagine II

June 2020

• 06/25/2020: Current Economic Developments: A Conversation with Ryotaro Tashiro
• 06/25/2020: What’s the Next Move? A Discussion on Workforce Development
• 06/25/2020: Going Global from Your Couch: GSA Panel Discussion
• 06/25/2020: Precarious Structures: Laura Splan
• 06/25/2020: Going Global from Your Couch: GSA Company Pitches
• 06/25/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Jason Ferguson, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 06/25/2020: Virtual LGBTQ History Tour of Philadelphia, curated by Beyond the Bell Tours
• 06/25/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark, sponsored by CIC
• 06/25/2020: IMPACT: The Podcast | Disruption: Strategic Depth
• 06/18/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Colleen Rudolf, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 06/18/2020: Design to Disrupt and Reimagine
• 06/18/2020: Lessons in Lobbying: What It Is and Why It Is Important for You and Your Business
• 06/18/2020: Student Loan Forgiveness 101
• 06/18/2020: Create to Navigate Disruption
• 06/18/2020: NextFab Spring 2020 Hardware Accelerator Graduation Presentations
• 06/11/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Meredith Sellers, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 06/11/2020: What’s the Next Move? A Discussion on Workforce Development
• 06/11/2020: Soft Land Partners: Philadelphia Meetup
• 06/11/2020: Making Rain During COVID
• 06/04/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Adam Lovitz, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 06/04/2020: Central Park Karen, George Floyd, and Jainism
• 06/04/2020: A Discussion on Community
• 06/04/2020: Artist’s Talk: Michal Gavish, curated by Angela McQuillan

May 2020

• 05/28/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark: Max Swan (Sponsored by CIC Philadelphia)
• 05/28/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Deirdre Murphy, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 05/28/2020: Opening the Artist’s Studio to Creative Practice
• 05/28/2020: Why Getting Stories of Innovation Right Matters More than Ever Amid Fake News
• 05/28/2020: Social Innovations Journal & Institute Pitch Event
• 05/28/2020: IMPACT: The Podcast | Forming the Reservoir
• 05/28/2020: What’s the Next Move? A Discussion on Workforce Development
• 05/21/2020: Licensing Your Intellectual Property
• 05/21/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Stephanie Fenner, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 05/21/2020: Expanding the Pie: Intro to Collaborative Negotiation
• 05/14/2020: Grants & Tax Credits for PA Businesses
• 05/14/2020: Returning to Work Panel Discussion
• 05/14/2020: What’s the next move? A Discussion on Workforce Development
• 05/14/2020: Future Workforce Needs for Philadelphia’s Cell & Gene Therapy and Connected Health Sectors
• 05/07/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Caitlin McCormack, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 05/07/2020: Entrepreneur Burnout
• 05/07/2020: Resiliency During Uncertainty
• 05/07/2020: Artist Talk: Sophie Kahn, curated by Angela McQuillan

April 2020

• 04/30/2020: #VCJawn Book Club: April 2020, White Fragility
• 04/30/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Rebecca Kamen, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 04/30/2020: IMPACT: The Podcast
• 04/30/2020: Hardware Acceleration During COVID-19: Meet the Startups in NextFab’s Spring 2020 Cohort
• 04/23/2020: Not for Profit Theory of Change
• 04/23/2020: Virtual Poetry Celebration, curated by Eli Lu Entertainment
• 04/23/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Andrea Krupp, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 04/16/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Dena Haden, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 04/16/2020: The Velocity Fund: Grants for Philly Artists
• 04/09/2020: Venture Cafe After Dark: Roger Harvey (Sponsored by CIC Philadelphia)
• 04/09/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Cindy Stockton Moore, curated by Angela McQuillan
• 04/09/2020: Mindfulness in Marketing
• 04/09/2020: Market Validation Pretotyping: How to Make Sure You Are Building the Right “It” Before You Build It Right
• 04/02/2020: Councilmember Jamie R. Gauthier Townhall Part I
• 04/02/2020: Artist’s Studio Tour: Marguerita Hagan, curated by Angela McQuillan

March 2020

• 03/26/2020: Founders Over Forty
• 03/26/2020: Human Capital & Economic Growth Live Podcast
• 03/19/2020: Life Sciences Investor Roundtable