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Tech Fair 2026: Using Tech To Rebuild Lives

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Jacob Schwartz

The Fortune Society

Digital Equity Program Manager

New York

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9:00am EDT

Check-In, Light Breakfast, Networking John Jay College of Criminal Justice

10:00am EDT

Opening Remarks: Interim CEO of the Fortune SocietyRob DeLeon

10:10am EDT

Keynote: Trent Griffin-Braaf, Founder of Success Map InitiativeTrent Griffin-Braaf

10:30am EDT

Fireside Chat with Trent Griffin-BraafTrent Griffin-Braaf

10:50am EDT

Networking Break

11:05am EDT

Message from the NYC Office of Technology & InnovationPaolo Balboa

11:10am EDT

Message from NYS ConnectALLTisha Pryor

11:15am EDT

Panel Discussion: Raising a Generation of Digital LearnersTiffany Vulcain • Christopher Ross • Ilya Lyashevsky • Khye Borg Liew

11:50am EDT

Panel Discussion: Prescribing Access to Digital HealthcareMark Solomon • Dr. Arielle Elmaleh-Sachs • Adam Fleming • Elaine Skaggs

12:25pm EDT

Lunch Break (Lunch will be served)

1:10pm EDT

Panel Discussion: Cultivating Justice in Modern Food SystemsAndrew Maslowski • Anne-Laure White • Spencer King • Shellae Versey

1:50pm EDT

Panel Discussion: Decoding Pathways to Today's Job MarketRobert Weinstein • Vera FIsk • Subana Paramuthevar • Harley Blakeman

2:30pm EDT

Networking Break

2:45pm EDT

Panel Discussion: Making Music in the Age of the AlgorithmCaleb Knight • Spencer Hattendorf • Malik Simmons • Mark Brown

3:20pm EDT

Closing RemarksDr. Ronald Day • Andre Ward