What we've learned from teaching machines to chat (and users!)
About this event
Communicating with an AI chatbot is not the same as communicating with a human, but neither is it the same as using a search engine - it exists in a liminal space between the two.
We will discuss how advances in natural language understanding and conversational design can be used to create a more intelligent - and ultimately more human-like - AI chatbot experience.
Event Schedule (EDT Time Zone):
12:00 PM Getting settled and Zoom joining
12:05 PM Welcome back and kickoff!
12:10 PM Erin Toth, Product Manager and Conversational UX Developer and Jorge Marcano, Software Engineer in Data Science from Finn.ai
12:45 PM Final Q&A and Wrap-up
Speaker Bios:
Erin Toth, Product Manager and Conversational UX Developer, Finn.ai
Erin has a passion for creative problem solving and learning new things. She has a particular interest in building products that are accessible for a diverse group of users and their specific needs and in leveraging Conversational AI to deliver the best possible digital service.
Jorge Marcano, Software Engineer in Data Science, Finn.ai
Jorge is Computer Scientist born in Venezuela, specialized in Machine Learning with a Master's Degree in Big Data. He is part of the Data Science Team at Finn AI and is interested in Machine Learning, NLP/NLU as well as Data Analytics and Data Visualization.
Virtual
Virtual
New York, NY 10001
United States
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Global Investment Summit
The Global Investment Summit is an international program for expert-led debate between global leaders, investors and innovators with the power to shape the future of global investment. It is focused on connecting investment leaders to growth opportunities and disruptive initiatives that address global challenges at scale.
This edition of the Global Investment Summit will share the new platforms for investment- from crowdfunding to crowd equity raises to multi country cross investment raises and more. This annual event will celebrate and connect leading investment leaders to the GSE network of entrepreneurs, corporate partners, government officials and influencers.
Last year’s edition addressed the volatile global economy and shift in the investment landscape that transpired due to the scale of the 2020 global pandemic. With bankruptcies and unemployment at record highs, speakers identified the role of the investment community to support these challenges and kickstart industries, businesses and global economies.
The program structure is action packed with keynotes, panels, workshops, partner matching, networking sessions and expert panels. The program concludes with a high profile call to action for investor participants.
As a high level premier summit, we curate an active network of investors, tech entrepreneurs, celebrities, politicians and business moguls tackling Government Innovation. As an affiliate to the Global Startup Ecosystem; Europe Future Summit boast a speaker network that includes: Jack Dorsey (Founder of Twitter), Ben Horowitz (Investor Twitter, Facebook), Tim Draper (Investor in Skype, Hotmail etc); Naveen Jain (Founder of Moon Express, Viome etc.); Current President of Haiti Jovenel Moise; Vicky Jeudy from Netflix Orange is the New Black; and VP+CEOs from Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Uber and more.
Virtual
11 Times Square, NY 10035
United States
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Coding for Diversity Night
It's now widely recognized that diverse teams are smarter, make better decisions, and are able to solve problems more effectively. Yet, the tech sector still lacks diversity.
So how do we bridge the gap? We decided to take a step forward and promote coding skills to a more diverse range of people.
What: The Coding for Diversity Night is a 3-hour, FREE workshop where people from diverse backgrounds can learn basic coding skills and explore what it's like to be a web developer in a safe, welcoming environment.
Who: We encourage people who identify with underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines to join this event. That being said, everyone with no coding experience is welcome to apply!
How to participate: Seats are limited. To participate, you need to send a short application on this page. In partner code, write "NY Tech" and you'll be automatically accepted :)
Amplify in Action for Solidarity
About This Event
Being a changemaker is more than a label. It’s about the willingness to commit to act and amplify with and for others in pursuit of creating equity! We can start by recognizing the unearned advantages many of us receive, take responsibility, and break the current patterns. We all have an equally important role in this – and by doing so, we help level the playing field by creating more inclusive and fair environments within and out of the workplace.
Takeaways:
- Set the stage with important background information and definitions
- Explore a framework to better understand what allyship looks like in action
- Use your voice loudly and proudly to advocate for yourself and the community
- Make a commitment to take actionable steps to be an effective ally and changemaker
Turn Your Passion, Hobby or Expertise Into a Money-Making Newsletter | June 14
About This Event
Newsletters have gained popularity over the past few years as an exciting and valuable way to connect with your audience. There's even been a rise of newsletter subscription models that give your audience increased ways to get more value and access to your expertise. In this workshop, we'll discuss ways you can turn your passion, hobby or expertise into a money-making newsletter.
Takeaways
How to find an audience for your newsletter
How to pick the right topic that's valuable, unique and engaging
Ways to set up your newsletter subscription and more!
About the Instructor
Founder, Bridesmaid for Hire | Author | Podcaster | Workshop Host & 1:1 Coach | Professional Speaker,
Jen Glantz is the Founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, along with the creator of the project Finally the Bride, the Founder of the blog The Things I Learned From, the voice of the podcast You're Not Getting Any Younger, the Founder of the coaching business Jen & Juice, and the author of the Amazon-bestselling books, "All My Friends are Engaged" and "Always a Bridesmaid for Hire."
She's told her stories on hundreds of press outlets around the world, such as Good Morning America, CNN, and NPR, where they called her job the "weirdest of all time". You can often find her on stages as a speaker for conferences, major companies and schools. In 2016, she received the "30 Under 30" award from her alma mater, University of Central Florida. She's a freelance writer for more than 25 different websites, including NBC, Glamour Magazine, and Forbes.
Three things you have to know about her: she only eats pizza, her birthday is on April Fool's Day and she spent 2 years living in a new city every month. Learn more on her website: Jenglantz.com and email her to say hello: [email protected]
BODY AWARENESS, KNOW IT INSIDE OUT
What’s happening inside your body, and how is it affecting what you see on the outside? Join millennial-loved beauty brand ZitSticka as they foster a dialogue between an integrative doctor and wellness/health experts to cover the connection between inner and outer health, the importance of listening to your body, and how hormones and menstruation affect the skin. After all, you’ve got to know what’s going on inside out so you can live your best life! We’ll also debunk some myths about “wellness”!
Takeaways
- How to develop healthy (and balanced!) eating habits for healthy skin.
- What is the definition of “healthy” anyway?
- Is “wellness” just diet culture repackaged?! Why/why not?
- Why and how do hormones fluctuate? How can you “balance” your hormones?
- How does your period impact acne?
About the Panelist
Certified Holistic Nutritionist
Bianca Valle is a certified holistic nutritionist focusing on mind, body, soul, earth connection. With love and integrity at its core, her practice aims to advance humans forward as knowledgeable, independent thinkers who have a strong toolbox to make the most beneficial choices for themselves, which in turn positively influences the rest of their existence. She is also a painter who has had her work shown in LA, NYC, and Washington DC. Her paintings have been in many magazines and live in many homes of admirers across the world.
About Our Partners
ZitSticka is a tech-meets-skincare brand hinging on science and leveraging the most efficient and innovative delivery systems.
Central to the brand's ethos is bringing transparency to the acne space—a space typically glossed over, sidestepped or approached in a clinical light. We explore the reality of having acne with equal parts sincerity and humor, while collaborating with members of the online “skin positivity” community to normalize the phenomenon that is acne. We're at once proposing that zits are an entirely normal and non-shameful phenomenon, but that we can help you fight them.
ENGINEER YOUR TECH CAREER
Software Development skills alone won’t advance you up the career ladder. So how do you take a tech education or expertise and turn that into a tech career? We’ll hear from successful individuals on these different paths doing just that. They’ll share their personal stories along with proven strategies to finding mentors, building a resume, networking with others in the industry, and becoming a better technologist.
This month, we’ll be chatting with Benny Wong, Director of Platform Engineering at Condé Nast. Join us as he'll be discussing his 12+ year career being a software engineer, how to nail the technical interview, and what projects he is currently working on at Condé Nast.
About the Panelists
Career Coach,
General Assembly
Lupe is a Career Coach at General Assembly's NYC Campus. Lupe's background is in psychology and the facilitation of habit change. As a certified coach, her philosophy centers around helping others set achievable goals and developing the step-by-step roadmap to complete them.
As a Career Coach for General Assembly, Lupe helps students break into the fields of UX Design and Software Engineering with the tools they need to succeed at each stage of their careers. She believes in using person-first motivational interviewing and proven career development strategies to empower students to find their own success.
Director, Platform Engineering,
Condé Nast
Benny Wong is currently working as Director, Platform Engineering at Condé Nast in New York City, New York. Benny reporting to the VP, Platform Engineering is responsible for hiring, building, and managing 4 separate units of highly-skilled Software Engineering Managers and individual Engineering contributors with a focus on digital consumer revenue platforms.
Prior to Condé Nast, Benny was working at FORTUNE Media as Head of Engineering, reporting to the CTO and Hudson's Bay Company (Saks) as Sr. Manager, Middleware (InfraOps). Benny started off his career as Web Developer at a South Korean entertainment company and pivoted his way to Sr. Infrastructure Engineer for Web and OTT at Channel THIRTEEN, broadcasting station (PBS).
With over 12 years of extensive Engineering experiences in the Media & Entertainment and Luxury E-commerce industry– Benny has led through multiple digital transformation and understood what it takes to become a successful engineer.
ASIAN AMERICAN WOMXN'S VOICE: HERSTORY & HERITAGE
Asian American Womxn's Voice is a bi-monthly event of panel discussions that covers the challenges and triumphs of Asian & Pacific Islander Womxn in the tech, creative, and business spaces. Speaking of spaces, we're here to take up more of it as we're celebrating Asian & Pacific Island Heritage Month!
This time, we're going to cover not only culture and how its shaped our panelists, but also their career, tips on mental health, and how we can all show up for ourselves and our community authentically with pride!
CAREER CONVERSATION WITH ELISABETH BYKOFF ON WOMEN LEADERSHIP IN TECH & BEYOND
Join General Assembly and the thelighthouse on May 20th at 5pm EST for a career conversation with Elisabeth Bykoff, VP of Global Alliances at Agiloft - a Bay Area tech company.
In this conversation, we will cover:
- Her career story and how she got to where she is today
- How she navigated a career from consulting to tech and transitioning across different work cultures from France to the U.S.
- Life as a women leader in tech spanning roles from Business Development, Alliances & Partnerships, Sales & Channel Operations to Customer Success
- Networking, Leadership, and Setting & Achieving Career Goals
The goal of this event is to have a candid career conversation and hear actionable and relatable advice, resources, and insights that you can apply to your own career.
About the Speakers
Courtney BrandFounder & CEO,
thelighthouse
Courtney Brand is the Founder and CEO of thelighthouse. Prior to thelighthouse, she worked as a Management Consultant for 5 years in New York, Shanghai, and Beijing, selling and delivering work to top clients including Alibaba, Apple, Mercedes, Porsche, and Danone. After working for two years in New York, Courtney was transferred to PwC’s Shanghai office to help launch the firm’s new digital and innovation consulting practice in China which became the second highest revenue-generating team. As the Founder and CEO of thelighthouse, she is working to empower professionals with the network, insights, and support to thrive in their ever-changing careers and the fast changing world of work. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and French and graduated from Georgetown University.
Elisabeth BykoffVP of Global Alliances ,
Agiloft
Elisabeth has over 15 years of experience in GTM and post-sales operations at public and pre-IPO SaaS companies. Before Agiloft, she worked as Yaypay's SVP, Customer Experience driving Services and Success teams. She also served as VP, Delivery Services GTM & RVP, PS Solutions COE at Apttus. Prior, she spent 10 years at PwC founding and building the US Salesforce practice while advising Global 500 companies on their sales and channel operations. She holds an MBA from the University of Washington and a MS in Aerospace Engineering from the Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile.
About Our Partners
thelighthouse is the ‘Waze for your career’. We empower professionals with the network, insight, and support to navigate the fast changing world of work. We do this via algorithmic matching with relevant professionals for one-on-one virtual career sessions, curated resources, and member-driven events. We partner with people-first companies looking to invest in their top talent. As professionals navigate increasingly non-linear career paths, thelighthouse is becoming the throughline and empowering them at each stage of their ever-changing careers. Learn more at: https://www.thelighthouse.us/
FACE IT FORWARD: CHILL OUT, NOT BURNOUT
If your mental health is struggling, does your skin lose out? (Spoiler: Yes! In a big way). Join millennial-loved beauty brand ZitSticka as they foster a dialogue between leading dermatologist, therapist, and self-care aficionados. They’ll unpack the relationship between acne and mental health, how to not “burn out”, approachable strategies for cultivating better self-esteem and self-worth and the importance of ~talking about your feelings~.
Takeaways
- Working hard, or hardly ever stopping to breathe? Challenging “burnout” culture and efficiency as a status symbol
- Is self-care merely a buzzword, or is it a practical life tool?
- How do stress and mental health impact your precious epidermis?
About the Panelists
Founder,
SEEN & SAFE
Amy Lee is a lifestyle digital content creator and self-proclaimed 'trauma-informed student of life.' Her content meets at the intersection of mental wellness, social justice advocacy, and holistic healing. She is also the founder of SEEN & SAFE, a community space empowering the next generation (BIPOC/LGBTQIA+/folx with a disability, etc.) from the inside out.
Dermatologist,
North Pacific Dermatology
Dr. Daniel Sugai is a board-certified dermatologist in Seattle, WA who practices medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and went on to do his dermatology training in Harvard Medical School’s combined residency program where he trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital. His wife is a physician frontliner and they have two children.
About Our Partners
ZitSticka is a tech-meets-skincare brand hinging on science and leveraging the most efficient and innovative delivery systems.
Central to the brand's ethos is bringing transparency to the acne space—a space typically glossed over, sidestepped or approached in a clinical light. We explore the reality of having acne with equal parts sincerity and humor, while collaborating with members of the online “skin positivity” community to normalize the phenomenon that is acne. We're at once proposing that zits are an entirely normal and non-shameful phenomenon, but that we can help you fight them.