by Erin Merz
October 26th 2020
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For the second year, TechfestNW is taking place at Portland State’s Viking Pavilion at the Peter W. Stott Center. Tickets are now on sale for the event on April 4-5, 2019.
PSU students are eligible for $50 tickets and PSU faculty, staff and alumni are eligible for $99 tickets with the following promo codes*:
- Students ($50): ALLSTUDENT
- PSU Faculty/Staff Two-Day ($99): PSUSTAFF
- PSU Faculty/Staff One-Day ($50): PSUSTAFFONEDAY
- PSU Alumni ($99): VIKINGALUM
An impressive speaker lineup will bring insight and perspective to one of four themes: Blockchain (sponsored by The School of Business), Smart Cities, Health+Fitness, Future of Work.
Two graduates of The Portland MBA will take the main stage, Lori Heino-Royer ('02) and Scott Roth ('03), along with Nat Parker who earned his Master's in International Management from PSU in 2009.
- Timothy Blute - Director, NGA Future
- Dr. Albert Chi - OHSU Department of Surgery
- Allison Clift-Jennings - CEO, Filament
- Kate Delhagen - Founder, Oregon Sports Angels
- Jennifer Dill, Director -Transportation Research & Education Center
- Jessi Duley - Founder, Burncycle
- Jennifer Fox - Executive Director, Oregon Bioscience Incubator
- Ralph Greene - CEO, Columbia Consulting Group
- Jen Gunter - Twitter's Gynecologist
- Lori Heino-Royer - Director of Business Innovation, Daimler
- Jacob Hsu - CEO, Catalyte
- Angela Jackson - Co-Founder & Managing Director, Portland Seed Fund
- Sarah Jeong - Journalist, New York Times
- Aileen Lee - Founder, Cowboy Ventures
- Peter Lund - COO, Supergenius
- Bradley Malsin - President, CEIC
- Ajay Malhotra - Vice President, Advisory & Transaction Services at CBRE
- Denise McCarty - Community Manager, Autodesk
- Arathi Mehrota - Regional General Manager, Jump
- Amy Nelson - CEO, The Riveter
- Skip Newberry - CEO, Technology Association of Oregon
- Nat Parker - CEO, Moovel North America (becoming REACH Now)
- Elizabeth Perez - Operations Director, Office of Mayor Ted Wheeler
- Adam Clayton Powell III - President, Public Diplomacy Council of the United States
- Sott Roth - CEO, Jama Software
- Angela Ruggiero - Olympic Gold Medalist
- Suzy Ryoo - Partner, Cross Culture Ventures
- Tiffany Shackelford - Chief Strategic Officer, National Governors Association
- Zohar Sharon - Chief Knowledge Officer, Municipality of Tel Aviv
- Ric Shreves - Senior Advisor, Mercy Corps' Technology for Development
- Gadi Singer - Vice President, Artificial Intelligence Products Group
- G. Pascal Zachary - Professor, Arizona State University
TechfestNW is an annual gathering of innovators, startups, entrepreneurs, tech companies and investors. During the day, TechfestNW offers compelling speakers, a pitch competition with startups from all over the globe, workshops and a demo floor featuring the latest in tech gadgets. Seven teams will also compete for a $10,000 prize in PSU's Cleantech Challenge. At night, attendees will enjoy parties, networking and an opportunity to explore one of the greatest cities in the country.