InSquared
An unconference promoting inclusive innovation
March 24, 2012
MICA Brown Center
Baltimore, Maryland
Featured Participants and Keynote Speakers
Tara Hunt and Baratunde Thurston
Our entrepreneurial, tech-driven economy needs the brain power of all Americans to succeed.
On Saturday, March 24th, gbtc‘s Inclusive Innovation Unconference (or “InSquared”) will encourage and equip individuals to seize opportunities in tech entrepreneurship. In partnership with the Maryland Institute College of Art, we are working to make this event truly inclusive, especially to women, African Americans, Latinos, and other underrepresented groups. Participants will include students (from high school on up), coders, designers, entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors. These technologists, business minds, bridge builders, and instigators will gather in the heart of Baltimore to learn, connect, and start making things.
With keynote speeches and participation from the digital director of The Onion and one of the most influential women in technology, this event will be about bridging gaps and taking action.
The agenda will be dertermined by the participants themselves in the uniquely powerful unconference format.
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To set the tone and bring unique insights to this event, we are excited to feature two remarkable keynote speakers.
Tara Hunt (@missrogue)
Named as one of the most influential women in tech and one of the 25 women-led startups to watch by Fast Company, Tara Hunt has put her mark on the web world on many levels. Now the CEO and co-founder of e-commerce Q&A platform Buyosphere, Tara has also written a best-selling book (The Whuffie Factor) that is published in eight languages and has spoken at over 100 conferences worldwide on topics ranging from how the social web has changed marketing to tech entrepreneurship to the benefits of transparency for governments. She remains a customer-happiness focused marketer and strong believer that the social web and cooperation on web standards is the key to creating a better, more efficient, customer-empowered, business-benefiting world.
Baratunde Thurston (@baratunde)
Baratunde Thurston is a politically-active, technology-loving comedian from the future. He co-founded the black political blog, Jack and Jill Politics and serves as Director of Digital for The Onion. He has written for Vanity Fair and the UK Independent, hosted Popular Science’s Future Of on Discovery Science and appears on cable news regularly to say smart things in funny ways. Then-candidate Barack Obama called him “someone I need to know.” Baratunde travels the world speaking and advising and performs standup regularly in NYC. He resides in Brooklyn, lives on Twitter and has over 30 years experience being black. His first book, How To Be Black has just been published by Harper Collins. He will be the opening keynote speaker at SXSW Interactive.
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More details will be announced soon! Join our InSquared google group to help shape the event, get updates from the organizers, and registration information.
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InSquared is made possible by the generous support of Advertising.com
GBTC is also grateful for the partnership of the Maryland Institute College of Art in presenting this event
