Join our Tampa Bay Tech friends at poweredUP to Learn and Network!

poweredUP, Tampa Bay’s annual tech festival organized by Tampa Bay Tech, takes place next Wednesday, May 14 at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Pete. It always features presentations and talks on top-of-mind topics for Tampa Bay’s tech leaders. It’s a full day of dynamic discussions, panel sessions, and insights from industry visionaries, with these featured track topics:

• ​The Future of Work: Robotics & Intelligent Process Automation
• ​Digital Governance: Managing IT, Data & Compliance
• ​Healthcare Transformation: How Emerging Tech Is Reshaping Care Delivery
• ​From Concept to Coaster: The Tech Behind Universal’s Iconic Experiences
• ​Leading Locally: Spotlight on Tampa Bay’s Tech Trailblazers
• ​Smarter Solutions: Rapid-Fire Use Cases from Companies Solving Big Problems with Tech

It’s a great event for AI programmers (and aspiring ones) to attend, and to make it even easier to go, there are TWO ways to attend it even more cheaply than the low $79 admission fee:

1. Attend for 15% off with the discount code “CP15”
2. Attend for FREE by being a volunteer! If you do two hours’ volunteering for at poweredUP, and you get to attend for free! You can sign up to volunteer here.

Here’s the conference agenda:

• 12:00 PM Opening Remarks Tampa Bay Tech: Meghan O'Keefe City of St. Petersburg: Mayor Ken Welch
• 12:15 PM Keynote: Arnie Bellini, Former ConnectWise Founder & CEO
• 12:57 PM The Future of Work: Robotics & Intelligent Process Automation Panel: Jay Rogers (Haddy), Christa Kerlin (Jabil) Moderator: Beth Galic (BAMA)
• 1:29 PM Digital Governance: Managing IT, Data & Compliance Panel: Petar Besalev (A-LIGN), Cathy Ryan Reneer (JPMorganChase), Chris Black (DGR Systems) Moderator: Mike Gabriel (Guidepoint Security)
• 2:00 PM Intermission
• 2:20 PM Healthcare Transformation: How Emerging Tech is Reshaping Care Delivery Featuring: Doug Fee (Moffitt Cancer Center) & Tarun Sondhi (Accenture)
• 2:52 PM From Concept to Coaster: The Tech Behind Universal's Iconic Experiences Featuring: Teddy Benson (Universal Destinations & Experiences)
• 3:19 PM Leading Locally: Spotlight on Tampa Bay's Tech Trailblazers Panel: Kim Anstett (Trellix), Vladimir Voyuts (Dynasty Financial Partners), John Armenia (Accusoft) Moderator: Meghan O'Keefe (Tampa Bay Tech)
• 3:51 PM Smarter Solutions: Rapid-Fire Use Cases from Companies Solving Big Problems with Tech Featuring: Trellix, BlackStraw, CDW, Nix United
• 4:30 PM Closing Remarks Tampa Bay Tech: Meghan O'Keefe
• 4:35 PM Happy Hour & Networking

Join us at poweredUP! We’ll be there, and if you want to talk software development (or if you have topic suggestions or requests for upcoming Suncoast Software Skills meetups), we’ll be more than happy to.