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2020 TECH JXN Programs
TECH JXN is a virtual conference highlighting the innovation that lies within the Capitol City’s primary sectors for economic development: Technology, Education, Creativity, and Healthcare.
Session #1 The Convergence of Technology and Issues of Today
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Panelists: Destiny Wilson, Alycia Jones-Tripp, Le-Spririt Jennings, Christopher Washington, Joshua Paul Johnson
Host: Jessica Nelson
Session #2 Online Behavior: A Discussion of Virtual Norms and Good Digital Citizenship
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Panelists: Trayvon Jack, Jayden Hill, Jayden Woullard, Jaylin Buckley, Shakira Bolton, Sydnee Thompson
Host: Rashad Hicks
Session #3 Jackson Makerspace
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Panelists: Teirrah Tidwell, Zaria Luckett, Halei Blackmon, Jacob Rouson, Kailyn Trice, Shonasia Robinson, Trayvon Goldman, Joshua Williams, Misha Powell, Maya McFadden, Kameron Lewis, Shamya Robinson
Host: Zaria Luckett
Session #1 The Digital Divide: Impacts on Social Justice, Information Access, and Economic Freedom
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Type: LIVE
Panelists: Benjamin Davis, Olivia Johnson, Madison Cathey, and Latoya Clark-Horne
Moderator: Christine Wooten
Session #2 Financial Literacy Workshop
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Type: LIVE
Host: John McCarty
Session #3 Education Post-COVID
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Type: LIVE
Panelists: Myesha Wallace, Tara Wren, Tonya Neely, Amanda Thomas
Moderator: Dr. Adriane Dorsey-Kidd
Session #1 Making Money on Social Media
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Type: LIVE
Panelists: Imani Steven and Randy with Uptown Thrift
Moderator: John Cooper
Session #2 Makers in Their Space
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Type: LIVE
Panelists: Brad Kamikaze, Maximus Wright,
Moderator: Christina McField
Session #3 Indie Music Festival & State of Creative Economy Panel
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Type: LIVE
Panelists: Indie Music Festival Artists
Moderator: Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin
Session #1 Morning Zumba Session
Time: 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Type: LIVE
Session #2: Revealing Vulnerabilities of Communities during COVID-19/COVID-19 Facts Over Fear
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Panelists: Nurse Mallory Jones, Dr. Erica Thompson,
Session #3: The Triple H (Holistic, Health and Habit) Challenge with community resources from Herbal Blesssings
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Type: LIVE
Moderator: Rashad Sayles
Session #4: Building Local Resiliency Panel
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Type: LIVE
Panelists: Fertile Ground, DJ Baker, Felicia Bell
JXN Film Festival November 19, 2020
MasterClass Dates TBD
2020 Speakers
Benjamin Wright
Benjamin Wright, the Maestro, is an internationally renowned composer and arranger. He is responsible for charting the soundtrack of our lives with greats such as NBA Youngboy, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Aretha Franklin, and the Temptations to name a few.
Richard Sun
Richard Sun has focused on start-up and high-growth companies, as a private equity investor, adviser, board member and executive. He has played a key role in nine startup companies, has invested $230 million in four early stage companies for institutional private equity investors and personally invested in thirteen others. He was the first Entrepreneur in Residence at Innovate Mississippi in 2017 to 2018.
Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin
Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin has been described as a Hip Hop artist, entrepreneur, writer, motivational speaker and activist. He has had an extensive career spanning several mediums including music, TV, and radio. He is formerly one-half of the critically acclaimed Mississippi hip-hop duo Crooked Lettaz with David Banner, but has also garnered much success as a solo artist with 5 releases though his own company, OurGlass Media Group. After traveling the country and independently touring both the Czech Republic and Ghana, West Africa, OurGlass Media Group expanded to a full service Public Relations/Marketing/ & Entertainment Consulting Firm which also encompasses an artist management company. Hourglass currently manages RCA/Sony Artist & Jackson, MS native Dear Silas. Not only is Franklin the President & Founder of Ourglass, he also co-owns The Kundi Collective with his bride, Queen. The Collective is a small business incubator that was created to help artists and creatives create a vision and plan around their talents. In 2014, Franklin founded and is now Executive Director of Jackson Indie Music Week, a 7 day music festival highlighting independent music in the southeast. He is also one of the founders of “Juneteenth On Farish”, and serves as a Steering committee member for the Jackson Black Business Expo which is coming up on its 6th year. Franklin now travels the country visiting schools, civic groups, colleges and universities speaking on Hip Hop as an economic driver, Ownership/Entrepreneurship in the Black community, a how small businesses can better brand and market their products.
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