DC TECH CONNECT

Register today to join students, alumni and practitioners at Darden's 4th annual DC Tech Connect and experience the future of tech.
About this Event

The Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology at UVA's Darden School of Business invites you to join our annual flagship tech event on Friday, 13 November at Darden's Sands Family Grounds. is a dynamic day of networking and deep engagement with the strategies driving growth, the skill behind quality execution, and the disruptions redefining what's possible in tech and AI in DC and beyond.

Agenda

🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Keynote Presentation
Host: Shirley Romig, Founder of Infinita Ventures

Info: Kicking off DC Tech Connect will be a special live recording of Darden's Good Disruption podcast, a lively conversation about cutting-edge technologies and practices that are challenging the status quo.

🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:10 PM
Building the Future: Creating Tomorrow's Success Stories
Host: Megan Murray, Professor, Darden School of Business
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:10 PM
Transforming the Enterprise: Disrupting the Status Quo from Within
Host: Melissa Thomas-Hunt, Vice Dean, Sr Assoc. Dean, Darden
🕑: 04:20 PM - 05:00 PM
Backing Whatʼs Next: How AI Gets Capitalized
Host: Michael Albert, Professor, Darden School of Business
🕑: 04:20 PM - 05:00 PM
Setting Boundaries: Shaping What AI Will Become
Host: Ryan Wright, Co-Director, AI Research, UVA
🕑: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Networking Reception

Info: Ryan Wright, Special Advisor to the Provost for AI and Co-Director of AI Research at UVA will lead us into the networking reception as we close out the event. Guests are invited to network and explore the Tech Cafe over beverages and hors d'oeuvres.