Haiti Tech Summit successfully launched the 4th Edition virtually powered by Global Startup Ecosystem
Port- au Prince [October 9, 2020] Haiti Tech Summit successfully launched the 4th Edition of its 13 year initiative program virtually online powered by Global Startup Ecosystem and Sponsored by the US Embassy of Haiti and Sogebank and supported in partnership with Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud, Access Haiti, Dagmar, and more.
Originally scheduled to welcome 100 Speakers and 4000+ attendees, the free summit welcomed 18,140 live social media followers for the summit and by the end day reached 75,748 global viewers on Facebook and Linkedin. A record breaking number for Haiti as the most viewed tech and business virtual program in the country.
To align with the current conversations surrounding the changing business landscape the theme for this edition was “The Great Reset- A Nation’s Roadmap to A Decade of Digitization” A World Economic Forum initiative. The summit highlighted speakers covering the summit’s three pillars of ecosystem development- Entrepreneurship, Employment and Education.
The 2020 sponsor list includes Platinum Sponsor- US Embassy of Haiti, Gold Sponsor Sogebank, and Silver Sponsor Barbancourt; ecosystem list includes AWS IBM Cloud Google Cloud Digital Ocean Sendgrid Hubspot Facebook Github Microsoft Grow with Google SAP Next Gen YMCA, Access Haiti Internet Banj Cocread Dagmar Haiti, media partners include Essence Haitian Times Haitian Businesses Chokerella Junio 7 and Telemix.
Top 50+ Speakers from the program include:
- Ben Horowitz Billionaire investor in Facebook, Airbnb and more General Partner and CoFounder Andreessen Horowitz
- Nicole D. Theriot Deputy Chief of Mission Nicole D. Theriot at Embassy Port-au-Prince
- Raja Rajamannar Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President, Healthcare Business, at Mastercard
- Dr. Lisa Coleman Chief Diversity Officer at (NYU) New York University
- Irene Arias Hofman CEO, IDB Lab- Inter-American Development Bank
- Cassandre Charles Vice President, Brand Marketing Essence Magazine
- Aisha Taylor Community Engagement & Partnerships at Grow with Google
- Magalie Desroches Austin Senior Advisor to the Mayor and Director of Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprise at City of New York
- Tríona Byrne Snr Director – Strategic Relations, EMEA | Salesforce.org
- Sandra Moerch Chief Content Director, Purpose and Brand Experience at SAP | UN Women Board Member
- Christine Ntim Founder at Haiti Tech Summit/ CMO at Global Startup Ecosystem
- Kwena Mabotja Sub-Sahara Africa Director at SAP Next-Gen
- Iynna Halilou Global Programs Manager at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
- Afiya Addison Global Program Manager, The B2B Institute @ LinkedIn
- Tessa Jacques Director General at the Center for the Facilitation of Investments in Haiti
- Ty Heath Global Lead, B2B Institute @ LinkedIn
- Einstein Ntim CEO at Global Startup Ecosystem
- Claire A. Nelson Ph.D Futurist, Sustainability Engineer & Storyteller ..Listed Among Top 50 Female Futurists on Forbes.com
- Sydney Paul Business Marketing Manager at Virgin IslandsTech Park
- Chike Ukaegbu CEO@Startup52, UN MIPAD Hall of Fame, Chief Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Advocate, Ex-Presidential Candidate@Nigeria
- Alexander Daniels Public Affairs Counselor at U.S. Department of State
- Andrew J. Dilbert Cultural Affairs Officer at U.S. Department of State
- Carel Pedre CEO at Chokarella
- Patrice Bayard Owner, Access Haiti
- Micheal Verch CIO/ Chief Information Officer at Sogebank
- Béatrice Kébreau Marketing Manager at Sogecarte
- Mica Pierre Bruno General Manager at Sogebel
- Winnie Hugot Gabriel Activist Lawyer, Journalist and Writer
- Christopher Reckord Chief Executive Officer at tTech
- Virna DiPalma Senior Director for Engagement, Strategy and Communications at Trace International
- Christelle Vaval First Vice President, AmCham Haiti
- Jhonson Napoleon CEO at Azure College
- Jacquil Constant Haiti International Film Festival
- Danielle Saint Lot Smart Fanm
- Patrice Access Haiti
- Maritza T. Adonis MTA Visions Global CSR & Gov’t Relations
- Rock Andre President at Cedel Haiti
- Max Larson Henry CEO TRANSVERSAL/ TRANSVERSAL LLC
- Clifford Reginald Nau- Director of the Economic Promotion Division at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Economic Adviser of the Presidency of the Republic of Haiti
- Sandra Florvella Founder Haitian Businesses / Co- Founder of Business Forum Haiti
- Ryan Foland Author of Ditch The Act
- Rose Désauguste Founder Huelixir
- Marc Alain Founder at Banj
- Christine Coupet Jacques CEO DAGMAR HAITI
- Zammy Romuald
- Nathalie Marc Charles Career Coach at UPLIFT Your Career
- Samuel Dameus Founder of Faces of Haiti
- Vania Andre Editor at Haitian Times
- Laurent Prosper Former Chargé d’affaires,at The Embassy of Haiti in London
- Stephane Dubois Founder at Ed Tech Summit
- Allen Bayard Co-Founder at Access Haiti
- Delphine Gardere Barbancourt
- Samuel M. Pierre Chief Of Staff at New York City Council
Since 2017, Haiti Tech Summit launched an inspiring 13 year mission to change the future of the country via technology and innovation.Deemed the “Davos of the Caribbean”, Haiti Tech Summit has welcomed keynote speakers such as Jack Dorsey-founder of Twitter, President of Haiti- Jovenel Moise, Ben Horowitz- Investor in Facebook, Tom Davis- Chief Marketing Officer at Forbes Magazine, Vicky Jeudy- Actress at Netflix Orange is the New Black and 300+ speakers over the past 3 years.
Each year the program generates 83 million to 150 million social media impressions with the partnership of media outlets such as Forbes, Inc Magazine, Black Enterprise, and more. Hundreds fly from all over the world to convene in Haiti to witness the largest tech conference in the Caribbean shape the tech ecosystem of the region.
More Information
Website: www.haititechsummit.com
Email: events@globalstartupecosystem.com.
