Agenda

2023 Conference Agenda

  • Sunday, September 10
  • Monday, September 11
  • Tuesday, September 12

4:00PM

Hotel Check-In Begins

6:00pm – 7:30pm

Welcome Happy Hour

Join attendees and speakers for a casual Welcoming Happy Hour in the historic King Arthur’s Court – an homage to the regal 1920’s architecture Chicago is famous for. Enjoy specialty cocktails, good food, and great networking while also finding secret alcohol cabinets and back entry stairs from Prohibition times!

9:00am - 10:30am

Welcome, Keynote and General Session remarks

Hear a fascinating keynote from Idris Brewster about augmented reality use at Kinfolk, a nonprofit bringing underrepresented history of black and brown people to light through interactive storytelling followed by a Q&A with attendees. 

Explore what’s on the forefront of artificial intelligence in nonprofits including predictive modeling, ChatGPT, and more with Microsoft Philanthropies.

Enjoy 5 minute lightning talks from nonprofits sharing exciting tech use and projects to give you inspiration.

10:45AM - 11:45AM

Breakout Sessions

Schedule TBD

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Open Lunch

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Breakout Sessions, Lightning Talks

Schedule TBD

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Technology Innovation Award Celebration

Celebrate our 2023 TIA winner on stage

6:30pm – 8:30pm

Downtown Party

Enjoy an all-included party at a neighboring Chicago classic bar for bites, drinks, and jazz. A Tech Forward favorite!

9:00am - 10:00am

Main Stage Talks

Hear from Sixto Cancel, CEO of Think of Us, who as a 2023 grantee of the Audacious Project, housed at the nonprofit TED, was recognized for their research and design lab focused on the foster system

Explore how nonprofits can be more involved and integral to the shaping up AI technologies with a talk from Emily Yu.

Hear more 5 minute, inspiring lightning talks from nonprofit tech leaders sharing ideas and updates.

10:00am - 1:00pm

Breakout Sessions

Schedule TBD

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch and Closing Plenary Session

We are busy planning our 2023 topics. View featured topics and focuses here or scroll down to see featured speakers.

2023 Conference Speakers

Lee Broderick

Lee Broderick

Tech Impact, Senior Consultant and Project Manager
Kenny Mellor

Kenny Mellor

Team Gleason Foundation, Finance and Operations Officer
Dan Lammot

Dan Lammot

Threshold.world and b.world, CEO & Co-founder
Barbara Rykaczewski

Barbara Rykaczewski

Mikva Challenge, Director of Data and Evaluations
Dave Ford

Dave Ford

REACH Riverside, Chief Community Investment Officer
Bianca Mers

Bianca Mers

REACH Riverside, Community Investment Analyst
Erin McHugh Saif

Erin McHugh Saif

Microsoft Tech for Social Impact, Global Director for Product Development
Francis Johnson

Francis Johnson

Tech Impact, Chief Technology Officer
Wojciech Rustecki

Wojciech Rustecki

Tech Soup, Vice President of Solutions and Services
Idris Brewster

Idris Brewster

Kinfolk, Co-Founder
Sixto Cancel

Sixto Cancel

Think of Us, Founder and CEO
Andrew Patricio

Andrew Patricio

UnidosUS, Principal, Digital Services
Emily Yu

Emily Yu

AI PRIORI, Founder and CEO
Brian Ford

Brian Ford

National Endowment for Financial Education, Chief of Staff
Hugo Mogollon

Hugo Mogollon

FRESHFARM, Executive Director
Junell Felsburg

Junell Felsburg

The Columbus Foundation, Sr. Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Kaitlin Canalichio

Kaitlin Canalichio

Tech Impact's Data Innovation Lab, Data Scientist
Chantel E. Forster

Chantel E. Forster

Technology Association of Grantmakers, Executive Director
Héc Maldonado-Reis

Héc Maldonado-Reis

Data Innovation Lab, Director of Research Development and Analytics
Jon Lehtinen

Jon Lehtinen

Senior Director of Okta on Okta and Board Member at IDPro, Jon Lehtinen
Kristen McNutt

Kristen McNutt

Bridgespan Leadership Group, Director of Operations & Client Experience
Matthew Bonn

Matthew Bonn

Zuri Group, Sr. Functional Consultant
Taj Carson

Taj Carson

Inciter, CEO

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