Fab Lab DC partnering with Collaborate

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Subject: [LeDroitPark] Fwd: YOU’RE INVITED ~ COLLABORATE : 1/23/15 & 1/24/15

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Collaborate: The Innovator’s Conference
– January 23 + 24, 2015 –

Happy 2015!

Fab Lab DC is proud to be a community partner, helping to share the news about Collaborate, the largest gathering of entrepreneurs, innovators, and technologists in the DC area this year. We hope you’ll attend, and check out all the great workshops, round tables, speakers and unique events like media match, dolphin tank, and the head-shot lab described below.

There are only a few days left to sign up and use our discount code, FABLABCOLLAB.

Simply visit the Collaborate website today to secure a discounted pass while they are still available: http://collaborate.fosterly.com

Hope you can join in!

All bests,

Fab Lab DC

Keynote Speakers

Megan Smith

Chief Technology Officer, United States of America

Tom Chi

Chief Product Officer, Factory and Co-Founder, Google X

Katie Harbath

Global Politics and Outreach, Facebook

Helen Seidel

Public Affairs Counselor, Australian Embassy

David Barrett

Founder and CEO, Expensify

Ken Nguyen

General Counsel and Venture Hacker, AngelList

Dr. Robert Griffin

Deputy Under Secretary of Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityMore than 80 other leading innovators from a diverse group of organizations including the White House, Twitter, NASA, Code for America, Reddit, Esquire, USAID, the State Department, New Atlantic Ventures, the British Embassy and many others will also be speaking. View the full speaker lineup.

Featured Event Content

Forums

Tired of crowded panels and one-dimensional conversations? Collaborate Forums are a new kind of panel limited to 3 high profile speakers who each bring something unique to the discussion.

Workshops

Quit listening and start doing. Choose from 16 workshops and leave with actionable new skills you can immediately put to work in your organization. Collaborate workshop instructors are leading experts in their fields with decades of fuctional expertise to share.

Round Tables

Collaborate is big, but Round Tables are not. Participate in small group discussions led by experts from NASA, Twitter, venture-backed startups and more in one of 24 Round Tables.

Media Match

Pitch your story to five journalists in rapid succession during Media Match at Collaborate. Over 20 media outlets are participating including: TechCrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine, Yahoo Tech, re/code, Ars Technica, FedScoop, Washington Post, FOX News, ABC7, and the Washington Business Journal.

Headshot Lab

Get a free professional headshot taken at Collaborate to upgrade your LinkedIn profile and your presence on other online platforms.

Dolphin Tank

Deliver a brief two minute elevator pitch in front of four venture capitalists panelists and a live audience. After you finish, you’ll have the immediate benefit of receiving feedback to help improve your pitch.

The Collaborate Promise
This is not the conference you have learned to accept. You will not be bored, you will be inspired. You will not be lectured, you will learn by participation. You will not feel stupid or inadequate, but empowered by your exceptional peers. You will leave invigorated with new ideas, new skills, and new relationships. Collaborate is an experience you will remember for years to come. Will you be there?
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