The Launch Pad

The New Era of Artificial Intelligence
2017-10-18 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | 1951 Northwest 7th Avenue, 6th FL, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
After billions of dollars and decades of research, we are entering a new era of robotics and conscious artificial intelligence. A.I. is poised to transform our society as did the internet years ago. We are already using A.I. when we use speech recognition software, Google Translate, and many other apps and services. Nearly all of the largest software and social media companies are working towards integrating some form of A.I. into their product and service, including Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft. Today, we have Robotic helpers, driverless cars, problem solving A.Is, and we’re just getting started. Machine Intelligence has the potential to usher in a new age of technology like we’ve never seen before that will have a tremendous impact on job markets, the economy, and our every day lives.
In this discussion we’ll look at the technological changes that are sweeping through our world and the future effects that A.I can have on our economy and our personal lives. The good and also the dangers of A.I. that we’ll need to face. Join us for a deep learning discussion and ask yourself: Are you ready for this new era of machine intelligence?

Meet a Startup - Night Life Brewing Company
2017-10-18 12:15 - 13:45 | Whitten University Center – 1st floor

Improve Your Personal Branding with Updated Professional Headshots
2017-10-18 07:30 - 20:00 | 8181 NW 36th Street Suite 21A, Doral, FL, 33166, United States
Improve Your Personal Branding with Updated Professional Headshots
October 18th, 2017 | 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Your online image is often the first impression of you as a Professional. With the importance of Social Media tools such as Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ & others, your online photo is the first contact point with potential clients.
What does your headshot say about you? Get a professional photograph and make a Lasting First Impression!
In this session, you will receive 4 Professional Digital Head Shots for professional websites and other Social Media sites. Photographs taken my professional photographer Jesus Aranguren.
Makeup included by Lizz Weigandt’s The MaKeup Bar.
Sessions are scheduled in 15 minute increments. Select your prefered schedule time on the registration form and arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time.
Potential clients will search for you on Google, LinkedIn and Facebook before you even consider doing business with you. When they do, what would you like them to see?
Make a Lasting First Impression with a Professional Headshot Social Media Photo!
We make you look good!
Professional Headshots for LinkedIn, Social Media Profiles,
Websites and Marketing Materials
Fee: $99.00
Register Now! https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eeninlqwd5bbbf1b&llr=niazh9cab
Contact
Jesus Aranguren
305-804 8898
jesus@javphotography.com
Where
Doral Chamber of Commerce
2900 NW 112th Ave
Unit 1
Doral, FL 33172

PR & Personal Branding para Emprendedores
2017-10-17 18:30 - 21:00 | 66 W. Flagler St. 9th Floor, Miami, FL, 33130, United States
¿Sabías que tan solo 3 de cada 10 profesionales saben vender su trabajo? En un mundo tan competitivo y dominado por la hiperconectividad digital, se hace necesario manejar nuestra Marca Personal de forma estratégica, y esto pasa por encontrar nuestra pasión y valor diferenciador. El Personal Branding nos permite abrirnos a un mundo de posibilidades tanto en el plano on line como en el offline. Establece las acciones necesarias para gestionar tu reputación y lograr estar en el “top of mind”. Conoce las ventajas del PR & Personal Branding para atraer y conectar efectivamente con aliados, proveedores y clientes.
Saldras de este evento con un conocimento en lo siguiente:
Marca Personal y Personal Branding
3 pasos para comenzar mi Marca Personal
Social Media ¿Estar en una o en todas las redes?
PR: importancia de la relación con periodistas, influenciadores y Mass media.
Inbound PR creando contenido de atracción
Acerca de nuestra presentadora
María Elena Monroy es CEO de MM Comunicaciones (@mm_comunica). Ella se enfoca en conectar a las personas con oportunidades de éxito. Es una especialista en PR y certificada en Inboud marketing. Venezolana y emprendedora. Comunicadora Social. Asesora a emprendedores de pequeñas y medianas empresas. Ella ha sido convocada a nivel nacional por canales de television por su conocimiento del tema y este dia se dedicara a asegurarse que tu tiempo con nosotros sea de mucho provecho en esta area.

Feldman Entrepreneurship Lecture Series - Mike Cuesta Care Cloud Cofounder
2017-10-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Newman Alumni Center, 6200 San Amaro Dr, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States

Office Hours @ the MIC
2017-10-17 10:00 - 17:00 | 1010 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Microsoft Technical evangelists will be available on site hosting office hours to help answer questions, provide technical guidance on your engineering projects. Need help getting setup with Azure or perhaps developing that tricky SQL query? Come down to the open office hours and be part of the learning community dedicated to helping solve each others problems and growing new skills.

Brainfood Speaker Series Featuring M8
2017-10-17 07:30 - 09:30 | 400 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, FL, 33127, United States
(Speakers) John Santiago
An enthusiastic entrepreneur, John co-founded Media 8, since re-branded as M8, and currently a leading digital advertising agency throughout the Americas, representing clients such as General Mills, Sony, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Hertz, and other Fortune 500 brands. John began his career in interactive marketing during its infancy stages in 1996. Since then, John has been involved in launching 2 industry leading digital agencies and is recognized as an industry leader and veteran digital marketer. John received the prestigious honors of being named one of “Los Pioneros” in Hispanic digital marketing by the governing body of interactive advertising, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).
M8 is an agency that helps brands and consumers connect in a Life On Screens™.
We’re a team of creative, multicultural, multiscreen marketers who combine storytelling, insights and technology to create experiences that connect brands with consumers who are now living their lives on screens.
John is a frequent public speaker at Industry events for his thought leadership, knowledge and experience with best practices in Digital marketing and has been frequently published/ interviewed by industry publications such as Advertising Age, OMMA Magazine, Portada Magazine, and others.
(Moderator) Andrew Quarrie

Andrew Quarrie is the Founder of Jurnid, a web platform where digital marketers and creative agencies source freelance content writing. Over a decade as a multifaceted creative, Andrew now focuses on user-centric B2B and B2C branded offline and online content. His freelance/consulting career involved projects spanning both regional companies throughout South Florida and multi-national brands. Andrew has worked in myriad professional creative roles, which includes chief audio engineer, multimedia producer, web UI/UX design, and digital marketing. He now pours his experience into Jurnid as CEO/Chief Content Strategist. Andrew is also the host of Jurnid Sessions, a tech and content strategy meet-up. He recently launched Urbanism Summit, a full day event for multi-disciplinary discussions and activations by expert practitioners of new urbanism. Andrew is also a board member of The Fairchild Palms, supporting the environmental conservation initiatives of The Fairchild Challenge of the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and a member of the Vizcaya Museum’s Tech Advisory Committee. Find him on Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/andrewquarrie
Brainfood is a monthly, hands-on discussion with localentrepreneurs who share the secrets of their success. These monthly gatherings will help Miami startups and entrepreneurs understand the opportunities and challenges of launching and growing a business. Every participant will leave with a wealth of new ideas and key, practical advice to advancing one’s own entrepreneurial career. Brainfood is presented by Endeavor Miami and takes place at The LAB Miami in Wynwood, generally on the last Tuesday of each month.
#BrainfoodMIA #LABventures
@thelabmiami | @endeavorMIA | @knightfdn | @startupfiu

Weekly Open Hack Night
2017-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | 1951 NW 7th Avenue, 1st Floor, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Join us for our weekly civic hack sessions @ Cambridge Innovation Center. Anyone interested in civic hacking and engagement is welcome.
You can contribute to an existing Code for Miami Project (see our projects at https://codefor.miami/projects) or come share your idea, and maybe start a new collaboration.
As always, bring a laptop; beginners are always welcome!
We ask that participants at Code for Miami events follow our Code of Conduct to ensure that our group is a safe and welcoming space.

CIGNA & Healthy Behavior Change: Do Wearables Really Work?
2017-10-16 18:30 - 20:00 | 1951 Northwest 7th Avenue, 6th FL, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
In this talk you will learn how to:
Drive adoption of healthy habits and behavior change for customers.
Apply behavioral economics principles to make better decisions.
Foster a collaborative environment for innovation, testing and continuous learning.

James Wieselman Schulman from Cigna’s Innovation Center of Excellence will discuss the intersection of design and behavioral economics, and how a human-centered approach to the creation of engaging products and solutions can help drive lasting healthy behavior change.

Solving the challenge of healthy behavior change is more complicated in practice than in theory; it is not as simple as convincing people to change under the argument that it’s better for them. Join us to learn about how James uses research, data, and incentive design to influence customer choices and habits.

To RSVP or for more information visit: https://admcigna.eventbrite.com

Full Day Coding Workshop for Beginners
2017-10-14 09:00 - 17:00 | 404 Northwest 26th Street, Miami, FL, 33127, United States
During our full day coding workshop, you will be taught programming basics for those with little to no experience in programming. All you’ll need for this event is a computer that is able to access the internet and a charger. Write your first line of code using Ruby learning from Auston Bunsen, a self-taught senior developer, and Wyncode’s Head Instructor. You will also have the opportunity to engage with alumni and hear from both developer and hiring partner panels. By the end of the day, you will have built your own game!
Note: this is an in-person event, so be sure to bring your laptop & a charger! There is plenty of street parking around Wynwood.
A Little Background on Wyncode:
Wyncode is a coding bootcamp teaching Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML and CSS in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. We provide an inspiring learning environment engineered to develop successful coders with business acumen.
Students are immersed in learning how to code in South Florida’s up and coming startup ecosystem. You will be given the training to succeed and make an impact in your chosen business or career whether in South Florida or beyond.
Wyncode is proud to be the #3 most reviewed in-person code school in the country on the industry-leading website Course Report with a 4.63/5 star rating. Wyncode is the place tech companies look for developers. Our hiring partner network includes 300+ companies looking for developers. 150+ companies in our hiring network have hired a Wyncoder, with over 45 hiring more than one graduate. Some of our top hiring partners are Carecloud, MDLIVE, Kipu Systems, SATO Global Solutions and Cloud Logistics, all companies that have hired over 5 Wyncoders. Kipu Systems and MDLive, have hired over 7 Wyncoders each. But the company that has hired the most is Carecloud with 9.
In Sum: You will understand how Wyncode can change your life.
We offer the following programs:
Full-Time Web Development (10 Weeks)
Front End Web Development (12 Weeks )
UI/UX Design (8 Weeks )
Digital Marketing (10 Weeks )
What the Day Will Look Like:
9:30 AM Registration
10:00 AM Why learn to code / What is Wyncode
10:15 AM Intro to Ruby Part 1
11:15 AM Break
11:20 AM Intro to Ruby Part 2
12:20 PM Hiring Partner Panel
12:50PM Lunch
1:30 PM Intro to Ruby Part 3
2:45 PM Alumni Developer Panel
3:15 PM Break
3:25 PM Intro to Ruby Part 4
4:45 PM Closing Remarks
5:00 PM Group photo on stage

MIA Animation Conference
2017-10-13 | 300 NE 2nd Ave., Miami, FL, 33132, United States
The MIA Animation Conference is an interdisciplinary conference and festival that empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. This cross industry gathering features a two-day series of keynotes, workshops and an exhibitor area that explores digital technologies and creative industries. The conference brings together a wide spectrum of industry professionals ranging from new talent to influential industry professionals to explore and elevate technologies in the areas of Computer Animation, Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics, Film, Web Design and Visual Arts.

Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs Meetup
2017-10-12 19:00 - 20:00 | 1951 NW 7th Ave., Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Finance is an integral part of ANY business. It’s not surprising, then, that poor financial management is the leading cause of business failure. We believe that education can make a world of a difference.
Our team is here to help you gain the knowledge you need to avoid common financial pitfalls in your business venture.
Come and join us the second Thursday of every month @ Venture Café Miami, and be part of the local community of financially intelligent entrepreneurs.

Dade Lean Coffee/ Agile Certification Study Group - Every 2nd Thu of the month
2017-10-12 18:00 - 19:30 | 9200 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 600, Miami, 33156
This meeting is not just for Dade County anyone can join remotely: via WebEx: ipcoop.webex.com/meet/rregueira
This is a recurring lean coffee/Certification Study Group occurring on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 PM EST.
Description: This is an interactive session for anyone interested in topics relating to Agile software development, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Lean Management, SAFe, etc. All experience levels are welcome. This is an opportunity to get together with your fellow South Florida Agilists and discuss challenges, solutions, trends, certifications (CSM, CSPO, PMI-ACP, CSP, CEC, CST, SPC4, Kanban) or anything else to help you grow as an Agilist.
Agenda: We gather, build an agenda, and begin talking. Conversations are focused and productive because the agenda for the meeting is democratically generated.
Time: This meeting is scheduled to occur on the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 PM EST.
Place: IPC Subway, 9200 South Dadeland Blvd. Miami Fl 33156
6th Floor, Room 600C
Logistics: Parking is free.
WebEx: ipcoop.webex.com/meet/rregueira
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Agile Coach/Trainer
Note this is a bring your own drink event 🙂

Bitcoin Networking: Four Seasons Brickell
2017-10-12 18:00 | 1435 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL, 33131, United States
We will be in the bar area on the 7th floor, which includes the seating area before the bar as well as the outdoor terrace. If you cannot find us, ask a hotel representative for help finding the bar or ask around until you find the group.
It is the second Thursday of the month. Join us at the Four Seasons hotel bar in Brickell to talk Bitcoin and all things related to cryptocurrency and decentralized systems.
As always, we expect a wide variety of developers and professionals of all types to attend. Stop by to chat and learn about Bitcoin in a casual, networking format.
Bitcoin Networking events are a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow Bitcoin enthusiasts, and all knowledge levels are welcome. The event starts at 6 p.m. and has no fixed end time.
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About the Venue:
Join us at the bar of the Four Seasons hotel in Brickell. Located on the 7th floor of the Four Seasons hotel, the bar and terrace areas have plenty of quiet seating, beautiful views, and tasty drink and food options available.
When entering the Four Seasons lobby from Brickell Avenue, use the right group of elevators to go to the 7th floor, then proceed to the left toward the bar and outdoor areas.
We will be in the bar area on the 7th floor of the hotel, which includes the seating area before the bar as well as the outdoor terrace. If you cannot find us, ask a hotel representative for help finding the bar or ask around until you find the group.
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Transportation and Parking:
Lyft or Uber are always convenient options when visiting densely populated areas. If you do bring your car, there are valet, street parking, and parking garage options in the area.

Thursday Gathering @ Venture Cafe Miami
2017-10-12 16:00 - 21:00 | 1951 NW 7th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
Connect with hundreds of Miami’s amazing innovation and startup community every week. Gather to enjoy, engage and learn from each other at our free Thursday Gathering @ Venture Café.
The Venture Cafe Thursday Gathering serves as a physical nexus for helping innovators and entrepreneurs find one another and collaborate to bring their dreams to reality. Through connections and scheduled programming, Venture Cafe Miami is working to strengthen the growth of our innovation community. Please check our calendar for more information on weekly programs.
No need to RSVP, and parking is free!
