Join the Generation Fempreneur summit on August 25-28 to explore the experience of women+ in spaces of innovation. In partnership with Pittsburgh Technology Council's Business as Usual podcast, every day at 12pm Audrey Russo will interview Pittsburgh women+ about a different facet of invention, including product design, social barriers, the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and local investment pipelines. This event is feee. Everuone is encouraged to attend. Register here.
Our first session explores the FemTech Collaborative at the University of Pittsburgh. Researchers and Pitt Medical Professors Tamar Krishnamurti, Sonya Borrero, and Mehret Birru-Talabi will discuss their novel MyHealthyPregnancy app.
Next we explore the social and organizational barriers that impact women+ in innovation. Pitt Business Professor and mentorship expert Audrey Murrell and CMU Director of Diversity and Inclusion Ayana Ledford will lead an intersectional dialogue on how organizations can actively cultivate women+ leaders.
We welcome Founder and CEO of AbiliLife Courtney Willamson to discuss her experience as an entrepreneur in Pittsburgh. Williamson invented the Calibrace+, a specialized back brace for patients with neuromuscular diseases. The product has been prescribed by physicians at the Mayo Clinic, Emory, UPMC, and Highmark.
Interviewed by award-winning journalist Natalie Bencivenga, the final day features UpPrize Coordinator Erica Friedman and the 2019 UpPrize winner Kim Cauley Eckel in a discussion about the innovation pipeline. The women will examine new recruiting methods, exploring ways to identify entrepreneurship in unconventional places.