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About "10 Talks Tech"
Manhattan Community Board 10 "10 Talks Tech" conference brought together a diverse group of speakers that discussed technology innovations, trends, and concerns. Speakers addressed topics that touch on technology’s effects on cyber security, fintech, health and wellness, gaming, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, sports, community activism and more. The conference explored the power of technology! |
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Manhattan Community Board 10 - Economic Development Communications & Technology Committee The committee works to encourage and support existing businesses and future commercial business, understanding that one of the key elements of a thriving community is flourishing business and equal opportunity. The Committee works with the developers, business improvement districts, merchant associations and government agencies to foster the creation and retention of small, locally based businesses by creating a business friendly environment in Central Harlem that increases the commercial and retail opportunities. Additionally, the Committee is tasked with reviewing and issuing recommendations on NY State Liquor Authority liquor license applications and the Department of Consumer Affairs Sidewalk Café applications. The Economic Committee meets on the second Thursday of each month. For more information visit the Website |
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| Community Activism & Technology Engage in a thought-provoking panel discussion on the power of technology in driving community activism and uncovering ways to harness its potential for positive social change. Panelists: Octavious Moore NAACP, Cy Richardson Urban League, Led Black Uptown Collective, Red Truss New Harlem Project
Why Fintech Matters for the Harlem Community Delve into a compelling discussions on the significance of Fintech for the Harlem community, exploring its transformative potential in empowering financial inclusion and economic growth. Speaker: Wole Coaxum MoCaFi
Legal Aspects of Technology/ Seniors & Cyber Security Engage in a critical discussion on the legal aspects of technology addressing the intersection of law, senior citizens, digital security, child exploitation, and privacy concerns. Moderator: Charles Johnson Community Board 10 Panelists Odette Wilkens Wired Broadband Inc.
Infrastructure for Equity Discover the crucial link between equity and technology infrastructure in a dynamic discussion, uncovering strategies to bridge the digital divide and foster inclusive technological progress. Moderator: Clayton Banks Panelists: Silicon Harlem, Curtis Archer, Bob Ponce
Building for the Future Join visionaries in a compelling panel discussion on building the future with technology, exploring its transformative potential across industries and envisioning a digitally empowered tomorrow. Moderator Clayton Banks Silicon Harlem Panelists: Curtis Archer Harlem CDC Bob Ponce Whatz Next Academy, NYC Office of Technology and Innovation.
Gamer Girl to Girl Boss Embark on an inspiring journey from gamer girl to girl boss in a captivating discussion, exploring how technology empowers women to succeed in the gaming industry. Speaker: Verta Maloney the*gameHERs.
Artificial Intelligence Uncover the fascinating world of artificial intelligence in a captivating panel discussion, exploring the capabilities and ethical considerations of AI technology. Moderator: Nsikan Akpan New York Public Radio, Panelists: Mark Levine Manhattan Borough President's Office, Kelvin Sparks Quant Brain LLC, CR Capers Harlem Film House. |
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Artificial Intelligence Panel: Moderator: Nsikan Akpan New York Public Radio, Panelists: Mark Levine Manhattan Borough President's Office, Kelvin Sparks Quant Brain LLC, CR Capers Harlem Film House. |
Community Activism and Technology: Panelists: Octavious Moore NAACP, Cy Richardson Urban League, Led Black Uptown Collective, Red Truss New Harlem Project |
Infrastructure and Equity: Panelists: Curtis Archer, Bob Ponce, Clayton Banks |
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Program I Panel Discussions: Community Activism & Technology, Why Fintech Matters for the Harlem Community?, Legal Aspects of Technology/ Seniors & Cyber Security |
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Program II Panel Discussions: Infrastructure for Equity, Building the Future, Gamer Girl to Girl Boss, Artificial Intelligence |
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| Photo Gallery Live from the Langston Hughes Auditorium at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Watch the two part panel discussions and speaking series from industry professionals. Photo Credit: Mat Media |
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"10 Talks Tech" Manhattan Community Board 10 Speakers |
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| Hon. Marquis A. Harrison Chairperson - Manhattan Community Board 10 Marquis A. Harrison is the Chairperson of Manhattan Community Board 10. Prior to serving as Chair, he served as 1st Vice Chair of the Board, Parliamentarian, Chair of the Bylaws Taskforce, and Vice Chair of the Education, Youth, and Libraries Committee. Marquis is an educator at the Frederick Douglass Academy and works with the United Federation of Teachers. He has distinguished himself as a focused, effective lobbyist for the union and a strong voice for children throughout the city. |
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Hon. Charles Johnson Esq. serves as 2nd Vice Chair to Community Board 10 in Central Harlem and is as member of Economic Development & Technology Committee and the Public Safety Committee. Charles is a 2019 NAACP Nextgen graduate and member of the Mid-Manhattan NAACP Branch in New York where he serves as chair of the Economic Committee and on the Executive Committee of the NYS NAACP Conference. He is an HBCU graduate of Fort Valley State University with a Bachelors of Art degree in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. |
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Hon. Dr. Cheryl Smith serves as Chair to the Community Board 10 Economic Development, Technology & Communications commnittee and is a practicing physician and the co-founder of Marcus Meets Malcolm, not for profit organization. Dr. Smith is dedicated to working with poor, disenfranchised and medically underserved communities; connecting communities to health services, mobilizing prevention efforts and promoting medical education. |
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| Hon. Shawn Brannon serves as a Boardmember at Manhattan Community board 10 and a member of the Economic Development and Housing Committee Hon. Shawn Brannon is an esteemed entertainment professional with over three decades of experience. Starting at Sony Music and working with So So Def Recordings, he has played instrumental roles in securing airplay for artists and developing marketing strategies. A proud graduate of Clark-Atlanta University, Shawn is also dedicated to mentoring youth in the community and the entertainment industry. |
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| Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine was elected in 2021. A former bi-lingual math and science teacher and the founder of Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union. Prior to becoming Manhattan Borough President, Mark spent eight years in the New York City Council, representing District 7 –covering West Harlem/Hamilton Heights, and Morningside Heights. Mark has been a leader in New York City for tenants rights, public health, and equity in our schools, transit, parks, and housing. Website |
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Nsikan Akpan is the digital science producer for PBS NewsHour and co-creator of the award-winning, NewsHour digital series ScienceScope. He holds a doctorate in pathobiology (Columbia University) and is an alum of the science communication program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Nsikan served on the board of the National Association of Science Writers from 2016 to 2019. Website |
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Curtis Archer has served as President of the Harlem Community Development Corporation since 2006. He sees his role as essential in enhancing the economic climate for both businesses and residents in the Greater Harlem community. He began his career in community development in the New York City Office of Business Development under Mayor David Dinkins, as a Development Manager in the Neighborhood Development and Commercial Revitalization Program. Website |
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| Clayton Banks is the CEO of Silicon Harlem whose goal is to combine technology and innovation with affordable connectivity that can enable a sustainable economic engine in emerging communities across the United States.Under his leadership, Silicon Harlem has attracted over $50 million dollars into upper Manhattan for advanced infrastructure research and test bedding. Mr. Banks has positioned Upper Manhattan as a tech and innovation hub that is one of the fastest growing areas for tech startups, entrepreneurs, and companies. Website |
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Led Black is a Writer. Storyteller. Filmmaker. Social Media Strategist. Paradigm Shifter. Led is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Uptown Collective as well as the Social Media Director for The New York Latino Film Festival and the Social Media Manager for The West Harlem Development Corporation, The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and Little Dominican Republic. Led has performed on a Moth MainStage alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes to close out the 2021 Uptown Arts Stroll at the United Palace. He has also appeared in the Emmy nominated film about the legendary Coogan’s Bar, Coogan’s Way. Website |
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CR Capers is the Founder and CEO of Harlem Film House, a 501(c) (3) corporation that turns artists into creative entrepreneurs by providing access to industry resources and opportunities with a focus on business development & strategy. In her role as Executive Director, CR creates and produces film & music festivals and operates year-round workshops, theatre productions and live events, while also offering business consulting to filmmakers and content creators in underserved communities around the world. Website |
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Wole C. Coaxum is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mobility Capital Finance, Inc. (“MoCaFi”). MoCaFi is a start-up financial technology company that leverages mobile technologies, data analytics and digital strategies to improve the financial behaviors of underbanked communities. Our goal is to move people away from high cost alternative financial services products, e.g. payday lenders, check cashiers, pawn shops, etc., and into the financial mainstream, so communities can live healthy and productive financial lives. Website |
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Verta Maloney is all love with appropriate doses of rage. She is a founder, dreamer, storyteller, mama warrior and anti-racism facilitator. Verta has designed, managed, and delivered learning experiences and programs. Verta co-founded the*gamerHERs in 2020, a women-led media company and community dedicated to amplifying and centering the voices of women and femme-identifying folks who game. Verta is a board member and founding team member at Civics Unplugged where she supports the growth and development of exceptional generation z leaders as they become the civic superheroes their communities and our democracy need. Website |
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Octavius Moore is the Director of Partnerships at Tech:NYC. He has worked on partnerships with a myriad of startups and agencies, directly impacting their bottom lines, and helped catapult one of those agency startups to rank 126th on Inc’s 5000 fastest growing companies in 2017. He is an executive committee member and chair of the technology committee for the NAACP New York State where he advocates for technology and digital literacy in communities of color. Website |
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Robert Poncé is founder and CEO of Whatznext Academy, an online learning platform. Whatznext Academy’s mission is to provide its students with actionable knowledge for creating and maintaining sustainable online businesses. Mr. Poncé is a co-founder of Harlem Emergency Network, an organization that promotes emergency preparedness and emergency communications in Harlem and Upper Manhattan. Website |
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Cy Richardson is Senior Vice President for Programs at the National Urban League, the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. He is also a member of the League’s Executive Leadership Team. Cy is a recognized and respected expert on housing and community development, job creation and racial equity and is a sought-after thought leader on issues related to building a more inclusive economy. A certified urban planner, Cy has 30 years of non-profit and government experience. Website |
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Kelvin Sparks Sr. is a native New Yorker who attended both public and private schools. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Biology from Brown University. Founder of Quant Brain LLC, Kelvin provides consultancy services to major hedge funds and asset managers. With a passion for education, Kelvin has taught python programming, data analytics, and machine learning at CUNY City Tech, Code Immersives, and SAM Consulting. He has a commitment to make learning accessible. Website |
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Jeremy Glickman joined the New York County District Attorney’s Office in 2002 and was assigned to Trial Bureau 30, where he prosecuted and tried numerous cases, including those involving domestic violence, assault, burglary, robbery and murder. Jeremy was one of the original members of the Identity Theft Unit when it was formed in 2006. In 2010, Jeremy was appointed as Deputy Bureau Chief of the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau, and in 2018, Jeremy was also appointed as Counsel to the Investigation Division. During his tenure at the Office, Jeremy has investigated and prosecuted hundreds of identity theft and fraud related cases, including those involving credit card skimming, forgery, online retail fraud, cyber-stalking, bank fraud, money-laundering, and computer crimes. Prior to joining the Office, Jeremy was a private investigator with Kroll Associates, working in New York and Mexico City. Jeremy received his undergraduate degree from Earlham College and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. Website |
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Red Truss is a Harlem transplant, filmmaker and activist from Anniston, Alabama. He graduated from Morehouse College and currently attends Columbia University's Film Program where he's receiving an MFA in Creative Producing. Last year, Truss created "New Harlem Project", a community initiative that partners with local organizations to bring new life, new businesses and new resources to Harlem's community. New Harlem Project utilizes new technologies to build an organic following and create innovative engagements. Their social media presence has brought attention to community issues such as gentrification, gun violence, drugs, educational resources and homelessness. Website |
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Odette Wilkens is President & General Counsel of a non-profit, Wired Broadband, Inc., in New York City focusing on safe technology for the public. Odette is also a technology transactional attorney, practicing for over 20 years representing some of the largest multi-national corporations in entertainment, finance and technology. She began her legal career at the boutique technology law firm of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner. Odette’s a native New Yorker, a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, Stern Graduate School of Business at NYU for her Finance MBA, and Barnard College affiliated with Columbia University. Website |
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| NAACP State Conference The NAACP, along with our half-million adult and youth members throughout the United States, are frontline advocates committed to raising awareness for political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens in the electoral process. Every American will have free, open, equal, and protected access to the vote and fair representation at all levels of the political process. By protecting democracy, enhancing equity, and increasing democratic participation and civic engagement, African Americans will be proportionally elected to political office. With approximately 2,000 adult branches, youth councils, and college chapters in 49 states, 5 countries and the District of Columbia, the NAACP is actively engaged in increasing the African American responsiveness of citizens to be fully engaged in the democratic process. Website I @naacpnys |
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| Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce The mission of our Chamber is to improve the quality of life for all of our residents, as well as to develop and attract quality business and professional services. We are pleased that our Chamber dramatically continues to attract an ever-growing local, regional, national and international support base, ranging form single proprietors to Fortune 500 Corporations. Our members consist of those who wish to contribute to and thrive from Harlem’s world-renowned vitality and recognition as a worldwide tourist, entertainment, sports, arts, cultural, educational, historic, religious and health services destination of international diversity. Website I @the-greater-harlem-chamber-of-commerce |
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MOCAFI is a financial services platform for the 110 million Americans dealing with economic hardship and no path to a better circumstance. Our platform consists of a prepaid Mastercard, FDIC-insured bank account, money management app, credit-building bill payment and personal wealth coaching. We’re helping communities spend smart, build credit, and live wealthy. Website |
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| FANMIRE is a fan engagement platform that uses technology to provide tools for content creators & influencers to create genuine and engaging premium experiences for their fans. Our platform is about building meaningful connections in a digital world and creating communities that celebrate fandom free of negativity. Website |
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IDEACOIL is a reward driven market research platform based in New York City that allows businesses to gain intelligent insight from aggregated customer and audience feedback data so they are quickly able to measure customer trends, reviews and implement sustainable measures. Ideacoil saves businesses time and money while at same time rewarding participants for providing commentary or feedback. The private data businesses collect on the platform is based on direct customer immersion experiences, which companies can use to target growth opportunities, improve profit margins and increase brand loyalty. Website |
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The Future of AI in New York City |
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Know the Future of AI in NYC Our city is home to the second largest concentration of AI companies in the nation, a large academic research community, a thriving startup sector, and an estimated 40,000 AI professionals.
This gives us the ability and responsibility to influence the direction of the field and the ways society manages it. We need to move quickly to catch up, and get ahead of rapid advances on the horizon.
To get this important conversation started, my office recently consulted with a variety of AI experts from academia, nonprofits, and the private sector to create "A Call To Action on AI in NYC."
This comprehensive set of recommendations outlines the steps we must take to manage the transformative impacts of AI and identifies actions we can take now to make sure AI works for everyone.
For more detailed information, please visit this link to read our full plan. Let’s work together to ensure that we build a Manhattan that is ready for the future. |
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