Philly Tech Week connects people with new tools and processes to make a better future for all.

We dedicate this year to the spirit of resolve, resilience, and positive change. 💪🌄🙏

Good morning,friend. Believe it or not we are now just 4 weeks away from our milestone 10th annual celebration, Sept. 21-25. Here are some updates about the week:

EDITOR'S NOTES

📅The Community Calendar is live! Our many community event organizers have been working rapidly to pivot their events to next month’s all-virtual format. Now we're here to shine some light on all that hustle.

Here is a mini-sampling of events you won't want to miss:

• 💻 Architecting End-to-End Blockchain-Powered Solutions (Monday, Sept. 21), conducted by the Philadelphia Microsoft Technology Center Technical Architects
• 🌍 Innovation for Eradicating Global Poverty (Monday, Sept. 21)
• 👩The third annual HUE Tech Summit (Tuesday, Sept. 22 -Thursday, Sept. 24)
• 🎹 @CypherCity Virtual Global Livestreaming Music Tech Conference (Wednesday, Sept. 23)
• 🏘️The Tech & Real Estate Showcase with Elest (Thursday, Sept. 24)
• 🦁 The PACT Capital Conference Lion’s Den Finale (Thursday, Sept. 24)

🎥 LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION!

From 2011 to today. What has it all meant?? Hear from friends who've attended over the years in the PTW 10th Annual Video, making its official debut next week. Oh, and we have a VERY interesting special guest appearance.  

💻 Dev Conference tickets go live this week!

Follow us on social to grab your spot for the Sept. 23 daylong event. 

We look forward to joining you for this truly unique, milestone moment: the all-virtual transformation of Philly's longest-running festival for technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation. 

Explore the website to learn more.

Say hello to our Introduced by Technical.ly Sponsors

In honor of their commitment to better workplaces and equitable hometowns.

Comcast LiftLabs

AmFam Institute

Flexential

Harmelin Media

Independence Blue Cross

InnovatePGH

Morgan Lewis

Nividous Software

Relay Network, LLC

SAP

Think Company

Chiletec

Neat Company

Science Center

Zendesk

Join these companies and grow your reputation as an industry leader, all while supporting Philadelphia's tech and innovation community.

Article Roundup 

• Susan Kare, Regional Rail and the original Macintosh fonts

  
  By Julie Zeglen | August 26, 2020
  An interview with the Montgomery County native and iconic designer on why the original Mac fonts were named after SEPTA Regional Rail station stops. 
• The Philly Tech Week community events calendar is live. Here's a sneak peek.
  By Katrina Gonzalez | August 25, 2020
  Check out the newest additions to the developing lineup for the virtually transformed 10th annual Philly Tech Week presented by Comcast.
• Take a break and test your local tech, computer history and internet culture knowledge
  By Julie Zeglen | August 24, 2020
  If you missed the all-virtual Super Meetup, try your hand at these trivia questions we played live. P.s.: an even bigger, better trivia game is planned for September.

Deals for Philly Tech Week Insiders

Special announcements start this week. Sign up today so you don't miss out! 

Flashback to 2015

Travel back in time to the 2015 Philly Tech Week presented by Comcast kickoff event. Here's the time we made a GoPro timelapse of the App Arcade @ Dilworth. 

See you next week,

The organizers of Philly Tech Week