It has been a crazy couple of weeks. From sliding in from a University of Michigan writing conference straight to interviewing nearly two dozen people at Intermitten, speaking with Duo’s Dug Song to trekking around Ann Arbor’s tech scene and tech talk, to future-proofing our automotive software and learning where the mobility tech industry is…
Tech Trek: How Trick or Treating for Geeks Turned to 6,000 People and a 10-Day Journey Through Future Tech
“I’m having so much fun,” a boy tells his mom. We’re on Liberty, and the green Tech Trek backpacks are so ubiquitous that an extra 500 people registered on site to visit the local tech companies who opened their doors around downtown Ann Arbor for Tech Trek for a total of 2101 attendees. Kids and…
Tech Talk 2019: Thought Leaders Speak on the State of Technology in Ann Arbor and Beyond
“Ann Arbor is the best educated city in the U.S.,” Wacker Chemical president and CEO David Wilhoit told us before the start of Tech Talk, capping off Ann Arbor’s 2019 tech week before the Tech Trek this afternoon that started it all. Companies like Wacker, which according to Wilhoit and one of his divisional managers…
Tech-Inclusive Lowers Barriers to People Entering the Tech Industry
What does tech need more of? What we hear on an almost daily basis is: inclusion. But there’s more to it than hiring people of another gender or race or cultural group. No one wants to be a token hire. What new group Tech-Inclusive is doing, according to co-founder Ronda Bergman, is lowering the barriers…
Planning Your Visit to Tech Trek and a2Tech360 2019
Tech Trek week in Ann Arbor has quickly become a week-long multiple-conference event. This year, there are many events you need to plan ahead for with registration or tickets. Here’s what you need to know to check out the tech scene in Ann Arbor the first week of June. a2Tech360 Schedule and Registration Info June…
The Explosive Growth of Ann Arbor’s Favorite Tech Week: Get Ready For 2019 Tech Trek & Hackathon
“Five years ago we kept hearing from people, ‘We give Spark funding to have this high-tech culture in Ann Arbor, and we don’t see any of these businesses,” says Jenn Cornell Queen, VP of Marketing at business incubator Ann Arbor Spark. “For instance, AR startup Spellbound graduated to a space above Arbor Brewing, but you…
Ann Arbor Tech Events: May 2019
Until they develop the technology (waiting), we can’t be everywhere at once, and that’s what it takes to attend and cover all Ann Arbor tech events these days. So, here is a list of some tech events going on in May in Ann Arbor, plus some great lists to follow who can keep you in…