This year the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation are focusing on a topic that is increasingly popular by the day, technology. Technology entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, along with members of the African-American tech community will take part in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 41st Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C at the Walter E. Washington Convention... [read more]

This year the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation are focusing on a topic that is increasingly popular by the day, technology. Technology entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, along with members of the African-American tech community will take part in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 41st Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

During the Annual Legislative Conference, held on September 23, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas will host an issue forum, entitled “African Americans Joining the Leading Edge of the High Tech Boom.

The panellists who will speaking on the growth in technology are: Scott Case, Chief Executive Officer of Startup America Partnership and Co-founder of Priceline.com; Ben Horowitz, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz (investor in Facebook, Twitter, Skype and Groupon); Rep. Jared Polis, Co-founder of ProFlowers.com and Techstars Incubator; Charles Hudson, partner at SoftTech VC; Tristan Walker, Business Development at Foursquare; Pauline Malcolm-John, Executive Vice President at WeeWorld Inc.; Regina Wallace-Jones, Senior Director at Yahoo Inc.; and Amos Winbush III, Chief Executive Officer of CyberSynchs Inc.

The forum is open to the public and there will be opportunities for attendees to ask the panellists questions after.