TeenTechSF Global Youth Summit @Microsoft

TeenTechSF is an interactive tech community run by and for teens committed to empowering and inspiring the next generation of tech innovators. Marc Robert Wong founded TeenTechSF as a high school sophomore to ensure equal access to tech opportunities and resources for all teens because diversity fuels innovation. After graduating with honors from the Lycée International Franco-Américain with a baccalauréat français scientifique, Marc received his BS in Computer Science at Stanford and is continuing his studies there towards his Masters.A dual citizen of the US and France, Marc speaks four languages and has worked at Apple, Mozilla Firefox, Eero, and Barefoot Networks.Since launching TeenTechSF has connected more than 2500 students from over 50 diverse Bay Area schools and organizations with 100+ tech leaders from Apple to Zynga, including speakers and workshop leaders from Apple, Cisco, Facebook, GitHub, Google, IDEO, Khan Academy, LinkedIn, MakeSchool, Microsoft, Nest, PlayStation, Salesforce, and Oracle Team USA. In 2014, TeenTechSF went global doubling participation with the inaugural TeenTech GLOBAL Youth Summit livestreaming from Plug and Play Tech Center, birthplace of PayPal and Dropbox. TeenTechSF now has US chapters & global partners in Seattle, New York, Paris, Tunis, Nairobi, Shanghai, and Chengdu. Across the US and around the world TeenTechSF GLOBAL is on a mission to innovate, collaborate, and create for a better world.For more info, please visit our website atTeenTechSF.organd like theTeenTechSF Facebook page.If you'd like to get involved with the TeenTechSF leadership team or join us as a global partner, please contact us at:teentechsf@gmail.com!

Marc Robert Wong, TeenTechSF GLOBAL Founder & Executive Director

<H2>TeenTechSF GLOBAL Youth Summit @Microsoft</H2>
Register to join us onsite or online livestreaming at the <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2rd0TcJ0novb8LDKPYtuPw" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TeenTechSF YouTube channel</A> on Saturday, Dec 9th at Microsoft for keynote speakers from Silicon Valley and messages from TeenTechSF US & global partners:
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<LI>SILICON VALLEY: Microsoft Director of Civic Engagement and youngest mayor of Palo Alto (home of Stanford University and birthplace of Silicon Valley): Sid Espinosa</LI>
<LI>SILICON VALLEY: President Obama's Deputy Chief Technology Officer known during her time as a Google VP and general counsel as "the Decider" for her role in arbitrating global censorship issues: Nicole Wong </LI>
<LI>WASHINGTON DC: First female and first African American Librarian of Congress committed to combatting "Fake News" by increasing digital literacy: Carla Hayden </LI>
<LI>FRANCE: Mission laïque française Executive Director addressing issues of technology and global citizenship among youth: Jean-Christophe Deberre </LI>
<LI>ITALY: Founder & CEO of software startup Balsamiq and Adobe alumnus with surprising advice to young entrepreneurs on how to successfully prepare to launch a startup: Peldi Guilizzoni </LI>
<LI>ASIA: Co-Founder & CEO First Code Academy stressing the importance of learning to code leading one of the fastest-growing educational startups in Asia: Michelle Sun </LI>
<LI>Updates from TeenTechSF (San Francisco), TeenTechWA (Seattle), TeenTechNY (New York), TeenTechCN (Shanghai, Chengdu), and TeenTechTN (Tunis) on TeenTechSF Global activities around the world</LI>
</UL>
We'll also be announcing the TeenTechSF World Pitch winners, plus hands-on workshops on coding, app creation, website development, Maker Movement activities, and professional development with LinkedIn, MakeSchool, Hour of Code, Technovation, and TeenTechSF student leadership.
Students will also participate in a networking session with tech leaders who want to support young tech innovators & civic entrepreneurs.
Thanks to Girls Who Code, Salesforce, and The Mix at SFPL are giving free copies of the NY Times best seller "Learn to Code, Change the World" to all students who register to participants onsite and to Makey Makey, Leap Motion, MIT Launch, Bay Area Teen Science, Chabot Space Center, and the Lawrence Hall of Science for the World Pitch prizes! 
Event Schedule
8:30am Check In
9:00am Welcome - Livestream on <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2rd0TcJ0novb8LDKPYtuPw" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TeenTechSF YouTube channel</A> begins 
<UL>
<LI>TeenTechSF Founder & Executive Director: Marc Robert Wong</LI>
<LI>Performance by Dancer/Coders of Raices de Mexico Ballet Folklorico </LI>
<LI>US & Global Updates: Silicon Valley, Seattle, New York, Washington DC, France, Italy, China, Tunisia </LI>
<LI>World Pitch Judging: More info at <A HREF="https://ttsf-global-civic-hackathon-2017.hackerearth.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HackerEarth</A>, <A HREF="https://ttsf-global-civic-hackathon-2017.hackerearth.com/sprints/teentechsf-global-civic-hackathon/custom-tab/version-francaise/#version%20fran%C3%A7aise" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">version française</A> </LI>
</UL>
9:30am Speakers
<UL>
<LI>Microsoft Dir of Civic Engagement, Youngest Palo Alto Mayor: Sid Espinosa</LI>
<LI>Obama Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Google, Twitter: Nicole Wong</LI>
</UL>
10:30am Networking Break - Livestream on <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2rd0TcJ0novb8LDKPYtuPw" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TeenTechSF YouTube channel</A> ends 
11:00am Breakout Sessions
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<LI>Make School "Tech Skills for the Digital Age"</LI>
<LI>LinkedIn "Professional Development"</LI>
<LI>Technovation "MIT App Inventor"</LI>
<LI>TeenTechSF "Decoding Website Design"</LI>
<LI>TeenTechSF "Electronic Circuitry with Makey Makey"</LI>
<LI>TeenTechSF "Rapid Prototyping with Little Bits"</LI>
<LI>TeenTechSF "Coding with Arduino Microprocessors"</LI>
<LI>TeenTechSF "Dismantlery: The UnMaker Movement"</LI>
</UL>
12:00pm Closing
<UL>
<LI>TeenTechSF President: Vanessa Adams</LI>
<LI>TeenTechSF Finance & Partnerships: Ben Wong</LI>
<LI>Youth Funding Youth Ideas Senior Coordinator: Ashley Rodriguez</LI>
<LI>Make School Co-Founder: Jeremy Rossmann</LI>
</UL>
SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTER NOW TO ATTEND ONSITE OR JOIN THE LIVESTREAM OF THE OPENING KEYNOTE, US & GLOBAL UPDATES + WORLD PITCH ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2rd0TcJ0novb8LDKPYtuPw" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TEENTECHSF YOUTUBE CHANNEL</A> 9am-10am (PST) 
SPONSORS & PARTNERS:
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<LI><A HREF="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/philanthropies/default.aspx" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Microsoft</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://linkedinforgood.linkedin.com/en-us" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://yfyi.org" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youth Funding Youth Ideas</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://ysa.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Youth Service America </A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://citizenship.disney.com/?cds" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Disney Citizenship</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://befearlessbekind.hasbro.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hasbro Be Fearless, Be Kind</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://balsamiq.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Balsamiq</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://hackerearth.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HackerEarth</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://makeschool.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MakeSchool</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://salesforce.org" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Salesforce</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://themixatsfpl.org/more-about-the-mix" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Mix at SFPL</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://girlswhocode.org" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Girls Who Code</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://technovationchallenge.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Technovation</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://hourofcode.com/us" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hour of Code</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://bayareateenscience.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bay Area Teen Science</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://leapmotion.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LeapMotion</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://launchx.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MIT Launch</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://makeymakey.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Makey Makey</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://sites.google.com/site/folkloricdancetroop/welcome-bienvenido" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Raices de Mexico</A> </LI>
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DISCLAIMER: TeenTechSF will be livestreaming and recording this event and reserves the right to use all videos/photos from the event. If you or your parents do not wish to be recorded, please let TeenTechSF know when you arrive and avoid getting on camera.

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