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Tech Connect 2022

$175.00

Details

Date:: May 5, 2022
Time:: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost:: $175.00
Event Category:: Tech Connect

Organizer

: Patty Carruth
Phone: 952.230.4554
Email: patty@mntech.org

Venue

: Saint Paul RiverCentre
: 175 Kellogg Blvd. West
St. Paul, MN 55102

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Tech Connect is MnTech’s largest educational conference of the year. This year’s conference takes place at the Saint Paul RiverCentre on Thursday, May 5. The full day conference includes three general sessions, discussion rooms, breakout sessions, an expo, and more.

Tech Connect is attended by organizations of all sizes, and is geared to Minnesota tech and business leaders, tech influencers, tech strategists, and future tech leaders currently pursuing STEM careers. Tech Connect provides a great opportunity to showcase the rich diversity of Minnesota’s tech ecosystem. Attendees gain new ideas, tips, and best practices they can take back to their own organizations.

COVID-19 Protocol
MnTech considers health and safety a top priority as we make plans for this in-person conference. MnTech will follow the state and local guidelines in place at the time of the conference, which are subject to change as pandemic conditions evolve.

Conference registration opens soon.

Looking for Exhibit Space at Tech Connect?

Martha Cotton Managing Director, Fjord Global Co-Lead Accenture

Opening Keynote
Martha Cotton
Managing Director,
Fjord Global Co-Lead
Accenture

Lunchtime Keynote
Jack Uldrich
Global Futurist
Speaker, Author

Closing Session Roundtable
Facilitated by
Jeff Tollefson
President & CEO
Minnesota Technology Association

Discounts available for purchases of 10 or more tickets. Contact Patty Carruth at patty@mntech.org

Are you a full-time student pursuing a STEM career? Contact Patty Carruth at patty@mntech.org for student pricing.

Presenting Sponsors

Optum

Gold Sponsors

Target

Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsors

Sponsorship opportunities for 2022 are available. Please contact Patty Carruth for more information at patty@mntech.org or 952.230.4554

Jayshree Seth
Corporate Scientist, 3M

Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 77 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering.

Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the benefits of science and the importance of diversity in STEM fields. She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Engineering “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. Jayshree was featured in a docuseries titled Not the Science Type that premiered during the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and accepted for Brand Storytelling Showcase, a sanctioned event at Sundance Film Festival. She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds go to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM. She is a sought-after speaker, globally, on a multitude of topics such as innovation, leadership and STEM advocacy and has featured in local, national and international media.

Jayshree has served on the CEOs Inclusion Council, chaired the 3M Asian Employee Resource Group A3CTION and serves on the Steering Committee for 3M Technical Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF). She also serves on the Board of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Engineering Advisory Council for Clarkson University, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPP), Advisory Board for Innovation – The Conference Board, and Advisory Group of Aspen Institute Our Future is Science program.

Jayshree has two adult kids, and her husband also works at 3M.