Tech Connect 2022 Recap

MnTech Celebrates a Successful Tech Connect 2022

Minnesota’s technology leaders were finally able to gather in person after nearly three years at the 2022 Tech Connect conference in Saint Paul. Nearly 300 guests gathered to learn and connect over the technology industry’s most prevalent topics, challenges, and changes.

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Fjord Trends 2022: A New Fabric of Life

Read the full Fjord Trends 2022 report.

Read Jack Uldrich's book, "Business as Unusual"

Session Recordings

Rewatch our recorded sessions or share them with a colleague by clicking on the links below to visit the MnTech Youtube channel.

Morning Welcome

St. Paul Mayor, Melvin Carter, welcomes the audience to Tech Connect 2022

Morning Keynote

Martha Cotton of Accenture Song explores the Fjord Trends 2022 report in the morning keynote address

Afternoon Keynote

Jack Uldrich discusses the themes explored in his book, "Business as Unusual"

Executive Panel

Leaders from Land O'Lakes, Thomson Reuters, Target, and UnitedHealthcare gather for a panel discussion

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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.

Tech Connect 2022 Recap

MnTech Celebrates a Successful Tech Connect 2022

MnTech Celebrates a Successful Tech Connect 2022

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Fjord Trends 2022: A New Fabric of Life

Fjord Trends 2022: A New Fabric of Life

"Business as Unusual" by Jack Uldrich

"Business as Unusual" by Jack Uldrich

Session Recordings

Session Recordings

Morning Welcome

Morning Keynote

Afternoon Keynote

Executive Panel

What did you think of Tech Connect?

What did you think of Tech Connect?

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