City of Philadelphia - File #: 180376

• File #: 180376
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 4/19/2018
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/19/2018
• Title: Proclaiming the Week of April 27, 2018 to May 5, 2018 as the Eighth Annual Philly Tech Week Presented by Comcast, and Honoring the Broad and Vibrant Philadelphia Technology Community.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Parker, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Taubenberger, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/19/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
4/19/2018	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Proclaiming the Week of April 27, 2018 to May 5, 2018 as the Eighth Annual Philly Tech Week Presented by Comcast, and Honoring the Broad and Vibrant Philadelphia Technology Community.

Body
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia technology, innovation and creative communities are again coming together to celebrate their importance to the region's economy, culture, and future; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia technology community - with leadership from local technology news organization Technical.ly Philly - has again organized a series of 100 events around technology and innovation in Philadelphia called Philly Tech Week, scheduled from April 27, 2018 to May 5, 2018; and

WHEREAS, The eighth annual Philly Tech Week will kick off at Schmidt's Commons featuring its signature outdoor app arcade. Subsequent events will be hosted throughout the City organized into seven track themes: Creative, Access, Dev, Civic, Business, Media, and Sciences. The highlighted events include workshops for nonprofits, a one day conference incorporating programming, demos, networking and personalized connection, and the Philly Tech Week Signature Event to be held at the Reading Terminal Market; and

WHEREAS, The Title Sponsor is Comcast NBC Universal and the Collaboration Sponsor is the University of Pennsylvania; and

WHEREAS, The Dev Track is presented by Cerner, POWER, epam, TD Bank, ELSEVIER, and IntegriChain. The Business Track is presented by ARCHER, SAUL EWING ARNSTEIN & LEHR, SAP, and Vanguard innovation studio; and

WHEREAS, The Creative Track is presented by Think Company; the Media Track is presented by HERO_digital.; the Civic Track is presented by UBER; and the Sciences Track is presented by the Science Center; and

WHEREAS, The annual Philly Tech Week has developed into great importance to the City's technology and innovation community for fostering innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship; and

WHEREAS, The continuation of Philly Tech Week as an an...