Please join us for a Roundtable Discussion on the "Future of Work" as part of Woodbury School of Architecture's Year of Intelligence.

We will be joined by panelists German Aparicio, a Project Manager at Trimble Consulting; Wayne Thomas, Senior Associate at Gensler Los Angeles; Eera Babtiwale, and Director of Sustainability at Mount San Antonio College. The discussion will be moderated by Kishani Da Silva, Chair of Woodbury's new Construction Management program.

Drawing from their expertise in the technology, architecture and construction industries, the panelists will discuss what the ‘future of work’ could look like with the rise of automation, the use of big data, AI, mixed reality, and other forms of technology.

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MASTERCLASS:

Tipping the Scales - How The Helm is Using SPVs to Build the Next Generation of Women Investors

The Helm CEO Lindsey Taylor Wood and Assure CEO Jeremy Neilson will get together for a virtual fireside chat to discuss the convergence of innovation in the democratization of private investing. They will discuss strategies and tools that enable more access to private investing, specifically enabling a new generation of women investors and founders.

Topics for Discussion include:

• - Origin story of The Helm - How to Invest in More Women-founded companies and Change Who is at the Investment Table

• - Why The Helm Launched a Small Fund with Lower Investment Minimums to Become More Accessible

• - Why an Angel Syndicate as an Entry Point for Women to Use Capital to Invest

• - Why We Need More Women Angels to Have More Fortune 500 Women CEOs

Featured Guest Speakers

Lindsey Taylor Wood

Over the last decade, Lindsey has built and run two companies and The Helm’s first fund. A proven operator and investor, she has invested in some of the country’s best women-led companies.   An expert in the empowerment of girls and women, prior to The Helm, Lindsey founded LTW, an impact studio with an emphasis on contemporary feminism. Clients include actor Matt McGorry, MAKERS, The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, The Harnisch Foundation, Women Moving Millions, and filmmakers Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus, and Rashida Jones, among others.  Prior to consulting, Lindsey was on the founding team of  Catapult , a crowdfunding platform for girls and women. Having spent 15+ years in the gender equality movement, her ability to found, build, and introduce new funding products with a gender lens has made her a sought-after strategist in the women’s rights movement.

 Jeremy Neilson

Jeremy Neilson, an Inc. 5000 entrepreneur, is a founder and a co-CEO of Assure. Prior to Assure, Mr. Neilson launched and managed Utah’s $300M private equity program, the Utah Fund of Funds, which invested in 28 funds and across most of the private equity spectrum. Before the Utah Fund of Funds, Jeremy was an associate with the University Venture Fund where he spent time working closely with local and national venture capitalists on company due diligence. Jeremy has served as a venture capital fund advisory board member and investment committee member for various foundations.

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About this Event

Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office of Economic Development invites you to attend a virtual celebration of LA Women’s Entrepreneurship Day 2020.

"In It Together"

In recognition of the significant impact women business owners have made on the Los Angeles economy and quality of life despite significant obstacles, Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles City Council declared November 19 to be Women's Entrepreneurship Day in Los Angeles. The goal of the LA WED Celebration is to inspire, empower, and catalyze diverse, yet like-minded individuals, agencies, and organizations to help women-owned businesses realize their full potential in Los Angeles and throughout the world. All are welcome to join in the celebration and partake in the resources available. It is a unique opportunity for current and aspiring entrepreneurs to create meaningful connections, get expert advice and information, and gather the support and resources necessary to set themselves up for success.

The LA WED Celebration will include remarks from successful and emerging local women entrepreneurs, breakout sessions with leading experts, a financial resource expo, and networking opportunities with other women entrepreneurs and organizations.

9:45 am: Mingle before the event

Arrive early, complete your business assessment, and mingle with other guests.

10:00 am – 11:00 am: Keynote Speakers

Welcome remarks by Mayor Eric Garcetti followed by remarks from founders in a variety of industries who will share their journey, lessons learned, and challenges on their pathway to successful business ownership.

11: 00 am - 2:00 pm: Program

• Breakout Sessions

• Financial Resource and Business Assistance Expo

• Women Organizations Expo

• Anxiety and stress support and discussions

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Stay for an after-event mixer!

• Industry-based networking and discussions

• Health and Wellness panel and discussion

• One-on-one speed mixer

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LA WED 2020 CELEBRATION SPEAKERS:

Mayor Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles City

Wendy Diamond, Founder, Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization

Katie Chin, Founder, Wok Star Inc. and Global Women's Entrepreneurship Day Los Angeles Ambassador

Martha de la Torre, Founder/CEO, El Clasificado and EC Hispanic Media

Hillary Kerr, Co-Founder, Clique Media Group; Co-Founder/Chief Content Officer, WhoWhatWear; Host, Second Life

Sharon Chuter, Founder/CEO/Creative Director, UOMA Beauty; Founder, Pull Up for Change

Ellen Bennett, Founder/CEO, Hedley & Bennett

Olivia June, Founder/CEO, VINA; Co-founder, PYM

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#ChangePays: Women Founders taking action on diversity and inclusion. Meet Women Entrepreneurs and CEO’s, who are making Diversity and Inclusion more than a buzz word.  D&I is a core principal of their business plan, and they are EXECUTING.  Learn how they use transparency and accountability to drive change not only in their own business but with their clients.

Sharon Chuter, CEO and founder of UOMA Cosmetics, recently achieved some notoriety with her online campaign #PULLUPORSHUTUP which holds brands accountable to release a breakdon of their black employees at the corporate and executive level. "Listed by WWD as one of th e50 most forward-thinking executives shaping the future of the beauty industry, and recently crowned Refinery29's Innovator of the year, Nigerian born Sharon Chuter, is a rebel with a cause and on a mission to go off the well beaten path to redefine the rules of inclusivity and diversity. A visionary and seasoned beauty industry executive, Sharon has had a career that has spanned multiple continents and has worked with major multinational beauty and consumer brands including L'Oréal, PepsiCo and Benefit Cosmetics, As the creative director of UOMA Beauty, sharon has taken a very hands-on approach to create a makeup range that is forward thinking, radical and uncompromising. She draws inspiration from her Afro heritage and infused it with fierce modernity to create a truly fresh aesthetic."

Katharine Wolf is founder of Odetta.ai, an on-demand outsourcing platform enabling companies to delegate digital tasks more easily. Odetta is based in San Francisco, with a team of thousands of Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Software Developers, from 30 different countries around the world. Odetta's mission is to provide flexible work at scale to underemplyed women globally in regions where it's needed most. Prior to founding Odetta, Katharine was an early employee and first business hire at Behalf, a venture backed fintech company where she ran sales, and account management. Katharine started her career at Deutsche Bank in Leveraged Finance in NY and pAris and also founded and ran a microfinance bank in Vietnam. While in graduate studies, she helped to launch OrganJet, a healthcare company that helps patients get organ transplants faster. She holds a BA from Middlebury, MBA from Stanford and MPA-ID from Harvard. One of the more unique things about her is that she is the only girl in a set of quadruplets.

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About this Event

To celebrate 50 years of Verso Books we bring you Verso Live, a new virtual live events programme. We have selected authors to speak on a wide range of subjects including the future of work, what a feminist city might look like, how our virtual spaces have become the ‘new normal’, and how enslaved West Indian women played a distinct role in slave resistance. These events are free and will be live-streamed to Verso’s YouTube and Facebook pages fortnightly on Thursday evenings UK time, as well as being made available to watch after the event has finished.

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Grace Blakeley, editor of The Futures of Socialism and author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation (Repeater, 2019), and Aaron Bastani, author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism, discuss life after lockdown, what kinds of work continue to work, what kinds don't, and the future of work more broadly.

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