Florida International University’s College of Business, South Florida’s leading business school with unique expertise in international business, entrepreneurship, healthcare management, and a broad range of financial services, is the largest of the university’s professional schools. Among the college’s more than 42,000 alumni are some of South Florida’s most successful business leaders and entrepreneurs. More than 6,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate business courses in its R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business, and over 2,000 graduate students study in its Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Graduate School of Business every year. Another 1,000 business professionals participate annually in one or more of its professional and executive education programs.

For more information, visit http://business.fiu.edu.

Nova Southeastern University’s Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences provides educational programs of distinction to prepare students for leadership roles in the computer and information sciences field. With internationally recognized faculty, innovative curricula, and flexible online and campus-based formats for its five Master of Science, three Ph.D. and three certificate programs – the GSCIS’s graduates are sought after around the world. Designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, their information assurance curriculum is recognized by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. For more information, please visit www.scis.nova.edu.

ABOUT MIAMI AD SCHOOL

Founded in 1993, Miami Ad School has grown to a network of 14 advertising schools in nine different countries. Through the school’s partnerships with dozens of agencies and companies, students have the opportunity to intern and get real-world experience while they are still in school. Our creative and practical approach to training has made our students the most awarded on the planet.

ABOUT OUR GLOBAL NETWORK OF ADVERTISING SCHOOLS

Miami Ad School is at the intersection of education and real-world experience. Students learn by doing from instructors who are professionals from the advertising, design and tech world. Students develop ideas and advertising campaigns, videos, social media strategies, websites, apps, products and new business models.

The mission of RefreshMiami is to foster the entrepreneurial and technical communities of South Florida. Our principal focus is to provide the community with a steady stream of educational content focused on inspiring and educating the technological and entrepreneurial communities.

The South Florida PHP Users Group (SoFloPHP) works to unite and grow the PHP community of South Florida with events in the Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami areas. We strive to: create a community where PHP professionals grow together, expand PHP usage in South Florida, help developers through mentoring and training, create events to further the previous points, and maintain a harassment free zone.

About Girl Develop It:

Girl Develop It is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable programs for adult women interested in learning web and software development in a judgment-free environment. Our vision is to create a network of empowered women who feel confident in their abilities to code and build beautiful web and mobile applications. Join the community by taking part in one of our free community social events, be inspired by other local women in technology, and be part of the movement of more women in tech.  Programming classes are offered throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and West Palm Beach counties.  Join us to learn HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, WordPress and more! Contact us at www.GDIMiami.com.

Black Tech Week was established in 2014 by Code Fever to provide more impactful programming around Black History Month. In addition to celebrating innovators of color, the entire week of events aims to change the narrative surrounding our community and replace it with innovation, creativity and technology that stretches the trajectory of our community. Our mission is to celebrate innovators of color and accelerate Miami, Florida USA as the United States gateway to Africa and the diaspora. With the proliferation of social networks, wearable technology, mobile, technology tools and social connections, our generation holds the keys to change the world and it has never been as accessible as it is today. During this exciting week organizations, community partners, startups and tech companies will be hosting events to highlight tech innovation and diversity across the globe. There many people of color doing beyond amazing work here in south Florida and across the globe. Black Tech Week will serve as the platform to acknowledge, celebrate, and support innovative thought provoking conversations & content by people of color. Black Tech Week is about thinking beyond today and tomorrow in order to build a diverse and connected organization for the diaspora.