tech festival

Joe Cupano, Tallie Carter, Yulia Ovchinnikova at the HVTechFest conference opening ceremony

workforce development panel session is about to begin, and you can see our main sponsors listed

setting up.

Andrea Tejedor, the fearless HVTechFest Hackathon leader, is rushing to the stage to announce the next step

The Hackathon process was as follows:

Warm-up with Design Thinking challenge > Pitching ideas > Recruiting and forming teams > Building time > Presenting the solution > Judging > Celebrating.

Participants are forming the line to pitch their ideas now

it was a great warm up challenge allowing kids to start thinking differently

The startup bug bit kids at the Hackathon – we can expect more tech entrepreneurs coming… Let’s cultivate this spirit!

Special OpenHub prize - WebDev Bootcamp scholarship - worth $2,500 - was granted to Sugey Vaquero, NFA PTECH student. She is excited to learn real life skills at Web Development

It was exciting to see 120+ professionals working side by side with youth, and competing equally.

We discovered that our high schoolers are way more tech savvy than previous generations. They are thoughtful, engaged and collaborative, responsible and capable.

These amazing NFA students are committed to solve their community challenge - Newburgh's poverty! They know how technology can change people's lives, and they have a specific solution.

Public Transportation team 

Team members: Israel Pagan, Kevin Leto - PTECH students from NFA - pitching their project in front of HVTechFest Hackathon jury

The Hackathon revealed how the youth are driven to solve Hudson Valley employability & professional sustainability challenges. We were excited to see that we are all aligned in our dream of making the Hudson Valley a better place to live and work, and leveraging technology as a practical tool for this rising tide!