New York City is experiencing a technology transformation which is positively effecting the city's economy and changing the city's trajectory into the future.

As encouraging as this trend may be, the city is facing a widening short and long term talent gap as both startups and more established traditional employers rush to hire trained 21st century workers who can help them grow and innovate.

Many new and some established organizations have started initiatives to address this problem by creating programs for workforce development, coding, and other forms of tech education in the hopes of filling the jobs employers need with as many New Yorkers as possible.

As tech training, workforce development, and education field grows, policy makers and funders are also trying to understand what works, what doesn't, how to measure success, and what resources are needed or should be redirected to develop the talent pipeline that New York City so desperately needs in order to effectively compete in the 21st century global economy.

A number of organizations working in the field have come together to produce this event as a resource for all of us to meet each other, learn what others are doing, forge new relationships and collaborations and hopefully give everyone a sense that they are part of a growing, vibrant, and dynamic community that can work together to achieve greater scale and impact.

Among the organizations collaborating on this event are the event sponsor New York Tech Meetup, along with Coalition for Queens, Startup Box, Per Scholas, FedCap,  Code2Work, and the New School, among others. Members of the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development will also participate.

Thank you and we look forward to working with you to make a strong New York workforce of the 21st century,

New York City Tech Talent Summit