Philly tech week 2023

Sponsored by comcast 

Philly Tech Week returned May 5-15th, 2023 to celebrate technology and innovation in Philadelphia. 

More than 1,300 attendees joined us across our Technical.ly hosted events to learn about new things happening in tech, meet hiring companies and network!

Special thanks to Comcast, Perpay, and HealthVerity for hosting our events this year.

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highlights

  • 40+ community-organized events across the city
  • Annual Developers Conference including 14 panels covering innovation in tech
  • Annual Builders Conference (previously known as Introduced) with panels featuring topics from entrepreneurship support, diversity in hiring, company storytelling and more
  • NET/WORK hiring tabling and happy hour​
  • Annual Signature Event happy hour with food, drinks, games, and local tech folks​

Philly tech week 2022

sponsored by COMCASt

Philly Tech Week returned in person for the first year since the pandemic May 6-14th, 2022. 

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highlights

  • PTW22 kicked off with a virtual art tour in the metaverse
  • 25+ sessions bringing together entrepreneurs, business leaders, HR pros, and corporate innovation executives at Introduced, Technical.ly's annual company-building conference
  • The Developers Conference combined in-person discussions and prerecorded technical talks
  • The Signature Event took place at the Cira Green rooftop and included locally-built video games, robotics and makerspace surprises
  • Temple University hosted a special Digital Equity Day as it unveiled its new Digital Equity Center

Philly tech week 2021

Sponsored by coMCAST

Philly Tech Week 2021 was held May 7-15th, 2021. Technical.ly partnered with PACT (The Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies) to convene and engage our community.

 

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highlights

  • 40+ community-organized events held across the city
  • 2021 Virtual Reality Kickoff Event
  • Tech professionals met for the annual Technical.ly Developers Conference
  • The week included the six-day Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

PHILLY TECH WEEK 2020

sponsored by comcast

Philly Tech Week 2020 marked the 10-year anniversary of Philly Tech Week. Held September 21-25th, this was PTW’s first virtual event series due to the pandemic. 

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highlights

  • In the midst of the pandemic, PTW 2020 featured mostly virtual events to bring technologists and entrepreneurs
  • 40+ community-organized events
  • Introduced by Technical.ly was held virtually at the end of the week, introducing attendees to the ideas, people and opportunities that build better companies
  • The Signature Event featured awards, trivia, a cosplay contest and an exclusive DJ

PHILLY TECH WEEK 2019

sponsored by comcast

Philly Tech Week 2019 was held May 3-11th, 2019. 

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highlights

  • 100+ community events were held across the city
  • PTW19 Kickoff Festival in Old City followed by the Official After Party
  • The Women in Tech Soiree celebrated its 5th anniversary
  • Tech professionals gathered for the Dev Conference and reconvened at the Dev Happy Hour
  • The 3rd annual Innovation Day organized by O3 World sold out

PHILLY TECH WEEK 2018

sponsored by comcast

Philly Tech Week 2018 took place April 27th – May 5th, 2018.

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highlights

  • 90+ community-organized events were held across the city
  • PTW18 Kickoff Festival at Schmidt's Commons, featuring an outdoor app arcade
  • Reading Terminal Market closed its doors to the public to play host to the PTW18 Signature Event
  • Tech in the Commons returned to offer nonprofits training opportunities in audience engagement
  • Dev workshop were held for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels

PHILLY TECH WEEK 2017

sponsored by comcast

Philly Tech Wek 2017 was held April 27th – May 6th, 2017.

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highlights

  • 100+ community-organized events were held across the city
  • Q&A with PA Gov. Tom Wolf
  • The Entrepreneur Expo showcased more than 100 local startups in the Philly startup scene
  • #FailFest joined entrepreneurs, technologists and leaders for a conversation on lessons learned from failure
  • Game developers, street vendors, artists and locals came together for the PTW17 Block Party in Schmidt's Commons

PHILLY TECH WEEK 2016

sponsored by comcast

Philly Tech Week 2016 took place April 29th – May 7th, 2016.

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highlights

  • Nearly 150 community events were held across the city
  • The PTW16 Kickoff Festival at Dilworth Park featured an app arcade, maker corner and live music
  • Attendees gathered for a mayoral town hall alongside the city's most prominent leaders
  • The Signature Event returned for a cocktail reception and interactive local technology expo
  • The Business Conference provided local startups resources and new connections

PHILLY TECH WEEK 2015

sponsored by comcast

Philly Tech Week 2015 was held April 17-25th, 2015.

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highlights

  • 150+ events community-organized events
  • The Innovation Mapped Party by Chevrolet celebrated some of Philly's most exciting tech hubs
  • Mayoral forum dedicated to issues of tech, entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Developers joined for the Dev Day Conference to participate in workshops
  • The PTW Signature Event was held in the Comcast Center

PHILLY TECH WEEK 2014

sponsored by AT&T

Philly Tech Week 2014 was held April 4-12, 2014.

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highlights

  • 140+ community-organized events were held across the city
  • The week kicked off with an arcade of local startups and a game of Tetris on the side of the Cira Centre
  • The Chevrolet Innovation Tour visited the companies, coworking facilities, makerspaces and universities that are the backbone of Philly tech
  • The Commit Service pledge connected the local innovation community with nonprofits that provide tech-related services
  • PTW wrapped up with the annual premiere of the PTW Signature Event
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