8:00am – 6:00pm – Dig South Tech Summit Sessions, College of Charleston, Albert Simons Center for the Arts, 161 Calhoun Street
8:00 – 8:45am (Simons Center Patio) – Rise & Grind with Java House Coffee
9:00am – 4:00pm (Simons Center Atrium & Adjoining Rooms) – Exhibitor Lounges, Booths, Podcasts & Special Features at the Summit
9:00 – 9:05am (Emmett Robinson Theatre) – “New Frontiers” at 2025 Dig South Tech Summit!
9:05 – 9:45am (Emmett Robinson Theatre) – The New Earth Business: Leading with Purpose, Trust, and Regenerative Value, Wes Carter, President, Atlantic Packaging; Founder, A New Earth Project
10:00 – 10:25am (Emmett Robinson Theatre) – Democratization of Software Development, Austin McCombs, Co-founder/CEO at Gnosis Freight
10:00 – 10:25am (Black Box Theater) – New Frontiers in Healthtech, Wellness and Patient Care from AI to Biohacking, E-commerce & Beyond, Moderator: Nancey Trevanian Tsai, Medical Director, Kandu Health
10:00 – 10:25am (Recital Hall) – Wild Pitch, Round 1: Albon, BEEnevolent, BuilderComs, CareHome
10:30 – 10:55am (Emmett Robinson Theatre) – AI: Implications for Business Strategy, Matthew Gough, Managing Partner, Spindle
10:30 – 10:55am (Black Box Theater) – How Goods & Humans Flow Around the World & What Anyone Selling a Physical Product Should Know About Supply Chain, Moderator: Grady Johnson, Executive Director, The Harbor Entrepreneur Center
10:30 – 10:55am (Recital Hall) – Wild Pitch, Round 2: CogBias, Contextual, Eskuad, Fuel Well
11:00 – 11:25am (Emmett Robinson Theatre) – Tech Trek: Navigating Digital Marketing to Attract Today’s Traveler, Moderator: Michael Gasser, Co-owner, Squeeze Marketing
11:00 – 11:25am (Black Box Theater) – New Data & Analytical Approaches to Supply Chain, Tariffs and Global Trade, G. Michael Rentz, Jr., Chief Revenue Officer, Gnosis Freight
11:00 – 11:25am (Recital Hall) – Wild Pitch, Round 3: HKG Energy, Hub Healtcare, Identity Matrix, MakeWell AI, Nuream
11:30am – Noon (Emmett Robinson Theater) – Marketing in the Age of AI: Automated Content Creation, Clones, Data and the User Experience, Moderator: Amy Jordan, Sen. Dir. of Business Development & Operations, CNN Sports
11:30am – Noon (Black Box Theater) – Philanthropy and Business: Why and How?, Matt Pardieck, CFP, Managing Principal, Harbour Wealth Management
11:30am – Noon (Recital Hall) – Wild Pitch, Round 4: Quality Means Business, Reel Analytics, Renoverse, Skyrexio, Thrive Data
Noon – 1:15pm – Summit Lunch Break
1:30 – 1:55pm (Emmett Robinson Theater) – Keynote: TBA
1:30 – 1:55pm (Recital Hall) – Funding from Bootstrap to Angel, Venture to Equity, and Beyond…..
1:30 – 1:55pm (Black Box Theater) – TBA
2:00 – 3:30pm (Recital Hall) – Build Your Story Workshop, Matthew Pollard, Rapid Growth® Coach, bestselling author of The Introvert’s Edge
2:00 – 2:25pm (Emmett Robinson Theater) – It’s Dangerous Digital World: How to Secure Your Data and Company Assets, Moderator: Megan Stifel, Chief Strategy Officer, Institute for Security & Technology (IST)
2:00 – 2:25pm (Black Box Theater) – The Future Entrepreneur – Conscious, Balanced, and Aligned, Krissa Watry, Co-Founder / CEO of Dynepic, Inc., US Air Force veteran
2:30 – 2:55pm (Emmett Robinson Theater) – Fast-Growth Founder’s Dilemma: Knowing When and How to Scale Wild Pitch Finale, Jonathan Yantis, Co-founder & CEO, QuicksortRx
2:30 – 2:55pm (Black Box Theater) – How to Know Exactly What Your Customers (and Sales Team) Are Thinking at Any Given Moment: Virtualization Conversations (vCons), Thomas McCarthy-Howe, Chief Technology Officer, STROLID
3:00 – 3:55pm (Emmett Robinson Theatre) – Wild Pitch Finale 2025!
3:00 – 3:25pm (Black Box Theater) – How to Build & Lead Badass Teams From Anywhere in the World, Moderator: Amy Jordan, Frm. Sen. Dir. of Business Development & Operations, CNN Sports
3:30 – 3:55pm (Recital Hall) – TBA
3:30 – 3:55pm (Black Box Theater) – TBA
4:00 – 4:45pm (Emmett Robinson Theater) – Closing Keynote: Rapid Growth The Lazy Way, Matthew Pollard, Founder, Rapid Growth® Coach
4:30 – 6:00pm – “New Frontiers” Shindig: Dig South’s Closing Bash, Hosted by College of Charleston
6:30 – 8:30pm – Charleston Tech Week “Geekout” Finale at The Harbour Club at Westedge, 22 Westedge St Suite 700, Charleston, SC 29403
