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Seattle Hip-Hop Career & Business Expo
October 9, 2010 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
$10 – $20
The Seattle Hip-Hop Career & Business Expo, scheduled for October 9, 2010 at the Vera Project
Seattle Center is part of the Seattle City of Music Festival and will focus on introducing young people who are part of the hip-hop generation to the many career and business opportunities in and around hip-hop music and culture as well as providing aspiring artists and entrepreneurs with tools to grow their careers and businesses.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Devon Manier, Sport N Life Records
- Ben London, Media Rights Manager, Hewlett Packard
- Tom Mara, Executive Director, KEXP
- Tony Kiewel, Head of A&R, Sub Pop
- Jen Czeisler, Vice President of Licensing, Sub Pop Records
- Mark Dyce, Founder/Principal, 206 Inc.
- Omari Salisbury, Chef Operating Officer, R Networks
- LaKeith “G.Prez” Asphy, Presidential Media Group
- Dr. Skip Rowland, Exec. Director Urban Enterprise Center of Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce
- Caroline Li, TD Wang
- Amalia Martino, Blue Shoes Media
- Larry Mizell, Stranger/KEXP
- Jonathon Cunningham, Publicola.Net
- Marian Liu, Seattle Times
- Casey Carter, MissCaseyCarter.com
- Julie Chang-Schulman, Hip-Hop Congress
- Alex Kochan, AEG Live
- Chris Porter, Director of Programming One Reel
- Dave Meinert, Fuzed Music
- Kate Becker, Seattle Theater Group
- Cochise Moore – Seattle Hip-Hop Youth Council/Seattle Vocational Institute
- Montique “MG” Carter – UmojaFest P.E.A.C.E. Center
- Arif Gursel – Invisible Man Entertainment
- Draze, Mixtapemovies
- Agnes Munala, Marketing Director, International News Inc.
- Wells Fargo Bank Business Banking
- City of Seattle Office of Economic Development
The Northwest region is a vibrant source of musical genius and a ground zero of technological innovation and breakthroughs. It is also an international city and the gateway to the Pacific Rim. As such, it is the perfect location to host a Hip-Hop Career & Business Expo focusing on technology for youth empowerment and community economic development.
The event will expose youth to career paths including music, arts, culture, business administration, entrepreneurship, journalism, film/video, technology, marketing, education, human services, politics and social entrepreneurship. By using the power of hip-hop and other music genres to educate and elevate the community and region, the event will engage and expose youth to academic, career planning and entrepreneurship and technology resources related to their interests.
Register online.
