
You're Invited to the 5th Annual
Tech
Rising
Summit
Monday, May 5, 2025
11:00am - 4pm
Host location: Honeywell
Topic: CyberSecurity and AI - Threats and Opportunities to foster Digital Equity

Tech Rising, an initiative led by the AvidXchange Foundation in partnership with 20+ local corporations, strives to bridge the digital divide and make Charlotte the most digitally inclusive community in the U.S. through strategic engagement with the Center for Digital Equity, government, academic and nonprofit partnerships.
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*Space is limited so please limit attendance to no more than 4 per organization.
Agenda
May 5, 2025
11:00-12:00pm:
Networking Lunch & Networking with nonprofits
12:00-12:30pm:
CDE Update
12:30 - 1:15pm:
Corporate Partner Panel:The increase of Cyber Crime due to AI. Moderated by Bruce Clark, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Equity
1:45 - 2:00pm:
Break
2:00 - 2:45pm:
Community Impact Panel: CyberSecurity and AI - Threats and Opportunities to foster Digital Equity. Moderated by Rob Phocas, Director of Corporate Responsibility at AvidXchange
2:45 - 3:45pm:
Breakout sessions led by Apparo
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Bolster Your Organizations' Cybersecurity - In this interactive session you will learn how to assess your fundamental cybersecurity strengths and weaknesses, gain critical tips for improvements you can make immediately, and receive recommendations of trusted free and affordable cybersecurity resources you can use to ensure your organization's safety.
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AI for Fundraising and Marketing - In this engaging session you'll learn valuable tips from Apparo's Artificial Intelligence for Social Good Playbook, including way to use AI for grant writing, donor communications, content creation and more. Through detailed demonstrations, you'll learn about finetuning your AI prompts to get the results you need.
3:45-4:00pm:
Wrap up and next steps
Official Partners:
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