World's Youngest Demo Day - #NYTechWeek

Monday, Jun 8

9:00pm

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Curious what the most ambitious high school students have been building this past year? From AI to robotics to alternative energy, to a computer vision project deployed in conjunction with the United Nations... all are welcome to come check out what the brilliant minds of The Knowledge Society (TKS) have cooked up throughout the program. Previous cohorts have included founders that go on to raise from VCs including 1517, Sequoia, and a16z and/or to be some of the youngest early hires ever at innovative companies such as SpaceX and OpenAI. Here is the approximate run of show: 11:00-11:30: Arrival and mingling 11:30-11:40: Kickoff speech 11:40-12:40: Demo presentations 12:40-1:00: Break for networking and photos 1:00-1:15: Student panel 1:15-1:20: Special guest presentation 1:20-1:40: Graduation certificate presentation 1:40-2:00: Closing and mingling Speakers include: Alexa Spagnola (NYC Director) - Welcome, Intro to TKS & Kickoff Muhammad Hunain - Radiation Shielding for Space Assets Elizabeth Sandovich - Myofibrillar Cross-Bridge Cycling Adela Horn - Algae-Based Carbon Sequestration Aaron Yu - Prioritizing Cancer Vaccine Targets with Explainable AI Renisha Alexander - Assistive Robotics for Patellar Tendonitis Jake Moshel - Re-Designing UX for the Fastest Growing Software Startup Ever Nicole Hysi and Hakimah Malam - Precision Gene Editing for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Jackson Kim - Helping Student Artists Find a Path to Monetization Nia Jagale - Continuous Organ Monitoring Wearable Nishkal Pandya - Quantum AI & Cybersecurity Yuanming Zhao - Engineering Sustainable and Affordable Textile Materials Osayuware Obegmudia - Topical Steroid Withdrawal Khairur Ahnaf - Optimizing Gamification Methods for Education Aleeza Gani - Engineering Safe and Sustainable Mines Brandon Hsu - Programmable Nanobots for Metastasis Aanya Misra - Wearable Devices and Mental Health Lila Sisskind and Rohan Veerubhotla - Intelligent Sorting of E-Waste for Gold Extraction Shompurna Dewanjee - An Operating System for Cancer Cell Therapy Jared Libshutz - Bioprinting to Treat Myocardial Infarction Lucinda Peng - Direct Air Capture and Assessing "Green" Tech Dylan Rateshwar (and teammates Linda Yu, Jane Tun, Erfan Mizrai, and Jared Libshutz) - Building a Computer Vision System for the United Nations Learn more about TKS, the accelerator program that empowers teenagers to make their ideas real, at www.tks.world. This event is a part of #NYTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.