Haiti recently Hosted Global Speakers for Tech Summit Festival

The Haiti summit was a historic event with the participation of 100 global speakers flying from the top startup capitals of the world such as Silicon Valley, Dubai, New York, and London. Some of the most popular world Tech startups and important media participating in the summit include Uber, AirBnB, Google and "Inc Magazine", "Ebony Magazine", "Black Enterprises", and "Forbes".
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The summit has been organized with three primary objectives. (i) As an annual meeting point the participants and entrepreneurs can discuss and exchange their ideas and practices at regular intervals. (ii) It serves as a central platform for showcasing advances in the rapidly growing technologies and (iii) To assist in the formation of an annual partnership program towards achieving UN's 17 sustainable development goals (such as, No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health, Quality Education, Gender Equality, etc.) to transform our world.

The Haiti Tech Summit is a 13-year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem that aims to revitalize Haiti's entrepreneurial economy and reposition it as a global study of catalyzed innovation within an emerging market country. The event was announced on the eve of Haiti's 2010 earthquake anniversary on January 12th, and the announcement was immediately shared by over 423,000 supporters within 24 hours.

The Haiti Tech Summit took place at Decameron Beach Resort in partnership with Haiti's Minister of Tourism. The details of the programs are as under:

June 5, 2017: Welcome Cocktail (6:00pm to 9:00pm)

June 6, 2017: Theme: Drivers of Global Startup Ecosystems (9:00am to 6:00pm)

June 7, 2017: Theme: Theme: Disruptors of Startup Economies (9:00am to 8:30pm, followed by a beach party)

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