Due to demand, registration for this event is now CLOSED. There are still  tickets available for the Signature Event, taking place at 6pm at Urban Outfitters Headquarters (Building 543).  Come to the largest Entrepreneurship/Investment event during the third annual Philly Tech Week Presented by AT&T as sponsored by Ben Franklin Technology Partners/SEP, celebrating 30 years of helping our region’s talented entrepreneurs bring their Dreams to Reality. The event, the anchor of the Philly Tech Week Entrepreneurship/Investment track sponsored by Ben Franklin, Morgan Lewis and Safeguard Scientifics, will be held at Building 101 in the Navy Yard on Friday, April 26, 2013 from 1pm to 5pm, before many will attend the annual Philly Tech Week Signature Event held at nearby Urban Outfitters headquarters, also at the Navy Yard. 1:00pm-1:30pm—Introductions and Welcome from RoseAnn B. Rosenthal, President & CEO of BFTP/SEP 1:15pm- 2:30pm—'Reverse Pitch' Speed Networking: Investors will 'pitch' their interests, distinctions and investment preferences. First Round Capital, Safeguard Scientifics, Mid-Atlantic Angel Group, BFTP, IBX, Comcast Ventures, Artists & Instigators and others already confirmed. 2:30pm-3:30pm—Lightning talks: How do we strengthen entrepreneurship in the Philadelphia region? "Bring More Entrepreneurs in Public Office" by State Treasurer Rob McCord "Use Community to keep us here" by Independents Hall cofounder Alex Hillman "Stay True to our Region's Roots" by RealFoodWorks CEO Lucinda Duncalfe "Welcome new Perspective" by DreamIt Ventures Managing Director William Crowder "Own Technology-enabled Industry" by NextDocs CTO Satwik Seshasai "Import Startup Talent" by  Venture for America founder Andrew Yang "Match degrees and jobs with students" by Campus Philly Executive Director Deborah Diamond "Embrace the Mega-Region" by U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Administrator Natalia Olson-Urtecho, "Build success, spin off talent" by Artisan CEO Bob Moul "Create the Philadelphia Patent Partnership Organization" by Volpe & Koenig Senior Patent Agent, Harry Vartanian "Create an Entrepreneurship Magnet" by BFTP's Alan Kraus 3:45pm-4:45pm—State of Technology Entrepreneurship Panel: Discussing strengthening the region's entreprenerual ecosystem. Including panelists: Chris Fralic, First Round Capital Ellen Weber, Robinhood Ventures David Brussin, Monetate Philip Moyer, Safeguard Scientifics MODERATOR: Terry Hicks, Ben Franklin Technology Partners 4:50pm-5:30pm—Action Prompts: Rotating, collaborative community brainstorming And after the event, please join us for Philly Tech Week's closing reception: 6:00pm-9:00pm—Signature Event: Come out to the annual premiere Philly Tech Week Signature Event presented by AT&T, a cocktail reception meets an interactive local technology expo and demo party. See video of last year's event here. Need a lift? If you're taking the Broad Street Line subway, shuttles will run every 10 minutes from AT&T Station to and from these Navy Yard events from 11am until 10pm. Sponsored by PIDC and URBN. If you're headed to the event, UBER also is providing a $20 coupon for new customers. You can purchase tickets to the Signature Event using the same registration above. Early-bird ticket sales end April 1.

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3rd Street in Old City and Northern Liberties has evolved into one of the most exciting corridors of creative and technology companies in Philadelphia. We think it's important to celebrate that. The N3rd Street community extends beyond companies with North 3rd street addresses, and we want to welcome ALL of Philly Tech to join us in kicking off Philly Tech Week (http://phillytechweek.com/) 2012 with a new fashioned block party! What's New Fashioned About It? It turns out that closing 3rd Street is a lot harder than any of us thought it would be, so we got clever and worked with one of the neighborhood parking lots and bought the whole lot for the afternoon of Sunday, April 22nd. There's tons of room, and it's outdoors. We'll be announcing details and partners every day over the next week, so RSVP today to get daily updates leading up to the event. Want to help out? Email alex@indyhall.org (alex@indyhall.org) and let us know how you'd like to help! (Special thanks to Lauren Ancona (http://twitter.com/laurenancona) for the Wanting to be... artwork above). 4/17 - UPDATE #1 This block party just went all BBQ on our asses (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/628073/grill.png) . A huge thanks to new Indy Hall neighbors Tamman Technologies (http://www.tammantech.com/) (@tammantech) & competitive BBQ team TwoBigButts (http://www.twobigbutts.com/) (why would I make that up?) for providing their delicious BBQ Chicken Confit and Cherry Coke Pulled Pork options for block party guests. Welcome Special Guests Make: Philly After a period of quiet, Make: Philly (http://www.makephilly.com/) is back in action and will be joining in the fun! Besides having the Make community join us on N3rd Street, Wondergy (http://wondergy.com/) will be bringing Solar S'mores (http://wondergy.com/about/photos.html#5324231015093384033/1) and there's rumors of liquid nitrogen...wait what? Yeah, when Wondergy and Make: Philly show up you know this event's going to be fun. Big thanks to Ken Fink for bringing the Make: Philly crew into the fold. RSVP today on the right (it's free!) to attend on Sunday and to continue receiving updates throughout the week! 4/21 - UPDATE #2 First some good news, then some other news. The good news! MORE TO EAT We'll be making ice cream with LIQUID NITROGEN between 3-5pm. Science + ice cream = awesome. This is possible thanks to Wondergy (http://wondergy.com) for bringing the science, and a sponsorship from Old City software purveyors Amy Hoy (http://twitter.com/amyhoy) and Thomas Fuchs (http://twitter.com/thomasfuchs) of Cheerful, makers of Freckle time tracking (http://letsfreckle.com/) and Charm (http://charmhq.com/) . Not sure how you're going to make it through Philly Tech Week? 5 Hour Energy will be on site handing out free bottles to help keep you going. VitaminWater is also providing liquid refreshments! Not into BBQ meat? It's okay, no judgement, AND we've got the Pitruco Pizza Truck (http://www.pitrucopizza.com/) bringing their mobile wood-fired gourmet pizza . Huge thanks to our friends at appRenaissance (http://www.apprenaissance.com/) for sponsoring the pizza extravaganza. Now, the other news. I don't want to call it bad news, but the weather report doesn't look good (http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/19147?dayNum=1) . Then again, it's April, and I don't trust a weatherman as far as I can throw him so we're pressing ahead RAIN OR SHINE. What does this mean for the party? PLAN TO GET WET. Ponchos, rubber boots, umbrellas - whatever it takes to stay dry BRING IT. Got a tent? BRING IT, we'll set it up in the rain. Want to dance in the rain? We'll have the tunes pumping out of the back of a hatchback Zipcar. Have other rain-activities you love? Let us know (email alex@indyhall.org). We're not letting a little rain slow us down. (http://thingsweforget.blogspot.com/2012/04/856-some-people-dance-in-rain-others.html)

Come by for a few games of winner plays next beer pong on our pingpong table, mix and mingle with members of the Indy Hall community, and see what we've been up to over at Indy Hall. At the same time, PhillyCocoa organizer and Indy Hall member Mike Zornek presents the Made in Philly app showcase, will also give you a chance to meet the makers of some awesome local apps, including games on the various mobile consoles (iOS, Android, NintendoDS), utility apps, emergency response training tools and more. RSVP isn't required to play beerpong, but will help us buy supplies!

Connect with your community at the PTW25 Kickoff Party, 1PHL Spring Exchange and Future Forward: Startups.