The Pros and Cons of the Technology Sector on Local Communities

The 2022 University of Miami Law Review Symposium Fireside Chat explores the pitfalls previous tech cities, like Silicon Valley, fell into and how new tech cities, like Miami, can avoid them. The roundtable participants will discuss issues such as housing inflation, gentrification, and homelessness caused by the success of a growing tech industry and what regulations, or changes can be implemented to avoid them in Miami

Panelists

• Marcia Weldon, Director of the Transactional Skills Program, Faculty Coordinator of the Business Compliance & Sustainability Concentration, and Lecturer in Law at the University of Miami School of Law (Moderator)

• Leigh-Ann Buchanan, Founding Executive Director of aīre ventures; Founder of the Nyah Project

• Felice Gorordo, CEO of eMerge Americas, LLC