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Here is a map of some cool places around downtown you may want to grab food at.
April 28
@ The Iron Yard HQ | Bank of America Building 4th Floor | Main Stret Greenville, SC 29601 | MAP
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Early Registration / Hang Out @ The Iron Yard
Check-in early with us at The Iron Yard
Day 1
April 29
@ Huguenot Mill | 101 W Broad St. | Greenville, SC 29601 | MAP
7:30am
Registration Opens
Check-in early with us at the Mill.
*Methodical Coffee will have a pop-up brew bar on site in the mornings and afternoon so you can purchase some top-notch coffee to kick the day off with. (We'll also have complimentary brewed coffee and tea available all day.)
9:00am - 10:00am
Carl Smith
WELCOME MESSAGE & OPENING KEYNOTE
Owner and founder of nGen Works, Carl's role is that of an advisor, to nGen and other companies, on how to create self-sustaining teams that perform at the highest levels.
10:00am - 11:30am
10/20 Sessions (A)
11:30am - 1:30pm
Lunch
Enjoy a catered lunch right there in the Mill. Continue the conversations you started throughout lunch.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
10/20 Sessions (B)
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Optional Viewing: Maker Show & Tell - Craft Coffee & Screenprinting
Will Shurtz
Will has had the opportunity to work in many aspects of specialty coffee since he was 17. Before co-founding the wildly successful Methodical Coffee, Will ran his own company, Vagabond Barista, a traveling brew bar. His boundless enthusiasm and passion for craft coffee have made him a star in the community and a friend to all he meets.
Matt Moreau
A skilled designer, screenprinter, and an avid outdoorsman, Matt created The Landmark Project to bring back the nostalgia of adventure. This apparel brand is built on stories and generosity, a collection of beautiful designs that help to sponsor wilderness trips for at-risk youth.
2:30pm - 3:30pm
10/20 Sessions (C)
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Aaron Draplin
CLOSING KEYNOTE
Raised in the Michigan Northwoods, schooled at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and currently hunkered down in the mighty Pacific Northwest, the Draplin Design Co. proudly rolls up its sleeves on a number of projects related to the Print, Identity, Web Development, Illustration and Gocco Muscle categories.
8:00pm - 12:00am
Game Night at The Iron Yard HQ
Join us at The Iron Yard's offices for Game Night. Board games, Xbox and Play Station with drinks and great company. Bring your favorite board game!
Bank of America Building 4th Floor | Main Street | Greenville, SC 29601 | Map
Day 2
April 30
@ Huguenot Mill | 101 W Broad St. | Greenville, SC 29601 | MAP
8:00am
Venue Open
Check-in early with us at the Mill.
*Methodical Coffee will have a pop-up brew bar on site in the mornings and afternoon so you can purchase some top-notch coffee to kick the day off with. (We'll also have complimentary brewed coffee and tea available all day.)
9:00am - 10:00am
Jenn Lukas
OPENING KEYNOTE
Jenn Lukas is a multi-talented front-end consultant and freelancer developer in Philadelphia and is the founder of Ladies in Tech. She writes for The Nerdary, is a columnist for .net magazine, and has contributed to The Pastry Box Project. She has spoken at a variety of conferences including dConstruct, An Event Apart, and CSS Dev Conference.
10:00am - 11:30am
10/20 Sessions (A)
11:30am - 1:30pm
Lunch
Enjoy a catered lunch right there in the Mill. Continue the conversations you started throughout lunch.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
10/20 Sessions (B)
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Optional Viewing: Maker Show & Tell - Textiles & Home Brewing
Mandy Blankenship
Mandy is a textile artist who creates modern American quilts, equally geometric and graphic, handmade with sustainable fabrics and sashiko thread. Her work binds stream-of-consciousness with storytelling, emphasizing the creation of something new from the destruction of something old.
Brian Cendrowski
Brian is the Co-Founder and Governor of Croxbone Brewing Company, a brewery-in-planning in Tampa, Florida. A Certified Cicerone and brewer for eight years, he is constantly pushing the boundaries of traditional beer styles with culinary-inspired beer recipes and flavors.
2:30pm - 3:30pm
10/20 Sessions (C)
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Moldover
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE/TALK
If technology and music are your life, brace yourself- MOLDOVER is about to reformat your soul. Hailed by over 1,000,000 YouTube viewers as "The Godfather of Controllerism", Moldover is a new breed of music icon. Combining the charisma of a rock star, the mad genius of a basement inventor, and the radical inclusiveness of the DIY internet generation, Moldover is "literally throwing away the rule book and reinventing the wheel" (Remix Magazine).
Day 3
April 30
@ The Iron Yard HQ | Bank of America Building 4th Floor | Main Stret Greenville, SC 29601 | MAP
9:00am
Venue Open - LATE START TODAY
Late start, new location. Come to The Iron Yard for the last day of Grok. Stop in at Methodical Coffee to get your fix, then head upstairs to the 4th floor. We'll have handcrafted doughnuts waiting for you.
10:00am - 10:30am
Dr. Paul Roof
OPENING KEYNOTE
Paul Roof is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Charleston Southern University and specializes in urban studies and popular culture.
10:30am - 11:00am
Demo Sign Ups
You can sign up to present a 10 minute "show & tell". Where you can talk to the entire crowd about a subject that interests you; a problem you're facing, new project you're launching or just simply something you'd like for us to hear about.
11:00am - 12:00pm
10 Minute Demos
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch Around Downtown
Grab a group of friends and head out downtown to grab lunch at one of the many awesome restaurants on Greenville's Main Street.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
10 Minute Demos
4:00pm
Hang out for a bit with us as we close out the day.
8:00pm
Gather at Methodical Coffee
Methodical is the rad coffee shop on the first floor of the Bank of America Building
Bank of America Building | Main Street | Greenville, SC 29601 | Map