Synapse Summit to take place Thursday
February 16, 2022 - The annual Synapse Summit will be a one-day event at Tampa’s Amalie Arena on Thursday, Feb. 17. The event attracts investors throughout the state and gives the local startup community a spotlight. A major theme this year in the breakout sessions will be the hot topic discussion of blockchain, the metaverse and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) as well as cybersecurity. St. Pete Catalyst Publisher Joe Hamilton, who is also the co-founder of the St. Petersburg Group and the Head of Network for Metacity, will be a panelist on the "Metaverse: That’s so Meta" panel. The panel starts at 12 p.m. on the 4th floor. This year, the keynote speakers for the Synapse Summit will be Manny Medina, one of South Florida’s best-known serial tech entrepreneurs; Felecia Hatcher, CEO of Black Ambition; and Cathy Hackl, who is known as the "Godmother of the Metaverse," will be the headline speaker. See the full agenda here.