What's On In Silicon Harlem

Testbed Transports Innovation

14 January 2020
A communication research lab provides a hub for real-life outdoor testing of advanced technologies. Across 15 blocks in New York City sit the beginnings of an extensive wireless testbed, which will help advance driverless car, smart city and other technologies for the modern urban environme...

SH featured in LA Sentinel

14 January 2020
Media Pioneer and Tech Businessman Clayton Banks on Increasing Our Value in The Digital Economy California born businessman Clayton Banks was an excited teen going to visit his brother at his UCLA dorm, he says, when he first encountered racism. “I was walking along and a car came by and some...

Holiday Luncheon 2019

13 December 2019
With the year slowly coming to an end, what better way to celebrate the holiday season than spending time and honoring our great seniors of Harlem!   On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, Silicon Harlem and the Manhattan Education Opportunity Center celebrated with 61 Senior...

CYBERSECURITY LECTURE SERIES for Small Businesses and CBOs

02 December 2019
Silicon Harlem invites you to attend the last Cybersecurity lecture Series for 2019. The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce along with The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, The City College of New York, NY City Small Business Services, Silicon Harlem and NYC & Company have partnered thi...

Cities and their residents need 'honest conversation' on cybersecurity

19 November 2019
"Clayton Banks, the chief executive of Silicon Harlem, a New York City technology incubator, said that those conversations need to start with digital literacy, particularly in areas where connectivity issues can inhibit widespread technological knowledge. “They can’t get to these things if they ...

Silicon Harlem aims to improve digital literacy and broadband access in NYC

17 November 2019
Clayton Banks and Bruce Lincoln Appeared on ABC TV's and Now Episode 257: Sgement 5, CEO of Silicon Harlem, Clayton Banks and Bruce Lincoln, Silicon Harlem's Chief Tech Officer share their plans to improve digiatl literacy and broadband access in NYC. New York, NY -- Since 2013, Silicon ...

Faces Of 5G Focuses On Innovators Driving The Next Generation Of Wireless Connectivity

31 October 2019
Faces of 5G showcases American entrepreneurs innovating with wireless technologies and how they are pioneering new businesses, transforming their communities, and empowering women, children, and minorities. The project is led by Matt Weinberg, a Boston-born economic development advocate...

2019 Tech Conference

26 October 2019
From an attendee: There are endless conferences out there, endless speakers, topics and networking. All claim to have the most relevant content. All come with big words like Big Data, Deep Data, AI, ML, Smart Cities big promises and of course Big price tags. I get to attend many of them, all wit...

Tech Mount Sinai launches diversity innovation hub to tackle racism and gender inequity in healthcare

22 October 2019
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is launching a new diversity and inclusion hub to help diversify their pipeline of talent in the innovation space. The New York City-based health system said it is a "first-of-its-kind" effort among medical institutions, creating an incubator aimed at ...

Silicon Harlem conference to prep Harlem and upper Manhattan for high-tech ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’

17 October 2019
Calling all smartphone-clutching uptown residents! The digital-driven “Fourth Industrial Revolution” is here and you need to prepare, say organizers of today’s “Next Gen Tech Conference” at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Aimed at the thousands of everyday smartphone, tablet and lap...