The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), partnering with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), will host the second Air Force Historically Black Colleges & Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Digital Partnership Summit on September 19-21, 2023. This hybrid, virtual/in-person event, dubbed the HBCU Digital Partnership Summit, will be held at FAMU in Tallahassee FL.
The three-day summit is for all HBCU faculty and students, researchers, minority businesses, digital transformation professionals, and other academic enclaves, including Department of Defense personnel, that advocate for connecting the Department of the Air Force and the HBCU community.
It will feature speakers from AFIT, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and academia. Confirmed featured speakers include Dr. Calvin Lowe (Hampton University), Dr. Laura Collins (North Carolina A&T), Dr. Marcus Smith (AFRL), John McCanney (AFRL), Storm Woods (Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), Dr. Jayfus Doswell (CEO/Juxtopia, LLC), David Strobel (Executive Chairman, Space Micro Inc.), and Anissa Lumpkin (AFRL) and an HBCU alumnus.
