Round Up: Jersey Shore Tech & Design #204 Recap, October Events and Call for Speakers
Featured speaker Devinder Sodhi shared "Navigating the Future: Skills to Thrive" at the September Jersey Shore Tech & Design event, announcing our next event, and more!
Hey all 👋,
Thank you all who attended our first featured talk of the local summer season. We had a terrific turnout. Huge thanks to Devinder Sodhi for sharing his many experiences and for spending time with us as he visited his old home state. I had the pleasure of hanging out with Devinder before the event, picking him up at Offshore Coffee in Long Branch (thanks for the matcha 🍵 Devinder!) before walking the beautiful Monmouth University campus and catching up on all things Jersey, coffee, tech, and life in general.
As always, we’re very grateful to Alison Gilbert and The Center for Entrepreneurship at Monmouth University for hosting us. Much appreciated!
What we’re sharing today:
Jersey Shore Tech & Design #204 Photo Gallery
Next JST&D Event Reminder - featured speaker Lauren Masterson announced for Jersey Shore Tech & Design #205 in October
Call for Speakers - Lightning Talks event in November
Open Coffee Club October announced - Join us for a brisk, early fall morning coffee hang in Red Bank at Coffee Corral.
Local Conference Discount Code - dblspc have announced their annual New Jersey Digital Marketing Conference. Save money with discount code
📸 Jersey Shore Tech & Design #204 Photo Gallery
Below are some photos from the terrific September event. Thanks again Devinder for dropping knowledge, sharing experiences, and answering our questions. Please don’t forget to register for our next event (more on this and more below).
🎟️ Reminder: Jersey Shore Tech & Design Event #205
We’re super amped for our next event! Local product leader, and Monmouth University alumni, Lauren Masterson (VP of Product at Opus1.io) will be sharing her experiences discussing “Finding Focus: How to Prioritize When Everything Feels Important”. Full post coming soon!
Lauren has been recognized as Top 50 Women in Business in NJ & NJBIZ Leader in Digital Technology and is an active member of our Jersey Shore Tech and Design community. She’s a passionate, analytical product leader with a proven track record of driving innovative product strategies. Lauren is also an advocate for mentoring the next generation of product leaders and driving technological advancements that shape the future of digital experiences.
Join us to learn more about her years of experience executing product strategy & driving product innovation, and more.
🎟️ Register here: https://luma.com/9pqlit5o and please share/spread with your friends and network.
⚡️Call for Speakers - Lightning Talks for November
We are planning an AI focused “Lightning Talks” event, featuring 3 or 4 (depending on length of talks) for early November (date TBD).
This is a great opportunity for those interested in presenting but maybe not ready for a longer, featured presentation. Curious about what even is a Lightning Talk? Briefly, they are short format, less polished (but not always) presentations on a topic you are passionate about. The best talks are presentations about a topic the speaker is excited to share. If you want to be featured, this is a great opportunity.
For this event we’re asking for talks that share your experiences using AI technologies to help you accomplish your work. Interested in presenting at the Lightning Talks event? Let us know!
🗓️ Local Event - Digital Marketing Conference
For those interested in attending this popular, local conference (in our own backyard), reminder you can SAVE 20% on your tickets if you use promo code JSTDAA20.
Our friends at dblspc have announced their annual New Jersey Digital Marketing Conference (NJDMC). Mark your calendar for one of the premier marketing events of the year!
Speakers will share expert insights on AI-driven marketing, SEO in the age of AI, personal language models, Gen Z engagement, data-informed storytelling, and more.
Join hundreds of marketing professionals as they expand their network and learn the latest digital strategies shaping the future of marketing.
Featured speakers include the following industry leaders, with more to be announced:
Chris O’Neill – CEO of GrowthLoop
Suman Kanuganti – Co-Founder & CEO of Personal AI
Matthew O’Such – VP of Audience Development & SEO at Find.co
Mark Beal – Author, Gen Z researcher, Rutgers professor
The conference will be held at Bell Works in Holmdel, NJ. Some more info about the event:
Date: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, 9am – 4pm
SAVE 20% on your tickets – Use Promo Code JSTDAA20
Check out the conference website for more details and register for the event
⚡️ That’s all for now! Hope to see you at the next event. Please share this and all Jersey Shore Tech and Design announcements, events, etc with friends and your network. Thank you!