NEST Flight is a free virtual career development conference hosted by Digital NEST. It brings together youth and young professionals across the Central Coast with professionals from over 80+ companies! The Conference offers inspiring keynote speakers and panels, interactive workshops, fun networking opportunities, and, an attendee favorite, the mentor sessions! There will be prizes offered throughout the conference and three scholarship prizes to three attendees - $250, $500, and $1,000. (To be eligible for the scholarship prizes, attendees must be between the ages of 17-27, registered, and attending conference sessions.) 
Date: Wednesday, May 3rd - Friday, May 5th 

Time: 4 pm to 7 pm pst. (Folks can join at 3 pm to navigate the conference platform) 

NEST Flight Keynote Speaker

Jeremy Almond, co-founder and CEO of Paystand has been selected as the keynote speaker for the event. Almond founded Paystand in 2014, and today this fintech startup is the world’s largest (B2B) Business-to-Business network running on a commercial blockchain. An acknowledged industry expert in blockchain and payments technology, he co-hosts ReDeFined, a new podcast focusing on real stories of the blockchain and the future of finance. With Paystand, he is leading the B2B DeFi movement and rebooting the commercial finance industry.

Mentorship and Sponsorship Opportunities

Volunteer opportunities: We seek volunteers for our mentor sessions on Friday, May 5th, from 5 pm to 5:45 pm pst. You’ll have the opportunity to either match with multiple youth attendees for 15-minute sessions or continue with one individual attendee for the entire length of the session. This year you will be randomly matched with youth, but you’ll have the option to identify career interests/alignments so the system will automatically match you with similar interest attendees.

Sponsorship opportunities: We are still looking for conference sponsors and in-kind donors. In-kind prizes can be anything from software subscriptions to gift cards, headphones, or even a computer for an attendee. If you are interested in providing support through sponsorship or an in-kind donation, please reach out to Digital NEST's Employer Engagement Manager, Sandra Pineda, at sandra@digitalnest.org.