Johns Hopkins
The FutureFest is Now
Six Days of Meaningful Engagement
09.24 >> 10.01
All Virtual
The Life Design Future Festival is a 6-day immersive experience that combines networking, professional development workshops, a career-fair style trade-show floor, and engaging speakers and concerts. Following two-days of alumni, employer, and educator led workshops (Thursday/Friday), the main festival will take place Monday through Thursday of the following week. Each day of the festival will consist of four virtual engagement arenas (“stages”) and three competitions (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday), each of which will be named for a JHU school or for a corporate / employer sponsor.
The Four Stages
Main Stage
Dance Floor
Trade Show Floor
Puzzle Competition
The Main Stage showcases speakers and performers who connect career and professional development with inspirational Life Design themes .
The dance floors offer networking and alumni & employer panel events, round-robin coffee chats, structured happy hours, and presentations.
The trade show floor closely resembles a traditional career fair. 25-40 employers will be available in virtual booths each day.
Puzzle Competition that gives our students an opportunity to showcase their talents in a practical and generative way.
2020 FutureFest Lineup
Soundchecks (09.24 & 09.25)
 SOUNDCHECK (DAY 1)Thursday, September 24 9am - 8pm Soundchecks are the workshops to help the artist/stars (our students - you) to get an understanding of the "stage" and ensure they are prepared for their Future Fest "performance". Click for a Full Listing of Workshops. |  SOUNDCHECK (DAY 2)Friday, September 25 9am - 8pm Soundchecks are the workshops to help the artist/stars (our students - you) to get an understanding of the "stage" and ensure they are prepared for their Future Fest "performance". Click for a Full Listing of Workshops. |
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FutureFest Day 1 - Monday 09.28
 THE FUTURE WAYS OF BEINGMAIN STAGE SYMPOSIUM Monday, September 28 7pm in the Main Stage Zoom Room TED Style Talks and Conversations on the Future of Work and Life With: Dr. Leana Wen, Vice Provost Farouk Day, John Armstrong and Kris Madu |  NAVIGATING WORKING WHILE BEING BLACKand with Black Co-Workers: The Future of Code Switching NETWORKING EVENT NWWB (Navigating Work While Black / With Black Co-Workers) The Future of Code Switching Monday, September 28 3:10 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space |  WOMEN IN TECHNETWORKING EVENT Monday, September 28 5:00 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space |
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 TRADE SHOW FLOOROur virtual career fair space will bring students and employers together on each of the four days. 10am - 3pm |
DAY 1 TRADE SHOW EMPLOYERS
Guidehouse
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
The Children's Guild Inc
Accenture
Aptagen
PCTEST Engineering Laboratory, LLC
Thread
Bristol Myers Squibb
Sage Analysis Group, Inc.
Yext
DC Energy
Herrick Technology Laboratories, Inc.
Bloomberg
Metron
Booz Allen Hamilton
Lockheed Martin
Axis Group
AstraZeneca
Lifesensors Inc.
Kite, a Gilead Company
Swiss Re
Danaher Corporation
National Institutes of Health
National Reconnaissance Office
National Biodefense Analysis and
Countermeasures Center
Beghou Consulting
CareCentrix
srcLogic
Boston Scientific
Optum, a UnitedHealth Group Company
ARCO the Design/Build Experts
Coaptech
Contrast Security
Federal Bureau of Investigation (DC HQ)
Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
Allan Myers
Institute for Defense Analyses
Catalent
FutureFest Day 2 - Tuesday 09.29
 SONIC CONNECTIONSA STUDENT AND ALUMNI NETWORKING EVENT featuring musical interludes from Peabody Student Musicians Tuesday, September 29 7pm in the Main Stage Zoom Room In partnership with the JHU Alumni Association, open to all students. |  INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL CAREERSNETWORKING EVENT Tuesday, September 29 7:00 am in a dedicated Zoom Space MORNING SESSION |  SECURING AN INTERNSHIPSecuring an Internship During COVID-19 NETWORKING EVENT Tuesday, September 29 4:30 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space |
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 INSIDE THE FINANCE INDUSTRYNETWORKING EVENT Tuesday, September 29 4:30 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space In Partnership with CLE, open to all students. |  INTERNATIONAL & GLOBAL CAREERSNETWORKING EVENT Tuesday, September 29 9:00 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space (EVENING SESSION) |  TRADE SHOW FLOOROur virtual career fair space will bring students and employers together on each of the four days. 10am - 3pm |
DAY 2 TRADE SHOW EMPLOYERS
Guidehouse
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Accenture
Aptagen
Johns Hopkins Presidential Management Fellowship
PCTEST Engineering Laboratory, LLC
Thread
Bristol Myers Squibb
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Dean & Company
Xenon Health
BRG
Avascent
Tuscany Strategy Consulting
Bloomberg
Mind Over Machines
U.S. Department of State
Johns Hopkins University
Great Hearts Academies (GREAT HEARTS AMERICA)
Avidea Technologies, Inc
FutureFest Day 3 - Wednesday 09.30
 FACTUALITY - THE GAMEMAIN STAGE EVENT Wednesday, September 30 7pm in the Main Stage Zoom Room |  WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THAT?HUMANITIES NETWORKING EVENT Wednesday, September 30 3:10 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space |  FROM HOPKINS TO HEALTHNETWORKING EVENT Wednesday, September 30 3:10 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space |
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 PERSPECTIVES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERSNETWORKING EVENT Thursday, October 1 4:40 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space |  TRADE SHOW FLOOROur virtual career fair space will bring students and employers together on each of the four days. 10am - 3pm |
DAY 3 TRADE SHOW EMPLOYERS
The Children's Guild, Inc
Acumen, LLC
Bristol Myers Squibb
Wayfair
Illumina
Goldman Sachs
Five RingsThe New England Center for Children
PATH
Teach For America
Newmarket Capital
FutureFest Day 4 - Thursday 10.01
 A CONVERSATION WITH CHEF JOSÉ ANDRÉSMAIN STAGE EVENT (Keynote Event) Thursday, October 1 7pm in the Main Stage Zoom Room |  BLUE JAYS UNLIMITEDStudent Athlete and Alumni Connections NETWORKING EVENT Thursday, October 1 3:10 pm in a dedicated Zoom Space |  CLE CONNECT 2020NETWORKING EVENT on HopIn Thursday, October 1 4:30 pm in a dedicated HopIn.com Space |
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 TRADE SHOW FLOOROur virtual career fair space will bring students and employers together on each of the four days. 10am - 3pm |
DAY 4 TRADE SHOW EMPLOYERS
Johns Hopkins Presidential Management Fellowship
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
City Year
The Y in Central Maryland
Turner Construction Company
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