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Dig South Tech Summit 2026

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ig South Tech Summit is where Southern grit meets global scale, offering a vibrant platform for tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders. This summit is not just a conference; it’s a cultural movement that pushes the boundaries of innovation and collaboration in the tech world. Expect engaging keynote sessions, investor pitches, hands-on worksh…

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48Voices
1Underwriters
0Exhibitors
29On the bill · sessions
46Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Dig, in alphabetical order.
Anchit Jhingan
Senior Data Scientist · Amazon
Anshul Sharma
Customer Success Technical Leader · Cisco
Austin Embrack
Founder & Fractional CTO · Brack Technical Solutions
Becket Fusik
Founder, CEO · TTN
Benjamin Lok
CTO · Rovex Technologies Corporation
Bhavuk Jain
Senior Software / Lead Engineer · Google
Bill Kirkland
President & CEO · South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA)
Bob Crutchfield
Managing Director · Hotspot Ventures
Brett Berman
Director of Operations Health Solutions · MUSC
Brian Gillespie
Partner · Nelson Mullins
Carleigh Hickman
Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Computing Technology · Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Carrie Jaquith
Global Head of Digital Product · Abaxx Technologies
Carter Kennedy
CEO & Co-founder · SoloInsight
Danelle Delgado
Founder · Engage Training
Emily Farella Porter
Director of Brand & Product Marketing · Gnosis Freight
Jack Teitel
Founder & CEO · Title AI
Jaime Cahalan
Founder · Emotive Strategic
Jason Williamson
CEO · MythWorx
Jeff Baxter
Partner & Head of Platform · 11 TribesVC
Juan Garzón
Managing Director · Innovate Charlotte
Justin Hodges
Deputy Director, Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) · Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic
Kaitlyn Crobar
Associate Dir. of Digital Health & Creative Works · MUSC

— and 26 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Gotcha
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The Programme

Selected from 29 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 – 10:30am, Friday 6.12.26

    AI in the Real World: How to Unlock Digital Transformation From Models to Production at Scale

    How enterprise-level companies are deploying AI at scale; conversational analytics; data quality; democratizing AI in federal agencies.

    AI/Data Analytics
  • 10:00 – 10:30am, Friday 6.12.26

    Make Them Work for You: How to Fully Leverage AI-Powered Marketing, Messaging, Sales, Branding & Social Platforms

    Explores practical strategies and tools to use AI for marketing, sales, branding, and social platforms.

    Marketing/AI
  • 10:00 – 10:30am, Friday 6.12.26

    Wild Pitch, Round 1

    Startup pitch competition, round 1. Featuring: Altra, Annlex Systems, Data Moose, Foresight Grid Inc., Genesis 1 Technologies.

    Startups, Pitching, Demos, Funding, Scaling
  • 1:00 – 3:00pm, Thursday 6.11.26

    Accelerating Career Readiness Pitch at Dig South Tech Summit

    Charleston County High School and SC Technical College Students practice pitching newly created products & services. Hosted by College of Charleston, Simons Center Recital Hall. Su…

  • 10:40 – 11:10am, Friday 6.12.26

    Conscious Capitalism 2.0: Why Being a Fully-Human Business Owner is Critical in the Age of AI

    Talk on the relationship between profit and purpose in the AI era, drawn from personal experience and research.

    Leadership/AI
  • 10:40 – 11:10am, Friday 6.12.26

    Innovations in HealthCare: Clinical, Non-Clinical, AI & Beyond

    Panel focused on deploying AI and emerging tech in clinical and non-clinical healthcare settings.

    Healthcare/AI
  • 10:40 – 11:10am, Friday 6.12.26

    Wild Pitch, Round 2

    Startup pitch competition, round 2. Featuring: Iguana Cyber, IQExit, Maxsis, PitStop.

    Startups, Pitching, Demos, Funding, Scaling
  • 11:00am – 1:00pm, Thursday 6.11.26

    Cybersecurity-focused Industry Meet & Greet – Hosted by Trident Technical College

    A key cybersecurity workforce and education event during Charleston Tech Week, connecting students, job seekers, educators, industry leaders, and community partners shaping the fut…

    Cybersecurity
  • 11:15 – 11:45am, Friday 6.12.26

    Learning from Learning: How Education Analytics Can Transform AI and Business Dashboards

    Applying educational analytics frameworks to make AI and business dashboards adaptive and insightful.

    Education/Analytics
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 46 companies, parsed from the program.

46 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
45Companies Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

63% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1429%
  • Founder / Owner715%
  • VP-level24%
  • Director / Head of715%
  • Manager / Lead715%
  • Engineer · IC24%
  • Research / Science24%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles613%

Of 48 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01GotchaSp
  2. 02Charleston Angel Partners2V
  3. 03g/d/n/a2V
  4. 04MUSC2V
  5. 0511 TribesVC1V
  6. 06Abaxx Technologies1V
  7. 07AI Collective1V
  8. 08Amazon1V
  9. 09ATI1V
  10. 10AWS1V
  11. 11Brack Technical Solutions1V
  12. 12Cisco1V
  13. 13CODE/+/TRUST1V
  14. 14CRDA1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
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