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Dig South Tech Summit 2026

Dig 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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48Speakers
1Sponsors
29On the bill · sessions
46Companies · in total
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Speakers

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
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
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Agenda

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.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
45Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers 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

Most-represented companies
  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
Sponsors by tier
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