Womensphere Summer Festival Cocktails & Summer Launch Events

Join us for a fun evening of cocktails, celebrating innovation, launching several exciting initiatives & connecting you with pioneering innovators in Silicon Alley!     Learn from the New York Bartending School about creating the perfect summer cocktail.  Hear the story of celebrated cocktail inventor Hanne Paine on inventing cocktails for the most popular Sci-Fi show on TV, The Expanse.  Join us as Womensphere and Space Apps NYC launch these exciting innovation initiatives!  Womensphere Cocktail Invention Contest We invite you to this summer launch of the Womensphere Cocktail Invention Contest – inviting all (of legal drinking age) to use STEAM* to invent the next generation of cocktails! How will your knowledge of chemistry, biology, neuroscience, psychology, or visual arts, help you invent the next cocktails? The actual competition will be in October during the Womensphere Fall Festival, but all interested participants (and tasters) should come join us this summer! (*STEAM = science, technology, engineering, arts & design, mathematics) Womensphere Innovation Leadership Lab Join us in the summer launch of the Womensphere Innovation Leadership Lab (WILL), which empowers women and girls to use innovation and STEAM to create solutions for the challenges we face in our world and societies today. We kick off with three global programs empowering women and girls in universities, colleges and secondary schools around the world, to use STEAM to share their vision and solutions to the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, through the Womensphere Global Codefest, Global Artfest, and Global Videofest. Space Apps NYC & the Space Apps Global Challenge in New York Join us in the summer kickoff for Space Apps NYC’s Global Challenge. Space Apps is an annual international hackathon that occurs over 48 hours in cities around the world.  Incubated and operated by NASA, and part of the Open Government Partnership, Space Apps is an annual event that pulls citizens together regardless of their background or skill level. Don't let the name fool you... it's not just about apps! Tackle a global challenge using robotics, data visualization, hardware, design and many other specialties! Inspire each other while you learn and create using stories, code, design and, most of all, YOUR ideas. Show us your problem-solving skills and share your talents with the world! Through our partnership and collaboration on these exciting initiatives, we work on democratizing and popularizing inclusive innovation leadership and using STEAM for global challenges, across New York City, and all over the world. Join us as we launch these exciting initiatives this summer, while enjoying exciting new cocktails, and meeting some of Silicon Alley’s most inspiring innovators! The evening's speakers will include: The New York Bartending School Learn from the experts in mixology and bartending! The New York Bartending School is the largest bartending school in New York City, with multi-bar classrooms, and providing industry-level bartending training in up-to-date modern bar facilities taught by licensed bartenders with decades of experience in the bar industry. Walk away learning how to make great cocktails! KrystleLynn Kingcade is one of the best mixologists at the New York Bartending School has been in the restaurant industry for over 20 years. As a corporate trainer for the Hard Rock Cafe, she traveled around the world opening corporate restaurants. During her time as the Beverage Director for Añejo in New York City, she discovered new spirits from Mexico and shared them with her staff and guests. KrystleLynn's passion for spirits and cocktails has been publicized in magazines, news articles, and local news channels. At the moment she is enjoying her career on a rooftop at The Press Lounge, as well as traveling and teaching educational courses and seminars.   Hanne Madeleine Gates Paine is a celebrated cocktail inventor, and the Chief Operations Officer at hackNY. hackNY aims to federate the next generation of hackers for the New York innovation community. Co-organized by faculty from NYU and Columbia, hackNY has since February 2010 organized the hackNY Fellows program and hackNY student hackathons to create and empower a community of student-technologists. Hanne has previously worked at NASA, Google, Green Map Systems, and Betterpath. Hanne also works with Kagan MacTane on Paine X MacTane on exciting immersive media experiences, co-inventing new languages, and co-inventing new cocktails for the popular Sci-Fi TV Show, The Expanse.  Hanne is an Expanse superfan who has been instrumental in co-leading the #SaveTheExpanse efforts, popularizing The Expanse culture and fictional language (Lang Belta or Belter Creole), and organizing the epic, star-studded The Expanse Season 3 Finale Party. Hanne teaches immersive Lang Belta classes at Sci-Fi cons in the US, Canada, and Europe. Hanne has also co-invented 56 cocktails for The Expanse, which the lead actors and producers themselves have enjoyed, and will be sharing the story of her cocktail inventions at this event. Joseph Spens is the Executive Director of Space Apps NYC — a non-profit grassroots organization which hosts the annual NASA Space Apps Challenge. By organizing events at the intersection of space science and creativity, Space Apps NYC promotes STEAM initiatives in New York communities underrepresented in those fields. Space Apps NYC is a founding location — and recurring main stage — for NASA’s Global Space Apps Challenge, innovating the new space industry over a weekend of extreme problem solving. In addition to volunteering for the NYC space community, Joseph is a full-time software engineer and has a background in architecting web applications. He has been immersed as a technology leader in Silicon Alley, working as a systems architect and technical lead for e-commerce and health technology startups in New York City. Together with Hanne Paine, Joseph hosted and co-organized this year’s epic, star-studded The Expanse Season 3 Finale Party at SAP Next Gen.   The partnership of Space Apps NYC and Womensphere, and the new Womensphere Innovation Leadership Lab, will democratize technology education in New York, popularizing space technologies and using technology and innovation for social good, among aspiring innovators from all boroughs of New York, from students to professionals, across all races, genders, and economic groups. Analisa Leonor Balares is founder, CEO, and Chief Innovation Officer of Womensphere, a global platform that empowers women and girls to use STEAM, leadership, and innovation to create the future, and that fosters collaborations for equality, inclusion, and sustainability. Analisa curates the Womensphere Summits & Festivals, and leads building the Womensphere Innovation Leadership Lab, Womensphere Incubator Network, and Womensphere Foundation. Previously, Analisa worked in Wall Street for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Milestone Capital, and in technology and social media for Microsoft and 85 Broads (now Ellevate). She is an alumna of Harvard Business School, Mount Holyoke College, and Lester Pearson United World College. Analisa is also a NASA Datanaut, and one of the Partners-Organizers of the NASA Space Apps Global Challenge for New York City. She serves as a Commissioner of the Women’s Refugee Commission, Advisory Board Member of Music Beyond, Member of Women’s Forum of New York and International Women’s Forum, and Academy Member of the Global Teacher Prize. She also served as a Member of the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board, and L'Oreal's global advisory board for sustainability and social impact. Analisa has been recognized as a UBS Global Visionary, Young Global Leader (by the World Economic Forum), and 100 Most Influential Filipinas of the World (by FWN). She has been honored with the Madam C.J. Walker Leadership Award by US National Minority Business Council, and Distinguished Leader Award by UN Women New York Chapter. Join us as we launch these exciting initiatives this summer, while enjoying exciting new cocktails, and meeting some of Silicon Alley’s most inspiring innovators!   ** Please note: Participants must be age 21 or above to be able to join this event.**