The Impact of Amazon on Jobs & Small Businesses in NYC (think tank)

Join us for first Tech 2025 Think Tank of 2019, sponsored by The Williamsburg Hotel! Our think tanks are interactive, open discussions, and an exchange of information and ideas between our expert guest speaker(s) and the audience -- everyone gets the opportunity to share their opinions and ideas. We encourage and facilitate thought-provoking, respectful discourse as we all struggle to understand sweeping changes that are coming to our city and lives, and explore how to prepare for the coming challenges and opportunities. Discussions about Amazon announcing New York City as its new HQ2 location are complicated, often emotional and yields more questions than answers. It is projected that Amazon HQ2 will bring an estimated 25,000 jobs to New York City. In this 2-hour event, we will focus on how Amazon's HQ2 and Amazon Go cashier-less stores opening soon in NYC and across the country, combined with Amazon's recent announcement to expand Whole Foods, will impact jobs and small businesses in NY.