EmpathyTech Philadelphia 2025 Brings Innovation and Empathy to Technology

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (October 21, 2025) — EmpathyTech Philadelphia 2025, co-hosted by Pletly and A Step Up Academy (ASUA), will be held on November 19, 2025, at the iconic Tork Club in Lincoln Financial Field. This year’s event, themed Inclusion — Every Step of the Way, brings together innovators, entrepreneurs, educators, and leaders from various sectors, including technology, education, neurodiversity, and aging services, to explore how empathy can guide innovation, connection, and inclusion in technology and social impact.“Empathy should be more than a feeling; it should guide the way we create, the way we connect, and the way we innovate,” said Marius Mathisen, CEO of Pletly and EmpathyTech. “This year, we are proud to host our community at Lincoln Financial Field, a stage that usually hosts champions, now opening its doors to innovation, care, and inclusion.”

What to Expect

• Inspiring Voices: Presentations and panels featuring leaders in healthcare, technology, education, and nonprofit sectors.
• Actionable Ideas: Sessions to transform vision into real-world solutions.
• Networking: Opportunities to connect and spark collaboration beyond the event.
• New This Year: The Impact Lab, a collaboration stage to share a call for collaboration, presenting a real challenge, project, or idea that needs partners to move forward.

Featured Speakers

• Opening Speaker:
  • Kaelynn Partlow – autistic therapist, public speaker, content creator, and author of Life on the Bridge.
    • Commonly known for her appearance on Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum, Kaelynn is a recognized advocate for autism inclusion. As an author and through her work with the Project Hope Foundation, Inc., she provides therapy, mentorship, and nationwide autism education.

       

• Keynote Speaker:
  • Anita Nowak – empathy evangelist, author, speaker, podcaster, award-winning educator, and certified coach.
    • Backed by neuroscience, positive psychology, leadership theory, and ancient wisdom, Anita is committed to helping individuals and organizations embrace empathic leadership and co-create an empathic workplace culture.

       

• Additional Speakers:
  • Professionals from Perimeter Healthcare, Wide Therapy, Eleplan, Frenalytics, Autism Society, HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy, and more, along with Platinum Sponsor NewCourtland and Gold Sponsors LeadingAge PA and Inglis, will take part in the event.

EmpathyTech’s mission is to break barriers, challenging the system that excludes or overlooks the underserved; start with care, inspiring a culture where innovation begins with care, not code; scale with purpose, rethink how technology is funded, shared, and scaled; tech for all, champion access to technology as a right, not a privilege.

For more information, visit www.empathytech.org.

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