Entrepreneurship communities are booming in cities across the country.
To better understand why and how, join us for the Tomorrow Tour, a multi-city event and reporting series organized by local tech news site Technical.ly and Comcast NBCUniversal, which is coming to Chicago on Tuesday, March 8.
The FREE evening discussion will feature food, drink and conversations about how Chicago fits into the national conversation on entrepreneurship and local economy reinvention. Find Technical.ly coverage of the Chicago community here and a list of prominent Chicago tech leaders here.
The evening roundtable and networking is event focused on where tech and entrepreneurship goes next, as part of a seven-city U.S. tour of innovation clusters.
Agenda:
5:00pm-6:00pm: Registration and Networking Happy Hour
6:00-6:15pm: Welcome by Christopher Wink of Technical.ly
6:15pm-6:45pm: Keynote Fireside Chat Q/A: David Zilberman, Managing Director of Comcast Ventures and Kelly Hoey, angel investor, Inc columnist and CNBC contributor
6:45pm-7:15pm: Roundtable Discussion: Chicago's position in national entrepreneurship and local tech community-development trends
- Kristie Heins Fox is a Senior Vice President and the Technology Practice lead for Edelman in Chicago. Kristie was named a “Top Tech PR Pro” by PRSourceCode in 2010 and is on the Executive Advisory Board of TechWeek Chicago.
- James Janega manages the Innovation & Insights group at Slalom, where he interacts with startups and Fortune 500 companies, venture capitalists and accelerators to find new solutions and build sustaining capabilities. He has long been involved in Chicago Tribune’s growth as an interactive, 21st-century news organization.
- Wailin Wong is the host and co-producer of The Distance, a podcast featuring the stories of independent businesses that have been running for 25 years or more. The Distance is a production of Basecamp, the Chicago software company. Before joining Basecamp to launch The Distance, Wailin covered consumer technology and local startups for the Chicago Tribune.
- John Pletz is a senior reporter and blogger at Crain's Chicago Business covering high technology and venture capital, with a focus on Chicago’s startup scene.
7:30pm: Event close