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Join the Midwest hardtech innovation ecosystem for a day-long celebration to 50 product demos, 25 startup pitches, 3 panel discussions, a keynote from Charlie Bachtell, Founder and CEO of Cresco Labs, and an afterparty reception with live entertainment.
Ticket donation includes: food and beverage, live entertainment, swag, and access to the full program outlined below.
RUN OF SHOW:
1:00PM | Check-in and Product Showcase Opens
2:00PM | Opening Remarks
2:20 - 3:05 PM | Panel: Fostering Equitable and Sustainable Impact Through Entrepreneurship
Moderator: Nicole Wolter, President & CEO, HM Manufacturing Inc.
Panelists:
- Jason Coleman, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Project SYNCERE
- Darren Riley, CEO & Co-Founder, JustAir Solutions
- Juan Salgado, Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
- Jeannette P. Tamayo, J.D., Associate Vice President, Office of the Vice-President for Economic Development and Innovation, University of Illinois System
2:20 - 3:20 PM | Startup Pitches: Climate and Energy Technology
- Arke Global, Nana Arkouful, Founder
- Blip Energy - Sophie Wennstedt, CEO
- Haylon Technologies - Dante Vaisbort, Cofounder
- Icarus RT Inc. - Mark Anderson, CEO & Founder
- InfiniRel Corporation - Bert Wank, Founder
- Organic Harvest Digital - Oluwaseyi Olaleye, CEO & Founder
- OXTO Energy Storage - Michael Willemot
3:10 - 3:55 PM | Panel: Growing the HardTech Venture Community Around Humanity-Centered Technologies
Moderator: Kevin Willer, Partner, Chicago Ventures and Chair of the Board, mHUB
Panelists:
- Joey Mak, Executive Director, Chicago:Blend
- Corey Ryan, Managing Director & Partner, William Blair
- Thru Shivakumar, CEO and Co-Founder, cohesion
- Nancy Sullivan, CEO and Managing Director, Illinois Ventures
3:20 - 4:20 PM | Startup Pitches: MedTech
- AION Prosthetics - Charlie Erdman, Co-founder & Industrial Designer
- Bionode - Sumeet Dagar, CEO
- Innoblative - Alyssa Bailey, Director of Product Development
- Intuitap - Geoff Hutchins, Director of Engineering
- Lemonaid - Sybil Berry, Founder
- Neopenda - Sona Shah, CEO & Co-founder
- Neursantys - John Ralston, CEO & Founder
- Walela - James Balman, Founder
4:20 - 5:20 PM | Startup Pitches: Smart Manufacturing
- Ant Robotics - Max Antonenko, Founder & CEO
- Ascent Integrated Tech - Paul Couston, Co-founder & CEO
- Autobon AI - Krystian Gebis, Founder
- Ganance - Alex Ocampo, Founder
- Iothic - Christopher Autry, Founder & CEO
- Sabanto - Craig Rupp, Founder & CEO
- Stroma Vision - Anil Uzengi, Co-founder & CEO
- Zenblen - Tom Xinyuan Zhang, Co-Founder & CEO
4:25 - 5:10 | Panel: Energy Infrastructure and Advanced Energy Storage to Drive the CleanTech Revolution
Moderator: Garry Cooper, CEO and Co-Founder, Rheaply
Panelists:
- Megan Clifford, Associate Laboratory Director, Argonne National Laboratory
- James E. Fritz, Senior Advisor & Commercialization Executive, Office of Technology Transitions, U.S. Department of Energy
- Shashank Sane, EVP, Transmission, Invenergy
- Carrie Zalewski, Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission
5:10 - 5:25 PM | Closing Remarks
5:30 - 6:30 PM | Keynote: Charlie Bachtell, Founder and CEO of Cresco Labs
Fireside conversation moderated by Michon Ellis, CEO, CLOUT
6:30 - 9:30 PM | Afterparty
Venue
mHUB Office
Location
965 W. Chicago Ave. Get Directions
Date and Time
06/23/22 @ 1:00 PM
06/23/22 @ 1:00 PM
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