Ticket donation includes food and beverage, live entertainment, swag, and access to the full program outlined below. RUN OF SHOW: 1:00 PM | Check-in and Product Showcase Opens 2:00 PM | 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 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 4:20 - 5:20 PM | Startup Pitches: Smart Manufacturing 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
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