TechChicago Week: TechChicago Day

TechChicago Day is the flagship event for TechChicago Week 2023 hosted by P33 and World Business Chicago! This event is a celebration of the diversity of Chicago's tech ecosystem - from the tech, the companies, the people, the food and the culture. Anyone and everyone will find something at TechChicago Day - from seasoned tech founders to those that are tech curious!

What you can expect:

• Staged talks with local and national names in tech and innovation
• Live DJs
• Engage with several different "Hubs" showcasing the diversity of our tech ecosystem
• Explore local job opportunities in our "Recruitment Room"
• Lots of fun space for networking!
• Food & Drink
  • 2pm Light Apps
  • 4pm Heavy Apps & Bars Open (drink wristbands at check-in)

Join the conversation on social! Use #TCW23

Find more events, sponsorship opportunities, and how to host your own partner event during TechChicago Week by visiting gotechchicago.com/week

For Sponsorship Opportunities email leen.bnyat@p33chicago.com

PROGRAM

Keynote Stage in Aon Grand Ballroom (1st floor):

2:00: Nadia Rawlinson (Co-Owner, Chairwoman, WNBA Chicago Sky)

4:00: Chris Gladwin (CEO & Co-Founder, Ocient)

6:15: Ayo Dosunmu (Shooting Guard, Chicago Bulls)

6:45: Scottie Pippen (6x NBA Champion, NBA Hall of Famer, Chicago Bulls Legend)

Lakeview Terrace Stage (2nd floor):

2:45: The Future of Health Tech Alyssa Jaffee (Partner, 7wire Ventures), Moderated by Sonia Nagar (General Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital)

3:00: Omnipotence of Tech: Every Company is a Tech Company

• Moderator: Christian Iantoni (Partner, Cloud & Digital, PwC)
• Corry Stanley (Director Application Development, Discover)
• Stacey Wronkowski (VP, Digital Technology, United)
• Dr. Denitra Griffin (President, AGB Innovative Security Solutions)

5:25: De-mystifying Financial Trading and Technology

• Moderator: Brad Henderson, (CEO, P33)
• Alex Itkin (Chief Technology Officer, Optiver)
• Nathaniel Pomeroy (Principal and Senior Analyst, Wolverine) 
• Jonathan Morley (Manager, IT Cost Optimization, CME Group)

Grand Hallway Stage (2nd floor):

1:00: TechChicago Week: Special Edition TechRise Competition

2:40: The State of Fintech with Sach Chitnis (Co-Founder & Partner, Jump Capital), Moderated by Claude Cimeus (Director of Platform, P33)

2:55: Founder Story with Sam Yagan (Former Co-Founder & CEO, OkCupid; Co-Founder & Managing Director, Corazon Capital), Moderated by Claude Cimeus (Director of Platform, P33)

3:10: Future of Emerging Tech

• Moderator: Nick Brown (CEO & Founder, Glappit)
• Dr. Suzette McKinney (Principal & Director of Life Sciences, Sterling Bay)
• Melissa Lederer (Chief Experience Officer, mHUB)
• Michelangelo D’Agostino (VP Machine Learning, Tegus)
• Kevin Woods (Founder, thepopup.com)

4:40: Generative AI Hackathon Showcase with A.Team

Panel: AI in the Enterprise 

• Moderator: Joe Lazer, Head of Marketing, A.Team 
• Raphael Ouzan (CEO of A.Team)
• Anu George (Business & Digital Transformation Executive)
• David Wong (Executive Director of Innovation and Growth, CME Group)
• Prashant Mehrotra (Head of AI, Allstate)

5:20: The Most Inclusive Tech Hub in the World: Chicago's Opportunity

• Moderator: Brenda Wilkerson (President & CEO, AnitaB)
• Leroi Catlin (Senior Manager Chatham Business, Technology Community Outreach, Discover)
• Clasondra Armstrong-Grandison (Director, User Experience, United)
• Jan Seale (CEO & Co-Founder Out of Office)
• Joey Mak (CEO, Chicago Blend)
• Gayathri Rajan (SVP Product, Adyen)