When:
Thursday, May 28, 2015
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: University Community Free
Contact:
Kellogg Innovation Network
Group: KIEI (Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative)
Category: Academic
The Kellogg Innovation Network invites Northwestern faculty, staff, students and friends of the university, to attend Growth for Good: The Entrepreneur, an exciting event featuring world-class entrepreneurs, members of the media, and a variety of organizations to discuss the ways in which innovators are changing the world.
EVENT LOCATION
Northwestern University
Pick Staiger Concert Hall50 Arts Circle DriveEvanston, Illinois 60208
EVENT DATE + TIME
Thursday, May 28 | 1 to 5 p.m.
Please Note: All participants must be seated by 1 p.m. Participants arriving after 1 p.m. will be seated in between sessions.
EVENT PANEL TOPICS
Entrepreneurs in the twenty-first century | How has entrepreneurship changed over the years? How are innovators changing the world as we know it?
Actions worth taking | Leo Burnett’s Farmhouse shares their list of actions
worth taking
Ecosystem leadership | A discussion on how innovators from different
ecosystems can support up-and-coming entrepreneurs, as well as define the entrepreneurial dynamic of the twenty-first century
Seeking mission, generating change | Entrepreneurs share their personal stories for why they set out to change the world via entrepreneurship
FEATURED SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
Robert C. Wolcott Co-founder & Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network
Slava Rubin Co-founder & CEO, IndieGogo
Aniq Rahman President, Moat
Ali Velshi Host, Real Money, Al Jazeera America
Paul Earle Executive Director, Farmhouse, Leo Burnett
Farid Ismayizalda Founder & CEO, Golden Pay (Azerbaijan)
Mauricio Rossi Co-founder, H-FARM Ventures (Italy)
Rajesh Sawhney Founder & CEO, GSF Superangels & GSF Accelerator (India)
Howard TullmanCEO, 1871
David Gale Founder & CEO, We Are Mighty;Former CEO, MTV Films
Sophia Swire, Founder & CEO, Future Brilliance Limited