Northwestern Events Calendar

May
28
2015

Kellogg Innovation Network Presents "Growth for Good: The Entrepreneur"

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

Description:

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

 

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