SIM In The Suburbs Dinner – The Excitement of Innovation and Chicago’s Leaders

WHEN

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm

WHERE

Maggiano's - Old Orchard

Chicago Innovation Award Winners – The Excitement of Innovation

The Chicago Innovation Awards were established in 2002 to focus attention on the most significant new products and services introduced in the region. Each year there are ten winners from organizations that are true innovators that uniquely fill unmet needs, spark a competitive response in the marketplace, exceed market expectations, achieve financial success, and improve people’s lives. And this year is no exception.

Please join SIM In The Suburbs on December 15th for a premier event at Maggianos’ Old Orchard when Tom Kuczmarski, Co-Founder, Chicago Innovation Awards will moderate a paneled discussion with four of this year’s innovation award winners.

We look forward to seeing you at the December 15th panelist dinner.

Seating is limited to the first 135 registrants.

Agenda:
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Networking and appetizers
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner
6:30 pm – 6:45 pm Announcements and introductions
6:45 pm – 7:45 pm Moderated panelists
7:45 pm – 8:00 pm Closing remarks
8:00 pm – Adjourn

Cost:
$40 per SIM Chicago member. Includes dinner and cash bar
$40 per non SIM Chicago member. Includes dinner and cash bar

Chicago Innovation Awards - http://www.chicagoinnovationawards.com/

Speaker Profiles

Rhon Daguro

- Panelist

Co-Founder and CEO

Touch Taste Technologies

Rhon Daguro is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Touch Taste Technologies. Rhon is credited for introducing multi-touch digital table-side ordering to the food and beverage service industry through his TouchLife product installations in Chicago Bars and...

Mike Samson

- Panelist

Co-Founder

Crowdspring

Mike is an entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of crowdSPRING (http://www.crowdspring.com), the online marketplace for creative services. crowdSPRING has a large community of creatives and buyers from around the globe, and uses a crowdsourcing model to promote the very best...

John Vasilj

- Panelist

Chief Technology Officer

Chicago Transit Authority

Mr. Vasilj leads major initiatives in next-generation bus and rail applications; data center and network operations infrastructure; enterprise web portal design and implementation; enterprise architecture and security initiatives; wireline and wireless network and...

Alex Bratton

- Panelist

Chief Executive Officer

Lextech Labs and Lextech Global Services

Alex Bratton is a technology visionary and veteran entrepreneur motivated by his passion for implementing technology in new ways. He specializes in identifying unique business opportunities by forecasting the impact of new technologies, and then applies that knowledge to...

Tom Kuczmarski

- Moderator

Co-Founder

Chicago Innovation Awards

Thomas D. Kuczmarski, senior partner and president of Kuczmarski & Associates, is a nationally recognized expert in the innovation of new products and services. Over the course of his career he has helped hundreds of clients, ranging from small businesses to Fortune...

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