Emerging Tech Summit
4.16.25 -- 4.17.25
The Emerging Tech Innovation Summit brings together key players in the AI & Web3 ecosystem for an all-encompassing, multi-day event. Gain insights from industry leaders, connect with accelerating startups and be part of the disruption.
Our Innovation Summit Connects
Founders
Corporates
Investors
Innovation Ecosystem
Innovation Summits bring together 250+ startups, investors, corporate partners, and industry experts
Meet Our Featured Speakers
Agenda Highlights
April 16-17
- Keynote Speakers & Expert Panel Breakouts: Listen to and learn from senior leaders in your industry to gain valuable insights on critical industry topics impacting the world today.
- Persona Roundtables: Join a real conversation with other like-minded innovators that match your role in the industry (founder or corporate). If you don’t fit either of these personas, we still encourage you to join these conversations to learn about how innovation is being grown and accelerated in your field.
- Curated Connection Meetups & Startup Alley: Spark high-impact connections through this fast-paced energizing connection event, where you’ll have the opportunity to explore what key players are doing to disrupt the Web3 and AI industries.
- Startup Pitch Showcases: Hear directly from exclusive portfolio of founders as they share how their product is making waves in the Web3 and AI spaces.
- Curated Connection Meetups & Startup Alley: Spark high-impact connections through this fast-paced energizing connection event, where you’ll have the opportunity to explore what key players are doing to disrupt the Web3 and AI industries.
- Happy Hours & Dinners: Connect with other attendees over some drinks and light bites to conclude our Innovation Summit!
Innovation Lab Experiences
2024 Rewind
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Keynotes
Adam McElhinney is currently the CEO of at Uptake Technologies, where he leads a team building cutting-edge industrial data analytics tools for transportation, defense and industrial use cases. Previously, Adam was the Chief Data Science Officer and Vice President of Insights at Paylocity. In his role, Adam oversees a team of 155 data scientists, software engineers, data engineers and product managers. Additionally, Adam is a former Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science and Mathematics departments at Illinois Institute of Technology. Adam holds a Masters in Statistics from University of Illinois-Chicago and has undergraduate degrees in Mathematics, Economics and Political Science from Indiana University-Bloomington. Additionally, Adam has filed 19 patents for his research in machine learning, internet of things (IOT), software engineering and big data technology.
Chris Gladwin
CEO
Chris is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ocient, a company providing the software platform for the
largest data analyzing systems in the world. He also is the Chair and Co-Founder of The Forge
which provides amazing recreational and environmental experiences. And Chris is the Chair
and Co-Founder of P33, who is helping transform Chicago into a globally top-tier tech region.
Chris was the Founder and CEO of Cleversafe which became the largest and most strategic
object storage vendor. He also was the Founding CEO of MusicNow, which provided the first
digital music services. Chris is an inventor on over 250 patents, has an engineering degree from MIT and a PhD from Illinois Tech.