Innovate 2024
Who is this event for?
- Investors looking for new innovation
- Business development
- Startups looking for capital
- Conference organizers and companies looking for an iconic new experience
Save the Date
May 21 – 23, 2024
Kickoff at 4:30pm CT
Where
Owensboro
Convention Center
This packed 2 day, 2 night conference will gather some of the brightest minds on the planet throughout the globe.
True innovators across a far range of industry will be sure to open your mind and bring delight.
Check-in
Beginning at 2pm, check-in at the convention center
2:00pm
Kickoff on the Waterfront
Join us on the gorgeous Owensboro riverfront for a kickoff and a moment to remember.
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Waterfront Meet and Greet
Get to know each other! With musical guest Cam Thompson
5:00pm – 7:00pm
VIP Event
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Check-in
8:00am – 12:00pm
Breakfast
8:00am – 8:45am
Podcast Lounge Opens
8:00am – 5:00pm
Tradeshow Expo Opens
8:00am – 12:00pm
Opening Keynote: Intentionality and the Making of a Movement
9:00am – 9:30am
Kindness is Free by Harlem Globetrotters Legend Herb “Flight Time” Lang
Kindness is Free by Harlem Globetrotters legend Herb “Flight Time” Lang
9:30am – 10:00am
Corporate Innovation Panel
Mike Dattilo (Lexmark) Rachael Schwartz (GE) Alex Schutte (Paycor)
10:00am – 10:30am
Break
10:30am – 10:45am
The Future of SEO with Adam Torkildson and Steve Wiideman
10:45am – 11:15am
How Leaders Create a Culture of Innovation with Mary Katherine Wathen
11:15am – 11:45pm
Lunch
11:45am – 12:45pm
Cybersecurity in Generative AI: Why it Matters
Jon Salisbury & Summer Crenshaw
12:45pm – 1:15pm
How to Become a Recognized Authority in Your Industry with Jeremy Knauff
Why should we do this in the first place? How:
- Build a strong personal brand
- Control the search results
- Get featured in the media
- Leverage publicity in your marketing
1:15pm – 1:45pm
Building your Brand Roots to Blossom your Business Success with Jessika Phillips
1:45pm – 2:15pm
The Future of AI and Technology Panel
Jon Salisbury, Dawn Yankeelov, Mark Suter, and Matt Strippelhoff
2:15pm – 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm – 3:00pm
Be The Change Agent with Jason Falls
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Being the Story Catcher with Chad Illa-Petersen
Being the Story Catcher, with Chad Illa-Petersen
3:30pm – 4:00pm
The Future of PR Panel
Bobbie Carlton, Jeremy Knauff, Jeff Barrett
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Innovation in Israel
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Networking Exercise
5:00pm – 5:45pm
Cam Thompson
Musical guest
5:45pm – 6:45pm
Breakfast
8:00am – 8:45am
Crafting the Workplace of the Future – Tim Salau, Mr. Future of Work
9:00am – 9:30am
Disrupting the Future of Education Panel
Lilly Massa-McKinley, Ed.D., Executive Director, The Kentucky Student Success Collaborative, Dr. Ai Addyson Zhang, Founder, Classroom Without Walls, Ari Rockoff, David Mitzner Community Dean for Values and Leadership, Yeshiva University, and Danielle Wozniak, Vice President for Global Strategy, YU Global
9:30am – 10:00am
The Future of Venture Capital Panel
Ryan Retcher, Loud Capital
10:00am – 10:30am
Break
10:30am – 10:45am
Growing Your Business by Leveraging Social Media Panel
Tuli Kraus, Bob Woods
10:45am – 11:15am
TBD
11:15am – 11:45am
Lunch
Lunch options available for purchase at nearby food trucks & Cafe.
11:45am – 1:00pm
Food, Farming, and Innovation with Janice Person
Janice Person
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Kentucky Innovation panel
David Hasler Don Skaggs
1:30pm – 2:00pm
All in a picturesque 200+ million dollar rebuild of an iconic waterfront in beautiful Owensboro, Kentucky.
We’ll teach you how to make the most of your time in an innovation summit space and equip you with the tools to succeed in the new economy. You will grow as a professional with a wide range of programming including an exhibitor space, multiple tracks and stages of speakers and panels, along with a podcasting lounge. They will discuss the latest trends, business ideas, and challenges that lie ahead along with the opportunities that exist in our world.
Be a part of the new trend reinventing a carefully crafted experience in our inaugural event.
We as a society have suffered a loneliness epidemic through the pandemic and are burned out from screens and virtual events.
The world’s larger events feel too spread out and impersonal.
What’s the solution? The world is ready for a new event to renew our faith and connections in humanity to innovate forward.
Join us this spring for the debut of Innovate.
