Agenda - Rally - Innovation Conference

EVENT

2024 Agenda Coming Next Summer

Tracks

11am - 5pm

Gener8tor - Agriculture Conference

3pm - 5pm

Registration

6pm - 8pm

Finalists Circle (Invite-Only)

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

8am - 5pm

Registration

8am - 8:20am

Morning Meditation: A Mindful Primer

8:30am - 8:40am

Opening Ceremony

8:40am -8:45am

Welcome to Rally - Christopher "Toph" Day

Christopher “Toph” Day
CEO / Elevate Ventures

8:45am - 8:55am

Governor Holcomb - Welcome to Indiana

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

9am - 3pm

Quiet Space

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

9am - 9:45am

Keynote - Crystal Washington

Crystal Washington
Keynote

10am - 11am

Midwest House | Morning Coffee & Connect

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am - 12pm

Elevate Nexus Pitch Competiton - Pre-Seed Fund Pitches

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am

ITIA | Welcome Remarks

David Becker
Chairman and CEO / First Internet Bank

Jennifer Hallowell
Executive Director / Indiana Technology & Innovation Association

10am - 10:45am

ITIA | What’s Next to Accelerate Indiana’s Tech and Innovation Industry

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

David Becker
Chairman and CEO / First Internet Bank

Christopher “Toph” Day
CEO / Elevate Ventures

Ting Gootee
President & CEO / TechPoint

Jennifer Hallowell
Executive Director / Indiana Technology & Innovation Association

10am - 12pm

Investor 1:1s (Pre-scheduled)

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am - 5pm

Rally Demo Arena

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

Female Founders Disrupting CPG

Jennifer Crandall
Founder & CEO / Safe Food En Route, LLC

Allison Disney
CEO & Co-Founder / MixMix

Rachel Klein
Founder & CEO / Revival Food Co

Mara Smith
Founder & CEO / Inspiro Tequila

10am - 10:45am Entrepreneurship

Empowering Local Innovators: Cultivating Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Your Community

Monique Brown
Cofounder & Managing Director / Growth Factory

Dave Knox
Executive Director / Blue North

Neela Mollgaard
Executive Director of the Office of Small Business Development / MN Department of Employment and Economic Development

Wolf Starr
CEO / The Venture Atlas

10am - 10:45am Hardtech

Solving the Puzzle of Public EV Charging

Frank Menchaca
President, Sustainable Mobility Solutions / SAE International

Kristin Slanina
Chief Innovation Officer / ParkMyFleet

John Voelcker
Auto Reporter + Analyst / Car and Driver, others

Michael Winter
CEO and Co-Founder / JOLT America

10am - 10:45am Hardtech

Meetup - Hardtech: Hosted by CSC Leasing

Adzmel Adznan
Co-Founding Partner / Piva Capital

Aly Bryan
Ventures Investor / Closed Loop Partners

Haley Marie Keith
CEO & Co-Founder / MITO

10am - 10:45am Healthcare

Gene Therapy: Breakthroughs in Genetic Medicine

Alison Bateman-House
Assistant Professor / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Michael Capaldi
Executive Director / Institute for Gene Therapies

Patricia Furlong
President & CEO / Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Teri Willey
Mananging Director / Pathway to Cures Venture Fund

10am - 10:45am Software

GTM Innovators: Grow or Die

Ryan Brock
Chief Solution Officer / DemandJump

Tifenn Dano Kwan
Chief Marketing Officer/ Amplitude

Sydney Sloan
CMO / Drata

Michael Weir
Chief Revenue Officer / G2

10am - 10:45am Sportstech

Sportstech Investing: Trends and Opportunities

Kerry Carter
COO / Atavus Football / Co-Founder / Treehouse Studios

Kristen Kuliga
Founder and EVP Business Development / K Capital Partners & Vanguard Sports Group

Austin Noronha
Managing Director / Sony Ventures

David Ortiz
Founder & CEO / SimWin Sports Inc.

10am - 10:45am

Workshop | WHAT PAYS: Unraveling Customer Problems

Adam Berk
Director of Divergent Thinking / Startup Program Design

Tyrome Smith
Director of Strategic Partnerships/ Common Mission Project

10:45am - 11am

Book Signing - Startup Program Design: A Practical Guide for Creating Accelerators and Incubators at Any Organization

Adam Berk
Director of Divergent Thinking / Startup Program Design

10:45am - 11am

Book Signing - Pillar-Based Marketing: A Data-Driven Methodology for SEO and Content That Actually Works

Ryan Brock
Chief Solution Officer / DemandJump

Christopher “Toph” Day
CEO / Elevate Ventures

11am - 11:45am Ag & Food

Alternative Proteins for a Sustainable Future

Frank Klemens
Managing Director / Big Idea Ventures

Jennifer Marston
AgFunder / Global AgTech Editor

Maye Walraven
North America General Manager / Innovafeed

11am - 11:45am Entrepreneurship

Upsizing Ventures in This Silicon Heartland

Jackson Andrews
Founding Managing Director / Endeavor Midwest

Mark Birch
Global Startup Advocate / Amazon Web Services

Rebecca Fannin
Author/ Founder / Silicon Heartland / Silicon Dragon Ventures

Amy Peterson
Co-Founder & CEO / Rebel Nell

11am - 11:45pm Entrepreneurship

Meetup - Entrepreneurship

Jay Baer
President / Jay Baer

Lindsey Groepper
President / BLASTmedia

Justin Keller
SVP, Head of Marketing / Drift

Brian Marrinan
General Partner / Team ABC Ventures

11am - 11:45am Hardtech

Lessons Learned from Scale-ups in Hardtech

Frederick Cartwright
President & CEO / Conexus Indiana

Tsahi Petel
Vp Client Solution / QualityLine

Dustin Pederson
CFO / Locus Robotics

Derrick Redding
CEO / Betterfrost Technologies

11am - 11:45am Healthcare

Shaping the Future: Diversity and Representation as Catalysts in Health Tech

Mario Anglada
CEO / 365 Health

Shalen De Silva
SVP, Market Strategy and Performance / Nations Benefits

Richard Munassi MD MBA
Managing Director / Tampa Bay Wave

Emily Zhen
Principal / Zeal Capital Partners

11am - 11:45am Software

Triumphs and Trials: Stories of CEOs, Entrepreneurs, and Founders

Joe Bailey III
CEO & Founder / Bailey & Associates

John Hill
Evangelist / Techstars

Lisa Rich
Founder & COO / Xplore Inc.

Shreyas Sen
Founder & CTO / Ixana

11am - 11:45am Sportstech

Navigating NIL: Empowering Innovations in Name, Image, and Likeness

Bobby Couch
Exective Director / Tiger Impact Partners

Lexie Hull
Professional Basketball / Indiana Fever

Damon Phillips
Senior Vice President, Strategic / NBC Sports

Ayden Syal
CEO & Founder / MOGL

11am - 11:45am

ITIA | Unleashing Entrepreneurship in Indiana

Pat East
Principal / Flywheel Fund

Scott Fadness
Mayor / City of Fishers

Russell Mumper
Vice President for Research / Indiana University

Jake Teshka
State Representative / Indiana House of Representatives

Courtney Zaugg
Founder & President / Plaka + Associates

11am - 11:45am

Workshop | Mindfully Vigilant: Strengthen Your Situational Awareness - Prepare. Prevent. Protect.

Shelley Klingerman
President / Stiletto Agency

11am-12pm

Midwest House | Kauffman Fellows Meetup

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

12pm - 1:00pm

Midwest House | Workshop: Leveraging Customer Discovery To Accelerate PMF-A Conversation With GTM Experts And Founders

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

12pm - 1:30pm

ITIA | Exclusive Lunch with State Legislators and ITIA Member Innovation Demos

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

12pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

1pm - 2pm

Midwest House | Raising Venture in 2023: How can Founders Successfully Fundraise for their Startup in 2023 and Beyond?

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

1pm - 3pm

Elevate Nexus Pitch Competiton - Seed Fund Pitches

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

1:30pm - 4:30pm

Investor 1:1s (Pre-scheduled)

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

1:45pm - 2:30pm

ITIA | CEO Panel: Barriers and Opportunities to Starting and Scaling an Innovation-Driven Enterprise

Amy Brown
Founder & CEO / Authenticx

Darrian Mikell
Co-Founder / CEO | Qualifi

Kristen Nunery
CEO / myCOI

Brent Oakley
President / Vibenomics, a Mood Media Company & SVP Mood Media Advertising

Julia Regan
RxLightning / CEO

Mike Reynolds
Founder & CEO / Innovatemap

1:45pm - 2:30pm Ag & Food

Closing the Loop on Food Waste

Linda Broadfoot
CEO / Second Helpings

Brett Brohl
General Partner / Bread and Butter Ventures

1:45pm - 2:30pm Ag & Food

Meetup - AG & Food

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

1:45pm - 2:30pm Hardtech

Hands-on Solutions to Hardtech

Jackie Firsty
Director of Investor Program / Greentown Labs

Andrew Gollach
Principal / SOSV

Arvind Murthy
General Manager / The Heritage Group Accelerator

Thierry Van Landegem
Executive Director, Accelerator / mHUB

1:45pm - 2:30pm Entrepreneurship

Speed Culture: Today's Fast is Tomorrow's Slow

Brian Ardinger
Director of Innovation / Nelnet / InsideOutside.io

Jay Baer
President / Jay Baer

Lindsey Groepper
President / BLASTmedia

Justin Keller
SVP, Head of Marketing / Drift

1:45pm - 2:30pm Healthcare

Innovative Approaches to Aging and Longevity

Ginna Baik
Senior Care Leader for Alexa Smart Properties / Amazon

Jean Makesh
CEO / The Lantern Group

Vickram Pradhan
Vice President / Sopris

Sheri Rose
CEO & Founder / The Thrive Center, Inc.

1:45pm - 2:30pm Software

Wearable Tech - Enabling the Disabled

Amy Dixon
Director of Patient Advocacy / Eye C Better

Keith Kirkland
Co-Founder & Chief Haptic Officer / WearWorks

Diego Mariscal
Founder, CEO & Chief Disabled Officer / 2gether International

Markeith Price
Founder & CEO / Move Progress

1:45pm - 2:30pm Sportstech

Empowering Women's Sports: Vision, Technology and Key Disruptors

Deanna Brown
Founder & CEO / DragonFly Sports

Jim Garfield
Sports Practice Director / Seer.World

Brandon Wimbush
Co-Founder / MOGL

1:45pm - 2:30pm

Workshop | Brand Strategy for Innovation & Emerging Tech

Samantha Wolfe
Founder / PitchFWD

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Midwest House | Radical Collaboration: Resources Beyond Funding

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Book Signing – Metaversed: See Beyond the Hype

Samantha Wolfe
Founder / PitchFWD

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Book Signing – Accelerated: A Guide to Innovating at the Speed of Change

Brian Ardinger
Director of Innovation / Nelnet / InsideOutside.io

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Keynote - Victor Hwang

Victor Hwang
Founder & CEO / Right to Start

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Guided Sound Experience

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

3:45pm - 4:30pm

Keynote - Victoria Arlen

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

4pm - 5:30pm

Welcome to Rally Happy Hour

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

5pm - 8pm

Rally Happy Hour at 16 Tech

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

5pm

After Rally Events

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Midwest House | Speak Up Culture Fireside chat With Stephen Shedletzky

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

6pm - 8pm

Midwest House | Fly Over This Party

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

6:30am

Drip X Rally Innovation Run

7:30am - 8:45am

Midwest House | Chicago Connect Breakfast

8am - 5pm

Registration

8am - 8:20am

Power On: Morning Meditation

9am - 3pm

Quiet Space

9am - 9:45am

Keynote - Fireside Chat with Guy Raz

Guy Raz
Keynote

Christopher “Toph” Day
CEO / Elevate Ventures

10am - 10:45am

Indy Women in Tech Summit - The Woman in the Arena

Kate Maxwell
CTO, Worldwide Defense & Intelligence / Microsoft

10am - 10:45am

Workshop | AI & DEI: Intersections, Implications and Opportunities

Fay Horwitt
President & CEO / Forward Cities

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

IN-Prize Pitch Competition (Ag & Food Studio)

Scott Beck
President / Beck’s Hybrids

Kelli Jones
Co-Founder / Be Nimble Foundation

Frank Klemens
Managing Director / Big Idea Ventures

Patrick Lor
Partner / Panache Venture

Johnny Park
CEO / WHIN

Becky Wilson
Associate / Rhapsody Venture Partners

10am - 5pm

Rally Demo Arena

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am - 12pm

Investor 1:1s (Pre-scheduled)

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am - 10:45am

Meetup – Cybersecurity: Hosted by Blackink IT

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am - 10:45am

Shaping the Future of Education: Embracing Innovation and Transformation

Stanley Buchesky
CEO / pi-top

NaShara Mitchell
Clinical Professor and Innovation Lab Director / Butler University

Phil Weilerstein
President & CEO / VentureWell

Landon Young
Executive Director of Entrepreneurial Programming / Elevate Ventures

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Agriculture

Delaney Howell
CEO / AgCulture Marketing

Colin Hurd
CEO / Mach

Tamara Leigh
CEO & Co-Founder / EIO Diagnostics

Daniel Russek
CEO / Atarraya, Inc

10am - 10:45am Hardtech

Entrepreneurship in Space Achieves Liftoff

Daniel Herscovici
Partner / Edison Partners

Roger Lanctot
Director, Mobility / TechInsights

Nate Mason
Principal / Starburst Aerospace

John Suh
Vice President and Head of Hyundai New Horizons Studio / Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.

10am - 10:45am Healthcare

AI in Health: Innovations, Ethics, and Insights

Soribel Feliz
CEO and Founder / Responsible AI = Inclusive AI

Sat Ramphal
CEO / Maya Ai

Matthew Versaggi
Sr. Dir. of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Technology / Fmr Optum Technology / United Healthcare

10am - 10:45am Software

Software Defined Vehicles – The Digital Revolution Hits the Road

Michael Austin
Senior Research Analyst / Guidehouse Insights

Michael Robertson
Vice President, Global Product Management and Strategy / Elektrobit

Eric Tingwall
Testing Director / MotorTrend

Willard Tu
Associate Vice-President of Automotive Compute / Marvell

10am - 10:45am Sportstech

Youth Engagement and the Future of Sports

Stefy Bau
CEO / Init Esports

Lorin Hamlin
Head of Open Innovation / Under Armour

Kimberly Selden
Co-Founder & Executive Director / Black Girls Tennis Club

10am - 10:45am Entrepreneurship

Speak-Up Culture

Kirsten Moorefield
Co-founder & COO / Cloverleaf

Stephen “Shed” Shedletzky
Founder & Coach / Shed Inspires

Lindsay Tjepkema
CEO & Co-Founder / Casted

Harrison Wilson
CEO / Limitless Minds

11am - 11:45am Healthcare

IN-Prize Pitch Competition (Healthcare Studio)

Robert Carlson
Partner / Start Something Ventures

Dr. Lisa Hoverman
Founder / Healthcare, Scientific, & Medical Communications

Patrick Lor
Partner / Panache Venture

Neal Mody
Managing Director / Zoic Capital

Michal Preminger
Regional Head / Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Derek Small
Founder, Managing Director / Luson Bioventures

Jack Zhang
Corporate Development, Director / Zimmer Biomet

11am - 12pm

Indy Women in Tech Summit - Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence

Erica Dhawan
Founder & CEO / Cotential

11am - 11:45am

Transforming the Future of Work Product

Kalyan Gautham
Co-Founder & CEO / Newsroom AI

Scott Holloway
General Partner / Starting Line

Nupur Kohli
CEO / Vedanka BV

Alberto Levy
CEO & Co-Founder / Poly Cashback

11am - 11:45am

Workshop | Emotional Intelligence for High Growth Startups: Building Resilient and United Teams for Success

Andie Hines-Lagemann
Startup Ecosystem Manager / Elevate Ventures

11am - 11:45am Ag & Food

Harvesting Resilience: Tech and Innovation Solutions for Small Farming

Amanda Brezzell
Co-Founder & Creative Director / Fennigans Farms

Kristof Grina
Co-founder / Up Top Acres

Neil Mylet
Farmer & Inventor / Mylet Farms

Craig Rupp
CEO / Sabanto

11am - 11:45am Entrepreneurship

Beyond Earth: Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Space

Janet Ivey Duensing
CEO & Chief Creative Officer / Janet’s Planet, Inc.

Vera Mulyani
President / Mars City Design & Astrobiome

Alfredo Munoz
CEO / ABIBOO Studio

Sara Sabry
Astronaut, CEO & Founder/ Deep Space Initiative

11am - 11:45am Hardtech

Teaching Cars to Drive Themselves is Hardtech

Sebastian Blanco
Editor / SAE

Seval Oz
CEO & Founder / Oz Advisors

Stan Schneider
CEO / Real-Time Innovations (RTI)

Selika Talbott
President / Autonomous Vehicle Consulting, LLC

11am - 11:45am Healthcare

The Prescription for Transformative Growth in Healthtech

Richard Munassi MD MBA
Managing Director / Tampa Bay Wave

Demi Radeva
CEO, Chief Strategist / Akros Advisory Services

11am - 11:45am Software

True Innovation Vs. The Shiny Object Syndrome

Keith Gipson
CEO/CTO / facil.ai Corp

Christine Gulbranson
CEO / U+ Nova

Tracy Markie
CEO / Engenuity Systems, Inc.

Chris Thompson
Founder / Epic Chase LLC

11am - 11:45am Sportstech

The Future of Global Sports Competitions: From Predictive Analytics to Creating a Data-Enhanced Experience

Earl Cochrane
CEO and Founder / Kinova Solutions

Tom Dunmore
Vice-President of Marketing / Major League Cricket

Tim Hayden
Co-Founder / Stadia Ventures & Xvisory

Renee Washington
COO / USA Track & Field

11am - 11:45am Sportstech

Meetup - SportsTech

Adzmel Adznan
Co-Founding Partner / Piva Capital

Aly Bryan
Ventures Investor / Closed Loop Partners

Haley Marie Keith
CEO & Co-Founder / MITO

12pm - 1pm

Midwest House | So, I Guess We're All Generative AI Companies Now

Mario Anglada
CEO / 365 Health

Shalen De Silva
SVP, Market Strategy and Performance / Nations Benefits

Richard Munassi MD MBA
Managing Director / Tampa Bay Wave

Emily Zhen
Principal / Zeal Capital Partners

1pm - 2pm

Midwest House | How you start is how you finish: Accounting that matters to startups

Mario Anglada
CEO / 365 Health

Shalen De Silva
SVP, Market Strategy and Performance / Nations Benefits

Richard Munassi MD MBA
Managing Director / Tampa Bay Wave

Emily Zhen
Principal / Zeal Capital Partners

1:30pm - 4:30pm

Investor 1:1s (Pre-scheduled)

Mario Anglada
CEO / 365 Health

Shalen De Silva
SVP, Market Strategy and Performance / Nations Benefits

Richard Munassi MD MBA
Managing Director / Tampa Bay Wave

Emily Zhen
Principal / Zeal Capital Partners

1:45pm - 2:30pm

Web3 and the Future of Education: Embracing Decentralization and Empowering Learners

Drew Beechler
CEO & Co-Founder / Holder

Yu-kai Chou
Founding Partner / The Octalysis Group / Metablox.co

Tara Fung
Cofounder & CEO / Co:Create

Shane McSimov
CEO and Co-Founder / XMTP Labs

1:45pm - 2:30pm

Meetup - RallyUP

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

1:45pm - 2:30pm Software

IN-Prize Pitch Competition (Software Studio)

Aman Brar
Partner / Ground Game Ventures

Heath Butler
Venture Partner / Mercury

Pat East
Principal / Flywheel Fund

Patrick Henshaw
Managing Director / Render Capital

Patrick Lor
Partner / Panache Venture

Natasha Mann
Principal / Marlin Equity Partners

1:45pm - 2:30pm Software

Developing Software and Humanity

Alexandra Cutean
Chief Research Officer / Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Ankur Gopal
CEO / Interapt

John Harrington
Director, Product Marketing / Phenom

Piyali Mandal
Senior Manager, Business Technology / Salesforce

1:45pm - 2:30pm Ag & Food

Driving Global Food Innovation: Social Impact, Community Engagement, and Collaboration

Nestor Gomez
Chief Technology Officer / Canadian Food Innovation Network

Riana Lynn
CEO / Journey Foods

Gary O’Meara
CEO / Boyne Valley Food Innovation

Michael Swanson
Agricultural Economist / Wells Fargo

1:45pm - 2:30pm Healthcare

Digital and Fitness Therapeutics: Innovations Advancing Health Outcomes

Kristin Belleson
Chief Executive Officer / American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

Stacey Burr
CEO / Future Standard

A.R. Weiler
Co-Founder & CEO / Restore Sleep

1:45pm - 2:30pm Sportstech

Revolutionizing Sports Betting: Exploring the Future of Wagering

Mark Balestra
US Special Counsel / Segev LLP

Jeff Ifrah
Founding Member / Ifrah Law PLLC

Wayne Kimmel
Managing Partner / SeventySix Capital

Sue Schneider
VP, Growth & Strategy, Americas / SBC Gaming

1:45pm - 2:30pm Hardtech

What’s So Hard About Hardtech?

Adzmel Adznan
Co-Founding Partner / Piva Capital

Aly Bryan
Ventures Investor / Closed Loop Partners

Haley Marie Keith
CEO & Co-Founder / MITO

Ginger Rothrock
Senior Director / HG Ventures

1:45pm - 2:30pm Entrepreneurship

Empowering the Microenterprise: Innovative Tech for Main Street Success?

Sofiat Abdulrazaaq
CEO and Co-founder / Goodfynd

Courtney Caldwell
CEO / ShearShare

Kathleen Hart
Attorney & Partner / Riley Bennett Egloff LLP

Renee King
Founder & CEO / FundBlackFounders

1:45pm - 2:30pm

Workshop | Startup Community Building Workshop

Chris Heivly
Managing Director / Build The Fort, LLC

2pm - 3pm

Midwest House | Fixing VC from the middle

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Book Signing - Build the Fort

Chris Heivly
Managing Director / Build The Fort, LLC

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Keynote - Moira Gunn

Moira Gunn
Director of Bioentrepreneurship and Associate Professor / University of San Francisco

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Guided Sound Experience

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

3:45pm - 4:30pm

Keynote - Mung Chiang & Scott Dorsey

Mung Chiang
President / Purdue University

Scott Dorsey
Managing Partner / High Alpha

4pm - 7pm

Midwest House | Kickin' Back with Black and Brown Founders

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

4:30pm

After Rally Events

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

5pm - 7pm

Rally the DJs

DJ Hope Flows

DJ Lockstar

7pm - 9pm

Midwest House | Blatently Midwestern Game Night

Victoria Arlen
Keynote

8am - 12pm

Registration

8am - 8:20am

Start Here: Morning Meditation

9am - 9:45am

Keynote - Peyton Manning

Peyton Manning
Keynote

Mitch Daniels
President Emeritus / Purdue University

9am - 11am

Quiet Space

10am - 10:45am Hardtech

IN-Prize Pitch Competition (Hardtech Studio)

Daniel Herscovici
Partner / Edison Partners

Karen Kerr
Founder & General Partner / Exposition Ventures

Patrick Lor
Partner / Panache Venture

Tyler Mantel
Director / Startup Foundry, Purdue Innovates

Brian Marrinan
General Partner / Team ABC Ventures

Laila Partridge
CEO / HardTech Project

Ginger Rothrock
Senior Director / HG Ventures

10am - 10:45am

Workshop | Your Ideas and You: We Gotta Talk

Benjamin Glenn
Founder / A Matter of Innovation

10am - 10:45am

Visioning for Social Impact

Dallas McGhee-Henry
Community Partnerships Manager / University of Michigan – College of Literature Science and the Arts

Jeni Olney
Director for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship / University of Michigan

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

Innovating to Feed A Growing Population

Brook Cunningham
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer / Corteva Agriscience

Mitch Frazier
CEO / AgriNovus Indiana

Audre Kapacinskas
Principal / S2G Ventures

Jeff Simmons
CEO / Elanco

10am - 10:45am Entrepreneurship

Adversarial Capital Deployment: China and Russia Capability Investments on US Ground

Jake Chapman
Managing Director / Marque VC

Mike Dodd
Principal / National Security Innovation Capital

Maria Tranquilli
Stealth

Drew Trojanowski
Co-Founder / Mission Acceleration Center

10am - 10:45am Hardtech

Hydrogen Fuel for the Future

Chad Mason
CEO & Founder / Advanced Ionics

Tanya Peacock
Managing Director, California and Hydrogen / EcoEngineers

Thomas Stephenson
CEO and Chairman / Pajarito Powder, LLC

Ben Wrightsman
President/ ReElement Technologies

10am - 10:45am Healthcare

Generative AI in Healthcare and Drug Discovery

Shaun Grannis
Vice President for Data & Analytics / Regenstrief Institute / Indiana University

Adrish Sannyasi
Head of Customer Solutions / Rhino Health

Yue Webster
Associate VP / Eli Lilly and Company

Gerald Wilmink, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Innovations / Director Digital Health

10am - 10:45am Healthcare

Meetup - Healthcare: Hosted by OrthoWorx & AcceLINX

Sat Ramphal
CEO / Maya Ai

Mustafa Sultan
Dr. & Creator / Big Picture Medicine

10am - 10:45am Software

Virtuous Innovation Alliances

Guy Finley
CEO / MESA

Shelton Mercer III
Founder & Chairman / The Mercer Group / Virtuous Innovation

Bonnie Tseng
CFO / L.A. Trade Technical College Foundation

Jian Wei Hoh
CEO / VIIZR Inc.

10am - 10:45am Sportstech

The Brain to Box™ Journey Towards Sustainable Performance Innovation

Kim Blair
Vice President, Business Development / Re:Build Manufacturing, LLC

11am - 11:45am Ag & Food

Accelerating AgTech Adoption

Lorna Baird
Manager – Entrepreneurship & Innovation / Olds College of Agriculture and Technology

Ken Doyle
Executive Director / Tech-Access Canada

Robert Saik
CEO / AGvisorPro

11am - 11:45am Entrepreneurship

The Metaverse Gets Real

Cordell Carter
Executive Director / The Aspen Institute

Karim Mohammadali
XR Policy Lead / Google

Dan Nieves
Global Executive Engagement, Reality Labs / Meta

Linda Ricci
Chair, Strategic Initiatives / The Virtual World Society

11am - 11:45am Hardtech

Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Foreign Direct Investment

Laura Daniels
Special Assistant to the Counselor / U.S. Department of State

Adam Frost
Senior Vice President / Export-Import Bank of the United States

Merin Rajadurai
Senior Advisor / U.S. State Department

Aarti Tandon
CEO / Smart City Expo USA

11am - 11:45am Healthcare

A Healthy State of Mind, Mental Health in the Digital Age

Chris Molaro
Founder & CEO / NeuroFlow

Alexander Niculescu
Founder & CEO / MindX Sciences

Sara Sabry
Astronaut, CEO & Founder/ Deep Space Initiative

Derek Small
Founder, Managing Director / Luson Bioventures

11am - 11:45am Software

How AI Is Transforming Software Development

Regina Grogan
Founder / Center for AI + Social Impact / DisruptiveAI

John McDonald
Managing Entrepreneur / NEXT Studios

Kyler Nunery
CEO / Butter Coding

Rich Teachout
CTO / El Toro Targeting

11am - 11:45am Sportstech

Shaping the Future of Fan Engagement and Experience: The Role of Sports Tech

Troy Byrd
Founder / 123442 Ventures

Jenna Kurath
VP, Startup Partnerships / Head of Comcast NBCU SportsTech / Comcast NBCU

Greg Resh
EVP / Chief Financial Officer / Sagamore Ventures

Todd Taylor
President & Chief Commercial Officer / Pacers Sports & Entertainment

11am - 11:45am Software

Meetup - Software

John Hill
Evangelist / Techstars

11am - 11:45am Sportstech

IN-Prize Pitch Competition (SportsTech Studio)

Mike Asem
Founding Partner / M25

Kate Brodock
General Partner / The W Fund

Stacey Burr
CEO / Future Standard

Kathleen Hale
Partner / Builders + Backers

Scott Kraege
Partner / Ivy Ventures

Patrick Lor
Partner / Panache Venture

Eric Tobias
Partner / High Alpha

11am - 11:45am

Workshop | Product-Market Fit Workshop

Jeanette Renshaw
Partner / GrowthX

11am - 11:45am

Workshop | Innovate with AI: Build ChatGPT-like Apps

Calvin Hendryx-Parker
CTO / Six Feet Up

11am - 11:45am

Guided Sound Experience

12pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

1pm - 1:30pm

The 2023 National Top Tech Company Awards presented by Powderkeg

1:30pm - 2pm

Rally IN-Prize Pitch Competition Announcements

2pm - 2:45pm

Keynote - Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Earvin “Magic” Johnson
Keynote

3pm

Other Events Around The Community

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

Female Founders Disrupting CPG

Jennifer Crandall
Founder & CEO / Safe Food En Route, LLC

Allison Disney
CEO & Co-Founder / MixMix

Rachel Klein
Founder & CEO / Revival Food Co

Mara Smith
Founder & CEO / Inspiro Tequila

11am - 11:45am Ag & Food

Alternative Proteins for a Sustainable Future

Frank Klemens
Managing Director / Big Idea Ventures

Jennifer Marston
AgFunder / Global AgTech Editor

Maye Walraven
North America General Manager / Innovafeed

1:45pm - 2:30pm Ag & Food

Closing the Loop on Food Waste

Linda Broadfoot
CEO / Second Helpings

Brett Brohl
General Partner / Bread and Butter Ventures

1:45pm - 2:30pm Ag & Food

Meetup - AG & Food

Governor Eric J. Holcomb
State of Indiana

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

IN-Prize Pitch Competition (Ag & Food Studio)

Scott Beck
President / Beck’s Hybrids

Kelli Jones
Co-Founder / Be Nimble Foundation

Frank Klemens
Managing Director / Big Idea Ventures

Patrick Lor
Partner / Panache Venture

Johnny Park
CEO / WHIN

Becky Wilson
Associate / Rhapsody Venture Partners

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Agriculture

Delaney Howell
CEO / AgCulture Marketing

Colin Hurd
CEO / Mach

Tamara Leigh
CEO & Co-Founder / EIO Diagnostics

Daniel Russek
CEO / Atarraya, Inc

11am - 11:45am Ag & Food

Harvesting Resilience: Tech and Innovation Solutions for Small Farming

Amanda Brezzell
Co-Founder & Creative Director / Fennigans Farms

Kristof Grina
Co-founder / Up Top Acres

Neil Mylet
Farmer & Inventor / Mylet Farms

Craig Rupp
CEO / Sabanto

1:45pm - 2:30pm Ag & Food

Driving Global Food Innovation: Social Impact, Community Engagement, and Collaboration

Nestor Gomez
Chief Technology Officer / Canadian Food Innovation Network

Riana Lynn
CEO / Journey Foods

Gary O’Meara
CEO / Boyne Valley Food Innovation

Michael Swanson
Agricultural Economist / Wells Fargo

10am - 10:45am Ag & Food

Innovating to Feed A Growing Population

Brook Cunningham
Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer / Corteva Agriscience

Mitch Frazier
CEO / AgriNovus Indiana

Audre Kapacinskas
Principal / S2G Ventures

Jeff Simmons
CEO / Elanco

11am - 11:45am Ag & Food

Accelerating AgTech Adoption

Lorna Baird
Manager – Entrepreneurship & Innovation / Olds College of Agriculture and Technology

Ken Doyle
Executive Director / Tech-Access Canada

Robert Saik
CEO / AGvisorPro

10am - 10:45am Healthcare

Gene Therapy: Breakthroughs in Genetic Medicine

Alison Bateman-House
Assistant Professor / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Michael Capaldi
Executive Director / Institute for Gene Therapies

Patricia Furlong
President & CEO / Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Teri Willey
Mananging Director / Pathway to Cures Venture Fund

11am - 11:45am Healthcare

Shaping the Future: Diversity and Representation as Catalysts in Health Tech

Mario Anglada
CEO / 365 Health

Shalen De Silva
SVP, Market Strategy and Performance / Nations Benefits

Richard Munassi MD MBA
Managing Director / Tampa Bay Wave

Emily Zhen
Principal / Zeal Capital Partners

1:45pm - 2:30pm Healthcare

Innovative Approaches to Aging and Longevity

Ginna Baik
Senior Care Leader for Alexa Smart Properties / Amazon

Jean Makesh
CEO / The Lantern Group

Vickram Pradhan
Vice President / Sopris

Sheri Rose
CEO & Founder / The Thrive Center, Inc.

10am - 10:45am Healthcare

AI in Health: Innovations, Ethics, and Insights

Soribel Feliz
CEO and Founder / Responsible AI = Inclusive AI

Sat Ramphal
CEO / Maya Ai

Matthew Versaggi
Sr. Dir. of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Technology / Fmr Optum Technology / United Healthcare

11