iKC: Innovate, Ignite and Inspire on June 20

The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Think Big Partners have launched the new website for Kansas City’s innovation and entrepreneur conference, now known as iKC.

iKC, formerly known as The Chamber’s Innovation Conference and Think Big Partners’ Think Big Kansas City, is a day-long conference that will be hosted by H&R Block. The mission of the conference is to foster innovation and creativity in Kansas City, help build the “City of Entrepreneurs”, and provide innovation and startup education for corporate creatives, KC businesses and entrepreneurs.  The conference will take place on June 20^th at the H&R Block World Headquarters in downtown Kansas City.

“iKC can mean so many different things to so many different people in Kansas City,” said co-founder of Think Big Partners, Herb Sih.  “To an entrepreneur, it may mean inspiration.  To corporate creatives, it may mean innovation.  To others it could mean involvement, interaction, impact, or interconnectivity. We hope to encapsulate all of these meanings into one Kansas City conference—iKC.”

“iKC is going to be a high-energy, interactive get-together for many of our region’s top innovators and visionaries,” said Jim Heeter, president and CEO of The Chamber. “By bringing these people together and giving them a place to network and collaborate, we are another step closer to becoming America’s most entrepreneurial city.”

In addition to spotlighting a number of different local and national speakers, iKC is also featuring its very first Fire Up series (which stands for Fearless Innovators’ and Ruthless Entrepreneurs’ Unconventional Pitch).  Fire Up is made up of faster-than-usual pitch presentations from local innovative entrepreneurs.  These entrepreneurs will only have a few minutes to convey and entire business pitch to a live audience.  iKC is currently looking for Kansas City corporations to sponsor a Fire Up presentation as well as entrepreneurs interested in participating in Fire Up.  To learn more, please visit http://www.sparkinginnovation.com. 

iKC is currently looking for leaders in the Kansas City business community and beyond to get involved through sponsorship and speaker opportunities.  To learn more about these opportunities or to register for iKC, please visit http://www.sparkinginnovation.org.

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