2022 Wharton DC Innovation Summit:

The 2020s & Beyond: Create & Own Your Future

• To help you adjust and move forward. Keynotes & other sessions to help you make progress.

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• Or take a quick look at our Summit video.

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About the 2022 Summit
With a successful track record of hosting seven previous highly-rated Summits – 5 in-person at locations in the Washington D.C. area and 2020 and 2021 online, the Wharton Club of DC expects to organize the 2022 Wharton DC Innovation Summit in a hybrid format: in-person in Washington, DC and online. 

• Reflecting the turbulence of recent years from the pandemic, plus ongoing global economic disruption and geopolitical tensions, this year’s theme provides historical context and a helpful look ahead to those who want to control their destiny: The 2020s & Beyond: Create & Own Your Future.

Startup and other businesses, governments, nonprofit and society are still grappling with challenges that arose from COVID-19. But, innovative and responsive leaders are striving to deal with current challenges and capitalize on opportunities in many areas, including those of the 2022 Summit’s General Sessions / Keynotes and 4 breakout tracks:
General Sessions / Keynotes will include:
•    Opening: Disruption: from disruptive business models and emerging technologies, with comments from successful entrepreneurs and investors. Already includes:

• Ankur Daga, a Wharton & HBS alum who's CEO, Angara, a fast-growing B2C company, "The Gemstone Destination" - using technology to propel customized jewelry for each consumer, with delivery of each piece in just a few days
• Cherie Kloss, Founder & CEO, SnapNurse, a former anesthetician nurse whose innovative solutions to help onboard nurses and pay them more quickly has led to massive growth from 2019 to present  
• Gautam Mukunda, a leading expert on innovation and leadership, Head of Research, Rose Park Advisors, formed by HBS Prof. Clayton Christensen, a top expert on disruptive technologies

•    Midday: Fireside Chats with Innovative Leader:

• David Rose, one of America's leading experts on Angel Funding and one of its most successful proponents

•    Closing Panel: Cybersecurity: Vital Steps for Businesses, Other Orgs and Individuals to Avoid Cyber Insecurity – and Survive Evolving Threats
Our four tracks will further explore issues and opportunities:
•    Healthcare / Wellness / Longevity Economy
•    Emerging & Disruptive Technologies / such as AI, 5G, Big Data, Fintech, Green Tech, Space Tech
•    Sustainability / Circular Economy
•    Funding
PLUS Workshops – such as career reinvention with top coaches, such as Stephanie Hessler, a top career coach who's a Wharton MBA and Wellesley alum.

CLICK HERE to visit the Summit's special website and learn the latest about Summit keynotes, other speakers and more news. 

• Healthcare, supply chains, real estate, transportation, and infrastructure are continuing to undergo new shocks and adapt as the world reopens. The workplace, logistics, communications, leisure, and education are continuing their rapid evolution that began when the pandemic struck. 
• Fintech, AI, 5G, and other emerging technologies will be leveraged as never before to address the shortcomings exposed by the pandemic, including healthcare quality, affordability and access. Goals such as greater sustainability and a “circular economy” are rising to meet energy, transportation, environmental, strategic, social and other challenges. Fundamental changes in the way we live, work, travel and trade will continue to evolve long past 2022 into the rest of this decade and even beyond. 

•    The 2022 Wharton DC Innovation Summit will explore the impact of these key shifts and challenges, including:

• How innovators and entrepreneurs are positioning to take advantage of them
• Strategies to meet workforce needs – to hire, retain and train human capital – with increased competition from other organizations at a time of over 11 million vacancies
• How innovators are getting private and public funding
• What new attributes and tactics are required for successful innovation leadership and enterprise transformation to ride above the tidal wave of local and global challenges, instead of being swept under    

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• Strategic Partners expected to again include a wide array of elite alumni and business groups. 

• Record of Success: The 2022 Innovation Summit builds upon seven successful past summits, each of which received rave reviews from speakers, attendees and sponsors. Prior Summits cumulatively had over 2,100 attendees representing 400+ companies (from startups to Fortune 500 companies) and other organizations and featured 350+ diverse speakers in over 165 sessions. Click HERE to view the URLs and themes for the past 5 Innovation Summits. 

• Typical reviews:

  • “The Summit is fantastic.  I’ve had a lot of great conversations with individuals here. There are many new perspectives, innovative ideas, and great opportunities to collaborate.  We’ve had numerous informal sessions with much dialogue.” – Ruth Ann Hudson, IBM
  • “What’s exciting about the Summit is that we have entrepreneurs and innovators coming together in the Nation’s Capital, finding ways entrepreneurs and innovators can help the big problems over the next decade.  I’m excited about being here because the talent gathered here can together be part of the solution for our Nation’s ills.”  – Aneesh Chopra, first White House Chief Technology Officer

Helping nonprofits & people adversely affected by Covid or major health. We're going to contribute part of our proceeds to these nonprofits or other nonprofits we select:

• American Red Cross
• Evermore, innovating to advance bereavement care in America, including all bereaved and orphaned children

Click HERE to register. Advance now in effect, through July 7, for in-person attendees.

The earlier you register, the lower your rate. All rates include: Your choice of sessions, all meals, networking breaks, the Closing Reception, and the Embassy reception, if we have one and 6-month access to session videos.

As spaces are limited, so we are expecting a capacity audience (consistent with DC health regs; all attendees must (1) have been fully vaccinated or show a negative Covid test within 48 hours of the start of the Summit; (2) not showing symptoms of possible Covid upon arrival at the Summit). All sales are final.  

• Members: Wharton Club & Strategic Partner Members: Just 150/person for the whole Summit (must name Partner in "Special Instructions" when you register)
• Veterans, Military, Full-Time Students, Nonprofit/Govt. Full-Time Employee (Just 150/person for the whole Summit (must name your specific category and organization in "Special Instructions" when you register). Students and recents grads rate for Virtual Access: just 35/person.
• Public: Just 250/person for all session in-person access, including reception. All virtual: 95/person.
  • EVERYONE: Consider, please, if you will, making a contribution, to the Wharton Club of DC, to help support this Summit and other programs. You can choose a tax-deductible contribution of $100 to $2,500 and select which of several innovators you'd like on your certificate, suitable for framing: Franklin, Edison, Curie, Carver, or Tesla. Like most alumni groups, we get no financial support from any university. Thank you.