Inno Approved is our weekly roundup of the upcoming tech and startup-focused events in Chicago that you need to know about. We'll see you there...
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Fintech Week Chicago Venue: 1871, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza The Event's Description: "Chicago Fintech Week is a series of events that celebrate Chicago's thriving Fintech ecosystem. The organizers, Fintech Worldwide, first launched Fintech Week in 2014 in London and are now bringing the event to Chicago. Fintech Week is comprised of several events across the city, organized both by Fintech Worldwide and by partners such as Northwestern University. Discover, connect and get involved. Registration here."
Tuesday: 4/25
Financial Tech Tools for Creatives and Consultants Venue: Capital One Cafe – 1538 N. Clybourn Ave 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Free The Event's Description: "This seminar will help you learn how to manage your money and plan for retirement with some free and low-cost tech tools. Money Smart Week consists of a week of financial services events to help consumers manage their personal finances better. Organized by Anita Borg Institute (Chicago chapter), a group that aims to spread more awareness of tech among all communities, and promote diversity and inclusion. Registration here."
Taking the Mystery Out of Business Insurance Venue: FinTank, 333 South Wabash Avenue, Suite 2700 12:00pm | Free The Event's Description: "This meeting will discuss different methods of benchmarking trading algorithms, and the two most common metrics for financial performance -- expected returns and volatility. Organized by the Chicago Lean Startup Circle. More information here."
Ladies Get Paid: Kick-off town hall Venue: 1871, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th floor 5:30pm -- 7:30pm | $15 The Event's Description: "Ladies Get Paid, an organization that "helps women rise up at work", started in New York but has grown to 4,000 members representing 48 states and 45 countries. This town hall is their kickoff event in Chicago. They'll share stories about money: how it's tied to identity and self-worth, why it's still taboo to talk about it, and ways women can be more supportive of one another moving up professionally. Register here."
Wednesday: 4/26
Logan Square Free Coworking Day - Be Productive & Meet Your Neighbors Venue: Second Shift, 3432 W Diversey Ave Floor 2 9:00 am – 5:00pm | Free The Event's Description: "If you typically work home or coffee shops, are always scrambling to find a quiet, professional place to host meetings, and/or live in Logan Square (or a nearby area) and just want to meet some of your neighbors -- you are invited to a free day of coworking + networking at Second Shift's Logan Square Coworking Day. This event is free to attend, but please just send them a quick RSVP note to: hello@secondshiftchicago.com, so they can make sure to have plenty of coffee and snacks on hand."
DisruptHR Chicago Venue: 1871, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza 5:30 pm – 8:00pm | Tickets start at $27 The Event's Description: "DisruptHR Chicago is an information exchange designed to energize, inform and empower executives, business leaders and professionals in the vast and important fields of human resources. Register here."
FastPitch - Social Venture Partners Venue: Uptake, 600 W Chicago Ave 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm | $45 The Event's Description: "Social Venture Partners' Fast Pitch event is a high energy, rapid-fire presentation event during which eight innovative non-profits will share the mission, vision and impact of their organization with the audience and judges – in just three minutes. The organizations will compete for more than $30,000 in cash and pro bono service awards. The event is expected to attract more than 250 business, civic and nonprofit leaders. Register here."
Thursday: 4/27
Fintech Exchange 2017 Venue: Venue Six10, 610 S Michigan Ave 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Tickets start at $250 The Event's Description: "Barchart's third annual conference will feature an expanded program and a chance to talk with innovative firms about challenges, opportunities, and new services. RSVP here."
Heather Shapiro: An End to Boring Data with Visualizations Venue: Microsoft Chicago, 200 E Randolph Street 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Free The Event's Description: "PyLadies Chicago meetup group returns with a talk from Microsoft's Heather Shapiro. This month they’ll be looking at Python in data visualization. RSVP here."
Caterpillar Careers Information Session Venue: 1871, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th floor 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Free The Event's Description: "The Marketing & Digital Division at Caterpillar is leading the industry with the utilization of new marketing techniques, data analytics, innovation, and digital channels to create world class marketing strategies and enhance customers’ online experience. And they are hiring at our Chicago Marketing & Digital Office in Merchandise Mart. To hear more about their digital strategy and current job openings, register here for an informational session on Thursday April 27th."
Friday: 4/28
Metis Spring Fling Venue: Metis Chicago – 1033 West Van Buren St 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Free The Event's Description: "Join Metis data science bootcamp for their annual Spring Fling -- an evening of networking with data scientists and other data enthusiasts in the area. They'll be hanging out from 5:30pm-8pm in their Chicago office and events space, enjoying food and drinks. Meet current bootcamp students, recent alumni, and Metis staff, as well as others from around Chicago who are interested in and/or working in data-related fields. Registration here."
Saturday: 4/29
2112 Immersive Tech Summit Venue: 2112 music incubator, 4245 North Knox Avenue 12:00 PM – 6:30 PM | Tickets start at $40 The Event's Description: "The day-long Immersive Tech Summit will include Industry leaders and experts in immersive tech presenting cutting-edge case studies, workshops and demos. It will also feature over 30 speakers, three rooms, exploring virtual, augmented and mixed reality conceptualization. RSVP here."
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Note: Event descriptions pulled from respective websites.
