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2014 WHARTON DC INNOVATIONSUMMIT: LINKING INNOVATORSTO NATIONAL AND GLOBALRESOURCES - APRIL 29-30More than 100 speakers. keynotes from Wharton Profs, othersOver 40 Sessions: Funding, Innovation AcceleratorsHealthcare, Urban, DC Region Resources,International, Much MoreREGISTER NOW: Early Bird Rates - Save 200/personEvent Date: Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 at 8:00am

The Wharton School Club of DC, with support from leadingbusiness and alumni groups, is hosting the 2014 Wharton DCInnovation Summit. It will take place on April 29-30, 2014, at themodern FHI 360 Conference Center, near Dupont Circle. The conference will bring together investors, innovators in industry andgovernment, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academic leaders and others whose common goal is to empower private and publicinnovators to spur business, economic and job growth in the U.S. and abroad.

Why is the Summit being held?

In brief, the Summit is a high value, high impact way for entrepreneurs, business executives, government officials andothers dedicated to becoming more successful leaders by leveraging the power of innovation.

If you are in that group of action and results-oriented leaders, it will help you create, stimulate, test and harness bigideas to achieve better real-world results in your business or organization of any size.

The Summit will inspire and enable you deal to more effectively with the realities of today's competitive globaleconomy.

Innovation's vital role, domestically and internationally, is key to "Growth Through Innovation" theme to the WhartonSchool's next Global Forum, Beijing in June,

Meanwhile, the DC Summit will provide the an interactive environment to help you find public and private sectorpartners with the resources and interest to help you succeed as an innovator in a convenient downtown DC location.

With the Summit's expected 250-500 attendees (already representing over 150 private and public organizations), the40+ keynote and other sessions to which you will have access feature an all-star lineup of more than 125 speakers.

Keynotes and panelists include distinguished Wharton professors, and leading innovators in business, science,technology and government.

Who should attend? (Whether or not you're a Wharton alum doesn't matter):

Entrepreneurs in startup and early-stage businessesManagers and Executives in mid-size companiesExecutives in mid-size to Fortune 500 corporations who want to harness your internal team's creative powers and work with

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external parties more successfullyTalent Managers who want better strategies to attract and engage the diverse workforce needed to build your organizationnow and in the futureGovernment, academic, nonprofit and NGO officials who want to be more effective and efficient in using limited resourcesPublic and private organizations with valuable technology available for licensingAnyone needing an edge up with innovative new ideasHow you benefit from attending

How you benefit from attending

Your interactions with speakers and your fellow attendees will boost your ability to:

Learn lessons from successful innovation leaders in the private and public sectors: what to do with new ideas for productsand services, and what to avoidFind out what angel, venture capital, crowd funding and other investors are looking for before they fund your company, andwhat shuts their funding doors to youBuild your connections to potential funding sources, partners and collaborators who can furnish human and capital resourcesyou need to succeed.Discover the common threads and tools in varied businesses and settings, and how thinking out of your usual "industry" boxcan may offer new sources of great ideas and opportunitiesHelp you build a more productive, effective team, with needed resiliency, flexibility and entrepreneurial driveLearn from and interact with speakers such as renowned Wharton Professors:

Jerry Wind, in his Master Class on how to build and lead a more creative and innovative organization, andGeorge S. Day, on how to develop your business's innovation prowess to fuel sustainable growth

If you attend, you will also:Be inspired by the stories and learn from the lessons shared with you by business founders and leaders, such as

Michael Chasen (former CEO of Blackboard, now founder & CEO of SocialRadar)S.A. Ibrahim (CEO, Radian Group (NYSE: RDN)Jennifer Elisseeff, M.D., and Jeff Geschwind, M.D., two of Johns Hopkins’ top innovators

And so much more

To increase the quality and scope of your connections

The Summit includes two receptions, the use of digital tools, a Master Class workshop, many breaks, and specialnetworking sessions and opportunities.

The Summit brings together investors, entrepreneurs in startups and early-stage businesses, executives businessesup to Fortune 500 size, and government and nonprofit officials. They share the goals of using innovation to strengththeir own organizations, while spurring business, economic and job growth.

If you want to be a better leader, leverage innovation more effectively now and in the future, and enhance yourconnections to other leaders, you should join them and sign up now.

NEW! Special, Limited Time Offer

Registration fees to attend the Summit are reasonable compared to similar 2-day events are already reasonable: just 295/person atthe Early Bird rate for Wharton DC Members (and others qualifying for preferred rates) through April 11. That’s a good deal,because it includes access to all sessions, breaks, meals and receptions.

That good deal has become a great deal, thanks to sponsorship support and a surge of enthusiasm from our rapidly growingnumber of Strategic Partners.


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To enhance your connections, that group already includes these organizations, to cite a few:

Clubs: Chicago Booth, UPenn, Princeton and CornellBusiness groups, such as the French-American Chamber and Society of Physician Entrepreneurs

If you sign up for yourself at the Early Bird rate, you can bring a guest for just 99 more. Each of you gets all the full menu of benefits:sessions, meals, receptions and more.

Consider your options: bring a colleague, a client, or anyone else who wants to be a better leader, anyone who has a passion formaking their career more successful, to riding the wave of innovation to fulfill their dreams, and to avoiding a competitive tsunamithat could have devastating effects.

Share the amount, or have your company or employer cover it, and it’s just 197 for each of you. You'll get great value, with highimpact, and so will they.

We hope you’ll agree that it is a great deal. To register now, you should click here.

The "Catch"

“What’s the catch?” you may well ask.

Only this, if it is one: The offer for the extra person is open for a limited time, and a limited number of places. It is now set toend at Midnight next Monday, April 14. We will not extend it. (It goes up to 129/person for the extra person through April 23,and 159/person after that)

So act now to find your client, colleague or guest and register for both of you. (This occurs after you sign up: you enter your nameand then your “guest’s” name, during the RSVP process. Only if you've already registered can you do it now.)

And take advantage of this Special Offer by signing up now. If you want to learn more, click on any of the articles below. To assureyour place and register now, you should click here.

(Probably best to join first, by clicking here, to save the extra 200/person for Members)

Please note:

We invite you to benefit from this offer by registering now, before it expires or we reach our limited capacity for these add-onplaces. Please click here.To make your networking even more productive, it looks likely that we will have an Embassy Reception on the night ofTuesday, April 29. Only those who sign up early will be assured a place, as capacity will be limited.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the 40+ sessions

HERE to learn more about the 130+ Keynotes & other Speakers.

HERE to learn about the 150+ companies, government agencies, & other organizations withrepresentatives coming to the SummitHERE to learn more about the Schedule.

Based on strong interest thus far, we expect to reach capacity early.

To learn more, please contact Alan N. Schlaifer, President, Wharton Club of DC and Conference Chair, at 301-365-8999 [email protected].

Overview of Schedule -CLICK HERE for a more detailed Schedule.


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First Day

Full-Day 8:00 am to 5:00 pm 8:00 am to 9:00 am Registration9:00 am to 5:45 pm Keynotes, Breakout Panels, breaks6:30 pm to 8:30 pm - Reception at British Embassy, Rotunda, 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Second Day

8:00 am to 9:00 am Registration9:00 am to 12 noon - Opening Keynote & Breakout Panels12:00 noon - Lunch Keynote1:30 pm to 5:00 pm+ - Breakout Panels, Keynote6:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Closing/Wrap-Up Reception at FHI 360 Globe Theater

LOGISTICS

Conference LocationFHI 360 Conference Center1825 Connecticut Ave., NW (between T Street and Florida Ave., 1 block from Hilton & Towers)

Washington, DC 20009

This will be the third time we have used this conference center, always withexcellent results.

CLICK HERE to learn more about Logistics:

the Venue & Nearby Hotels offering special rates for Summit Attendees

REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT

MEMBERS: DC Wharton Club Members and Current Members of Strategic Partners (Members may purchase placefor themselves and for one guest at same per person rate. All rates include: Full 2-day program, all breaks,receptions, networking, meals. Must name group of which you're currently a Member when you register (exceptWharton Club of DC - should login first, please).

IMPORTANT NOTE: At our British Embassy Reception on the night of Tuesday, April 29, capacity may be limitedto those who sign up early. Just one more reason to sign up now, and not to wait.

EARLY BIRD: 295/person, thru Monday, April 14.

***Special, limited time offer through April 14: Your first guest, after you register, is just 99. Thatincludes all the same benefits you receive. That means first person is 295; second for same registrant,us just 99. (Thanks to Sponsorship funds for making this possible!)

ADVANCE: 345/person first person, thru Wednesday, April 23. (Second person, 129)

THEN: 395/person for first person (159 for second)

FULL TIME: Government, Nonprofit Employees, Students, Faculty: Same rates as Members, including Mustname organization for which you work full-time, or, if student or Faculty, school where you're full-time student orfaculty, when you register.

***You can also use Special Offer for your first guest, whether they qualify in your category or not.

EVERYONE ELSE: Rates are 200-300/person higher at all times.

***The only exception is the 99 for your first guest, as with other categories above.

You may want to consider joining the Wharton Club of DC or one of our Strategic Partners to save $200-300/person.Otherwise:

Early Bird: 495/person thru 4/14


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Advance: 595/person thru 4/23THEN: 695/person

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