Midwest Cleantech Open Gathers Industry Leaders for the 5th Annual Midwest Innovation Summit

Annual Summit convenes thought leaders and emerging innovators from region
By: Midwest Cleantech Open
 
MINNEAPOLIS - Sept. 29, 2014 - PRLog -- The Midwest Cleantech Open and partners will host the 2014 Midwest Innovation Summit, held in Minneapolis from October 27th through October 28th. The Annual Summit will feature hundreds of showcasing innovators, panels highlighting top tech and investment trends, industry roundtables, live start-up company presentations, and an awards ceremony.

This year’s Summit is expected to attract over 400 targeted regional innovators, corporate managers, investors and tech leaders, hosted across two premier locations: Faegre Baker Daniels law offices and the Depot Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

Among the two-days of showcases and networking, the event will also feature expert panelists and speaker sessions, including a keynote address from the founder of Clean Energy Works, Holmes Hummel.

One of the exciting attractions will focus on graduates from Midwest Cleantech Open’s regional accelerator class, who will be completing the final stage of the rigorous five-month program; culminating in live pitch sessions and an awards ceremony. For more details and a comprehensive list of this year’s Accelerator companies go to: www.midwestinnovationsummit.com/accelerator/.

“ The Midwest has a unique opportunity to drive innovation, especially in areas where we have strategic regional advantages, such as advanced manufacturing, water, agriculture, and large corporate leadership,” said Justin Kaster, Co-Founder and Executive Director for Midwest Cleantech Open. “We are excited about the growth of the Summit and the unique role it serves in connecting states in the region, as well as fostering collaboration between large corporations and promising startups.”

Founded in 2006 and now the world’s largest cleantech accelerator, Cleantech Open has a global network and serves as the connective tissue across various sectors of the green innovation space. Built on this foundation, the Midwest Innovation Summit is intended to be a place where a diverse mix of stakeholders from the innovation ecosystem can network with each other and learn about the latest trends shaping the industry.

Organizers for the conference are still accepting showcase hall exhibitors and general attendees, who are welcome to register through October. To learn more about this premiere regional innovation event visit http://www.midwestinnovationsummit.com

About Midwest Cleantech Open

The Cleantech Open is a global cleantech innovation catalyst helping the world capitalize on the greatest and most important opportunity of this century. Since 2006, it has run a one-of-a-kind start-up accelerator, which has fostered over 900 emerging businesses. These alumni have since raised over $900 million.

The Cleantech Open, a national 501(c)(3) organization, is made possible by generous support from our Global Partner, Chevron (http://www.chevron.com); National Education Partner, University of Phoenix (http://www.phoenixfocus.com/2013-09/community-relations/); and National Sponsors, Wells Fargo (https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/csr/ea/), PARC (http://www.parc.com/services/focus-area/adaptive-energy/), and Arrow Electronics (http://www.chevron.com). The Midwest division is additionally sponsored by annual sponsors Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP (http://www.faegrebd.com/), Sidley Austin, LLP (http://www.sidley.com), NextEnergy (http://www.nextenergy.org/), Minnesota Department of Commerce (http://mn.gov/commerce/), AgStar Financial (http://www.agstar.com/Pages/home.aspx), Billion & Armitage LLP (http://www.billionarmitage.com/), Dorsey Whitney (http://www.dorsey.com), True North Venture Partners (http://www.truenorthvp.com/), and Yelloblu (http://yelloblu.com). Summit event sponsors and partners including Tennant (http://www.tennantco.com), InvestDetroit (http://investdetroit.com), Irrigreen (https://irrigreen.com), The Mighty Mo! (http://www.themightymo.com) and Future360.tv.

Learn more about the Midwest Innovation Summit here on our site: www.midwestinnovationsummit.com

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