INNOVATION FEST #innofest MAY 1–JUNE 3, 2018 innofest.uchicago.edu

WEEK 1 ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN SAVING THE SYNAPSE: 2018 WEEK 5 DESIGN FOR THE FUTURE: MIND AND BRAIN ANNUAL THE NEW HOME OF HARRIS PUBLIC LECTURE FIRESIDE CHAT: DAN CARUSO, PUBLIC POLICY Monday, May 14 // 5–8 p.m. MBA’92, AND STEVE KAPLAN Wednesday, May 9 // Noon–1 p.m. Chicago Cultural Center, Tuesday, May 29 // Noon–1 p.m. Harris Public Policy, Lecture Hall 142 Claudia Cassidy Theater Charles M. Harper Center, Room 104 (1155 E. 60th St., Chicago) (77 E. Randolph St., Chicago) (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago)

HEALTHCARE AND ENERGY STARTUP 101: LIFE SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM BEYOND INNOVATIONS Wednesday, May 9 // Noon–7 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 // 5:30–7 p.m. Marriott Residence Inn Saieh Hall, Room 146 AGAINST ALL ODDS: Boston Cambridge (1160 E. 58th St., Chicago) RATTAN KHOSA’S (120 Broadway, Six Cambridge Center, ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY Cambridge, MA) THE CROSS-DISCIPLINARY Tuesday, May 1 // 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. FORMULA FOR A SUCCESSFUL Charles M. Harper Center, Room C-06 ART & SCIENCE VENTURE (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) EXPOSITION 2018 Thursday, May 17 // 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 // 5–7 p.m. Charles M. Harper Center, Room C-05 EDWARD L. KAPLAN, ’71, NEW IOP SPEAKER SERIES: US Gordon Center for Integrative (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) VENTURE CHALLENGE FINALS SENATOR CORY BOOKER (D-NJ) Science, 3rd Floor Atrium Wednesday, May 30 // Tuesday, May 1 // 2:15–3:15 p.m. (929 E. 57th St., Chicago) BRINSON LECTURE: LET THERE 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Polsky Exchange North, Theater BE LIGHT: THE OBSERVATIONAL Charles M. Harper Center, Room C-25 (1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor, Chicago) THE FUTURE OF FINTECH QUEST OF THE FIRST GALAXIES (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) Wednesday, May 9 // 5:30–8 p.m. Thursday, May 17 // 6–7 p.m. CRYPTOCURRENCY Citi Ventures, Suite 1550 School of the Art Institute of UCHICAGO APP FINANCE ROUNDTABLE (Steuart Tower, 1 Market St., Chicago, MacLean Ballroom CHALLENGE FINALS Wednesday, May 2 // 6–8 p.m. San Francisco, CA) (112 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago) Wednesday, May 30 // 1–3 p.m. Gleacher Center, Room 406 Polsky Exchange North, (450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr., Chicago) GRIEF AS RESISTANCE II: EAT WITH A PURPOSE: Promontory Point VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, (1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor, Chicago) INNOVATION IN ILLINOIS: RESILIENCE IN COLOMBIA INNOVATION, AND THE NEW IDEAS, OLD DEBTS AND CHICAGO FUTURE OF FOOD POLSKY INNOVATION Thursday, May 3 // Noon–1 p.m. Thursday, May 10 // 4:30–6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17 // 6–8:30 p.m. SHOWCASE Harris Public Policy, Lecture Hall 142 School of Social Service Polsky Exchange North, Theater Wednesday, May 30 // 3:30–5:30 p.m. (1155 E. 60th St., Chicago) Administration, Library (1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor, Chicago) Charles M. Harper Center, (969 E. 60th St., Chicago) Winter Garden FAB LAB OPEN HOUSE: MAKE A CREATIVEMORNINGS/CHICAGO (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) LASER ETCHED FLIP LIGHT CONNEXION IOT SHOWCASE WITH HOWARD TULLMAN Thursday, May 3 // 5:30–7:30 p.m. Friday, May 11 // 8 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday, May 18 // 8:30–10 a.m. UCHICAGO INNOVATION FUND Polsky Exchange South, Fab Lab Chicago Connectory Logan Center, Performance Hall FINALS: SPRING 2018 CYCLE (1463 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor, Chicago) (222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, (915 E. 60th St., Chicago) Thursday, May 31 // 8:30–11:30 a.m. Suite 570, Chicago) Polsky Exchange North, Theater THE ART AND SCIENCE WEEK 4 (1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor, Chicago) BEHIND PIXAR FILMS WEEK 3 Friday, May 4 // 8–9:30 p.m. JOHN EDWARDSON, ’72, Fermilab, Wilson Hall, Ramsey SOCIAL NEW VENTURE Auditorium (The main entrance is CHALLENGE FINALS located at the intersection of Kirk Rd. Tuesday, May 22 // 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and Pine St., Batavia, IL.) Charles M. Harper Center, Room C-25 (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) WEEK 2 TASTE THE IMPACT RECEPTION DRIVING FINANCIAL INCLUSION Tuesday, May 22 // 3:30–5:30 p.m. THROUGH FINTECH Charles M. Harper Center, Room 104 Monday, May 7 // Noon–1 p.m. (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) TOUR THE POLSKY EXCHANGE: Charles M. Harper Center, Room C-01 PATHWAYS TO ALUMNI WEEKEND 2018 (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION AT THE END Saturday, June 2 // 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. COMMERCIALIZATION OF ONLINE PRIVACY Polsky Exchange North LEGAL BOOTCAMP FOR Monday, May 14 // Noon–1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 // 4–5 p.m. (1452 E. 53rd St., Chicago) ENTREPRENEURS UChicago Medicine, Room L-107 Facebook Live Tuesday, May 8 // 9 a.m.–6 p.m. (860 E. 59th St., Chicago) www.facebook.com/UChicagoCS UNCOMMON CORE: Polsky Exchange North, Theater THE UNDERGRADUATE (1452 E. 53rd St., 2nd Floor, Chicago) MEET THE 2018 SEED GRANT A WRINKLE IN TIME ENTREPRENEUR RECIPIENTS AT THE SOCIAL BOOK DISCUSSION Saturday, June 2 // 3–4 p.m. MIND BYTES 2018: SOLVING SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER Saturday, May 26 // 3–4:30 p.m. Joseph Regenstein Library, Room 122 SOCIETAL CHALLENGES WITH OPEN HOUSE Seminary Co-Op Bookstore (1100 E. 57th St., Chicago) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Monday, May 14 // This event has been (5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) Tuesday, May 8 // Noon–5:15 p.m. postponed. New date TBA. SCIENCE ON THE SCREEN: Ida Noyes Hall, Cloister Club Social Sciences Research Center, BLACK PANTHER (1212 E. 59th St., Chicago) McGiffert House, 2nd Floor Saturday, June 2 // 6–9:30 p.m. (5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago) Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Cinema (1212 E. 59th St., Chicago)

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