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OPEN-CHICAGO ANNUAL CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 10th, 2018
HILTON CHICAGO 720S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60605

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​​​​An Amazing Opportunity for
Networking
Learning
and
Promoting Your Brand
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Join us for a full day of high-profile speakers, panel discussions, and time for networking and socializing. We will have an impressive line-up of speakers featuring many successful entrepreneurs and business executives, including our Keynote Speakers for this year will include, Aslam Khan – Vice Chairman TGI Fridays and H.E. Ali Jehangir Siddiqui - Pakistan Ambassador to United States.

​Another addition to this year event is OPEN-Chicago iGNITE Session – it will feature 6 early stage entrepreneurs pitching their ideas to potential customers and investors.
REGISTRATION CLOSES
 5PM Friday, Nov 9th​ (LIMITED SEATS)
​
Please Register Now
For Entrepreneurs & Professional
$65
For Students
$25

​​Message from Pakistan's Ambassador

Message from OPEN-Chicago President

​Our Speakers

Conference Agenda

Registration & Networking

09:30 - 10:00

Welcome and Kickoff

10:00 - 10:15
Aamir Chalisa, President OPEN Chicago
Haris Ahmed, Chairman OPEN Chicago
Mr. Javed Ahmed Umrani, Consul General of Pakistan, Midwest

Keynote Speaker

10:15 - 11:00
H.E. Ali Jehangir Siddiqui
Ambassador of Pakistan to United States

Networking Break

11:00 - 11:15

Keynote Speaker

​11:15- 12:00
M. Raghib Hussain, Chief Strategy Officer, Marvell Semiconductor
Haris Ahmed, Chairman OPEN Chicago (Moderator)

Lunch & Networking

12:00 - 13:00

IGNITE Session

13:00- 14:15
Young, early stage entrepreneurs showcasing their ventures
Aiman Akhtar, CEO, 3D Smiths & Co-Creator, Fungisaurs
Hwa Kinoshita Kim, Co-Creator  Fungisaurs
Sarah Abbasi, Founder & Creative Director, Sahroo
Omar Javed, Founder, Unduit
Asim Farooq, Co-Founder, Enablei
Raees Ebrahim, Co-Founder, Nannies4us
Nida Shekhani, Cofounder, Nannies4us
Shoaib Abbasi, Board Member OPEN Chicago (Moderator)

Networking Break

14:15 - 14:30

Keynote Speaker

14:30- 15:15
Mr. Aslam Khan, Vice Chairman, TGI Fridays
Omair Siraj, Board Member OPEN Chicago (Moderator)

Entrepreneurial Stories

 15:15 - 16:15
Amna Shah, Founder i-Card Inc, CFO AHS Consulting
Tariq Khan, Founder & CEO Global Diversity Marketing
Jibran Ilyas, Managing Director, Stroz Friedberg
Vivek Mehra, Founder & CEO Parqex
Zain Jeewanjee, CEO Insure123 Insurance Agency (Moderator)

Closing Remarks

16:15 - 16:30

Post Conference Networking

16:30- 17:00

A Path

To

Success

is HERE

​OUR SPONSORS

​Featured Speakers

Ali Jehangir Siddiqui

​Pakistan Ambassador to the United States.

Former Chairman & Founder of JS Bank, which has branches in 160 cities and $4Billion + in assets.

Jibran Ilyas

Managing Director in the Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics & Incident Response practice.

Chicago CRAIN's 40 under 40 recipient.

Vivek Mehra

Founder & CEO ParqEx

ParqEx’s  enables non-commercial parking owners to rent their underutilized parking spots

Amna Shah

Founder iCard

iCard is a mobile app that allows user to exchange contact information directly from mobile devices.

Asif Chaudhry

Former U.S. Ambassador to Moldova

​Chairman Central Asia Institute, VP for International Program at Washington State University.

​Aslam Khan

Vice Chairman  - TGI Friday's
Founder/Chairman - Falcon Holdings

CEO of TGI Friday's and  owns a restaurant empire consisting of over 500 locations around the world.

Tariq Khan

​Founder & CEO Global Diversity Marketing

Adjunct Professor, Marketing & Public Relations, New York University

Omair Siraj

​Founder & CEO Chestnut Health Company

Prior to Chestnut Health, Omair completed the exit of his initial startup, Hospital Medicine Consultants, LLC to IPC Healthcare.