Rally 2023 | Rally | 28 August 2023 | TBA, Indianapolis, IN

The event forges and celebrates cross-sector connections between companies, entrepreneurs, investors and universities from across the globe and features a $5M cash IN-Prize pitch competition, 1:1 investor meetups, a demo arena, content sessions and more.

Who should attend:
• Founders & Entrepreneurs
• C-suite & Dept. Leaders
• People Who Make $&!# Happen
• Public Policy Makers
• Vcs & Investors
• Cross-sector Thought Leaders
• University Thought Leaders
• Advisors & Consultants

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Crystal Washington
Certified Futurist, Author, One Tech Action and The Social Media Why

Earvin “Magic” Johnson
Board of directors, Fanatics

Victoria Arlen
Host, ESPN

Peyton Manning
Founder, Omaha Productions

Guy Raz
Radio, Podcast Personality

SPEAKERS:

Sofiat Abdulrazaaq
CEO and Co-founder, Goodfynd

Adzmel Adznan
Co-Founding Partner, Piva Capital

Jackson Andrews
Founding Managing Director, Endeavor Midwest

Mario Anglada
CEO, 365 Health

Brian Ardinger
Director of Innovation, Nelnet / InsideOutside.io

Mike Asem
Founding Partner, M25

Jay Baer
President, Jay Baer

Ginna Baik
Senior Care Leader for Alexa Smart Properties, Amazon

Alison Bateman-House
Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Stefy Bau
CEO, Init Esports

Scott Beck
President, Beck’s Hybrids

Drew Beechler
CEO & Co-Founder, Holder

Adam Berk
Director of Divergent Thinking, Startup Program Design

Mark Birch
Global Startup Advocate, Amazon Web Services

Amanda Brezzell
Co-Founder & Creative Director, Fennigans Farms

Leticia Britos Cavagnaro
Adjunct Professor and Program Director, Stanford University

Ryan Brock
Chief Solution Officer, DemandJump

Kate Brodock
General Partner, The W Fund

Deanna Brown
Founder & CEO, DragonFly Sports

Monique Brown
Cofounder & Managing Director, Growth Factory

Aly Bryan
Ventures Investor, Closed Loop Partners

Stacey Burr
Future Standard

Stanley Buchesky
CEO, pi-top

Heath Butler
Venture Partner, Mercury

Lorna Baird
Manager, Entrepreneurship & Innovation / Olds College of Agriculture and Technology

Courtney Caldwell
CEO, ShearShare

Michael Capaldi
Executive Director, Institute for Gene Therapies

Cordell Carter
Executive Director, The Aspen Institute

Frederick Cartwright
President & CEO, Conexus Indiana

Yu-kai Chou
Founding Partner, The Octalysis Group / Metablox.co

Alexandra Cutean
Chief Research Officer, Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

Christopher “Toph” Day
CEO, Elevate Ventures

Scott Dorsey
Managing Partner, High Alpha

Shalen De Silva
SVP, Market Strategy and Performance, Nations Benefits

Pat East
Principal, Flywheel Fund

Peter Embi
Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics Professor of Medicine Senior Vice-President for Research & Innovation / Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Rebecca Fannin
Author/ Founder, Silicon Heartland, Silicon Dragon Ventures

Alex Fielding
CEO, Privateer Space

Tara Fung
Cofounder & CEO, Co:Create

Craig Ganssle
CEO / Farmwave, Inc

Kalyan Gautham
Co-Founder & CEO, Newsroom AI

Keith Gipson
CEO/CTO, facil.ai Corp

Benjamin Glenn
Founder, A Matter of Innovation

Andrew Gollach
Principal, SOSV

Nestor Gomez
Chief Technology Officer, Canadian Food Innovation Network

Ankur Gopal
CEO, Interapt

Regina Grogan
Founder, Center for AI + Social Impact / DisruptiveAI

Lindsey Groepper
President, BLASTmedia

Christine Gulbranson
CEO, U+ Nova

Kathleen Hale
Partner, Builders + Backers

Lorin Hamlin
Head of Open Innovation, Under Armour

Tim Hayden
Co-Founder, Stadia Ventures & Xvisory

Chris Heivly
Managing Director, Build The Fort, LLC

Patrick Henshaw
Managing Director, Render Capital

John Hill
Evangelist, Techstars

Daniel Herscovici
Partner, Edison Partners

Fay Horwitt
President & CEO, Forward Cities

Dr. Lisa Hoverman
Founder, Healthcare, Scientific, & Medical Communications

Colin Hurd
CEO, Mach

Kelli Jones
Co-Founder, Be Nimble Foundation

Cliff Jurkiewicz
Vice President Global Strategy, Phenom

Justin Keller
SVP, Head of Marketing, Drift

Karen Kerr
Founder & General Partner, Exposition Ventures

Renee King
Founder & CEO, FundBlackFounders

Keith Kirkland
Co-Founder & Chief Haptic Officer, WearWorks

Frank Klemens
Managing Director, Big Idea Ventures

Shelley Klingerman
President, Stiletto Agency

Dave Knox
Executive Director, Blue North

Nupur Kohli
CEO, Vedanka BV

Scott Kraege
Partner, Ivy Ventures

Alberto Levy
CEO & Co-Founder, Poly Cashback

Patrick Lor
Partner, Panache Venture

Jean Makesh
CEO, The Lantern Group

Piyali Mandal
Senior Manager, Business Technology / Salesforce

Natasha Mann
Principal, Marlin Equity Partners

Tyler Mantel
Director, Startup Foundry, Purdue University

Haley Marie Keith
CEO & Co-Founder, MITO

Tracy Markie
CEO, Engenuity Systems, Inc.

Brian Marrinan
General Partner, Team ABC Ventures

Chad Mason
CEO & Founder, Advanced Ionics

Nate Mason
Principal, Starburst Aerospace

Shane McSimov
CEO and Co-Founder, XMTP Labs

Neal Mody
Managing Director, Zoic Capital

Richard Munassi
Managing Director, Tampa Bay Wave

Arvind Murthy
General Manager, The Heritage Group Accelerator

Dan Nieves
Global Executive Engagement, Reality Labs / Meta

Gary O’Meara
CEO, Boyne Valley Food Innovation

Johnny Park
CEO, WHIN

Laila Partridge
CEO, HardTech Project

Tsahi Patel
Vp Client Solution, QualityLine

Tanya Peacock
Managing Director, California and Hydrogen / EcoEngineers

Amy Peterson
Co-Founder & CEO, Rebel Nell

Michal Preminger
Regional Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Vickram Pradhan
Vice President, Sopris

Markeith Price
Founder & CEO, Move Progress

Demi Radeva
CEO, Chief Strategist, Akros Advisory Services

Sat Ramphal
CEO, Maya Ai

Derrick Redding
CEO, Betterfrost Technologies

Greg Resh
EVP, Chief Financial Officer, Sagamore Ventures

Michael Robertson
Vice President, Global Product Management and Strategy / Elektrobit

Ginger Rothrock
Senior Director, HG Ventures

Adrish Sannyasi
Founder, Stealth Startup

Stan Schneider
CEO, Real-Time Innovations (RTI)

Sue Schneider
VP, Growth & Strategy, Americas / SBC Gaming

Shreyas Sen
Founder & CTO, Ixana

Stephen “Shed” Shedletzky
Founder & Coach, Shed Inspires

Sydney Sloan
CMO, Drata

Derek Small
Founder, Managing Director / Luson Bioventures

James Somauroo
CEO, SomX

Wolfe Starr
CEO, The Venture Atlas

John Suh
Vice President and Head of Hyundai New Horizons Studio, Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.

Mustafa Sultan
Dr. & Creator, Big Picture Medicine

Michael Swanson
Agricultural Economist, Wells Fargo

Ayden Syal
CEO & Founder, MOGL

Selika Talbott
President, Autonomous Vehicle Consulting, LLC

Rich Teachout
CTO, El Toro Targeting

Chris Thompson
Founder, Epic Chase LLC

Lindsay Tjepkema
CEO & Co-Founder, Casted

Eric Tobias
Partner, High Alpha

Maria Tranquilli
Stealth

Drew Trojanowski
Co-Founder, Mission Acceleration Center

Thierry Van Landegem
Executive Director, Accelerator / mHUB

Phil Weilerstein
President & CEO, VentureWell

Michael Weir
Chief Revenue Officer, G2

Teri Willey
Mananging Director, Pathway to Cures Venture Fund

Gerald Wilmink, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Director Digital Health

Becky Wilson
Associate, Rhapsody Venture Partners

Samantha Wolfe
Founder, PitchFWD

Emily Zhen
Principal, Zeal Capital Partners

2023 Sponsors

• IHIF
• Stiletto Agency
• 18 Tech
• IBJ
• Shipsigma
• Butler University
• Indiana Technology and Innovation Association
• The heritage group
• DemandJump
• Merchants Bank
• Sagamore Institute
• BlastMedia
• Pivot
• Indiana Chamber
• Brandbutter
• Beck's
• Tactive
• Taft
• Society of Innovators
• Boomerang Ventures
• Indiana
• Elevate Ventures
• High Alpha
• Agrnovus
• Purdue Innovates
• Powderkeg
• Gener8tor
• StartedUp Foundation