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OCTOBER 2025
October 1-2, 2025
Chicago, IL
Join us in Chicago for Global Midwest Alliance's 10th Corporate Venturing Conference, hosted and sponsored by K&L Gates and Polsinelli. This premier event brings together the Midwest’s corporate venture capital (CVC) leaders, venture capitalists and innovators to explore strategies driving regional growth and competitiveness. Meet the Midwest Corporate Venturing community, build your network and gain perspective on the convergence of opportunities for both corporate venture programs and non-corporate venture capital firms and their increasingly strategic value to innovation. Connect with the key players, gain insights into Midwest CVC trends and discover how these investors are shaping the future of innovation. Don’t miss this opportunity to network, learn and position yourself at the forefront of corporate venturing.
October 2, 2025
Chicago, IL
EXECUTIVE BRIEFING ROUNDTABLE: CORPORATE VENTURING
Executive Briefings are events open to Global Midwest Alliance partners and stakeholders BY INVITATION ONLY. The briefings bring together a select roundtable group of 10-12 C-Suite executives who share a common industry focus to network, discuss issues and trends, collaborate on solutions and provide thought leadership which will drive the Alliance’s industry programming.
NOVEMBER 2025
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INDUSTRY FOCUS: MANUFACTURING SECTOR INNOVATION, GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY & GLOBALIZATION
Join Global Midwest Alliance and sponsors at this exclusive event. Professionals in manufacturing, technology, and strategy development will focus on how a well-positioned digital strategy can impact the future of manufacturers. Professionals in manufacturing, technology and strategy development will focus in these areas to provide information, address issues and develop solutions to make your manufacturing business more sustainable and resilient now and in the future.
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Chicago, IL
2025 MIDWEST FOOD MATTERS LEADERSHIP AWARDS
The 8th Midwest Food Matters Leadership Awards gala will bring Midwest food executives together to celebrate and recognize companies and individuals in the Midwest who have made significant contributions to the growth and improvement in the food industry.
JANUARY 2026
January 14, 2026
Chicago, IL
2026 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK LUNCH
Global Midwest Alliance will host a discussion focused on the forces that are currently driving and shaping the U.S. as it enters 2025. Keynote speaker David Oppedahl, a Policy Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, will discuss the major sectors of the economy and provide the Federal Reserve's forecast along with his perspective on economic activity. Speaker Chris Chidzik, Principal Economist at the Association for Manufacturing Technology, will address the current economic conditions affecting the manufacturing industry. Tom Plodzeen, Senior Vice President of Interest Rate Risk Management at Old National Bank, will also weigh in on the expectations for interest rates in the coming year. Attendees will include C-suite executives from a variety of industries, civic and business leaders, and members of the economic and business development communities.
