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What To Expect At Glappitnova

By Glappitnova July 7, 2015

It’s an eclectic festival showcasing diverse Millennial perspectives, talent, and culture.

CHICAGO, IL., July 7, 2015– Glappitnova unites entrepreneurs, creatives, and influencers of different industries and races highlighting Millennial culture, sharing provocative industry perspectives, and providing a diverse stage for some of Chicago’s best and emerging talent.

Some call our festival a mixture of South By Southwest and TED Talks with a Coachella vibe.

From July 9 to 15, the Glappitnova festival will be scattered in multiple locations across the city. Sessions feature reality TV personalities, founders, artists, musicians, activists, and more from wide a range of industries. Audience members will see performances, experience unfiltered talks, learn skills through classes, or engage panelists on tough societal issues. Limited advance ticket prices starts at $20-$40 each.Purchase tickets here.

Kicking off The Glappitnova Festival is “The Big Night” showcase July 9th held at Moonlight Studios providing unfiltered talks, intimate live performances, effective networking, and a silent disco party with DJs spinning funky music.

About Glappitnova and The Glappitnova Festival

Glappitnova is building a global community of entrepreneurs, creatives, and influencers to diversify the world. Our publication provides a voice for mixing culture with knowledge, and our festival unites some of the brightest and craziest through eclectic events.

Tackling Chicago’s minority problem, exposing the future of marketplaces and currencies, questioning learning vs job placement in education, understanding the effects of protesting and activism in the informational age, will be a new hit for our affiliate events, interactive classes, and provocative forums occurring July 10 to15. This festival will provide a great mixture of Chicago’s entrepreneurial, creative, and cultural scene.

Glappitnova has over 30 Big Night participants here are a few:

Harper Reed (Former CTO Obama’s 2012 Re-election campaign, CEO Modest Inc.)
Afrobella (Award winning beauty blogger, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100, Founder of Afrobella)
Emerson Spartz (World expert on internet virality, INCs 30 Under 30, CEO Spartz Media)
Spikeball & LuminAID founders (ABC’s Shark Tank alumni)
Cameka Smith (Founder of The Boss Network, Jet Magazine 40 under 40 Entrepreneur)
Seth Kravtiz (CEO of Technori, which is the third largest business pitch stage in America)
Anna Hovet (Fashion Designer, TEDx Speaker, So You Wanna Be A Designer contestant)
Anna Russett (Influential Mixed Media millennial artist with over 300k following)
Christian Picciolini (Emmy-nominated, former violent extremist turned peace advocate)
WTF Founders (Women Tech Founders)
Gina Venier (Winner of Bar1 Big Break Singing Competition, American Idol Participant)
Tanner Woodford (Co-Founder of Chicago Design Museum, #2 Newcity’s Annual Design 50)
Ramzey Nassar (CEO, Threadmeup)
Micae Brown (Urban Business Roundtable for WVON Radio Talk Show Host)
Corbett Drummey (CEO of Popular Pays, Y Combinator accelerator alumni)
Aaron Frazin (CEO of Charlie, Kauffman Global Scholar)
Daniel Novaes (CEO of MobileXLabs top 30 startups to watch by Entrepreneur Magazine)

View The Official Big Night Set Lineup Here.

Glappitnova has over 15 panelists & teachers participants here are a few:

Fabian Elliott (Global Co-Chair of the Black Googler Network)
Lisa Schumacher (Chicago Director of Startup Institute)
Antonio Garcia (Associate Partner at gravitytank)
Phyllis Lockett (CEO of LEAP Innovations)
Alaina Harkness (Program Officer at Macarthur Foundation)
Riana Lynn (CEO of Food Trace, Google backed Code2040 recipient)
Daniel X O’Neil (Executive Director of Smart Chicago)
Kristiana Rae’ Colon (Founder of Letusbreathe Collective, poet from HBO’s Def PoetryJam)
Will Misloski (SVP of Raise, Former VP & GM at Orbtiz Worldwide)
Emmanuel Pratt (Executive Director of Sweet Water Foundation)
Nicole Yeary (Founder of Ms. Tech, 100 Top Innovators Chicago Tribune)
Jimmy Odom (CEO of WeDeliver, Winner of Techweek’s Launch 2013)
Shelby Rodeffer (Designer, DigitasLBi, 2014 Cannes Young Lions Winner)
Antonio Garcia (Associate Partner, at gravitytank)

Festival Tracks

Check Individual Events For The Lineup

The Big Night, July 9th:
Experience some of Chicago’s best, and emerging talent through unfiltered 10 minute talks, intimate live performances, non-salesy networking, and a silent disco party with DJs spinning hip hop, funk, house, and electronic music at Moonlight Studios. Beer provided by MillerCoors for the festival’s signature event.

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Minorities In Chicago, July 13th – Forums:
Get up to speed on a minority’s perspective spanning business, technology, and urban planning held at General Assembly Chicago.

The Battle of Learning vs Job Placement In Education, July 13th – Forums:
Explore ideas and challenges around teaching, learning, and alternative educational methods for employment held at General Assembly Chicago.

Protesting and Activism In The Informational Age, July 14th – Forums:
Understand the ethics, evolution, and effectiveness of protesting and activism and question when those lines get blurred held at Google Chicago.

Access For All, America’s Last Mile Problem, July 14th – Forums:
Discussion from experts on impacting remote areas, bridging the digital divide gap, and America’s last mile problem altering the face of humanity held at Google Chicago.

Marketplaces and Currencies That Are Shaping The Future, July 15th – Forums:
Discover cutting-edge marketplaces and currencies experts discussing how the world
transacts through futuristic platforms, social currencies, bitcoins, and peer-to-peer lending held at WeWork River North.

How To Build A Better Chicago For Startups, July 15th – Forums:
Discuss growing, refining, and mixing the entrepreneurial and creative startup communities of Chicago at WeWork River North.

Technori Pitch, July 10th – Affiliate Event:
Expose yourself to Chicago startups pitching their business around Culture, Society, and Frameworks. It’s the third largest startup pitch stage in the US held at the Chase Auditorium.

Sunday Funk-Raiser, July 12th – Affiliate Event:
Pop into the vibrant Chicago Arts, Culture & Start-up scene through live art, music & booze while supporting The Simple Good non-profit.

Sound Off Yoga, July 11th – Class:
Immerse yourself into beginner Yoga with customizable wireless headphone technology for enhancing your experience held at Brooklyn Boulders Chicago.

Learn To Boulder, July 11th – Class:
Get expert instruction on beginner techniques to build a solid foundation of climbing knowledge held at Brooklyn Boulders.

The Secrets To Social Media Campaigning, July 15th – Class:
Learn critical ingredients for a successful social media campaign including the strategy, planning, content creation and leveraging paid social advertising held at DigitasLBi.

Beginner Hand Lettering & Design, July 15th – Class:
Learn beginner hand lettering techniques, and implemented design skills while
networking. It will be super hands on and totally amazing held at DigitasLBi.

Glappitnova has a variety of sponsors to help grow diversity with the city of Chicago but being relevant to the needs of millennials, entrepreneurs, creatives, and influencers. We are always looking to collaborate with brands, companies, influencers, and organizations.

Organizations

Technori
The Simple Good
Google

To purchase tickets, view the lineups for various events for the week, subscribe for updates, and learn more about Glappitnova, visit www.glappitnova.com.

Festival Contact
Nick Brown nick@glappit.com
@ynickbrowny