Summer 201
5 conference season is here! While the sun is shining, make this your time to shine as well by attending a conference in your industry. There’s no need to travel. So many summer conferences for tech, social media, and marketing are in Chicago.
Check out the ones in June, July, August, and September.
Summer 2015 Conferences Savings Tips:
Promo Codes: Save on your tickets by entering promo codes from top industry blogs and companies like Social Media Examiner.
Volunteer: Don’t let cost deter you. Some conferences such as Techweek heavily rely on volunteers. Apply to showcase your skills for the people you want to work for and do business with.
June:
Location: Merchandise Mart
Date: June 22 – June 27, 2015
Info: An entrepreneurial and startup week long event that brings together investors, developers, marketers, and entrepreneurs involved in Chicago’s tech scene. Sponsors such as T-Mobile and startups host parties and fashion shows. This year, Uber collaborated with investors to bring UberVENTURE from 11 am to 5 pm on Tuesday, June 23rd to allow users to sign-up to pitch their ideas to an investor during a 15 minute ride. Highlights include: Startup LAUNCH competition and Tech Hiring Fair
Price: $0-$400
Social Media: #Techweekchi
July:
Mobile Media Summit Chicago 2015
Location: Revel Fulton Market
Date: July 28, 2015
Info: This one day events packs insightful information for marketing in the digital age. Topics include mobile security, consumer behavior, native advertising, street level advertising, and branding on social media. Speakers include top level marketing professionals from Whirlpool and Starcom MediaVest.
Price: $1200-$1295
Social Media: #MMSCHI15
August:
Location: Gleacher Center
Date: August 4 – August 5, 2015 (The main conference is August 5th)
Info: Presented by Ragan Communications, PR Writing Summit helps you gain SEO skills, tighten your pitches, and manage your brand. Speakers include late-night talk show host for WGN Radio and Chicago’s chapter of Association of Women Journalist President, Amy Guth.
Price: $295-$1395
Social Media: #raganPRwrite
2015 Summer Marketing Educators’ Conference
Location: Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
Date: August 14 – August 16, 2015
Info: An AMA event made specifically for marketing scholars. Topics include finding the value of 3D printing, understanding consumer preferences, and building marketing’s credibility. Professors and researchers from Harvard University and Georgia State University among others will be presenting.
Price: $450-$750
Social Media: #SummerAMA
Location: Gleacher Center
Date: August 25 – August 26, 2015
Info: For this event, submit a proposal on your new startup idea. During the conference there will be open space sessions to share ideas with fellow developers.
Price: $99-$199
Social Media: #devopsdays
SEPTEMBER:
Location: Conference Chicago
Date: September 25 – September 27, 2015
Info: Learn from writers and professors about a variety of writing including screenwriting, fiction, and YA work. Other topics include finding a writing group, marketing and pitching your material, and breaking into magazine writing. This conference has two added bonuses. The first is that with registration, you can register for a Pitchfest appointment to pitch your piece of work. The second is that you can join up to 10 literary minds in a small session to learn from experiences writers. Small session topics include: legal issues, MFA programs, and self publishing.
Price: $225-$275
Social Media: #cwc2015
Amanda Elliott is a writer and speaker and a relationship builder. She believes that meeting people in person is important. After attending numerous fashion, startup, and creative events, she founded Windy City Cosmo is 2015 to help people make connections in the city as they build their businesses, start and end relationships and see and be seen. Over the past three years, the entrepreneurs she’s interviewed have become the most successful in Chicago and Windy City Cosmo won an award in 2017 for her work for female entrepreneurs.
