Gateway to Innovation

GATEWAY TO INNOVATION

The Gateway To Innovation Conference is the region’s

premier single-day event designed for the IT executive community.

 As technology continues to redefine business, geographic regions, and create borderless digital environments, it has become essential for IT executives to stay aware of global trends in order to integrate strategies into their operations. This allows your team to stay agile while maintaining your company’s competitive edge. The conference provides the region’s IT executives an opportunity to gather for a day of networking, collaboration, and knowledge-transfer through peer-led keynotes, breakouts, panels, and networking sessions.

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The Gateway to Innovation Conference is the region’s premier single-day event designed for the IT executive community.

Maintaining a competitive edge with innovative IT is critical for companies and organizations of all sizes as we all are tasked to do more with less.  The annual Gateway to Innovation Conference provides a unique opportunity for our region’s IT leadership to gather, to explore ways to maintain a competitive advantage in this global economy, and to grow the IT industry in the St. Louis region. We hope the event provides you many opportunities to learn, engage with other IT professionals, and gain inspiration from regional successes and our national speakers.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

ALISON LEVINE

Alison Levine is a history-making polar explorer and mountaineer. She served as team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied to both the North and South Poles—a feat known as the Adventure Grand Slam, which fewer than forty people in the world have achieved. In January 2008, she made history as the first American to complete a 600-mile traverse from west Antarctica to the South Pole following the route of legendary explorer Reinhold Messner. Levine completed this arduous journey on skis while hauling 150 pounds of her gear and supplies in a sled harnessed to her waist. She made history again in 2016 when she completed two first ascents: Hall Peak in Antarctica and Khang Karpo in Nepal. Her success in extreme environments is noteworthy given she has had three heart surgeries and suffers from Raynaud’s disease, which causes the arteries that feed her fingers and toes to collapse in cold weather—leaving her at extreme risk for frostbite. 

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

BOAZ RAUCHWERGER

Boaz Rauchwerger, originally from Israel, is an internationally-known speaker, author, and consultant. He is Speaker of the Year for Vistage International, the world's largest organization of CEO's. A former newscaster, newspaper editor, marketing executive, CEO, and network television producer, Boaz has also spoken for such companies as American Airlines, Toyota, and Xerox. 

Over a 30-year span, Boaz, author of “The Tiberias Transformation – How To Change Your Life In Less Than 8 Minutes A Day”, has conducted thousands of seminars on goal setting and high achievement. He has taught over half a million people how to supercharge their lives, their careers and how to add Power to their goals. His innovative program, for individuals and corporations, is a simple and highly effective process for high achievement.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

KAI KIGHT

Kai Kight uses music as a metaphor to inspire individuals and organizations around the world to compose paths of imagination and fulfillment. Inspired by his mother who, when diagnosed with cancer, revealed regrets of not bringing her ideas to the world, Kai is on a mission to spark a global mindset shift in which ingenuity is the norm, not the exception. In his emotionally powerful presentations, Kai performs original music and candidly shares stories from his own transformation as an artist, translating these insights into takeaways that audiences can infuse into their own lives and work environments. 

As a musician, he has performed his original music for audiences around the world, from the White House to the Great Wall of China. As a speaker, he has created impactful experiences for a wide range of audiences internationally, including for clients such as The Walt Disney Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Super Bowl-winning Seattle Seahawks. His mesmerizing and original violin performance beautifully becomes a sonic metaphor for the core of his message: to inspire people to compose unique ideas in a world that celebrates conformity.

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Registration is open to all IT practitioners from local companies. Vendors, service providers or consultants who are not sponsoring the event are not eligible to register or attend the Symposium.

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Gateway to Innovation is hosted by SIM St. Louis, for more information about SIM please click here.

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