Schedule

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8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Adventure & Discovery Hall
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Registration, Networking & Breakfast

Start the conference with hot coffee and a great breakfast! Buckle up and get ready for two days of learning and networking!

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Schaumburg H Karl Graf
Karl Graf

Breakfast & Learn: Why Sales People Fail ?

By Invitation Only & Elite Members

Are you driven by over-achievement, energized by growth, and possessing the commitment to make it happen? Yet sales still do not increase ...

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Schaumburg E-F Hemant Gosain
Hemant Gosain

Session: Capital Acquisition, Valuation & Execution

Capital Acquisition Strategy: Equity, Leveraged debt or Structured Equity?-Valuation: What is Enterprise Value?-Deal Terms: Liquidation Preferences, Earn Out and Multiple Ratio Basis-Service Valuation Versus I.P. Valuation

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Schaumburg H Karl Graf
Karl Graf

Session: Building a Culture of Accountability

Contrary to popular belief, accountability isn’t a dirty word. Come learn tough questions that top-performing companies use to allow accountability to be viewed in a positive way. Learn the 6 steps to building a culture of accountability.

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Schaumburg E-F Sean Languedoc
Sean Languedoc

Session: Alternative to H-1B Denials: Canada's here to save the day!

If your employee's H1b is rejected, it's not end of the world. Join us to learn more about nearshore opportunities in Canada.

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Schaumburg H Panelists
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Session: Caught in the Crossfire: Protect your business by Managing contracts with clients, vendors and employees

Panelists: Geeta Dammanna, Rishi Agarwal, and Patrick Papalia

Managing contracts can be complex, challenging, and constraining ...

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Adventure & Discovery Hall
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Networking Lunch

Refuel your engines while meeting our expert speakers, and fellow attendees! Make connections and meet exciting people!

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Schaumburg H Investors & Entrepreneurs
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Investor - Startup Interactions

Angel investors are located just about everywhere. But they are generally hard to find. Are you in need of seed money to grow your newfound venture? ...

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Schaumburg Ballroom Anil Kilaru
Anil Kilaru

Welcome Note

Formal kick-off of the conference by our GB Chair - Anil Kilaru, will go over what's in the store for the two days!

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM Schaumburg Ballroom Raju Reddy
Raju Reddy

Entrepreneurship: A Lifetime of Rewards

Raju will share his insights in building a world class company from startup stage and the ensuing rewards in applying similar principles to philanthropy and other walks of life one may decide to pursue after successfully exiting from a startup.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Schaumburg Ballroom Tanmay Bakshi
Tanmay Bakshi

Keynote: Empowering Businesses With AI By Cutting through its Misconceptions & Hype

Tanmay Bakshi is a 15-year-old Canadian author, AI and ML Systems Architect, TED & Keynote speaker, Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning ...

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Adventure & Discovery Hall
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Tea-Break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Adventure & Discovery Hall Synergy Lounge
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Book Signing by Tanmay Bakshi

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Schaumburg Ballroom Panelists
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M & A Panel by Law Office of Thomas V. Allen, PLLC.

A panel of experienced middle-market M&A professionals - a partner at a private equity firm, a corporate development executive at a major corporation who is very active in buying and selling, an investment banker, a transaction ...

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Schaumburg Ballroom Panelists
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Naya Venture - Startup Pitch Contest

You will learn about different strategies and approaches to transition into Project and Product Development from consulting and staffing services. We will also discuss how the go-to market strategies are different, hiring sales team ...

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Schaumburg H Panelists
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Solution Partners Panel

Join the panel of experienced Solution Partners from your very own ITServe members.

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM Schaumburg E-F Barbara Bruno
Barbara Bruno

Session: 'No Show' Candidates? Strategies to avoid 'Ghosting'

Imagine you’ve just spent hours & days of recruiting the perfect candidate. Their first day finally arrives, but they don’t. You’ve been ghosted.

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Schaumburg E-F Suresh Kagithapu
Suresh Kagithapu

Session: Passive Real Estate Investment: A diversification for IT entrepreneurs

Do you want your wealth earned from IT Consulting business to work for you in Commercial Real Estate Rental Investments? Join us ...

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Adventure & Discovery Hall
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Welcome Reception

Conclude energetic day with cocktails & recap the day's highlights with fellow attendees.

7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Schaumburg Ballroom
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Synergy Conference Party

Join peers, members & sponsors for Recognition ceremony. Enjoy the evening with delicious dinner & entertainment.

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Schaumburg A-B
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Yoga: Registration, Networking & Breakfast

Get your engines fueled for an exciting day! Enjoy delicious breakfast while networking with expert speakers!

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Adventure & Discovery Hall
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Breakfast: Registration, Networking & Breakfast

Get your engines fueled for an exciting day! Enjoy delicious breakfast while networking with expert speakers!

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Schaumburg H Karl Graf
Karl Graf

Breakfast & Learn: Are you building trust with your client ?

By Invitation Only & Elite Members

Most companies spend their time getting and fulfilling orders and not having strategies to go 3 wide and 3 deep to build trusted advisor status ...

09:30 AM - 12:00 PM Schaumburg Ballroom Panelists
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Immigration Panel By - ImmLaw & Moderated by Greenspoon Marder

Raj Guru - Managing Attorney @ ImmLaw, Nandini P. Nair - Partner @ Greenspoon Marder LLP

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Adventure & Discovery Hall
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Networking Lunch

Enjoy lunch and meet with your peers, sponsors, speakers and fellow attendees.

1:30 PM - 03:00 PM Schaumburg Ballroom Panelists
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CTO Panel: AI, Machine Learning and Block Chain: Will they just be buzzwords or pillars of our technological future?

Panelists: Wesley Mukai, Bart Dolega, Abhijit Pandit, Sujal Patel, Michael Pegues, Uday Kanukolanu, Ajay Waghray, Sriram Ganapathy

Moderated by: Kishore Kandavalli, Gopi Kandukuri

1:30 PM - 02:15 PM Schaumburg E-F Marketa Lindt
Marketa Lindt

Best Practices for I-983 audits & Adapting Electronic I-9

Ensuring effective corporate compliance in challenging immigration environment.Learn how how to implement digitizing I9 Form, and I-983 Form.

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM Schaumburg A John Kennedy
John Kennedy

Meet-and-Greet with Senator Kennedy

Meet and Greet with John Kennedy - United States Senator for Louisiana

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Schaumburg Ballroom John Kennedy Raja Krishnamoorthi
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Town Hall with Lawmakers - Highly Skilled Immigrants' Contribution to the American Economy and Innovation

Moderated by: Deepali Khadakban

Town Hall with Lawmakers by Senator John Kennedy & Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Schaumburg A Raja Krishnamoorthi
Raja Krishnamoorthi

Meet-and-Greet with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi

Meet-and-Greet with Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, 8th District of Illinois

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Schaumburg A Krishna Bansal
Krishna Bansal

Meet-and-Greet with Krishna Bansal

Krishna Bansal is an entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in business, finance and technology. He is the President and CEO of Q1 Technologies, Inc., a technology and services company that he founded in 2002.

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM Adventure & Discovery Hall
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Synergy Reception

Lets the fun times begin! Grab your favorite cocktail, discuss the day's events and gear up for the big finale!

7:30 PM - Midnight Schaumburg Ballroom
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Banquet Gala/Band Performance by Capricio

Our grand finale will include celebrations, key note speakers, comedians, capricio Band performance, bollywood dancers, recognitions and much much more! You would not want to miss a moment of this!