Chamber U Summit: Market Disruption

Chamber U will bring together business leaders and university students to spend part of the day networking together, while learning about the evolving landscape of our marketplace. This year’s sessions will focus on some of the ideas, people, and businesses who are disrupting different markets.

We will provide a unique experience for employers, students, and university leaders to network with other attendees while also offering the opportunity to connect with regional companies, mentors, and engage with workplace trends. Chamber U Summit will include a networking lunch, keynote speaker, panel discussion, and breakouts.

Chamber U will feature keynote speaker, Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, the author of “Shorter,” which examines how to work better, smarter, and less. Alex is coming to us from 4 Day Week Global, which is currently conducting the world’s largest study on the effects of a four-day work week on:

• Productivity
• Employee satisfaction
• Worker health outcomes
• Strength of families
• Sustainability of work environments

Pricing:

• Students — Free with Student ID
• Presenting Sponsor Staff & Faculty — $25
• Champion Sponsor Staff & Faculty — $40
• Supporting Sponsor Staff & Faculty — $50
• General Admission — $75

If you are a Chamber member and wish to receive discounted pricing, contact Kabrella Clark at kclark@cincinnatichamber.com

About our Keynote

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is director of research and programs at 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit promoting the 4-day workweek. His books— WORK LESS DO MORE: Designing the Four Day Week (Penguin, 2023); SHORTER: Work Better, Smarter and Less— Here’s How (Public Affairs, 2020); REST: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less (Basic Books, 2016), and THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION (Little Brown , 2013)— show how companies and individuals can better integrate rest, creativity, and focus into digital-age lives and work. Alex has been a senior consultant at Institute for the Future and Strategic Business Insights, and during his academic career was affiliated with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Microsoft Research Cambridge, and Oxford University. Alex received a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.

We will hear more from Alex regarding workplace trends and productivity, with the goal to provide you resources to both evolve and disrupt our marketplace for the betterment of your employees and our region.

Current Breakout Topics:

• Workforce: Rethinking approach to labor. Expanding pool of talent and offering them a competitive advantage .
• Sustainability/Agriculture/Manufacturing: Providing resources for companies to evolve practices in order to continue delivering high quality goods but more efficiently and with environmental benefits in mind.
• Topics are subject to change and more will be added as we get closer to the event

Agenda

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. — Lunch & Networking

1 -1:15 p.m. — Program Kick-Off

1:15 – 2 p.m. — Keynote: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

2-2:30 p.m. — Panel Discussion

2:40-3:10 p.m. — Breakout Session 1

3:20-3:50 p.m. — Breakout Session 2

4:00 p.m. — Conclusion

** Tickets for Chamber U are non-refundable