Chicago’s Mayoral Candidates Take On: The Technology Industry & Chicago's Future
A Series of Conversations with Chicago’s Mayoral Candidates
Hosted by TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Chicago’s next mayor will shape the city’s ability to compete for talent, capital, and company formation. In this ongoing series, The Technology Industry & Chicago’s Future convenes declared mayoral candidates for focused, substantive dialogue on the most critical economic issue:
𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒚?
This business-first forum is designed for the local business & innovation community of founders, CEOs, operators, investors, and corporate leaders who care about the long-term growth and competitiveness of Chicago’s technology industry.
All declared candidates will be invited to participate.
One candidate per event.
March 10th features: Joe Holberg
Doors open at 8:45
9:00-9:30 | Moderated 1:1 conversation with TechNexus founders
9:30-10:00 | Open forum for audience Q&A and post-conversation meet & greet + networking
Conversations will center on:
Tech talent pipelines and digitally skilled workforce development
Capital formation and corporate innovation
Emerging technology, computing, and AI infrastructure for growth
Chicago’s national and global position as a technology hub
Register today. Space is limited.
MORE ABOUT JOE HOLBERG:
Joe is running for Mayor of Chicago after having spent 10 years founding and leading a financial education technology company called Spring that was based out of 1871 and acquired in 2023. His platform is based on growing Chicago and building solutions that set the city up to succeed deep into the 21st century, including:
Building 100k+ new units of housing to spur growth and reduce the housing crisis.
Supporting new and existing businesses to attract people and businesses to the city, not push them away.
Improving schools for all families, including addressing the 30% chronic absenteeism rate and attendance crisis.
Creating responsible and transparent city budgets without relying on reckless debt that mortgages our shared future.
Joe is a first-generation Pell grant recipient and slept in his car so he could afford tuition while studying Economics at the University of Michigan. He has spent his life serving others in roles via Americorps, teaching math on the West Side of Chicago, and at Google, building a computer science education platform for girls and underrepresented minority students. He is an author (2x), TED speaker, and deeply passionate about improving the lives of Chicagoans from all walks of life. VISIT joeforchicago.com for more information.