Lead partner
AIGA, the professional association for design, is committed to furthering excellence in design as a broadly-defined discipline, strategic tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical practice.
www.aiga.org
Media partner
BusinessWeek's mission is to inform and inspire business leaders to make smarter decisions in their professional and personal lives. Through passionate voice and provocative viewpoints, BW creates an open dialogue among a global community to generate and share ideas. BusinessWeek offers the actionable insight professionals need at every stage in their career -- whenever, wherever and however they want it.
www.businessweek.com/innovate
Sponsor
Home to many of the world's most celebrated magazines and websites, Condé Nast Publications not only informs readers, but also ignites and nourishes their passions. Condé Nast is known for an unwavering commitment to journalistic integrity, influential reporting and superior design. Week after week, month after month, millions of dedicated, highly focused readers come to Condé Nast knowing they will be engaged by the leading minds of our time: writers, editors, contributors and artists who share their passions.
www.condenast.com
Venue sponsor
One of the nation's largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance. Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the MCA boasts a gift store, bookstore, restaurant, 300-seat theater, and a terraced sculpture garden with a great view of Lake Michigan.
www.mcachicago.org