TiECON East is the only conference on the east coast that brings together established and startup entrepreneurs in Technology, Life Sciences, Education and Cleantech. The theme of this year’s conference is “Empowering Entrepreneurs”. It will be held at the Cambridge Marriott in Kendall Square on May 2-3, 2013.

This year’s keynote addresses will surely empower entrepreneurs with the tools to take the leap from idea to implementation.

The highlight of the Friday Night Banquet is the keynote from Jonathan Kraft, President of The Kraft Group. A Fireside Chat with him will offer insights into his role in driving the growth and diversification of The Kraft Group as well as his work in successfully implementing the use of digital media in the National Football League.  

Tom Leighton, Co-founder & CEO of Akamai, will kick off the conference with his inspiring founding story of how he built Akamai from an internet startup to a leading cloud infrastructure company. Come hear about the challenges and successes he faces as well as his vision of internet technologies, private and public cloud, distributed computing platforms and Internet security solutions worldwide.

Manoj Saxena, General Manager of IBM Watson, will showcase Watson and discuss IBM’s efforts to commercialize industry solutions based on the IBM’s transformative Watson technology globally.

"We will showcase the hottest startups on the east coast and who’s who of successful entrepreneurs. My mission is quite simple, if an attendee looking to start a business can meet other successful entrepreneurs, take away a few key lessons, and build a new company, we will have accomplished our goal,” says Puneesh Chaudhry, TiECON East Chair.

Friday morning will feature a keynote series on the hottest, local startups that have gone public or are on the path to IPO. Brian Halligan, CEO of HubSpot, will share his story and how HubSpot is transforming the way business market their products. Ash Ashutosh, CEO of Actifio, will talk about his 25 years of storage industry and entrepreneurship experience and how it has helped with his role in Actifio. Michael Simon, CEO of LogMeIn, will discuss how he has taken LogMeIn from a single access product line used by thousands to a leading provider of essential cloud services used daily by millions worldwide.

With such amazing stories, you do not want to miss the opportunity to get empowered. Join us on May 2 – 3, 2013 at the Cambridge Marriot, Kendall Square to generate new ideas, connect with the right people and Empower Entrepreneurs! We are excited about our conference and look forward to seeing you there.

Register Now! Sign up today at our lowest rate of $199 using Promo Code: TC2013-AP

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