Techweek is here! Agenda for Monday

Techweek Kanasas City opens today (Monday) – beginning a week-long technology conference and festival in Downtown KC.

Techweek Kansas City has arrived! Today marks the pre-conference opening of a week-long run of the first, annual Techweek conference + festival in Downtown KC.

Techweek KC will feature its signature technology conference and speakers (Wed-Fri) , the LaunchKC startup grants competition (Thu-Fri), basecamp at the Sprint Accelerator (Monday and every day), tech business tours (Tuesday), hiring fair (Wednesday), business expo (Thu-Fri), fashion show, receptions and parties (nightly), concerts (Fri and Sat.), and a hackathon (next weekend) spread out to feature Downtown destinations including Union Station, the Power & Light District and the Crossroads Arts District.

Here is what’s on tap for today on the Techweek KC schedule for Techweek attendees:

• 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Basecamp: co-working space at Sprint Accelerator
• 5-6:30 p.m. Entrepreneur Hall of Fame tour at the Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on the UMKC Campus. RSVP here.
• 7-10 p.m. Techweek Official Kickoff Party at Boulevard Brewery. RSVP here.

Techweek, the nation’s largest technology conference + festival, chose Kansas City in January to be its sixth U.S. hub for its unique and immersive blend of tech learning, collaborating and networking. The other Techweek cities to hold annual conferences + festivals include Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Detroit.

For registration information and the complete Techweek schedule, visit techweek.com/kansascity.