Who we are and how to contact us

The Chicago Convergence is the property of Chicago New Media Summit Council, which has applied for private 501(c) 3 nonprofit status, and will continue to foster and award projects and presentations that unite diverse industries and individuals in new ways to encourage regional and global contributions.

The Chicago Convergence is an annual conference of select presenters and companies powered by a collective of entrepreneurs and organizations with noteworthy accomplishments in digital technologies, entertainment and design.

Founded Feb 23, 2008 by John Patterson

General Email chicagoconvergence@gmail.com

Board Members

John Patterson Chicago Convergence
Sam Fifer Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP
Bruce Montgomery Technology Access Television
Mike Rosenthal Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP
Jim Jacoby Manifest Digital
April Lawson Lawson PR
Andrew Ryann Pixel Brothers, Inc

Co-Founders: Bruce Montgomery and Malachi Leopold

Convergence Leadership Team
Volunteers

We acknowledge those who participated as founding Sponsors, Presenters or the Convergence Leadership Team

Adobe, Akoo International, Allied Vaughn, April Lawson PR Strategies, Aquent, Art Institute of Chicago, Avenue A | Razorish, Beck & Company, Bunnygraph Entertainment, Business Voices, Canright Communications, CelebTV.com, Chicago 2016, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Film Office, Chicago Interactive Marketing Agency (CIMA), Chicago Tribune, City of Chicago, Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, Collabera, Collaboraction, Columbia College, Comcast, Crain's Chicago Business, Cramer-Krasselt, Creatasphere, Critical Mass, CroptoCup.com, crowdSPRING, Cynergy, DePaul University, Digital Bootcamp, Draft FCB, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Portage Venture Partners, Edelman, Element 79, Flashpoint Academy, Foundation Post, Google, Greg Christian Catering, HBO, HDExpo, High Level Productions, Horizons Communications, Illinois Film Office, Illinois Production Alliance, Intersport TV, Jewel of Garnett, John D and Katherine T MacArthur Foundation, Johnson Publishing, Keener Law, Line 9 Films, Liquidis Media, LLC, Manifest Digital, Media Bank, Michael Burns Productions, Microsoft, Midwest Independent Film Festival, Mobile Anthem, Museum of Contemporary Art, myTransponder, NATPE, NBC Universal, Networlding, Northwestern University, OgilvyOne, Pixel Brothers, ReelChicago.com, Resolution Digital Studios, Ruder Finn, Saper Law, See3 Communications, Show Department, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLC, Spark, Speroweb.com, Sprint, Tech Cocktail, Technology Access Television, The Cocktail, The Motion Graphics Festival, The Museum of Broadcast Communications, The Point, The Second City, Translumen Technologies, Trax Records, TV Week, Undertone Networks, Viva Lundin Productions, Wired NextFest, Word of Mouth Marketing

Past Presenters
David Armano, Critical Mass
Marshall Ross, Cramer-Krasselt
Jane Hirt, The Chicago Tribune
Chris Bernard, Microsoft
Jason Fried, 37Signals
Leah Jones, Edelman
Greg O’brien, Comcast
Daisy Whitney, TV Week
Mike Samson, CrowdSpring
Greg Koerner, Media Bank
Constance Yowell, The MacArthur Foundation
Kim Green-Kerr, Sprint Nextel
Miguel Gonzales, DraftFCB
Mark Mitten, Chicago 2016
Eric Easter, EbonyJet.com
Rachel Cain, Trax Records
Mason Dixon, Art Institute of Chicago
Jim Cohen, Spark
Raman Chadha, DePaul University
Alberto Knapp-Bjeren, The Cocktail
Michael Hoffman, See3 Communications
Jim Jacoby, Manifest Digital
Heidi Skinner, Critical Mass
Dennis Radeke, Adobe
Kristin Petrovich, HD Expo
Brian Houchins, Liquidus Media
Grace McPhillips, Illinois Production Alliance
Rich Moskal, The Chicago Film Office
Todd Lizak, The Illinois Film Office
Tom Yorton, Second City Communications
Carey Lundin, Citizen Kate TV
Mark Ailsworth, CIMA
Bill Bullman, Ogilvy One