OPEN Houston Conference

Description

​OPEN Houston is a global organization that focus on enabling the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders.

The OPEN Houston Conference has grown into the city's premier gathering for innovation and entrepreneurship. This year's theme: Houston Ecosystem as a Growth Hub — Energy, Health, Tech & Beyond.

​What's on the agenda:

• ​Founder Stories — real accounts from the entrepreneurs building Houston's next big companies. The ones you'll be reading about later, meet them first.

• ​Houston Ecosystems — a front-row look at how energy, health, tech, and beyond are converging in this city, right now.

• ​Fireside Chat — a candid, unscripted conversation with a business leader shaping the region.

• ​Panel Discussions — sharp, expert takes on exactly where Houston's innovation economy is headed next.

​This is Houston's innovation economy — in one room.

​Founders turning ideas into companies. Investors backing what's next. Business leaders driving major industries. Students and young professionals about to lead tomorrow. They'll all be here, and will you?

​This conference is built for the connections that actually go somewhere: the partnerships, the mentorships, the deals that start with one conversation. And because OPEN is a global network with chapters across the U.S. and MENA, the relationships you build in Houston don't stay in Houston.

​Seats are limited. The room fills fast and so does the room you'd rather be in.

Our annual conference is our marquee event with Agenda includes:
-A keynote by Dr. Azam Kundi, CEO of Kelsey Seybold
-A fireside chat with Company CEOs
-Zero to 100 panel
-The Career Leap panel
-Industries of Tomorrow panel
-Curated industry breakout sessions

Confirmed Speakers

1. ​Dr. Azam Kundi, Chairman & CEO of Kelsey Seybold

2. ​Samina Farid, Managing Director of Golden Seeds

3. ​Joe Alapat, Founder & CGO of Liongard

4. ​Snehee Chapalot, Founder of the Food Shop

5. ​Faisal Bhutto, CEO Alykas

6. ​Mustafa Ali, Head of Growth Twilio

7. ​Aasher Syed, Founder of Angel Rounds & Angel Investor

8. ​Faisal Naseem, CEO, Sorian

9. ​Amyn Gilani, VP of Core Technologies, Academy Sports and Outdoors

10. ​Salim Gheewalla, Founder & CEO of utilITise

11. ​Aater Suleman, Co-Founder of Vixul Studios

12. ​Khurram Agha, CIO of Manzil Invest & Head of US, Cur8 Capital

13. ​Dr. Uzma Iqbal, President, Medical Director, Physician, Houston Center of HOPE

14. ​Aziz Rahim, President, Wallis State Bank

15. ​Mark Winchester, District Director, SBA

16. ​Ashraf Panjwani, Talent Management, Databricks

17. ​Raazia Ali, Sr. Director of AI, Trajector

18. ​Tanu Jain, Founder & CFO, FlowCare

19. ​Omair Mirza, Vice President, Banker at J.P. Morgan Private Bank

20. ​Faisal Naseem, CEO, Soria

​Presenting Sponsors

1. ​Wallis State Bank

2. ​US Bank