Executives Club - Disruptive Startup: Empowering People and Communities

Tech entrepreneur Ashish Gadnis travels the globe working to end world hunger. He helps set up coding schools and enterprises in poverty zones - using a for-profit model as a way for a community to become self-sufficient and food secure.

Why you should attend:

-  Coding is among the most in-demand and highest paying field in our economy, but there is crippling talent shortages.

-  Q2030 Regional Action plan identifies the creation and expansion of short-term to advanced coding programs for the Quad Cities as a critical and urgent priority.

-  Assess whether Ashish Gadnis' coding-school model could be applied in the Quad Cities.