February 2019 Breakfast Meeting with Dennis Lower, President & CEO-Cortex Innovation Community

Dennis Lower came to St. Louis in May 2010 as the first hired executive for the Cortex Innovation Community. Under his leadership, Cortex has expanded from its original vision as a bioscience only district to embracing all technologies with a focus on creating a mixed-use innovation community. And like all communities, it now also includes residential, restaurant, transportation and hotel amenities.

Today, Cortex is the largest innovation campus in the St. Louis region, with nearly $650 million invested in 1.9 million square feet and over 4,300 jobs to date. At full buildout, Cortex anticipates an investment of $2.3 billion in 4 million square feet of mixed-use development. Cortex is currently home to seven innovation centers and accelerators – the Center for Emerging Technologies (CET), BioGenerator, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), Venture Café, Sling Health/MedLaunch, Capital Innovators Accelerator and the Ameren Energy Accelerator – and more than 350 companies.

7:15 a.m. registration, networking & coffee
7:45 a.m. breakfast
8:00 a.m. presentation
9:00 a.m. adjourn

ACG St. Louis Member - Prepaid
Corporate Executive Guest (CEO, CFO, COO, President, VP) - $0
ACG Member from Another Chapter - $45
Non-Member Guest Fee - $60