Program areas at OhioX
Events and community building: in 2023, held 29 in-person events in cities Ohio that drew over 3,400 attendees. Ohiox premier events include the Ohio tech summit, the ceo retreat, Ohio healthtech summit, corporate innovation summit, tech @ nights, and more. New events included the Ohio edtech summit and a fully in-person Ohio govtech summit.
Tech industry promotion: Ohiox actively promotes the work of members and the Ohio tech sector across a variety of mediums and media channels including email newsletters, virtual events, social media platforms, blogs, and more. Our linkedin following grew to over 10,000 and Ohiox email newsletter subscription grew by 75%. Launched ohioxcelerate, a startup program that pairs Ohio entrepreneurs with business mentors, and won the "excellence in innovation award" from the Ohio economic development association.
Education, workforce, and advocacy: co-hosted two sold out ai forums in cleveland and cincinnati with state of Ohio's innovateohio that brought together government, education, workforce, and industry leaders to discuss ai's impact on Ohio, our workforce, and economy. Annual Ohio tech day program, which promotes tech industry careers, reached over 18,850 students across Ohio through partnering Ohio tech day schools and nonprofits.