Chicago Ideas Week 2016

For the 4th year in a row, Origin Development supported Chicago Ideas Week.  Our president, Matt Wren, serves as the event’s IT Director. Services include planning and implementing of the full set of requirements relating to computer hardware and Internet connectivity to support the event.  Chicago Ideas Week is the midwest’s premier idea sharing event, with over 30,000 annual attendees at speeches, conversations, and labs across a broad range of topics.

Origin Development manages the IT needs at the major event venues, providing for services such as production support, live webcast, public internet access, box office and ticket scanning operations. One highlight of the technology solutions provided includes a temporary high-density wireless internet service, capable of supporting 2,500+ users that was installed at the Cadillac Palace Theater in  a single day.