WASHINGTON'S LEADING BUSINESS MAGAZINE

What's Your Breakthrough Idea Forum

Monday, March 29

XCONOMY.COM. How can entrepreneurs, researchers, and business leaders-in areas as diverse as software, mobile, entertainment, biotech, and energy-make their big ideas more marketable and scalable, and really change the world?

The forum will feature a penetrating discussion of what makes breakthrough ideas successful, by two of the Seattle area's top innovation leaders and thinkers: Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures, and Leroy Hood, co-founder and president of the Institute for Systems Biology. They will be joined by leading experts from Seattle's mobile, gaming, healthcare, and imaging clusters, as well as national speakers on robotics and energy, for deeper dives into specific game-changing ideas. 1:30p.m. -5:30 p.m.; Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, Seattle; 206.543.1695; $150; http://xconomyforum19.eventbrite.com/