event details
what	Marketing Gold: Inside the Chicago Olympic Bid
when	Tuesday, September 18 Doors open at 5:45 pm
where	Google’s Chicago Office 20 W. Kinzie, Chicago, IL Map: here Parking Info: see here
cost	EARLY Bird Registration: (through Sept. 12) Members Only: $40 Regular Rate: (after Sept. 12) Members Only: $65
register	SOLD OUT NO walk-ins accepted Questions: (312) 280-0449

Marketing Gold
Inside the Chicago Olympic Bid
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At this exclusive AMA members-only networking event, get an insider look at a true marketing success story: Chicago’s Bid for the 2016 Olympics. Connect with your AMA peers, hear from Olympic Committee leaders, and celebrate the “opening ceremony” of the Chicago AMA 2007-2008 programming season at Google’s Chicago office.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Google’s Chicago Office, 20 W. Kinzie
Doors open at 5:45 pm

SOLD OUT -- No walk-ins accepted
Questions : 312-280-0449
*This event is being offered exclusively to Chicago AMA members ONLY.

PROGRAM AGENDA
5:45-6:00 p.m.
== Event Check-in at Google
6:00-7:45 p.m.
== Connect with AMA members over cocktails and appetizers
== Inside the Chicago Olympic Bid: Gordon Kane and John Murray
== Q&A
7:45-8:00 p.m.
== Program close

Gordon Kane

Founder of Victory Sports Marketing and Consultant to Chicago 2016

Gordon Kane combines the discipline and structure of brand management with over 15 years of sports marketing experience with world class sponsors and properties. His marketing background includes an MBA from Kellogg and several assignments in brand management at Kraft.

Gordon held two key management positions within the Olympic family in the 1990’s. He served as Director of Marketing and Brand Development for the USOC and Vice President of Olympic Properties of the United States (OPUS). He currently consults for Chicago 2016.

John Murray

Executive Vice President and Chief of Bid Operations for Chicago 2016

John Murray is Executive Vice President and Chief of Bid Operations for Chicago 2016. His current responsibilities include coordination of the bid’s functional teams, management of stakeholder relations teams and oversight of back office operations functions.

Before formally joining the bid in July of 2007, John was on executive loan to Chicago 2016 from McKinsey & Company. He has spent extensive time serving clients internationally, and holds an MBA in Marketing & International Business from the University of Illinois. John served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years, attached to the helicopter squadron that transports the President of the United States.
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Parking Information

LOT OPTIONS:
401 N State St, Chicago, IL (0.04 miles away)
312-670-9780
Valet Parking
61 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL (0.07 miles away)
312-644-2627
Standard Parking
405 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL (0.11 miles away)
312-527-4511

*Also located near the Grand CTA/Red Line stop.
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