Forbes has announced that Philadelphia will play host to its yearly youth-oriented summit for the foreseeable future.
After a successful first year, Forbes magazine's Under 30 Summit will be back in Philadelphia this October. The announcement came as the media company unleashed its newest 30 Under 30 Who are Moving the World list Monday.
The inaugural summit brought together about 1,500 young movers-and-shakers, mostly from past Under 30 lists, for educational panels, pitch contests, TED-style presentations, music and food festivals. Last year's speakers included Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Prize Laureate, who detailed her campaign for girls' education, and Monica Lewinsky, who talked about the culture of digital harassment. Also on the lineup were Pete Cashmore, founder and CEO of Mashable; Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker; Josh Kushner, managing partner of Thrive Capital; and Steve Case, founder of AOL.
"While we have no multi-year contract, we have every intention of making Philadelphia our long-term home," said Wendy Furrer Egan, senior director of editorial publicity at Forbes.
This year's summit will take place Oct. 4-7 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and other venues in the city...
Lane, from Forbes, told the Philadelphia Business Journal last year that the No. 1 reason he chose Philadelphia as the go-to destination was because of its location. He named its proximity to other major cities, like New York and Washington, D.C., as well as its simplicity to get to via public transportation — whether train, bus or plane.
Of course, Philadelphia's young crowd and "increasing entrepreneurial world view," he said, is a plus.
Original source: Philadelphia Business Journal
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