Summary: Jessica Malkin is the Executive Director of Chicago Ideas Week, overseeing the creation and production of the annual event. Chicago Ideas Week brings together hundreds of the world's brightest thought leaders from different industries to inspire, connect, and advance the city of Chicago and beyond. Jessica outlines the process of choosing discussion topics for the event, and what ideas the team came up with. Guest speakers at the event this year include George Lucas and P. Diddy, with 27 thousand expected attendees.
