WALTER events
WINning! WALTER hosts 4th annual WINnovation event
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Top to bottom: Attendees enjoy a three-course dinner; Katy Knox, president of U.S. Trust (the Private Wealth Management Group of Bank of America) leads the introductory Q&A; WINnovators make new connections.
ver 200 Triangle area professionals joined WALTER magazine and presenting sponsor, Bank of America, at The Umstead Hotel and Spa September 7. The fourth annual WINnovation celebrated women and innovation in the local comunity. The event kicked off with startup workshops led by Inspiring Capital and StartingBloc, followed by a cocktail reception for networking with fellow innovators and entrepreneurs. The presentation began with a delicious three-course meal with wine pairings provided by The Umstead Hotel and Spa, while the panel of honorees w gave TED-talk style presentations. Each panelists discussed the various successes and challenges they have experienced in their personal and professional lives. The evening concluded with a panelist Q&A and a special presentation from supporting sponsor, Diamonds Direct. WALTER was joined by an engineer, a scientist, an entrepreneur, a creative, and a strategist. But, no one title applies here. Each of the speakers is all of these—creatively strategizing, breaking new ground, engineering change. And as they proved that evening, they’ve just about got it down to a science. —KP
photography by MADELINE GRAY
OCTOBER 2018 | 117
