Politicians and business leaders from Massachusetts will gather later this week in Boston for the State of Innovation Forum, a conference bringing together hundreds of people from various industries.

Chase Garbarino, CEO of Streetwise, says the event is about bringing together those who create change.

"Typically the way that people think of innovation is purely synonymous with technology, and while we're covering a lot of kind of traditional tech industries, really we view innovation and see it happening in a lot of sectors that aren't purely tech," he said, listing sports management, education and more.

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