Tickets are now on sale for Big Kansas City, the annual entrepreneurship conference for founders, designers, developers and investors. This year’s program will feature the co-CEO of eyewear startup Warby Parker.

Big Kansas City will kick off with a public party at 8 p.m. Oct. 8 at Missouri Bank, 1044 Main.

Tickets are required to attend the formal conference on Oct. 9 and 10 at Hangar 9 at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, 300 N.W. Richards Road. Tickets cost $499 until 11 a.m. July 17 and $599 until 11 a.m. Sept. 19.

A closing party at 8 p.m. on Oct. 10 at Hangar 9 will be open to the public.

The top-billed speaker at Big Kansas City is Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and CEO of Warby Parker, a designer eyewear company that donates a pair of glasses to a person in need for every pair it sells.

Other scheduled speakers include: Kimberly Bryant, founder and executive director of Black Girls Code, which helps young women of color succeed in the tech marketplace; John Wirtz, co-founder and CPO of Hudl, a software company that assists athletes and coaches in examining and sharing videos; and Soraya Darabi and Maxine Bedat, co-founders of Zady, a lifestyle destination for fashion-conscious consumers.

For more information about Big Kansas City and to register to attend, go to bigkansascity.co.