The Venue
Commerce Plaza · 451 Government St, Mobile, AL — the heart of downtown Mobile.
Where The Room Convenes
The August Forum convenes at the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce on Government Street — Commerce Plaza, established 1836. A forum about the Gulf Coast economy belongs at the address where Mobile’s business community has organized itself for nearly two centuries.
Doors, the feature conversation, Q&A, and the off-record Blackout all run here — see how the night runs.
Your Host
AEF is hosted by its founder, a local financial strategist whose path runs from science and engineering to business and entrepreneurship. He built AEF around what he came to value most: trust, purpose, and the relationships that hold real weight — a room rooted in the Gulf Coast community.
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The Speakers
Every forum puts one credentialed speaker in a direct, unscripted conversation about what’s actually moving the Gulf Coast economy — filmed for the record, tested by Q&A from the room, and finished off the record when the cameras cut at 7:50 PM.
Bienville Bites Food Tour
Christopher Andrews is the voice behind Bienville Bites Food Tour, the downtown Mobile food-tour company with more than 700 five-star reviews — walking locals and visitors through the food, history, and culture of one of the Gulf Coast's oldest cities. At the August Forum he takes the AEF stage for a direct, unscripted conversation about building a hospitality business in downtown Mobile.
Want a feel for who’s already in the room? Meet the list and the voices building the Gulf Coast.
100 seats at the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. The list gets tickets first.
