CHICAGO — Ingram Micro’s VentureTech Network community of solution providers kicks off its twelfth year with the grand opening of the Spring Invitational 2011 at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers here.

Along with introductions from Ingram’s John Fago and VTN Council co-presidents Rob Bracey and Jim Veraldi, the session will feature Ingram CEO Greg Spierkel, cloud and services chief Renée Bergeron, Big Blue’s Harris Warsaw and channel analyst Tiffani Bova of Gartner.

We’ll be there covering the event as it happens. Expect the liveblog to go live shortly after 9:00 am Central time, and run through about noon Central.