The agenda for the event from 1:30pm-6pm includes keynotes, panels and lightning talks to stretch the imagination and inspire. An evening reception and dinner follow at 6pm to meet the leaders and build relationships, closing with fireside chat finale of “Today’s Decisions. Tomorrow’s Future.”

We are in a time of unprecedented change, with major new challenges facing us every day. As leaders, thinkers and problem solvers, even the unspoken rules of business and innovation we once used no longer apply. For the future of your business, how you manage change is as important as knowing what changes to make.

2018 Speakers

“Moving Beyond Good…to Great!”

Even the most sophisticated mapping tools require your current location before they can identify a route to your desired destination. Although many communities would like to be, “put any name here”, understanding where you are currently: assets, economic clusters, history and culture is essential to develop authentic solutions that can move you from today into your tomorrow.

“Transforming Education and Industry – It Starts Here!”

Known for decades as the land of opportunity and as the leader in innovation, in recent years as some manufacturing has moved to foreign soils and as what were considered “third world” nations “emerge”, the U.S. has faced numerous challenges. Find out what a few students and engineering educators are doing to bring engineering education, entrepreneurship and advanced manufacturing together into something that could transform education and industry. Watch this Video And it all really does start here!