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Agenda
February 15,
2005
Strategies
for Business Innovation
Energizing Entrepreneurship in Rural Minnesota
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9:30 - 10:00 |
Registration and continental breakfast |
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10:00 - 10:15 |
Welcome: Bob Wallace, Board Chair,
Southern Minnesota
Initiative Foundation |
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10:15 - 11:00 |
Keynote Speaker: Deborah Markley, Co-Director,
The Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural
Entrepreneurship. |
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Rural Entrepreneurship -
Economic strategy for out-state Minnesota. What we have learned
about innovative practices in rural entrepreneurship? |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Break |
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11:15 - 12:00 |
Small Group Break-outs: |
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- Innovation in Workforce Development - Paul Carlson, CEO, Control Products Inc.
- Innovation in Business Finance - Dr Dileep Rao, CEO, Inter Finance Company
- Innovation in Product Development - Brett Reese, CEO, MCG Technologies
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12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch-Awards-Panel
Discussion |
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Community
Based Workforce Development Best Practices Citation Awards
Presenters: Bill McMahon, Voices for
Southern MN
Program
Director
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Brad Brown,
Business Success Program Officer |
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Panel Discussion: Hear the stories of successful
individuals from the southern Minnesota business community who found
creative ways to leverage their assets in this difficult economy.
Moderator, Brad
Brown, Business Success Program Officer,
Southern Minnesota
Initiative Foundation
David Paine, Ribbon Lift, Larry Gates,
SE Minnesota
Food Network, Brian Sorbe,
Alliance
Controls |
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1:30 - 2:15 |
Small Group Break-outs: |
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- Innovation in Workforce Development - Paul Carlson, CEO, Control Products Inc.
- Innovation in Business Finance - John Colby, CEO,
Mobile
Communications and Computing
- Innovation in Product Development - Gary Noble, CEO, DiaServe
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2:15 - 3:00 |
Keynote Speaker: John Van Dine, CEO, Sage
Electrochromics |
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The Sage Story of Innovation -
What Makes Smart Windows Smart? Creating innovations in the building
industry. |
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3:00 - 3:15 |
Closure and Evaluation |
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Cost for the workshop is $25 per person
Special *early bird group registration*
(must register by February 1, 2005) $75 for groups of four
Please RSVP to Elise Davis at
507.455.3215 or email elised@smifoundation.org
You can also Register
Online
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