Fall Forum 2019

Agenda for Fall Forum on September 26, 2019:

8:00 ​- ​9:15 ​am ​	Full Breakfast Buffet, Sponsored by Gulf Power
8:30 ​- ​9:15 ​am ​	Fortifying Florida: Robust Community Growth and Leveraging Meaningful Data, FL ​DEO Executive ​Director, ​Ken ​Lawson
9:15 ​- 10:00 ​am ​	​​Executive Briefings on Workforce and Talent Development  Dr. ​Michelle ​Horton, ​​Assistant ​Vice ​President, ​Online ​Innovation ​ ​Division ​of ​Research ​and ​Strategic ​​​Innovation, ​UWF Gary Wiesner, General Manager - GE Renewables, Pensacola Jonathan Arneault, Director of IBM North America SaaS, Center of Excellence, and Go-To-Market Transformation
10:00 ​- ​10:15 ​am ​	Networking Break
10:00 ​- ​11:00 ​am ​	National Leadership Keynote: Advancing Manufacturing and Logistics to Diversify the Region's Economy Tom Ridge, Chairman ​Ridge Global, first Department of Homeland Security Secretary, former Governor of Pennsylvania
11:00  ​- ​11:45 ​am ​ ​	Using Data to Understand Labor Markets ​Cara Christopher, ​Marketing and Sales Director, ​Inc. ​(Emsi)
11:45 ​- ​1:00 pm ​ ​	Lunch Buffet, Sponsored by Santa Rosa EDO
12:15 ​- ​1:00 ​pm ​ ​	Hurricane Michael's Aftermath: How Leaders are Making Decisions to Improve Outcomes  ​Moderator - Sandy Sims, Gulf Power; Mike Myhre, FSBDC; Becca Hardin, Bay EDA; David Berlan, FSU

Fall ​Forum ​registration's ​normal ​rate ​is ​$150.

Census ​Business ​Builder ​Workshop ​is ​available ​for ​$25. ​

If ​you're ​interested ​in ​both ​events ​please ​note ​that ​they ​must ​be ​registered ​for ​separately. ​However, ​once ​you ​complete ​one ​registration ​and ​save ​your ​profile ​information, ​you ​are ​able ​to ​quickly ​and ​easily ​complete ​the ​registration ​of ​the ​second. ​

Register here

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