Wednesday, May 4, 2016
8:00 – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 – 8:40 am
Welcome
Dell Gines, Federal Reserve Bank
Tammy Edwards, Federal Reserve Bank
8:40 – 9:00 am
Opening Remarks
Maria Meyers, SourceLink
9:00 – 9:30 am
What is an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem?
Don Macke, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
9:30 – 10:00 am
Practitioner experience
• Jill Nichols, Rice County Kansas
• Tammy Nemecek Sweet, Grow Florida
10:00 – 10:45 am
Deep dive peer discussion
10:45 – 11:15 am
Break
11:15 – 12:15
Lunch
Dell Gines
12:15 – 12:30
Break
12:30 – 1pm
Is Your Community Ready to Build an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem?
Erik Pedersen, VP Entrepreneurship, NetWork Kansas
1 – 1:30 pm
Practitioner experience
• Bruce Seifer, University of Vermont
• Ines Polonius, Communities Unlimited, Rural Arkansas and Memphis
1:30 – 2:15 pm
Deep dive peer discussion
2:15 - 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 – 3:15 pm
How Do You Get Started Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem?
Penny Lewandowski, Lowe Foundation
3:15 - 3:45 pm
Practitioner experience
• Trish Brasted, Wichita Technology Corporation
• Emily Breedlove, Creative and Small Town Ventures, Asheville, North Carolina
Entrepreneurship Initiative
3:45 – 4:30 pm
Deep dive peer discussion
4:30 – 5 pm
Closing
Dell Gines
5 – 6:30 pm
Reception