25th Annual Emerging Issues Forum -- Agenda*

 

MONDAY | FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Registration opens promply at 7:00AM.

8:00 - 8:20 am | 20/20: Visions of North Carolina's Creative Potential

Twenty North Carolina residents offer their ideas on why creativity is an important topic for North Carolina

8:20 - 8:45 am | Welcome

James B. Hunt, Jr., Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues
James Woodward, Chancellor, North Carolina State University
Anita R. Brown-Graham, Director, Institute for Emerging Issues

8:40 - 9:15 AM |

Governor Tim Pawlenty, State o f Minnesota

9:15 - 9:50 AM | Ideas: America's Innovation Edge

Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness
Introduction by: Molly Corbett Broad, President, American Council on Education

9:50 - 10:05 AM | Break

10:05 - 10:40 AM | Markets of Distinction

Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Introduction by: David Burney, Partner and CEO, New Kind

10:40 - 10:50 AM | Innovation in Music

10:50 - 11:40 | Creativity: At Work and in Play

Moderated by: Anita Brown-Graham, Director, Institute for Emerging Issues
Robin Cape, Asheville City Council (2005-2009)
Dan Brawley, Director, Cucalorus Film Festival
Louis Foreman, Founder and CEO, Enventys
Mary Rittling, President, Davidson County Community College

11:40 - 12:15 | Feeding the Creative Fire

Tom Kelley, General Manager, IDEO

12:15 - 2:00 PM | North Carolina Creativity Showcase

A conversation with PBS's Charlie Rose featuring
Philip G. Freelon, President, The Freelon Group
Nnenna Freelon, Jazz Vocalist, Composer and Producer

2:00 - 3:30 | Concurrent Sessions

 

1. Collaboration in building infrastructure to support large regional economies
Speaker: Pat McCrory, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Moore & Van Allen

2. Utilize agricultural biotechnology to reinvigorate existing crops
Speaker: Steve Troxler, North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner

3. Smart systems for buildings to reduce the overall consumption of resources
Speaker:

4. Innovative financial tools to bring renewable energy to market
Speaker: Janet Cowell, North Carolina State Treasurer

5. Teach young people the importance of entrepreneurship through artistic apprenticeships
Speaker: Linda Carlisle, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

6. Combine resources of political jurisdictions to develop intermodal transportation hubs

7. Apply technology and social networking to social and community problems
Speaker: Tim Will, Executive Director, Foothills Connect

8. Provide manufacturers with a workforce trained in design


9. Fund business development and recruitment across political boundaries
Speaker: John Bardo, Chancellor, Western Carolina University

10. Wider adoption of regenerative medicine techniques
Speaker: Tony Atala, Institute of Regnerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Medical School

3:30 - 4:00 PM | Ideas that Pay

John Denniston, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Introduction by: Steve Nelson, Managing Director and Partner, The Wakefield Group

4:00 - 4:25 | North Carolina: A State of Minds

Governor Beverly Perdue, North Carolina
Introduction by: Former Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.

4:25 - 5:00 | Reigniting America's Creative Genius

Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education

 

5:00 - 6:00 PM | Networking Reception

Open to all Forum Attendees
Cash bar available

TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 9, 2010

8:00 - 8:15 am | Welcome

 

8:15 - 9:00 am | Think with Your Whole Brain

Daniel Pink, Author
Introduction By: Erskine Bowles, President, The University of North Carolina

9:15 - 10:15 AM | Graduating Creativity

Moderated by: Former Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.
Eric Liu, Founder, Creativity Matters
James Johnson, Urban Investment Strategies Director, UNC Chapel Hill
Meredith Davis, Professor of Graphic Design, North Carolina State University
Judy Osborne, Theatre Education, Union Pines High School

10:30 - 11:20 AM | Creativity as Capital

Moderated by: Bob Morgan, President & CEO, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Kelly Lee, President and CEO, Innovation Philadelphia
Jason Schupbach, Creative Economy Industry Director, Massachusetts Office of Business Development
Connie Martinez, Managing Director and CEO, 1stACT Silicon Valley

11:20 - 12:15 PM | Whose Big Idea?

Moderated by: Aneesh Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer
Michael Linksvayer, Vice-President, Creative Commons
Michael Tiemann, Vice-President of Open Source Affairs, Red Hat, Inc.
Mark Dean, Vice-President, Technical Strategy and World Wide Operations, IBM Corporation

12:15 - 1:45 | Lunch | Recrafting Communities

Bill Strickland, President and CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation
Introduction by: John Mauceri, Chancellor, North Carolina School of the Arts

1:45 - 2:00 PM | Closing

James B. Hunt, Jr., Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues

*Agenda subject to change.