2009 Agenda

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Tuesday, September 29th
9:00 A.M. Registration Opens Hunter Henry Center
10:00 A.M. MSU Green Bicycle Tour Hunter Henry Center
11:00 A.M. Golf Scramble MSU Golf Course
2:00 - 3:15 P.M. Grand Opening: MSU Entrepreneurship Center
 McCool Hall Atrium
6:00 P.M. Mary Matalin & James Carville
Bettersworth Auditorium, Lee Hall
  “All’s Fair: Love, War and Politics”
7:15 P.M. Dinner Hunter Henry Center
  Dr. Roy Ruby
  “You think this is bad! A humorous look at where we’ve been and where we’re going”
     
Wednesday, September 30th
7:30 A.M. Registration Old Main Lounge, Colvard Union
8:30 A.M. Summit Opening and Welcome Foster Ballroom, Colvard Union
  Dr. Mark Keenum
President, Mississippi State University

Dr. Lynne Richardson
Dean, College of Business, Mississippi State University

Dr. Barbara Spencer
Associate Dean, College of Business, Mississippi State University
9:00 - 10:30 A.M. Distinguished Leaders Panel Discussion Foster Ballroom, Colvard Union
Moderator: Panelists:
  • Cyndi Tucker, Director, Biofuels, ConocoPhillips
  • Tommy S Joseph, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Technology, International Paper
  • Andrew Mangan, Executive Director, United States Business Council for Sustainable Development
  • Anthony Topazi, Chief Executive Officer, Mississippi Power
  • Bill Aulet, Director, Sloan Entrepreneurship Center
  • Liza Looser, Chief Executive Officer, The Cirlot Agency
  • John A. James, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, James Group International
  • Chris Dardaman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Brightworth
  • Raghu Krishnamoorthy, Vice President, Human Resources, GE Aviation
10:45 - 11:30 A.M. Kenneth "Hap” Klopp Foster Ballroom, Colvard Union
"Leadership and the New Economy"
11:45 - 1:00 P.M. Lunch Foster Ballroom, Colvard Union
  Ali Velshi
  "Perspectives from a CNN Correspondent"
1:15 - 2:15 P.M. Breakout Sessions Colvard Union

A. "MSU Creates the New Economy"

Gerald Nelson
Director, Thad Cochran Endowment for Entrepreneurship
Director and Chair, Hatcher Engineering Entrepreneurship Program

Gary Butler
Assistant Vice President of Research and Technology Development

Bill Aulett
Entrepreneur
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kenneth "Hap" Klopp
Founder, President, and CEO
The North Face

B. “Empowering The New Economy … Wirelessly”

Sherry Stegall
Cellular South

C. "Know Thy Competition: New Tools for Global Market Research"

Barbara Travis and Gina Regan
Mississippi World Trade Center

D. "Protecting and Building Wealth in Today's Economy"

Chris Dardaman
Brightworth

2:30 - 4:30 P.M. An Afternoon of Social Responsibility, Radical Business Philosophy, and FREE Ice Cream! The Junction
  Jerry Greenfield, Cofounder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.

 

* Agenda is subject to change without notice.