2:30
Pre Conference Workshop
Understanding and Surviving: Community
Economic Development in Kansas
Jerry
Lonergan, past President, Kansas, Inc.
Carol Gould, Director, KS Center for Rural Initiatives,
Kansas State University
5:30
- 8:00 Pre Conference Networking Evening Featuring
Kansas products and the KCCED Resource Expo (Want
to Know More?)
8:00
Registration
8:00
– 9:00 Networking Breakfast
Sponsored
by KFAST (Kansas Families and Schools Together)
9:00
– 10:00 Keynote Address
Thinking
Strategically: Networks, Systems, and Strings
in Community Economic Development
Brian
Dabson, Associate Director,
Rural Policy Research Institute, Columbia, Missouri
10:30
– Noon Concurrent Sessions
Developing
Locally: Community-Owned Ventures
Jeanie
Wells, General Manager, Community Mercantile, Lawrence
Laura Craig, Editor, Prairie Dog Press, Almena
Karen Metcalf, Manager, The Dresser, Oberlin
Sustaining
Collaboration: from Enterprise Facilitation to Regional Prosperity
Summits to Entrepreneurial Development
Jeff
Hofaker, Director, Phillips County Economic Development,
Phillipsburg
Wally Kearns, Director, Kansas Small Business Development
Centers Network, Topeka
Gary Satter, Program Coordinator, Glacial Hills RC&D,
Valley Falls
Session
sponsored by the Kansas Department of Commerce
Noon
– 1:30 Lunch and Luncheon Address
The Bioscience Initiative and Rural Kansas
Tracy
Taylor, President and CEO, Kansas Technology Enterprise
Corporation
1:30
– 3:00 Concurrent Sessions
Being Competitive: Capturing Wealth and
Retaining and Attracting Young Families
Don
Macke, Co-Director, Center for Rural Entrepreneurship, Lincoln,
Nebraska
Implementing
Strategies: Kansas Success Stories
Judy
Hill, Mayor, City of Jamestown
Carolyn Kennett, Economic Development Director, City
of Parsons
Glenda Purkis, President, Atchison Chamber of Commerce
3:00
– 4:00 Closing Address
