Kansas Economic Development Conference

The Kansas Economic Development Conference

Economic Gardening: Growing Local Opportunity

May 20 – 21, 2009

Junction City, Kansas

Agenda

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

10:00 a.m.	Conference Registration
11:15 a.m.	Welcome
11:30 a.m.	Lunch and Welcome Darcy McGrath, Dean of Workforce Development Operations, Johnson County Community College
1:15 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Economic Gardening Growing Local Opportunity Chris Gibbons, Business/Industry Affairs, Littleton, Colorado How to Turn Your Whole Town into an Incubator Burt Chojnowski, Fairfield (IA) Entrepreneurs Association [handout from presentation (PDF)] Broadband: Making a Difference in Rural Kansas Brent Legg, Connected Nation
2:15 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions All of the previous sessions, plus: Capacity for Growth: Creating and Building Wealth Tom Fryer, Manhattan Community Foundation [presentation (PPT)] Erik Pedersen, NetWork Kansas [presentation (PPT)]
3:30 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions Same topics as the previous session.
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.	Networking Reception Enjoy Kansas foods and beverages while walking through a garden of resource providers ready to share their knowledge and tools.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

7:00 a.m.	Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions New Industries: Digital, Clean and Green Technology Kent Glasscock, National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization Ray Hammarlund, Kansas Corporation Commission, State Energy Office [presentation (PPT)] Creating, Sustaining and Attracting a Workforce Caleb Asher, Kansas Department of Commerce Bill Osborn, Johnson County Community College Deb Rodenbaugh, Kansas Department of Commerce Mike Beene, Kansas Department of Commerce How to Capitalize on Renewable Energy Manufacturing Opportunities Randi Tveitaraas Jack, Kansas Department of Commerce [presentation (PDF)] Mark Werthmann, Economic Development Administration, Kansas and Missouri [presentation (PPT)]
9:30 a.m.	Break
9:45 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions Same topics as the previous session.
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Final Session Strategic Thinking for Economic and Community Development During Uncertainty Dr. Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Kansas State University
12 Noon	Adjourn

Thanks to our Conference Sponsors

Primary Sponsor

Johnson County Community College

Golden Wheat Sponsors

Black Hills Energy
Kansas Association of Counties
Kansas Department of Commerce
Kansas Economic Development Alliance
Kansas League of Muncipalities
Kansas Small Business Development Center
K-State Center for Engagement and Community Development
Institute for Policy & Social Research , University of Kansas

Sunflower Sponsors

Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development, Kansas State University
NetWork Kansas
wKREDA (Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance)

Other Sponsors

Kansas, Inc.

Last Updated: June 2, 2009