WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29
| 12:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Registration | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Networking in the Innovation Lounge | Centennial Hall Lobby |
2:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Welcome to the 2014 Innovation Summit | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Patricia Hull – singing the Alaska Flag Song & National Anthem | |||
| Edward K. Thomas, President, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida IndianTribes of Alaska | |||
| Merrill Sanford, Mayor of Juneau | |||
2:30 PM | 3:30 PM | Innovation, Clusters and Our Economy | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Mead Treadwell, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska | |||
| Brian Holst, Executive Director, Juneau Economic Development Council | |||
| Industry Cluster introductions | |||
3:30 PM | 5:00 PM | Collaborating for Industry Success in Iceland | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Introduction: Susan Bell, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development | |||
| Thor Sigfussen, Founder and Managing Director, Iceland Ocean Cluster | |||
5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Welcome Reception in the Innovation Lounge | Centennial Hall Lobby |
6:00 PM | 8:30 PM | Dinner Program: The Role of Government In Economic Development – download slide presetation | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Alan Austerman, Alaska State Representative (cancelled due to legislative duties) | |||
Mary Jo Waits, Director, Economic & Workforce Development Division, National Governors Association | Strategies for Supporting Innovation & Economic Competitiveness | |||
Panel Discussion Shelley Hughes, Alaska State Representative Hollis French, Alaska State Senator Roger Woodworth, Vice-President, AVISTA Corporation & President of the Washington State Economic Development Commission Mary Jo Waits, Director, Economic & Workforce Development Division, National Governors Association Susan Bell, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development Moderated by John Pugh, Chancellor, University of Alaska Southeast |
THURSDAY JANUARY 30
| 7:30 AM | 8:00 AM | Light Continental Breakfast | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| 8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Welcome to Day Two of the 2014 Innovation Summit | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Beth Kertulla, Alaska State Representative | |||
| 8:10 AM | 9:15 AM | Alaskan Innovators | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Path to Prosperity Introduction | Alana Peterson, Haa Aaní | |||
| Panel of Path to Prosperity Finalists | |||
| Moderated by John Blanchard, Dean, UAS Schoold of Management | |||
| 9:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Innovators in Government | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Introduction: Beth Pendleton, Regional Forester, US Forest Servcie | |||
| Bob Banghart, Deputy Director Libraries Archives Museums, State of Alaska | |||
| Sean Ferrell,Public Affairs and Partnerships Staff Officer, Tongass National Forest | |||
| Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Undersecretary of Rural Development, USDA | |||
| 10:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Cluster Working Group Sessions | |
| Ocean Proucts Cluster | Sheffield Ballroom 3 | ||
| Visitor Products Cluster | Egan | ||
| Research & Development Cluster | Hammond | ||
| Renewable Energy Cluster | Sheffield Ballroom 2 | ||
| Working Forest Group | Hickel | ||
| Mining Service & Supply Cluster | Miller | ||
| Arts Cluster discussion | JACC | ||
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| 1:00 PM | 2:30 PM | Creative Placemaking | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
| Cathy Munoz, Alaska State Represenatative | |||
| Jamie Bennett, Executive Director ArtPlace America | |||
| 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | Break in the Innovation Lounge | Centennial Hall Lobby |
| 3:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Microsessions | |
| Mary Jo Waits, Director, Economic & Workforce Development Division, National Governors Association | Sheffield Ballroom 2 | ||
| Jamie Bennett, Executive Director ArtPlace America | Hammond | ||
| Thor Sigfusson, Founder & Managing Director, Iceland Ocean Cluster | Sheffield Ballroom 3 | ||
Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Undersecretary of Rural Development, USDA Max Finberg StrikeForce Coordinator, USDA | Egan | ||
Fostering Community Capacity through Innovation and Creativity Panel: Chad VanOrmer, District Ranger, Admiralty National Monument Andrew Thoms, Executive Director, Sitka Conservation Society Alana Peterson, Economic Development Coordinator, Haa Aaní LLC Sarah Campen, Collaborative Stewardship Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy Moderated by: Wayne Owen Alaska Regional Director for Fish, Wildlife, and Subsistence | Hickel | ||
| 4:15 PM | 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Sheffield Ballroom 1 |
Path to Prosperity Winners Announced | Sheffield Ballroom 1 | ||
Russell Dick, President/CEO, Haa Aaní | |||
Norm Cohen, Southeast Director, The Nature Conservancy | |||
| Closing remarks from Industry leads | |||
| 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Closing Reception, sponsored by Haa Aaní | Centennial Hall Lobby |
ALSO AT THE SUMMIT
- The Innovation Lounge – time and space for networking or inspiration
- Tinker in the pop up Maker Space – What is a maker space? Pop over to our blog and find out.
- Bring your cell phones to take part in live audience polling
