2018 Agenda

Thursday, February 21

12:00 – 1:00                  Registration Opens 

1:00                  Welcome Ceremony 

  • Introduction
  • President Richard J. Peterson, Central Council Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska
  • Ken Koelsch, Mayor, City and Borough of Juneau
  • Congressman Don Young

1:30-2:45            Keynote Presentation: Frans Johansson, The Medici Group

3:00-4:00         Innovation Shorts I

4:15-5:00        SCoR’s Innovators Hall of Fame

  • MC: Mead Treadwell
  • Governor Walker
  • Senator Lisa Murkowski

5:00-6:00         Welcome Reception

6:00-7:00         Dinner and Presentations

  • Dinner entertainment
  • Lt. Governor Byron Mallott
  • Introduction
  • Brittney Cioni – Haywood, State of Alaska, Division of Economic Devlopment Director
  • Heather Handyside, GCI Sr. Director of Corporate Communications

7:00        Pitch Contest

  • MC Richard Burns, President of the Chamber of Commerce
  • Tasha Webster – FitMood
  • Jake Carpenter – Wheelhouse
  • Harry Vannetta – Phoenix Food Distribution
  • Alysha Zang – Laska Belle Box
  • Mike Wheeler – Alaska Food Network
  • Homyna Curiel – Tundra Tonic

8:30                  End Day One

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Friday, February 22

7:00AM         Registration

8:00-8:30         Welcome Back!

  • Introduction
  • Arts and Culture cluster and its importance to our economy Dr. Rosita Worl

8:30-10:30         Frans Johansson workshop

10:45-11:45          Innovation Shorts 2

12:00-1:00          JEDC & Chamber Luncheon.

  • Presenter: Anthony Mallott, CEO of Sealaska Corporation

1:15–1:45         Ocean Cluster Panel

  • Moderator: Dr. S. Bradley Moran, Dean of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences of UAF
  • Larry Cotter, CEO of APICDA
  • Julie Decker, Executive Director of Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation

1:15–1:45         Visitor Products Panel

  • Marilyn Romano, Regional Vice President of Alaska Airlines
  • John Binkley, President of Cruise Lines International Association
  • Dan Blanchard, CEO of UnCruise

2:45-4:00          Deep Dive Sessions: World Cafe Style

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Visitor Products
  • Ocean Products

4:15-5:00          Closing Ceremony

  • Path to Prosperity announcement
  • NxN Conference information
  • Innovation Grant pitch contest

5:00 – onwards         Downtown pub crawl hosted by Juneau Food Tours (optional)

  • Innovation Summit After Party at Capital Cafe Lounge