Hosted in partnership with the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE


April 16
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Opening Reception
April 17  
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Welcome & Keynote Address
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Concurrent Workshops
        Workshop A: The Changing American Workplace
        Workshop B: Rebuilding the City of New Orleans
        Workshop C: Tomorrow’s Economic Drivers: Realities, Trends, and Impacts
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote Luncheon Speakers:
Sandy Baruah, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development
Tom DeFrank, Washington Bureau Chief, New York Daily News
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Break
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Concurrent Workshops
        Workshop A: The American Manufacturing Sector in the 21st Century
        Workshop B: The American Worker: Trends and Analyses
        Workshop C: Growing Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs
April 18  
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Roundtable Discussion: Moderator and Panelists
Acquiring Venture Capital and Private Equity
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Break
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Concurrent Workshops
        Workshop A: The Role of the Nonprofits in the Economic Marketplace: the Microloan Phenomena
        Workshop B: Free Trade, the Global Marketplace, and the American Economy
        Workshop C: America’s Physical Infrastructure: Meeting the Challenge
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Concluding Plenary Session
Sustaining American Prosperity in the 21st Century

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