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Hopefully this post isn’t too late for you to take the day off or make plans for a short road trip to La Vista next Friday, February 25th* to attend this year’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. With an increased tech and creative presence on the speaker lineup (which includes our own co-founder, Dusty Davidson), we’re especially excited about the event. Whether it’s the Archrival co-founders addressing the term “Flyover” or one of the Hudl co-founders talking about “unlimited vacation and Jets tickets,” this year’s Summit features a slate of individuals we’ve either profiled and reported on or plan to do so.
The Summit kicks off at 8:30 a.m. on the 25th (doors open at 8 a.m.) with a talk from James Milliken, president of the University of Nebraska. The day will conclude with a talk from Joe Moglia, chairman of the board of TD Ameritrad, at 3 p.m. The cost for a regular attendee is $25 (students get in free) and tickets can be purchased at cariregistration.unl.edu. The event is taking plate at the Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista Hotel & Conference Center (12520 Westport Parkway, La Vista).
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Here’s the day’s schedule (from nebraskaentrepreneur.com/2011-summit):
8:00 a.m. – Registration, Networking and Light Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – Opening Session
- James B. Milliken, President, University of Nebraska
- Rick Sheehy, Lt. Governor, State of Nebraska
- Opening Keynote: “Flyover” – Clint! Runge and Charles Hull, Archrival Co-founders
10:00 a.m. – Breakout Sessions:
Track 1: Discovery & Innovation
- “Can The University Really Develop Entrepreneurs and Innovators?” – David Keck, Director, Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Track 2: Start Up
- “Entrepreneurship and Job Creation” – Sangeeta Badal, Senior Consultant, Gallup Consulting
Track 3: Growth
- “Phenomblue: Finding Partners” – Joe Olsen, CEO, Director of Strategy & Innovation, Phenomblue
11:00 a.m. – Breakout Sessions:
Track 1: Discovery & Innovation:
- “Innovative research fuels future advances in health care” – Jennifer Yentes, Laboratory Manager, Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Track 2: Start Up
- “The Devils Surrounding Angels” – Brad Bernthal, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Track 3: Growth
- “Falling Means Getting Back Up” – Scott Kleeb, President, Energy Pioneer Solutions
- “Genomics and the GeneSeek Experience” – Abe Oommen, General Manager Neogen Corporation/Geneseek
12:00 p.m. – State-wide Award Recognitions
- Luncheon Keynote – Pamela Dingman, CEO, Engineering Design Consultants
1:45 p.m. – Breakout Sessions:
Track 1: Discovery & Innovation
- “Next Generation Projects Inside a New Venture” – Dusty Davidson, Co-Owner Tripleseat (and co-founder of Silicon Prairie News)
Track 2: Start Up
- Matthew Wegener, President & CEO, ISoft Data Systems and Turbine Flats
- Steve Frayser, President, University of Nebraska Technology Park
- Nick Hudson, Founder, Halo Institute
- Megan Hunt, Owner, CAMP Coworking
Track 3: Growth
- “How to rapidly grow a Nebraska startup – unlimited vacation and Jets tickets” – John Wirtz, Chief Operating Officer, Hudl
- “Review of Internet and Traditional Company Growth” – Stephanie Healy, Co-Founder, Vente
3:00 p.m. – Closing Keynote
- Joe Moglia, Chairman of the Board, TD Ameritrade
3:30 p.m. – Adjourn
Also: There’s an event taking place the night before in La Vista, “Greater Omaha Young Professionals: Summit for Entrepreneurship Welcome Reception,” which incorporates this month’s Cornstalks, the gathering put on by the Omaha Chamber.
*Updated 10 a.m. – When orginally published, the post incorrectly stated “Thursday, February 25th.” The day should be “Friday, February 25th.”
